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16 Aug 2023: Dear Woolf Friends,. As I write this the night sky is blazing with fireworks fromthe May Ball at a neighbouring college. Cambridgecelebrates the end of the academic year in great style. Atthe Woolf we too have been celebrating, not withfireworks,

6 Mar 2023: Dear Woolf Friends,. The end of my time in Cambridge and as a PhDScholar at the Woolf Institute is bitter-sweet. The fouryears I spent there count among the most impactfulin my growth as a scholar. Initially, my research topicwas about religion, and

13 Jun 2023: Dear Woolf Friends,. As part of the Faith in Mental Health project, Irecently had the opportunity to visit RamptonHospital, a high secure hospital in Retford. We wereinvited by Imam Farooq Mulla, a chaplain at thehospital and a friend of the Woolf.

16 Aug 2023: Dear Woolf Friends,. My journey to the Woolf Institute began in theory in 2017,when I was taking a course on Jewish-Christian relationsat the faculty of Religious Studies (Bursa UludağUniversity, Turkey) and Ed Kessler's book AnIntroduction to

12 Jun 2023: Dear Woolf Friends,. When I first came into contact with the Woolf Institute, the teamwere squatting in a dusty nest of rooms at Wesley House, one ofseveral locations they occupied in the nomad years of theInstitute’s infancy. I had a flashback to

6 Mar 2023: Dear Woolf Friends,. As the Forgiveness and Future-building projectcontinues, one of the most fascinating and humblingoutcomes has been engagement with peopleinvolved in or affected by conflict. As an academic,you feel safe in your ivory tower.

12 Jun 2023: Dear Woolf Friends,. On Wednesday 3rdMay I was delighted to chair apanel at the Woolf Institute exploring the role ofwomen in positions of religious authority as part of a. celebration of the 60th birthday of the Institute’sfounder, Ed Kessler.

6 Mar 2023: Dear Woolf Friends,. Last month I presented my work at my very firstWoolf Research Afternoon. Though I was verynervous, I was also intrigued by the idea of‘academic speed-dating’, a fitting term coined by ourExecutive Director, Dr Esther-Miriam

12 Jun 2023: Dear Woolf Friends,. On April 11 this year, US President Joe Bidentravelled to Belfast, Northern Ireland to mark the1998 signing of the Belfast/Good Friday Agreement.It was a momentous landmark in the history of thatconflict-ridden country. Anyone

6 Mar 2023: Dear Woolf Friends,. My experience as an Honorary PhD Scholar at theWoolf Institute was nothing short of fantastic. Istarted my PhD at SOAS, University of London, buttransferred to the University of Cambridge aftercompleting the first year of my