Woolf Institute Summer School

An Introductory Course on Muslim-Jewish Relations

Gender in Religious Experience

Gender and Religion Today

This 10-week online course offers a fresh perspective on gender and religion.

Taking an interdisciplinary and comparative approach, the course will examine the historical, theological, social and legal transformations in the ways gendered identities are constructed, practiced and negotiated in religious settings.

Ranging from feminist re-readings of canonical texts to everyday life issues, as well as legal issues around marriage and divorce, we draw on research-based insights as well as dynamic religious activists, to offer a varied picture of the ways gender and religion are practiced, negotiated and lived today.

For further information, contact Emma Harris at eth22@cam.ac.uk.

Living in Harmony

Perspectives on Judaism and Islam 2024

Representations of Jewish-Christian Relations in Literature

Literature is a powerful tool which can influence the way readers think and act. Evoking strong feelings and offering vivid imagery, literature can perpetuate age-old misconceptions, untruths and stereotypes.

This online course will provide participants with the opportunity to engage with various texts from English Literature through the lens of interfaith studies, to understand the narrative of deep-seated prejudices and to recognise the value of dialogue to dispel these views. In the 21st-century, what can we learn from literary works to effect greater understanding between one another?

Following introductory case-study sessions on Geoffrey Chaucer and William Shakespeare, participants will explore nineteenth century works by Maria Edgeworth, Charles Dickens and George Eliot and their 'literary friendships'. The course will also look at visual representations of some of the scenes and characters discussed.

Contact Dr Emma Harris, Director of Studies (Woolf Institute): eth22@cam.ac.uk

Online Resource: Diversity in End of Life Care

When patients and their families are involved in medical care discussions (be they life-sustaining interventions, quality of life issues or end of life matters), their decision-making may not only be impacted by physical or psychological symptoms. What happens when …

For this online resource, the Case Studies have been taken from the new Woolf Institute publication, Diversity in End of Life Care: A Handbook on Caring for Jewish, Christian and Muslim Patients. The Handbook has been designed to use as a tool during training sessions and also for continued learning and development on the wards and in public health spaces where it will serve as an active resource for those who seek to understand how to respond to increasingly diverse communities requiring care and support.

For further information, contact Dr Emma Harris at eth22@cam.ac.uk or diversityinendoflifecare@woolf.cam.ac.uk.