Latest news & events: from climate action to the esoteric

Taking religion seriously

It’s exam time in Cambridge, but for those with leisure to look up, we’ve new project news, and a bumper crop of events and activities—symposiums, seminars, teacher CPD, and collaborations with the Cambridge University Sikh Society, the Faculty of Education, and the Fetzer Institute.

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New research

Participants from the 2024 Religion & Climate Futures Summer School, foreshadowing a new partnership

BELIEVE in Climate Action

In partnership with the Faith & Belief Forum, we’ve secured funding to support four years’ work with young people and schools on values-led climate action.

Part of the National Lottery Community Fund’s Climate Action Fund portfolio, BELIEVE in Climate Action aims to combine local work with a national network. Cambridge involvement includes ethnography, evaluation and mapping.

The project is already recruiting its first cohort of young adult interns (17 June deadline), and Cambridge research lead Dr Anastasia Badder has been reflecting on what the project entails.

Coming up in Cambridge

From research to practice

What’s on in June?

Check out event highlights below, and visit our listings page for extra events and fuller details.

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Promoting "Exploring the sacred in human relations: a scholar-practitioner panel on sacred stories, arts and better futures" - 4 June at the Faculty of Divinity

We’ve been chatting with panellists ahead of this 4 June event. Catch a clip from our conversation with Dr Ankur Barua on Facebook, Instagram (@caminterfaith), or LinkedIn. Or head to YouTube to watch the full set.

For those beyond Cambridge, check out the hybrid events highlighted below.

Computer speaker signifying digital voice transmission

Tuesday 2 June: Traditional prayers, returning voices

Guest speaker Dr Katja Stuerzenhofecker examines what happened when Orthodox Jewish female voices were heard in communal prayer.
Hybrid.

2 June seminar

Tuesday 2 June: Protestant women & global religious worlds

CRASSH hosts a discussion reaching across time, disciplines, and geographies. Register to join this early evening networking event.

2 June CRASSH

Thursday 4 June: Scriptural Reasoning

Dr Giles Waller, Dr Lindsey Taylor-Guthartz & Sahra Ucar host an interactive afternoon workshop. Capacity limited.

4 June workshop

Cover of the book Retelling Sacred Stories

Thursday 4 June: Engaging the Sacred — a scholar-practitioner panel

In the face of seemingly intractable problems, what might tending to the sacred achieve?

4 June panel

Dr Emma Alexander at the Leeds Moonsighters Academy training.

Monday 15 June: Moonsighters Academy

Since December, we’ve been working with more than 30 trainees learning to sight the new crescent. Now they’re coming to Cambridge.

Moonsighters Academy

Monday 15 June: Early Sikh engagements with Islam and classical Sufi thinkers

Cambridge University Sikh Society host guest speaker Satnam Singh for this inter-religious talk. Book by 10 June.

15 June talk

Dusk or dawn? Red sky reflected on water.

Tuesday 16 June: Guru, Imam, Avatar symposium

Join Dr Ankur Barua & Dr Teena Purohit (Boston) to explore divine guide and divine mystery motifs across Islamic, Hindu, and Sikh borderlines. Hybrid.

4 June panel

Thursday 18 & Friday 19 June: Entangled Otherings

The latest workshop in this by-invitation series, supported by the Cambridge–DAAD Hub.

Entangled Otherings 2026

Monday 22 June: Key ideas in Christianity and Islam—teacher CPD

The Centre of Islamic Studies hosts this teacher-facing day in partnership with the Cambs County Council RE Advisor.
Booking required.

22 June CPD

The pink Beemapally Dargah Shareef in Kerala - an example of “modernity” shaped by trade routes with the Middle East

Monday 22 June: Being Muslim, becoming Indian—self and society in South Asia

Dr Sumaira Nawaz (independent scholar) addresses this afternoon seminar, convened by Prof Esra Özyürek. Joined in conversation by Dr Ankur Barua. Hybrid.

22 June seminar

Tuesday 23 June: Pedagogies of cumulative traditions

Dr Daniel Moulin and guests explore Jewish, Muslim and Roman Catholic approaches to religious education. Registration required.

23 June RE symposium

Bubbles under water – a visual metaphor of "freedom?"

Wednesday 24 June: Religious Freedom? A CIP student symposium

Hear fresh research and insights from University of Cambridge students, from architecture to philosophical theology.

Student Symposium 2026

Further afield

Islamic treasures exhibition

Kiswa Arts & Culture Gallery host a free exhibition with rare artefacts connected to the Kaaba in Makkah and Madina, Saudi Arabia. Saturday 13 June at Grove Primary School

More via kacg.org.uk

Maimonides in Manchester

Last chance to see: Manchester Jewish Museum hosts a multimedia exhibition inspired by manuscripts held at Cambridge University Library.

Discover Maimonides from Scratch

And more besides...

Our schedule is active. Bookmark the listings page to keep track of what’s coming.

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