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Jews, Christians and Muslims in Europe
Published date: 30th August 2011
Jews, Christians and Muslims in Europe: Modern Challenges
This three-part e-learning course has been developed by the Woolf Institute (Cambridge) and focuses on the relationships between Jews, Christians and Muslims and their impact in modern Europe, looking at their history, culture and issues of citizenship.
Is there more to Jewish history in Europe than the Holocaust? Is the presence of Muslims in Europe a new phenomenon spanning only the last few decades? How have Jews, Christians and Muslims influenced European culture? Is constructive coexistence possible? On this course students will be encouraged to address challenging questions, some easier to answer than others, through case studies and set reading.
The course is taught at a final-year undergraduate level and the e-learning approach allows you to study wherever and whenever you choose via the internet. With the support of Woolf Institute tutors, you will work both individually and jointly with other students.
Induction week: 7–11 November 2011
History module: 14 November–9 December 2011
Culture module: 2 January–27 January 2012
Citizenship module: 13 February–9 March 2012
Applications are now being accepted for the next course commencing 7 November 2011. The closing date for applications is 14 October 2011.
The course fee is £300. Bursaries are available depending on academic or professional merit and financial circumstances. On completion of the course you will be awarded a Woolf Institute Certificate.
Find out more about this programme at: http://www.woolf.cam.ac.uk/jcme/index.php
The Woolf Institute, Cambridge, is one of the world's leading institutes in the study and teaching of all aspects of the encounter between Christians and Jews and Muslims throughout the ages. Comprising two centres, the Centre for the Study of Jewish-Christian Relations and the Centre for the Study of Muslim-Jewish Relations, the institute offers a wide range of courses which includes a Cambridge University Masters Degree, e-learning courses as well as individually tailored programmes for faith groups and public sector workers. Our e-learning approach gives participants the freedom to study whenever they want from anywhere in the world but with the knowledge that Woolf Institute tutors will be there to support them throughout their studies.
Never has there been a greater need for an understanding of other faiths and relations between faiths. Our courses will appeal to those interested in history as well as in how faith is impacting on society today, particularly people working in and with faith communities. Past participants have included police officers, educators, human rights officers, lawyers, religious and community leaders, film directors and journalists.
