The significance of the Bible in the war, and anti-war efforts, of both Allied and Central powers in the First World War are to be examined in a new research project, which will document ways in which scripture was used to create notions of a Holy War, and how views of the Bible changed as a result of the conflict.
The Kirby Laing Foundation has donated £1.2 million to the University of Cambridge’s newly-launched fundraising campaign.
In 1879, a young Indian boy arrived in England from Calcutta (now Kolkata), in the state of Bengal, sent by his father to receive a British education. Aurobindo Ghosh showed enormous promise and would go on to receive a scholarship to study classics at King’s College, Cambridge.
Seven Cambridge academics have been elected to the fellowship of the British Academy in recognition of their outstanding research.
Research by a digital anthropologist is looking at how new religious movements are harnessing online platforms. These ‘invented religions’ take inspiration from ancient philosophy and recent cultural events to develop doctrine and communities of believers in digital spaces.
A project and website to help Divinity students (and any other keen language students) learn New Testament Greek will launch this month.
Five Cambridge academics have been welcomed into the Fellowship of the British Academy.
Minister for Universities and Science, David Willetts, has bestowed an honorary OBE (Officer of the Order of the British Empire) on Professor David Ford, Regius Professor of Divinity at Cambridge University.
PhD student Jonathan Gilmour, 27, is leading a push to raise money for the Muscular Dystrophy Campaign, supported by fellow students at his Cambridge College.
Geographic information systems – once limited to the domain of physical geographers – are emerging as a promising tool to study the past, as researchers are discovering for medieval history.
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