
Jocelyne Cesari discusses the specificity of laicite and its consequences on the relationships of France with the Muslim world.
The ITSEE project room and associated offices have returned to the ERI building.
As part of the launch of our new MPA Faith Based Leadership programme, Dr Andrew Davies interviews community leader and activist Raaj Shamji to discuss Faith Leadership and Hinduism.

Birmingham Professor interviewed by the YouTube Channel The Dissenter which covers topics in science and philosophy. In the interview, Lisa talks about her latest book, The Epistemic Innocence of Irrational Beliefs.
Professor Cesari was interviewed on 19 November about French President Macron's policies toward Islam and the particularities of French laicite. The segment starts at 34:32

"Exposing Textual Corruption: Community as a Stabilizing Aspect in the Circulation of the New Testament Writings during the Greco-Roman Era"

AHRC-funded studentships are now available for 2021 entry through the Midlands4Cities Doctoral Training Partnership
Answer the big questions with a MA or MSc in Philosophy at the University of Birmingham. Study online or via distance learning.
Professor Cesari argues that the excess of French laicite on the visibility of Religion in France has a boomerang effect on violent extremism

Professor Jocelyne Cesari speaks to Aljazeera on the context of French laicite to the killing of Samuel Paty.

Introducing the new postgraduate degree at the University of Birmingham - the MPA Faith Based Leadership, available to study part-time by distance learning in December 2020 within the Department of Theology and Religion

Dr Will Mason-Wilkes, Dr James Riley and Dr Rachael Shillitoe are hosting a new series of podcasts talking all things science and belief in society – episode one launches 20 October.