The Edmond de Rothschild Foundations
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The Edmond de Rothschild Foundations pay tribute to the University of Cambridge’s longstanding tradition in research, academic excellence and cultural diversity. The Foundations have forged an exceptional partnership with the University of Cambridge. They lend their support in particular to the Centre for History and Economics, affiliated with King’s College. They also contribute to the development of the Centre for Muslim-Jewish Relations, affiliated with the Woolf Institute of Abrahamic Faiths.

The Centre for History and Economics: the Foundations promote an interdisciplinary approach

The Centre for History and Economics has developed a bold interdisciplinary approach based on the exchange of knowledge and the association of two historically distinct disciplines.

Against the backdrop of the University’s academic tradition, this approach is highly innovative and is shared by the Foundations. They have provided support for research undertaken by Professor Gareth Stedman Jones and the 2009 publication of a book entitled Religion and the Political Imagination.

>  Centre for History and Economics: www-histecon.kings.cam.ac.uk

The Woolf Institute: fostering intercultural dialogue

The Foundations also share a vision with the Centre for Muslim-Jewish Relations, which is developing a new academic field of study through its research into the historical ties between the Jewish and Muslim communities. In 2008, the Ariane de Rothschild academic chair was created, with a special emphasis on the medieval period in this field. The Centre also organizes intercultural training programs designed, for example, for the police, teachers and religious establishments in the United Kingdom.

>  Woolf Institute of Abrahamic Faiths: www.woolfinstitute.cam.ac.uk

The University of Cambridge is also associated with the Ariane de Rothschild Fellows Program, a training program for social entrepreneurs launched in 2009 with Columbia University in New York.

>  Ariane de Rothschild Fellows Program: www.adrfellowship.org