The Cambridge Interfaith Programme & The Faculty of Divinity cohost an Inter-Religious Research seminar for UK Inter Faith Week 2026. Abstract In my dissertation research, I found that interpersonal hospitality is tightly woven into the fabric of women's interfaith groups, with activities such as food sharing central to the these groups’ practices. Hospitality also plays a role in constructing the political and ethical orientation of women's interfaith groups: in particular, the idea of welcoming migrants and refugees is a common thread across the field. Nevertheless, the ethos of national and interpersonal hospitality engages the “women of faith” in questions of boundary formation and bordering: who is welcome, and under what conditions? How do ideas of religious belonging and national identity shape the answers to these questions? In this seminar, I will use Derrida's idea of “hostipitality” to analyse this tension, arguing that women of faith use hospitable practices to rehearse the idea of Britain as a place of welcome for different faiths: a “shared interfaith home” in which women act as host figures. About the speaker Peach Hoyle is a researcher whose work considers gender, religious belonging and inter-religious encounter in Britain. They recently submitted their PhD thesis which considers the role of women’s interfaith organisations in the contemporary British public sphere. Peach is currently based in the Faculty of Divinity, University of Cambridge, and their PhD was supervised by Professor Esra Özyürek and Professor Daniel Weiss. Their undergraduate degree was in Theology and Religious Studies at the Faculty of Divinity, and their Masters was in Religious Studies at the Faculty of Theology and Religion at Oxford. About the series The Inter-Religious Research seminar is convened by Professor Esra Özyürek. It is a joint initiative of the Faculty of Divinity and the Cambridge Interfaith Programme. Guests welcome. Light refreshments will be provided to those attending on site. Please register to receive Zoom information.