Biography
Revd Dr Stuart Jennings has served over 20 years as an ordained Methodist University chaplain at Nottingham Trent University, Coventry University and the University of Warwick.
Dr Jennings was awarded his doctorate (PhD) for research in Early Modern British History [specialising in the British Civil Wars of the seventeenth century] and he has published numerous academic articles listed under Publications. He has served for nine years as academic Director and lecturer on the Certificates in Historical Studies and Local History ran at the University of Warwick Centre for Lifelong Learning. Previous to that he held an Honorary Fellowship in History at Nottingham Trent University
His academic research and academic publications about Newark and the English Civil War meant that he was involved from inception through to the opening of the new National English Civil War Museum which opened at Newark upon Trent in 2014. He continues to serve as an academic advisor to the museum. Dr Jennings is a fellow of the Royal Historical Society
Dr Jennings has an interest in Christian spirituality and has organised world-wide retreats in Assisi, the Holy Land and the major Celtic Christian centres across the UK. He has served previously as a coordinator for the student 'Summer of service" volunteer scheme, where students live with a host family (Jewish, Christian or Muslim) in Palestine and Israel and undertake voluntary work in schools, community centres and peace projects.
A long time commitment to Multi-Faith dialogue has led him to serve as a Trustee on Coventry Multi-Faith Forum and formerly on the Leicester Council of Faiths and has presented papers on Multi-Faith themes at Higher Education world conferences in Tampere, Finland, and Yale University in the US.