News & Events

News & Events

HDS Leadership Council (April 2007)
HDS Leadership Council (April 2007)
04.12.2007 Video

Kevin Johnson, 12-year veteran of the National Basketball Association and 2000 graduate of the HDS Summer Leadership Institute, delivered the closing address for the Leadership Council gathering...
Religious Studies at Harvard University
Religious Studies at Harvard University
04.12.2007 Video

Dean William A. Graham opened the second day of the Leadership Council gathering with an update on Harvard Divinity School priorities and aspirations. Harvard's Interim President Derek Bok spoke...
Panel Discussion: "Religious Studies and Informed Leadership"
Panel Discussion: "Religious Studies and Informed Leadership"
04.12.2007 Video

Diane L. Moore, Professor of the Practice in Religious Studies and Education and director of the Program in Religion and Secondary Education (PRSE), led a panel discussion on HDS programs that...
Panel Discussion: "Religious Studies and Global Understanding"
Panel Discussion: "Religious Studies and Global Understanding"
04.12.2007 Video

Ronald F. Thiemann, Bussey Professor of Theology, led a panel discussion on HDS programs that provide perspectives on religion and globalism.
Panel Discussion on Evolution, Cooperation, and Gender
Panel Discussion on Evolution, Cooperation, and Gender
04.12.2007 Video

On April 12, 2007, Kevin Foster (Harvard University), Evelyn Fox Keller (MIT), M. Christian Green (Harvard Divinity School), and Joan Roughgarden (Stanford University) participated in this...
A Conversation With Madeleine Albright
A Conversation With Madeleine Albright
04.11.2007 Video

Madeleine Albright, 64th Secretary of State of the United States, participated in a conversation with the Leadership Council moderated by Jon Meacham, editor of Newsweek.
Q&A with Kimberley Patton
03.25.2007 News Story

In her recently published book The Sea Can Wash Away All Evils: Modern Marine Pollution and the Ancient Cathartic Ocean (Columbia University Press), HDS professor Kimberley C. Patton...
Stem Cells, Through a Religious Lens
03.22.2007 News Story Harvard Gazette

Representatives of three of the world’s major religions tangled over the beginnings of human life, the disposal of surplus embryos from in vitro fertilization...
Witnessing Breath Between Death and Life: Reinterpreting Holy Saturday
Witnessing Breath Between Death and Life: Reinterpreting Holy Saturday
03.22.2007 Video

This lecture was delivered by Shelly Rambo, PhD (Boston University), Research Associate and Visiting Assistant Professor of Theology.
Harvard Stem Cell Institute Public Forum: Religious Perspectives on Stem Cell Research
Harvard Stem Cell Institute Public Forum: Religious Perspectives on Stem Cell Research
03.14.2007 Video

On March 14, 2007, Philip Clayton, Visiting Professor of Science and Religion at Harvard Divinity School, moderated a panel discussion featuring Eric Cohen, director of the Bioethics and...