Harvard Divinity School - Events Calendar



May 1		Thursday Eucharist at HDS 8:30-9 am, Andover Chapel The chapel will be open for silent prayer at 8:15 am. Matthew Myer Boulton preaching and presiding. For more information, contact Jeff VonWald in Religious and Spiritual Life at 617.384.7571.


1		Islam in the West Muslims in Europe: Source of Concern or Source of Hope? 5-7 pm, Lower Level Conference Room, Minda de Gunzburg Center for European Studies, 27 Kirkland Street at Cabot Way With Mustapha Tlili, founder and director of New York University's Center for Dialogues: Islamic World – U.S. – The West; research scholar at New York University and senior fellow at the Remarque Institute of New York University; and a former senior United Nations official. One of the events in the Islam in the West Program series. For more information, contact Gwen Speeth at 617.384.7606.

1		WSRP Lecture Gender and Authorship in Hebrew Poetry: Scripture, the National Poet, and the Small Group of Women 5:15 pm, Braun Room, 45 Francis Avenue A talk by Miryam Segal (Indiana University), Women's Studies in Religion Program Research Associate and Visiting Assistant Professor of Women's Studies and Judaism. Reception to accompany. For more information, contact Liz Sutton at 617.495.5705.

2		Native American Perspectives on Spirituality 4-7:30 pm, Sperry Room, 45 Francis Avenue A panel discussion, followed by question-and-answer session, with Ramona Peters, Mashpee Wampanoag; Maurice Foxx, Mashpee Wampanoag; Don Barnaby, MicMac; Andres Juarez, Zuni Pueblo/Yaqui; and MariaCristina Vlassidis, Chilean Mapuche. Traditional Drumming by Cemelli de Aztlan. Refreshments will be served. For more information, contact Cemelli de Aztlan.
2		HDS NYC Alumni/ae Chapter Event Meet the Author: A Reception and Reading 5:30-7:30 pm, Harvard Club of New York City 35 W. 44th Street, New York, N.Y. Ana Mariella Bacigalupo, WSRP Fellow '04, will share her recent work, Shamans of the Foye Tree: Gender, Power, and Healing Among Chilean Mapuche. For more information or to register, contact Leila Kohler-Frueh at 617.495.0556 or visit the Harvard alumni events page.
4		Rev. Peter J. Gomes Sunday Forum at the National Cathedral 10 am, The National Cathedral, Massachusetts and Wisconsin Avenues NW, Washington, D.C. Sunday Forum on Peter Gomes's new book, The Scandalous Gospel of Jesus. Rev. Gomes will deliver the sermon at 11:15 am. The HDS D.C. Alumni/ae Chapter Brunch will be held at 12:30 pm, Cathedral College, Common Room, 3510 Woodley Road NW, Washington, D.C. For more information or to register, contact Leila Koehler-Frueh at 617.495.0556 or visit the Harvard alumni events page.

5		The Paul Tillich Lecture Science, Faith, and the Dialogue of Cultures: Islamic Perspectives 5:15 pm, Lecture Hall B, Science Center Presented by Bruno Guiderdoni, director of the Lyon Center for Astrophysical Research, Lyon, France, and of the Lyon Observatory; co-founder and director of the Islamic Institute for Advanced Studies, Paris; author of more than 100 papers in astrophysics and more than 50 papers on Islamic theology and mystics; referent interpreter of Islam in discussions on science and religion and interfaith dialogues. Respondents: Howard A. Smith, Senior Astrophysicist, Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics and author of Let There Be Light: Modern Cosmology and Kabballah, A New Conversation Between Science and Religion; and David Lamberth, Associate Professor of Theology, HDS, and author of William James and the Metaphysics of Experience.

7		Wednesday Noon Service Hosted by the Sikh Community 12:10-12:45 pm, Andover Chapel Hosted by a different group each week, the HDS Noon Service is an opportunity for all to pray with our companions across the boundaries of our many respective traditions. For more information, contact Jeff VonWald in Religious and Spiritual Life at 617.384.7571.


12-13		Rethinking the Human A Culminating Conference Sperry Room, Andover Hall In our globalized world, seemingly different conceptions of human nature and human values raise critical questions as to whether universal and partisan claims, interests, and perspectives can be reconciled, whether interreligious and intercultural conversations can have a positive effect on building human community, and whether a pluralistic ethos can effectively transcend the uncompromising notions now current as to what is true, good, necessary, just, and real. This conference invites intellectuals in religious studies, the humanities, and the social sciences to offer historical and contemporary insights into how these issues might be usefully explored and practically resolved. Part of the 2007-08 series Rethinking the Human. Space is limited and reservations are required for this event. For more information, visit the CSWR website or call 617.495.4476.

15		Theorizing Race and Ethnicity in Theology and the Study of Religion Speaker Series 5:30-7:30 pm, Sperry Room, 45 Francis Avenue Panel presentations and discussion with: Stacey M. Floyd-Thomas, Brite Divinity School, Texas Christian University; Evelynn M. Hammonds, Harvard University; David Kyuman Kim, Connecticut College; John L. Jackson, Jr., University of Pennsylvania; and Davíd Carrasco, Harvard Divinity School. Ronald F. Thiemann, Harvard Divinity School, will moderate. A reception precedes the event, at 4:30, in the Braun Room, 45 Francis Avenue. Sponsored by the Religion and Society Colloquium at Harvard Divinity School. For more information, contact Eleanor Craig.

16		Memorial Service for Krister Stendahl 3 pm, The Memorial Church, Harvard University Reception to follow at Loeb House, 17 Quincy Street

June 4		Harvard Divinity School Alumni/ae Day The Spiritual Nature of Physical Space 9 am-7:30 pm, Harvard Divinity School campus 45 Francis Avenue Highlights of this year's Alumni/ae Day celebration include a presentation by Davíd Carrasco, Neil L. Rudenstine Professor of the Study of Latin America, Harvard Divinity School; a sand mandala creation by the Venerable Losang Samten; and a panel of HDS graduates whose careers in architecture and public service have given them a new sense of the relationship between the physical and the personal. For more information or to register, contact Leila Koehler-Frueh at 617.495.0556 or visit the Harvard alumni events page.

5		Harvard University Commencement