Women, Gender, and Religion

Swasti Bhattacharyya is Visiting Professor Emerita of Women’s Studies and Ethics and an HDS WSRP Research Associate for 2021–22. In fall 2021, she taught the HDS course, “Ecofeminism, Religion, and Ethics: Reorienting Our Lives.”

Jenna Carson, MDiv '18, is the Latter-day Saints first chaplain in the federal prison system who carries the ultimate goal of becoming a military chaplain.

Reflections from HDS Yang Visiting Scholar in World Christianity, Professor Oluwakemi Abiodun Adesina Professor Oluwakemi Abiodun Adesina is one of two Inaugural Yang Visiting Scholars in World Christianity at HDS during the 2021-22 academic year. Below...

Heather White, Visiting Assistant Professor of Religion and Gender and Queer Studies at HDS and a Women's Studies in Religion Program Research Associate for 2021–22, describes her year-long research project at the WSRP, "Hosting the Counterculture...

On the eve of what would have been the late novelist Toni Morrison’s 91st birthday, HDS Professor Davíd Carrasco shared stories from his 32-year friendship with the Nobel laureate during a remote lecture hosted by the Harvard Extension Alumni Association...

Ann Braude, director of the Women's Studies in Religion Program, explores the importance of spirituality in modern art and its influence in the work of twentieth-century abstract artists Vicci Sperry and Hilma af Klint.

The Harvard Center for African Studies hosted the Folorunso Alakija Distinguished Lecture on Religion and Public Life in Africa, titled "Faith and Women’s Rights: The Role of Religion," on December 1, 2021. The event was moderated by Leila Ahmed, Victor S...

At first glance, it might appear that the five research associates with the Women's Studies in Religion Program at HDS this year don't have much in common—other than the fact that they're all women. To an extent probably greater than ever before, these...

Soon after Suzannah Omonuk (she/her) began studying at HDS, she came across an application for a student grant funded by Harvard and the Legacy of Slavery Initiative, which examines Harvard’s connections to slavery through ongoing discussions, programming...

Todne Thomas, Assistant Professor of African American Religions at HDS and Suzanne Young Murray Assistant Professor at Radcliffe Institute for Advanced Study, delivered the following remarks at Morning Prayers in Harvard's Memorial Church on February 8...