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Karen L. King

Person

 

Education

  • BA, University of Montana
  • PhD, Brown University

Profile

Karen L. King was appointed to the Divinity School in 1997 and from 2003 to 2009 served as the Winn Professor of Ecclesiastical History. In October 2009, she became the first woman appointed...

Amy Hollywood

Person

Education

  • AB, Bryn Mawr College
  • MA, PhD, University of Chicago

Profile

Amy Hollywood came to HDS in 2005. She is the author of The Soul as Virgin Wife: Mechthild of Magdeburg, Marguerite Porete, and Meister Eckhart (University of Notre Dame Press, 1995)...

Ann D. Braude

Person

 

Education

  • AB, Vassar College
  • MA, University of Chicago
  • PhD, Yale University

Profile

Ann Braude serves as the director of the Women's Studies in Religion Program and as Senior Lecturer on American Religious History at Harvard Divinity School. She joined the...

Catherine Brekus

Person

 

On leave

  • Fall 2025, Spring 2026

Education

  • BA, Harvard University
  • PhD, Yale University

Profile

Catherine Brekus is Charles Warren Professor of the History of Religion in America at Harvard Divinity School, Chair of the Committee on the Study of Religion in the...

Leila Ahmed

Person

 

Education

  • BA, MA, PhD, University of Cambridge

Profile

Leila Ahmed came to the Divinity School in 1999 as the first professor of women's studies in religion and was appointed to the Victor S. Thomas chair in 2003. She became the Victor S. Thomas Research...