Women's Studies in Religion Program
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Staff list and contact information for the Women's Studies in Religion Program at Harvard Divinity School.
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Strong Foundations, Forward Thinking
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The Women’s Studies in Religion Program continues to bring forth new research in the study of religion and gender while building a scholarly community that crosses generations, contexts, and continents.
Constance Buchanan, Former Director of HDS’s Women’s Studies in Religion Program, Passes Away
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Constance Buchanan, a former director of the Women’s Studies in Religion Program at Harvard Divinity School who developed the program into a permanent part of the School and University, died September 16, 2020. She was 73. A faculty member and associate...
At Harvard Divinity’s Women’s Studies in Religion Program, Scholars Produce Generations of Knowledge
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WSRP research associates create and contribute to stories of women and religion that have often been overlooked On the periphery of the Harvard campus lies the Carriage House, a place that pulses with rigorous scholarship and robust personal and academic...
Religion and the Gender Revolution
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The Past, Present, and Future of the Women's Studies in Religion Program The history of women at Harvard Divinity School is relatively brief, but the Women's Studies in Religion Program (WSRP)—founded in 1973—has ensured that the roles of women and gender...
Programs and Centers
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Harvard Divinity School's academic and teaching resources are enhanced and its spiritual and community life enriched by the programs and special projects that are an integral part of the School. Center for the Study of World Religions Since the late 1950s...
Ann D. Braude
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- AB, Vassar College
- MA, University of Chicago
- PhD, Yale University
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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...
Why We Can’t Look Away from Black Horror
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Kinitra D. Brooks, Women's Studies in Religion Program Research Associate and Visiting Associate Professor of Women’s Studies and African-American Religions, talks about what makes her a fan of Black horror and how to recognize films that do the genre...
Leila Ahmed
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- BA, MA, PhD, University of Cambridge
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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...
A Short Half-Century: Fifty Years of Women at Harvard Divinity School
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The HDS community began its 2005-06 academic year on Monday, September 19, with a Convocation address by Ann Braude, director of the Women's Studies in Religion Program and Senior Lecturer in American Religious History, at Sanders Theatre in Memorial Hall...
WSRP Associates Share New Location and Ideas
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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...
HDS at a Glance
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Founded Harvard Divinity School was established in 1816 as the first nonsectarian theological institution in the United States. (Read more: History and mission.) Dean Marla Frederick is a leading ethnographer and scholar focused on the African American...