International

One of the highest priorities for HDS in recent years has been expanding faculty expertise. This year, Dean Hempton welcomed Professors Tracey E. Hucks, AM '95, PhD '98, Terrence L. Johnson, MDiv 'oo, and Ahmad Greene-Hayes to the HDS community. Their...

Professor Davíd Carrasco explores the significance of Dia de los Muertos and the 20 th anniversary of the special celebration at the Peabody Museum of Archaeology and Ethnology.

"If we lose these religions, it would be a big loss for the world,” says HDS Professor of African Religious Traditions Jacob Olupona. “We would have lost an entire civilisation.”

Widely decorated in academic circles, and the recipient of the Nigerian National Order of Merit, Harvard Divinity School Professor Jacob Olupona’s humble demeanor masks the greatness of the man whose groundbreaking work in comparative religion continues...

Through a photo documentation project in the complex area of the South Hebron Hills in Area C of the West Bank, two Harvard Divinity School fellows uncovered layered Jewish identities of activists in solidarity with Palestinians, including within...

“It’s hard to be afar and to be distant. I feel a lot of passion for doing whatever I can to help even if I’m far away. If I can’t be there to give out blankets or to administer first aid or simply be with my friends in the bomb shelters, I want to do...

“Worse still, on some issues it’s very hard to see any difference between Macron and Le Pen, especially on the visibility of Muslims. Some of Macron’s ministers have been even more excessive than she has on this matter," says HDS Visiting Professor...

Taurean J. Webb, 2021-22 Fellow in Conflict and Peace with the Religion, Conflict and Peace Initiative at HDS, presented a collaborative art exhibition called “Ye Shall Inherit the Earth & Faces of the Divine” at a virtual event sponsored by the Religion...

Jocelyne Cesari, T. J. Dermot Dunphy Visiting Professor of Religion, Violence, and Peacebuilding, discusses how nationalism has hijacked Russian religion.

Gianluca Avanzato, MDiv '24, delivered the following remarks at Morning Prayers in Harvard's Memorial Church on February 23, 2022. ♦♦♦ My name is Gianluca Avanzato, and I'm grateful to be here with you. The inspired text I'm about to read is "A Blessing...