Race

Convened by Ahmad Greene-Hayes, Assistant Professor of African American Religious Studies at HDS, this colloquium bridged connections between the critical study of Black religion and studies of race, gender, and sexuality in critical theory and philosophy...

On a fall afternoon in November inside Harvard Divinity School’s Swartz Hall, the School’s Associate Dean for Diversity, Inclusion, and Belonging Melissa Wood Bartholomew along with Assistant Dean for Diversity, Inclusion, and Belonging Steph Gauchel and...

HDS Professor Terrence Johnson is teaching a class this semester that explores race and racism through a spiritual lens. He joins WBUR's Radio Boston to share why he's drawn to the subject matter, and what it means for Black identity in America and beyond...

The below message was sent to members of the HDS community from Dean David N. Hempton on May 16, 2022. Dear members of the HDS community, The violent, premeditated, and racist hate crime perpetrated on the Black community of Buffalo, New York, has...

Students in Professor Todne Thomas’s course, “Black Church Burning,” curated and created items for the exhibit on display at the Harvard Divinity School Library. On a visit to an art museum while conducting research on Black church arson, Harvard Divinity...

Todne Thomas, Associate Professor of African American Religious Studies, examined the 2015 burning of a predominantly African American church as part of a wider discussion about the phenomenon of Black church arson at a virtual lecture Friday.

Cornell William Brooks, Visiting Professor of the Practice of Prophetic Religion and Public Leadership at HDS and a Harvard Kennedy School faculty member, and Linda Bilmes, Daniel Patrick Moynihan Senior Lecturer in Public Policy at HKS, explore why the...

Gaily Seavey, MDiv '90, will participate in a forum "The Racial Climate in Gloucester: What Lies Ahead," for an upcoming observance for Martin Luther King, Jr. Day.

"Harriet Tubman, Frederick Douglass, the abolitionists of old, couldn’t vote their way to freedom. They had to do a lot more than that. That’s what I’m saying: We’ve got to do a lot more than that," says Cornell William Brooks, HDS Visiting Professor of...

From kincraft to Black Church burnings, Professor Todne Thomas teaches about the multidimensional character of human experience Todne Thomas, Associate Professor of African American Religious Studies, is an esteemed ethno-grapher and an expert on kinship...