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Student Profile: Milia Islam

Student Profile: Milia Islam

March 10, 2002

Early in September of 2001, Milia Islam was already anticipating a tough transition in coming to a big northeastern city such as Boston after having lived most of her life in a small Missouri town (Fulton, population 10,000), and in undertaking a Harvard graduate program that is challenging under the best of circumstances.... Read more about Student Profile: Milia Islam

WSRP Associates Share New Location and Ideas

WSRP Associates Share New Location and Ideas

February 15, 2002

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 2001-02 resident scholars represent a startling range of academic specialization, ethnicity, religious background, and geographical origin.... Read more about WSRP Associates Share New Location and Ideas

Akedah: Conversation With the Artist

Akedah: Conversation With the Artist

November 15, 2001

Bernard Greenwald was born in Newark, New Jersey, and studied art at the Philadelphia College of Art and at Yale University. He has been a professor of studio arts at Bard College for 32 years. In the latter part of his career, he has taught writing as well, most recently at Lewis and Clark College in Portland, Oregon. His prints can be seen at the Library of Congress, the National Collection of Fine Art, Yale University, the Museum of Fine Art in Boston, the Portland Art Museum, and, through December 13, 2001, in the Chapel of Andover Hall.... Read more about Akedah: Conversation With the Artist

Gyatso to Join Faculty of Divinity

Gyatso to Join Faculty of Divinity

September 2, 2001

Janet Gyatso, who taught in the religion department at Amherst College for the previous 11 years, was appointed the first Hershey Chair in Buddhist Studies in 2001. The new professorship at Harvard Divinity School focuses on "the thought, practice, and values of contemporary Buddhism, both in Asia and the West."... Read more about Gyatso to Join Faculty of Divinity

Carrasco to Join Faculty of Divinity

Carrasco to Join Faculty of Divinity

August 1, 2001

Davíd Carrasco joined the Faculty of Divinity in September 2001 as the inaugural Neil L. Rudenstine Professor of the Study of Latin America. Carrasco, who has been professor of the history of religions at Princeton University since 1993, is a world-renowned scholar of Mesoamerican religions with a wide range of interests in the contemporary and historical study of religions, ranging from Aztec religion to contemporary issues in Latino/a studies.... Read more about Carrasco to Join Faculty of Divinity

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