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Video: Music of Azerbaijan: Fargana Qasimova Ensemble

For Fargana Qasimova, the passionate lyrics of Azerbaijani mugham and spirited songs of the bardicashiq tradition provided the soundscape of her childhood. Now a consummate vocalist in her own right, Fargana has developed her own distinctive style that...
Fargana Qasimova Ensemble

An Opening for Measles

HDS professor Ahmed Ragab, the director of the Science, Religion, and Culture program, moderated a panel of experts who discussed the return of measles and explored the legal, ethical, and public health issues surrounding childhood vaccination.
Measles panel

Less Corporate, More Mindful

Although he graduated from Harvard Law School, Lawrence Levy, the former CFO of Pixar, feels a connection to HDS. "I'm kind of a Divinity School guy now," Levy said. "I always had an interest and a passion for what I would loosely call spiritual...
Lawrence Levy

Grasping a Rung on the Ladder

It was the Rev. Jonathan Walton's first trip to the Mamelodi township, an area ravaged by AIDS, poverty, and crime just outside Pretoria, South Africa. But it won't be his last. "This was just the beginning of what plans to be an annual trip for me," said...
Jonathan L. Walton

Diplomacy, Diversity, and Humanity in Action

Selected as a 2015 Diplomacy and Diversity Fellow by Humanity in Action, Usra Ghazi, MTS '15, will explore the changing international dynamics of diplomacy and diversity.
Usra Ghazi

Video: Buddhist Practice in Business and Secular Spaces

Lawrence Levy, the former CFO of Pixar and co-founder of the Juniper Foundation, discusses mindfulness, contemporary and corporate America, and his transition from full-time corporate executive to meditation teacher.
Lawrence Levy discusses buddhist practice in business and secular spaces

At HDS, Establishing a Place for Peace

Far too often, and seemingly more and more in recent months, conversations and headlines are driven by death, fear, and hate. There's much less focus on cooperation, service, and peace. With that in mind, and while also recognizing the need to highlight...
Dean David Hempton

Video: "Would You Impugn My Justice?"

Joel S. Kaminsky, Professor of Religion and Morningstar Family Professor in Jewish Studies at Smith College, delivers the 2015 Albert and Vera List Fund for Jewish Studies Lecture. Much recent scholarship has portrayed the book of Job as sweeping away an...
Joel S. Kaminsky of Smith College delivers the 2015 Albert and Vera List Fund for Jewish Studies Lecture

Dean Hempton on the Passing of John Whitehead

It is with great sadness that we learned of the recent passing of John Whitehead, a member of the HDS Dean's Council, honorary chair of the Campaign for HDS, and a great friend to the School for more than a generation. John was not an alumnus of HDS—he...
John C. Whitehead