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Video: Music of Azerbaijan: Fargana Qasimova Ensemble

March 02, 2015

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...

An Opening for Measles

February 27, 2015

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.

Video: Ongoing Life of Chinese Religion as a Resource for Comparative Theology

February 26, 2015

John H. Berthrong, Associate Professor of Comparative Theology at Boston University, delivers this lecture as part of the Center's Comparative Theology Lecture Series. David Mozina, Professor at Boston College in the Theology Department, will serve as a...

Video: Fictive Histories and Penitential Disorder: "Irregular" Women in Medieval Christianity

February 26, 2015

WSRP Research Associate Alison More, Visiting Assistant Professor in Women's Studies and History of Christianity, gives the lecture, "Fictive Histories and Penitential Disorder: 'Irregular' Women in Medieval Christianity."

Less Corporate, More Mindful

February 24, 2015

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...

Grasping a Rung on the Ladder

February 23, 2015

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...

Diplomacy, Diversity, and Humanity in Action

February 20, 2015

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.

Video: Buddhist Practice in Business and Secular Spaces

February 20, 2015

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.

Video: Religious Encounters with Evolution: Place, Politics, Polemics

February 19, 2015

Dr. David Livingstone delivers the 2014–15 Dudleian Lecture. Dr. Livingstone is Professor of Geography and Intellectual History at the Queen's University, Belfast, where his work focuses on the histories of geographical knowledge, the spatiality of...

At HDS, Establishing a Place for Peace

February 18, 2015

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...

Video: "Would You Impugn My Justice?"

February 18, 2015

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...

Dean Hempton on the Passing of John Whitehead

February 12, 2015

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...