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41 results for "Summer Language Program"

A Snapshot of the HDS Summer Language Program

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"By the end of this week, I'll have you translating Goethe." This was the promise that Karin Grundler-Whitacre, director of the HDS Summer Language Program and lecturer on German, made to us on the first day of class. We looked back at her, incredulous....

Language of Summer

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The HDS Summer Language Program is an eight-week, intensive program in language study designed specifically for the curriculum in theological and religious studies and taught with a focus on translation and reading comprehension in a foreign language...

The Language of Learning

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Though Harvard’s many serene campuses can be fairly quiet during the summer, such is not the case at Harvard Divinity School. In early June, students flock to HDS to participate in the Summer Language Program (SLP), an intensive, two-month program that...

At HDS, a Culture of Language Learning

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When HDS Professor Andrew Teeter was in college, he uncovered a fascination with the Hebrew Bible. He poured himself into his study of ancient Greek and Hebrew, even taking a summer job working the graveyard shift so he could resuscitate dead languages...

'Separated in Flesh, Together in Spirit'

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One of the added benefits of this year's Summer Language Program (SLP) being held exclusively online due to the worldwide pandemic was that it became relatively easy for special guests to join class sessions. For example, in Karin Grundler-Whitacre's...

Humans of HDS: Making the Leap

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Jeremy Jones is a first-year ThM candidate at the Boston College School of Theology and Ministry. Before coming to Boston, he spent three years pursuing a Master of Divinity degree at Africa International University in Nairobi, Kenya. He participated in...

A Summer in Jerusalem

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This past summer, through the support of a CSWR Greeley International Fellowship, MTS candidate Shira Telushkin worked as an intern at the Christian Leadership Initiative (CLI) run by the Shalom Hartman Institute of Jerusalem (SHI) and the American Jewish...

What’s on HDS’s Summer Reading List

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Whether you’re packing for a trip to the beach or woods, or comfortably settling onto your couch this vacation season, HDS has some book suggestions you may want to add to your bag or side table. Members of the HDS community recently shared what they’ll...

Nine Graduate Students Receive Loeb Fellowships

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Harvard Divinity School announces nine recipients of John L. Loeb Fellowships for summer and term-time research in 2009. These fellowships (ordinarily $10,000 each) are awarded to students engaged in research on topics dealing with religious freedom...

William A. Graham Named Dean of Harvard Divinity School

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Following a nationwide search that began last fall, President Lawrence H. Summers announced today that he has appointed William A. Graham, Murray A. Albertson Professor of Middle Eastern Studies and Professor of the History of Religion, as the next dean...

Graduate Profile: Sarah Belflower, MDiv '21

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HDS communications reached out to our 2021 graduating students to hear from them in their own words about their experiences at HDS, the people who've helped and inspired them along their grad school journeys, and their plans for the future. Memorable...