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Professor Davíd Carrasco, Neil L. Rudenstine Professor for the Study of Latin America delivered the 2019 Convocation address “Toni Morrison Stories: Goodness and Mercy and Mexico.” FULL TRANSCRIPT: [MUSIC PLAYING] [APPLAUSE] RAMONA PETERS: [SPEAKING...

When Joshua Leach was an undergraduate at the University of Chicago, he volunteered as area coordinator of an Amnesty International student group in Illinois. While serving in that role, one of his responsibilities included preparing a newsletter that was...

Karen Tse, MDiv '00, walked into a prison in the African nation of Burundi and found children: an 8-year-old boy tossed into jail for stealing a mobile phone; 12-year-old girls imprisoned for "sex crimes"; a 2-year old girl who had spent most of her short...

Chris Berlin is a counselor to Buddhist students and Instructor in Ministry and Pastoral Counseling at HDS. He is part of a musical group consisting of several HDS alumni and students called Satigata. The group, formed at HDS, recently released an album...

View a conversation on religion and the 2020 election with James Kloppenberg, Charles Warren Professor of American History at Harvard, and E.J. Dionne, Visiting Professor in Religion and Political Culture at HDS. This event was moderated by Catherine...

Jalane Schmidt could hear the chants across the street from St. Paul’s Episcopal Church in Charlottesville, Virginia on the night of August 11, 2017. “Blood and soil!” the torch-bearing marchers shouted as they gathered in front of a statue of Thomas...

Summer has always been a time to catch up on that ever-growing reading list, whether it be for work, for pleasure, or, this summer, for knowledge and strength in these uncertain times. Below, members of the HDS community shared what they’re reading. Eboni...

Betsee Parker's single-minded focus on service has been in evidence throughout her life, but perhaps never more so than on September 11, 2001. She and her late husband were in their apartment on the Upper East Side of Manhattan when the first plane hit...

Grace Killian, MDiv candidate and a seminarian at Memorial Church, delivered the following remarks at Morning Prayers in Harvard's Memorial Church on September 27, 2019.

Abhijith Ravinutala, MTS candidate, delivered the following remarks during a Spirituality and Mental Health Advocacy session on October 15, 2018. ♦♦♦ I have spent enough time at Harvard Divinity School now to know that there are a few general ways of...

A group of 11 HDS students, faculty, and friends recently gathered behind Andover Hall for what has become an annual tradition: Building the HDS sukkah. Led by Rabbi Sally Finestone, the denominational counselor to Jewish students at HDS, the multifaith...

This summer, thanks to several generous gifts in support of Dean David N. Hempton’s campaign initiatives, HDS continued its ongoing effort to provide students with financial support so that they can serve communities locally and abroad through...