Two years after she first thought of the idea of introducing a special program—one that would bring racial and ethnic minority undergraduate students to Harvard Divinity School to expose them to ministerial and theological graduate education—Maritza...
The recently released documentary Toni Morrison: The Pieces I Am, is an artful and intimate meditation on the legendary storyteller. The film examines Morrison's life, works, and the powerful themes she has confronted throughout her literary career. It...
HDS Professor of the Practice of Public Philosophy Cornel West delivered the 2017 Convocation address "Spiritual Blackout, Imperial Meltdown, Prophetic Fightback," on August 29, 2017. You can read a recap of the Convocation ceremony and Professor West's...
“It’s almost surreal,” said Todne Thomas, Assistant Professor of African American Religions at HDS and the Suzanne Young Murray Assistant Professor at the Radcliffe Institute for Advanced Study. “Seeing faculty whose work I’ve been reading over the years...
On a recent Wednesday, Noam Shuster-Eliassi strolled around the tiny village in Israel where she grew up, Neve Shalom or "Oasis of Peace," wishing goodbye to her neighbors. The Israeli comedian was heading to Harvard University in just a few days for to...
The 2014 Gomes Honors recipients were recognized in a ceremony on April 3, 2014, in Andover Chapel. Winners this year were: Eileen Chamberlain Donahoe, MTS '84; Simon Xavier Guerrand-Hermès, MTS '93; Elizabeth A. Eaton, MDiv '80; and Peter J. Isely, MDiv...
The Alumni/Alumnae Council brought the second installment of the 2014-15 Divinity Dialogues speaker series to the West Coast. Speakers Sejal H. Patel, MTS '14, and Suzanne Skees, MTS '92, addressed a theme of great importance to ourselves, our communities...