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Margaux Fitoussi’s world has changed before her eyes more than once. Born in France, she lived in Paris until she was 7, when her parents—she an American dancer and he a doctor of Tunisian origin—divorced. Next was a home on the edge of the ocean in Long...

The following personal reflection was written by Chloe Merrell, student at the University of Cambridge. Chloe was awarded the Joseph Hodges Choate Memorial Fellowship, allowing her to study at Harvard's Graduate School of Arts and Sciences in 2019-20 as a...

Curated by Terry Tempest Williams and Geralyn White Dreyfous, “The Politics of the Unseen: Exploring the Moral Imagination” is a special film series and salon open to all members of the Harvard community as well as the general public. The films, which...

Dean William A. Graham has announced the appointment of two new administrators at Harvard Divinity School: Elizabeth (Betsy) Sloane will become Associate Dean for Development and Alumni Relations this week, and Laura C. Wood will become head of Andover...

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...

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. Reflection and...

Can you love your neighbor as you punch him in the face? That's one of the questions posed by the documentary Fight Church, which will be screened at Harvard during an event on Monday, October 20, hosted by the Science, Religion, and Culture Program at...

"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....

News of the United States Supreme Court decision on same-sex marriage reached San Francisco early in the morning on June 26. The city was already preparing to celebrate Pride weekend. The news meant that we started the party early. People met on the...

The people who confronted white supremacists in Charlottesville, Virginia last Saturday drew on a truth that is more powerful than hate and a faith that the end of the story is not violence but love and life and their persistent victory. This is a dark...

The Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. would have turned 90 this year. While his name and his contribution to the U.S. Civil Rights Movement are revered, some wonder if Dr. King’s legacy is in jeopardy amid a resurgence of racism, xenophobia, and hate...

Cornel West's course, “ American Democracy,” co-taught with Harvard Law School professor Roberto Unger, addressed the rise of inequality and nationalism in the United States through the lenses of class, race, and identity, and suggested ways to work for...