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On June 30, the Supreme Court of the United States (SCOTUS) ruled that some corporations have religious rights and cannot be required to pay for certain types of contraceptives for their employees. The 5-4 decision fell in favor of the closely held for...

Five new Research Associates will join the Women’s Studies in Religion Program at HDS to work on book-length projects during the 2018–19 academic year.

The WSRP National Leadership Conference, held annually in Cambridge, provides a unique opportunity to merge the groundbreaking findings of the program's scholars with the experiences of women leaders in the professions, philanthropy, and civic affairs.

Their research spans history, religions, and academic fields, and next year, five new Research Associates will join the Women’s Studies in Religion Program at HDS to work on book-length projects.

Eliza Griswold has traveled the world researching conflicts. Over the summer, The New York Times Magazine published her article " Is This the End of Christianity in the Middle East?" For her first book, The Tenth Parallel, she spent years traveling in...

On March 12, 2020, Monique Moultrie (Georgia State University), Visiting Associate Professor of Women’s Studies and African American Religions, gave the lecture, “Hidden Histories: Faith as a Site of Black Lesbian Activism."

Kimberly Blockett, Visiting Associate Professor of Women's Studies and African American Religions, and Colorado Scholar from Penn State, Brandywine, presents “#sayhername: Recovering Zilpha Elaw’s Rebellious Evangelicalism." Listen

Jocelyne Cesari was Visiting Associate Professor of Islamic Studies at HDS for the 2004-05 academic year and has served as a research associate in the Center for Middle Eastern Studies at Harvard University since spring 2001. Her book When Islam and...

On February 12, 2014, Visiting Lecturer on Women’s Studies and Chinese Religion and WSRP Research Associate Hsiao-wen Cheng spoke about her research. Her talk focused on medicine, exorcism, and female sexualities in medieval China.

Silvia Mejia came to HDS thinking she would pursue further graduate work in religion. Instead, she ended up having a life-changing experience that led her to discover her passion: serving those who were invisible to her, and to many others. “I took the...

Azmera Hammouri-Davis, MTS candidate, attended the third annual Black Religion, Spirituality, and Culture Conference at HDS on February 28 and March 1, 2019. Below is her reflection following the conference. ♦♦♦ In a time where violence, hatred, racism...

The annual endowed Dudleian Lecture, the oldest and most prestigious endowed lecture at Harvard, was presented by Sister Mary Hughes, prioress of the Dominican Sisters of Amityville and former president of the Leadership Conference of Women Religious. The...