Bicentennial

Harvard President Drew Faust spoke about the HDS's history and mission during the School's bicentennial celebration on April 28, 2017. Listen

In 1816, when Harvard Divinity School was established, its founders aimed to ensure that “every encouragement be given to the serious, impartial, and unbiased investigation of Christian truth.” Two hundred years later, HDS has expanded its mission. With...

Seriously and joyfully, HDS began the academic year, and celebration of its bicentennial year, with images and words that looked back with candor and respect and simultaneously propagated enthusiasm for the school’s colorfully bannered mission to...

A panel of HDS faculty launches the bicentennial of HDS by discussing the outcome of the 200-year history of the School: a multireligious divinity school. Audio

After reflecting on the formation of Harvard Divinity School in 1816, Harvard President Drew Faust looked out to the crowd of HDS faculty, students, staff, and friends gathered on the Campus Green and told them that their community not only embodies the...

HDS has undertaken an audacious project to combine critical thinking about religion with the training of religious leaders in the context of a research university.

On August 30, George Rupp, former Dean of Harvard Divinity School, will deliver the keynote address during the School’s Convocation. The event, during which Harvard President Drew Faust will offer an introduction, also marks the kickoff to HDS’s...

In Harvard Magazine, President Drew Faust pens a letter that discusses the importance of HDS's mission, and celebrates the School's upcoming bicentennial.

The history of Harvard Divinity School may not be what you think. To celebrate HDS’s bicentennial, Ann Braude, director of the Women’s Studies in Religion Program and Senior Lecturer on American Religious History, has worked for more than eight months on...

Two hundred years. Even in an institution as venerable as Harvard University, that's a long time. Harvard Divinity School, the nation's first nonsectarian theological school, will celebrate its bicentennial during the 2016–17 academic year with events and...