HDS Dean

Last month I visited Paris over spring break, partly on school business and partly to visit some of the sights in one of my favorite cities. I made a pilgrimage to the Montparnasse cemetery to visit its beautiful Jewish section, and the graves of...

November 11, 2018, marks the 100th anniversary of the end of World War I, a conflict that claimed the lives of nearly nine million soldiers and civilians, with more than three times that number wounded, taken prisoner, or gone missing. One century later...

HDS opened its 199th academic year on Thursday, August 28, 2014, with a keynote address, "The Matter of Religion and Theology." Dean David N. Hempton offered welcoming remarks and Professor Laura Nasrallah, MDiv candidate Barbara Schreur, and ThD...

Harvard University President Drew Faust announced on March 30 that David Hempton will become dean of Harvard Divinity School, effective July 1. Hempton, the Alonzo L. McDonald Family Professor of Evangelical Theological Studies at the Divinity School...

Eerie puffs of smoke, loud bangs, screaming people, bloodied bodies, and debris-strewn sidewalks, followed almost immediately by remarkable acts of courage and compassion. This was Boston on Marathon Monday, April 15. I was reminded of another city and...

HDS opened its 198th academic year on Thursday, August 29, 2013, under a white tent behind Andover Hall. The Convocation featured a welcome from Dean David N. Hempton and a keynote address, "Devotion in the Study of Religion," by Professor Stephanie...

David Hempton made these remarks following Harvard President Drew Faust's introduction of him as the next Dean of Harvard Divinity School at a reception at HDS on March 30, 2012. My thanks to President Faust for this very generous introduction. It's a...

HDS Dean David N. Hempton launched the Campaign for Harvard Divinity School on April 4, 2014, with an address that laid out a bold vision that builds on the School's tradition of religious education, service, and scholarly excellence. What follows is the...