Janet Gyatso

“HDS faculty are committed to teaching topics and adapting new pedagogies in order to be more attentive than ever to our current global crises,” said Professor Janet Gyatso.

“The classes are proceeding as close to normal as one could hope for under the circumstances. We’re all determined to finish the semester,” said Janet Gyatso, Hershey Professor of Buddhist Studies and associate dean for faculty and academic affairs.

“Thich Nhat Hanh provides a simple version of Buddhism, but I would not say it is oversimplified,” explains Professor Janet Gyatso.

The latest episode from the Ministry of Ideas podcast deals with religious and philosophical ideas of nothingness, and features Hershey Professor of Buddhist Studies Janet Gyatso speaking about the Buddhist concept of shunyata.

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

Janet Gyatso, Hershey Professor of Buddhist Studies and associate dean for faculty and academic affairs, discusses her recent publication, Being Human in a Buddhist World: An Intellectual History of Medicine in Early Modern Tibet. Listen iTunes SoundCloud

Only two years after its launch in April 2014, the Campaign for HDS is already having an impact on every aspect of the School's mission. New professorships enable HDS to extend its expertise in the study of the world's religious traditions and the ways...

HDS professor Janet Gyatso speaks about Buddhism and civic activism ahead of 125 U.S. Buddhist leaders from across the spectrum gathering on May 14 in Washington for what organizers say may be the biggest conference ever focused on bringing their faith...

Scholars, students, and educators discuss the challenges, insights, and questions of training for Buddhist ministry at the Buddhist Ministry Initiative's recent conference, "Education and Buddhist Ministry: Whither—and Why?" The conference, funded by the...

Harvard University was founded in 1636 to help establish "a learned ministry." Nearly four centuries later, Harvard Divinity School works to produce a learned ministry for modern times, and the focus of its scholars and educators has widened to include...