Events

Past Events

Meeting Room with audience
Oct 21

10:30 am

Candid Community Conversations: Hartford Mayoral Candidate Forum

The Howard Thurman Center at Hartford International University invites you to our inaugural Candid Community Conversations event. Our Candid Community Conversations invite members from our multifaith community, and the community at large, to interact with our civic leaders. Our invited guests to

Women's Leadership Institute - MT Winter
Oct 18

7:00 pm

Celebrating 25 Years of WLI

Hartford International University for Religion and Peace (HIU) will host an online session to celebrate 25 years of the pioneering Women’s Leadership Institute (WLI). WLI’s founder, Emerita Professor Miriam Therese Winter, will look back on the goals of WLI and celebrate how they were met over its

Lament - word on concrete
Oct 17

7:00 pm

Prayer Vigil of Lament and Supplication to God

HIU is a community of individuals—students, faculty, staff, trustees, ambassadors, alumni, and community members—who have been deeply affected by the atrocities and violence in Israel and Palestine. We have and know children, family, friends, and colleagues who have all been directly

Image of mushrooms
Oct 06

6:15 pm

Finding Refuge: Earth Love and Climate Grief

Finding Refuge is designed to help people work with their grief over the damage being done to Earth’s ecosystems. The retreat will make use of practices of Relational Nature & Forest Therapy and "The Work that Reconnects" to engage with the love of Earth and to access our own deep emotions and

Aida Mansoor painting
Oct 03

7:00 pm

Islamic Art Exhibition

The Qur’an is a source of connection to God, and inspiration to many around the world. Join Aida Mansoor as she shares her artwork, the source that inspired it and how this has become a way of self-care and reflection. The opening of the exhibition will be held Tuesday, Oct. 3 at 7 p.m. The

Trail
Sep 30

9:00 am

'Woods Revival' Cleanup along the North Branch Park River 

Join us for a 'Woods Revival" cleanup and the removal of invasive species along the North Branch of the Park River.  We will meet at 76 Sherman Street, Hartford, home of the Center for Transformative Spirituality at Hartford International University for Religion & Peace. Parking is

Illustration of different races and cultures
Sep 19

7:00 pm

Race, Religion, and Contested Identities: A Christian-Muslim Dialogue

With the rise of White Christian Nationalism, it has become evident how integral race and ethnicity are to religion in America. As Cheryl Gilkes has written, “religion and race operate as two interconnected and co-creative social forces” in America (2010). Religion has been used to produce and

HIU building with new signs
Sep 07

6:30 pm

Convocation 2023

Help us celebrate HIU as it opens its 190th academic year! Convocation will be face-to-face in the Meeting Room at 77 Sherman Street as well as livestreamed on Facebook at this link: https://www.facebook.com/hartfordinternational A light meal will be served after Convocation to kick off the

Group of dancers leaning back
Aug 22

6:30 pm

Honoring the Presence of Trees: A Dance Film Experience

Gather on the lawn of Hartford International University to watch the captivating work of the Justice Dance Performance Project (JDPP). This evening event will include the screening of several films capturing performances of "In the Presence of Trees" throughout Greater Hartford. A

Picture of John Philip Newell
Jul 07

6:00 pm

The School of Earth & Soul 2023

This is the second of three consecutive summers that Hartford International University will host The School of Earth & Soul. Celtic Wisdom 2 will be held from July 7-9, 2023. Please note: The programs are numbered (Celtic Wisdom 1, 2 and 3) but can be taken individually or in any order. This