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Dr. Yahya Michot Gives 'Arabian Nights' Lecture, Is Honored as Faculty Emeritus
January 18, 2019
Dr. Yahya Michot delivered an illuminating lecture on The Arabian Nights on Jan. 15, 2019, then received a standing ovation when Interim Academic Dean David D. Grafton formally welcomed him to the ranks of Faculty Emeriti.
General HIU News
Where to Attend a Martin Luther King Jr. Day Celebration
January 15, 2019
Hartford Seminary will be closed on Monday, Jan. 21, for Martin Luther King Jr. Day. We encourage everyone to find a way to celebrate the life of the civil rights icon during the long weekend that honors him.
Faculty In The News
Professor Deena Grant to Present Lecture Series at Manchester Synagogue
January 8, 2019
Deena Grant, Associate Professor of Jewish Studies, will present a lecture series at Beth Sholom B’nai Israel Synagogue in Manchester. The lectures will run from 7:30 to 9 p.m. on Jan. 14, 21 and 28.
Alumni News
Alum Spotlight: Newspaper Honors the Rev. Dr. Ann Van Cleef
January 8, 2019
The Rev. Dr. Ann Van Cleef, a 2015 graduate of Hartford Seminary’s Doctor of Ministry program, was recently named 2018 Community Leader of the Year by the Suffolk Times, a newspaper that covers the North Fork of Long Island.
Faculty In The News, General HIU News
President Joel N. Lohr Sees Two New Books Published
January 7, 2019
President Joel N. Lohr is the co-author of a new, third edition of a religious studies textbook and co-editor of a “festschrift” containing scholarly essays, released last summer. Both are published with university presses.
General HIU News
Hartford Seminary Welcomes Director of Philanthropy
January 7, 2019
President Joel N. Lohr is pleased to announce that Kaaren Van Dyke will join Hartford Seminary on Feb. 1, 2019, as Director of Philanthropy.
Alumni News
Alum Morteza Rezazadeh Organizes April Trip to Iran
January 3, 2019
Morteza Rezazadeh, a graduate of the International Peacemaking Program and the Master of Arts in Religious Studies, is helping to organize a trip to Iran this April.
Student News
Peacemaker Profile: David Dwi Chrisna Damping of Indonesia
December 29, 2018
The six students in our 2018-19 class of International Peacemaking Program fellows will spend a year at Hartford Seminary studying mediation, interfaith dialogue and public speaking while earning a Graduate Certificate. We asked each of them to answer the same set of questions.
Student News
Peacemaker Profile: Haifa Souilmi of Tunisia
December 24, 2018
The six students in our 2018-19 class of International Peacemaking Program fellows will spend a year at Hartford Seminary studying mediation, interfaith dialogue and public speaking while earning a Graduate Certificate. We asked each of them to answer the same set of questions.
Faculty In The News
Professor Miriam Therese Winter's Essay Included in 'Soul Seeing' Book
December 21, 2018
Professor Miriam Therese Winter is one of a number of authors included in the book Soul Seeing: Light, Love, Forgiveness, which was released in November.