Events

Past Events

Group of Buddhist monks sitting around a table outdoors
Sep 16

1:00 pm

Peace Is Every Step: A Visit from Zen Buddhists

Come join us at Hartford International University for Religion and Peace for a unique event where you can gain insights from a group of monastics who practice in the tradition of the renowned Vietnamese Zen master and peace activist Thich Nhat Hanh. Discover the wisdom they have to offer and learn

Stephen J. Nelson '72
Sep 12

7:30 pm

Book Talk: Searching the Soul of the College and University in America

Join us for a deep dive into the heart and soul of higher education in America with Stephen J. Nelson '72. This engaging online event will focus on the challenges and opportunities facing colleges and universities today with 1972 HIU graduate Stephen J. Nelson. Don't miss this thought-provoking

Rainbow
Sep 05

7:00 pm

Convocation 2024

Help us celebrate HIU as it opens its 191st 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 All are welcome!

Young woman in front of candles
Aug 26

7:00 pm

Book Event - Blessings for Your Students: Prayers for Interfaith Communities in Higher Education

Come join us at Hartford International University for Religion and Peace to celebrate this publication by Rev. Dr. Janet Fuller, who has a long history of chaplaincy in higher education and now co-directs HIU's MA in Chaplaincy. For those who can't attend in person, the event will be livestreamed to

Picture of John Philip Newell and Cami Twilling
Jul 12

6:00 pm

Sacred Earth Sacred Soul - Celtic Wisdom 3

Sacred Earth Sacred Soul - Celtic Wisdom 3 In 2016 John Philip Newell began a teaching initiative of annual retreats to help reawaken awareness of the sacred in all things through the recovery of Celtic wisdom for today and to help translate this awareness into compassionate action in our lives and

Picture of Dome
Jul 09

12:00 pm

Macdonald Center Presents: Christian-Muslim Relations in Jerusalem and the West Bank

Since October 7, there has been much in the news about the atrocities committed by Hamas, the hostages taken, and Israel’s all-encompassing war in Gaza. However, we have not heard much about what is currently taking place in the West Bank. The Macdonald Center has invited a Palestinian Christian and

Ghadir Conference image
Jun 23

7:30 pm

First International Ghadīr Conference on Shia Studies

The Life, Times, and Works of Bahāʾ al-Dīn Muḥammad al-ʿĀmilī: An Early Modern Muslim Polymath The Ghadir Forum provides a venue for discussing state-of-the-field research in Islamic Studies. This is meant to serve as a leading forum, particularly in the field of Shi'a Studies—broadly conceived.

50th anniversary Teaser Image
Jun 03

9:00 am

Macdonald Center 50th Anniversary

50 Years of the Macdonald Center: Looking forward to the study of Islam and Christian-Muslim Relations in North America Monday, June 3, 2024 Keynote presentations by Dr. Ihsan Bagby, Retired Associate Professor of Islamic Studies at the University of Kentucky, and member of the North American Fiqh

Simon de Voil
May 11

4:00 pm

Birdsong Vespers

Inspired by the life of Saint Francis, Birdsong Vespers is an inclusive outdoor song and prayer experience. Come meet at the HIU Labyrinth behind the 76 Sherman Street building for this wonderful immersion in the ongoing prayer of all creation, led by inter-spiritual minister and singer-songwriter

Graduation 2016
May 09

3:30 pm

Graduation 2024

Please join us for Graduation on the lawn in front of 77 Sherman St. The procession of graduates, faculty, and board members will begin promptly at 3:30 p.m. with a reception to follow the ceremony. We encourage friends and family to arrive no later than 3 p.m. to secure parking and find a place