Events

4:00 pm

Join us at Hartford International University for Religion and Peace to hear authors read poetry and prose from the anthology Of Hartford in Many Lights: Celebrating Hartford's Buildings. The work includes a poem and a prose description about Hartford International's Richard

7:00 pm

Come join us for an intimate evening filled with laughter and inspiration as we sit down with the legendary filmmaker Tom Shadyac. Tom is a highly successful Hollywood director, producer and writer, known for his comedy classics like Ace Ventura, The Nutty Professor, Liar Liar, Patch

1:00 pm

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

7:30 pm

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

7:00 pm

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!

7:00 pm

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

6:00 pm

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

12:00 pm

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

7:30 pm

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.

9:00 am

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