Events

Past Events

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Mar 09

7:00 pm

Muslim Environmentalisms: Theory and Practice for Rights, Justice, and Ecology

In this in-person and livestreamed presentation for the Biennial Willem A. Bijlefeld lecture, Prof. Anna M. Gade will draw on her book, Muslim Environmentalisms (Columbia University Press, 2019) and new work in environmental ethics. Offering examples from key

Mar 09

1:00 pm

AARP: Religion, Diversity & Human Connection

Please note an AARP membership is not required to create an account, you must be signed in to your AARP.org account or create an account to register. Please do not opt out of event-related email, as you will be emailed a link to join the presentation via Zoom prior to the event.  As a

Iona Island photo
Feb 23

7:00 pm

HIU Iona Pilgrimage Overview

Iona is a tiny island off the southwest coast of Mull in the Inner Hebrides, a “thin place,” which holds great meaning to people the world over. Iona has a long and illustrious history and is well known as being ‘The Cradle of Christianity’ in Scotland. Each year over 130,000 visitors make the

Picture of Howard Thurman
Feb 23

1:00 pm

AARP: Howard Thurman on Social Responsibility and Interreligious Understanding

Please note an AARP membership is not required to create an account, you must be signed in to your AARP.org account or create an account to register. Please do not opt out of event-related email, as you will be emailed a link to join the presentation via Zoom prior to the event. 

Picture of February 16 Event with Nick Mumejian and Davide Tacchini
Feb 16

7:00 pm

Book Talk: Refugees and Reconciliation

In this in-person and livestreamed event, Muslim World Managing Editor Nick Mumejian will interview Editor Davide Tacchini about the book Reconciliation and Refugees: The Academic Alliance for Reconciliation Studies in the Middle East and North Africa.   This book addresses the diverse needs

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Jan 19

3:30 pm

Exploring Interfaith/Interreligious Pedagogies for the Undergraduate Classroom

The Journal of Interreligious Studies and its partners, including Hartford International University, are leading an online symposium and workshop led by educators, scholars, and experts in interfaith/interreligious studies and pedagogies. The symposium expands on the special issue (No. 36) on the

40th anniversary logo
Dec 08

9:30 am

Hartford Institute for Religion Research: The 40th Anniversary Symposium

  For 40 years, Hartford Institute for Religion Research has produced congregational research and insights into the religious landscape. Join us to celebrate the Institute and the four decades of staff that made this possible. This day-long conference will highlights the past products and

Title with camels crossing the desert
Dec 07

10:00 am

Christmas in January? A New Perspective

Christmas in January? Indeed, for some Christians! And for some, other feast days at that time of year are at least as important! Why and how do various branches of Christianity observe Christmas differently? What does this mean for holiday greetings? Christmas parties? How might you rethink “the

Flyer of man in front of mountains
Nov 14

7:00 pm

Start Here: Contemplative Heart Writing for Deep Times

  Start Here will be a two-hour, online exploration of meeting the living moment as we find it through our words. Learn from Kristopher Drummond, contemplative wilderness guide, writer, and teacher living in the Blue Ridge of the Appalachian Mountains. Writing, the kind that counts, emerges

Image of Hartford from the Connecticut River
Nov 10

7:00 am

Greater Hartford Multifaith Prayer Breakfast

  Blessed Are the Peace Makers! Join us for a morning of prayer from many different faith perspectives at the Artists Collective at 1200 Albany Ave., Hartford. Since 1997 the Greater Hartford Multi-Faith Prayer Breakfast has reached across religious boundaries to find and celebrate those