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Journal of Interreligious Studies Releases New Issue

August 6, 2024

Dr. Lucinda Mosher, HIU’s professor of interreligious studies and senior editor of the Journal of Interreligious Studies (JIRS), is pleased to announce the release of JIRS Issue 42, the focus of which is the 19th Annual Engaging Particularities Conference hosted by the Boston College Theology Department in April 2022.

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Alumni News

MAP Alum Speaks at the United Nations as an Artist for Social Good

July 17, 2024

On Thursday, July 11, Master in International Peacebuilding alum Amar Al Moussawy '24 spoke for the United Nations at an event titled "Visions for Sustainable and Youth-Led Peace Ahead of the Peacebuilding Architecture Review 2025."

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Faculty In The News

Dr. Lucinda Mosher Book Wins 1st Place Award in Interfaith Relations

July 15, 2024

The book With the Best of Intentions: Interreligious Misteps and Mistakes (Orbis 2023), co-edited by Dr. Lucinda Mosher, Director of HIU’s Master of Arts in Interreligious Studies program, along with Elinor J. Pierce and Dr. Or N. Rose, has received a First Place Award in the category of Ecumenism and Interfaith Relations from the Catholic Media Association (CMA). 

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Faculty Members Receive Promotions

July 12, 2024

A number of HIU faculty members have received promotions. 

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Dr. Allison Norton, Dr. Charissa Mikoski Promoted

July 8, 2024

Two personnel changes have been announced at HIU's Hartford Institute for Religion Research.

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General HIU News

HIU Hosts First International Ghadir Conference

June 26, 2024

Hartford International University welcomed Shi'a scholars from around the world to a hotel in Greenwich, CT, for the first ever International Ghadir Conference on Shi'a Studies on June 23 and 24.

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Dr. Janet Fuller Publishes Book of Interfaith Prayers

June 25, 2024

Janet E. Fuller, Co-Director of MA in Chaplaincy and Faculty Associate, has a new book titled Blessings for Your StudentsResourcing 40 years as a university chaplain, Janet wrote a collection of interfaith prayers that bridge the gap between the diverse spiritual needs of interfaith communities. It is a resource for chaplains to find support for all the essential student struggles, including new beginnings, athletics, loneliness, and the search for hope.

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Dr. Amy-Jill Levine's Book Translated into German

June 20, 2024

A book by Dr. Amy-Jill Levine and Marc Z. Brettler has been translated into German.  The Bible With and Without Jesus: How Jews and Christiand Read the Same Stories Differently is offered in German as Hebräische Bibel und Altes Testament.