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Hartford Seminary Statement Regarding Charlottesville
August 16, 2017
On behalf of Hartford Seminary and its many supporters in Connecticut, the United States and across the world, we denounce in the strongest possible terms the hatred, bigotry and intolerance espoused by the White Supremacists, the Ku Klux Klansmen and the Neo-Nazis who this past weekend rampaged through Charlottesville, Virginia, leaving three people dead and many injured.
General HIU News
Seminary Welcomes Communications and Development Associate
August 15, 2017
Hartford Seminary welcomes Steven Havira as the new Communications and Development Associate. Steven has recently located from Cincinnati, Ohio, having worked in religious higher education for the past three years. He previously worked in the media/film industry.
General HIU News
Allison Norton Joins Seminary as Visiting Assistant Professor of World Christianity and Religious Studies
August 15, 2017
Our new post-doc Allison Norton arrived on campus this summer. She spoke recently with us about the work she will do.
General HIU News
Erica Dollhopf Joins Seminary as Visiting Assistant Professor of Religion and Society
August 15, 2017
We spoke recently to Erica Dollhopf, who joins us this fall for a post-doctoral position.
Faculty In The News
Academic Dean Scott Thumma Quoted in Article on Bible Museum
August 14, 2017
The Religion News Service quotes Academic Dean Scott Thumma in a widely distributed article about looted or smuggled antiquities in museums around the world, and a specific case involving the not-yet-open Museum of the Bible.
Faculty In The News
Dr. Lucinda Mosher Has New Book, New Award and New Appointment
August 14, 2017
Georgetown University Press has recently published the most recent in the Building Bridges series edited by alumna and Faculty Associate Lucinda Mosher and co-editor David Marshall. God’s Creativity and Human Action: Christian and Muslim Perspectives.
Faculty In The News
Professor Yahya Michot Visits Tomb of Arabian Nights Author
August 3, 2017
In preparation for the two week course on “The Arabian Nights” which he will give at the Seminary in January 2018, Professor Yahya Michot visited the tomb of Sir, and hajji, Richard Francis Burton (d. 1890), one of the most famous translators of this masterpiece of Arabic literature.
Faculty In The News
President Heidi Hadsell Heads to India for Conference
August 3, 2017
President Heidi Hadsell will speak on a panel at a conference in New Delhi, India. The conference topic is Children-Violence-Peace: Building Cohesive Societies in Multicultural Contexts.
Faculty In The News
Professor Yahya Michot Teaches at Summer Program in Brussels
July 31, 2017
On July 29 and 30, Professor Yahya Michot gave a six-hour course on “Ibn Taymiyya’s Vision of the Muslim Community” as part of the summer program of the Institut d’Études Islamiques - Mosquée Alkhalil in Brussels (Belgium).
Faculty In The News
Professor Yahya Michot Lectures at Dar al Islam in New Mexico
July 24, 2017
Professor Yahya Michot was invited to teach in Abiquiu, New Mexico, at the Dar al-Islam Teachers Institute from July 9 to 15.