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Shinnyo En Event 2017

Alumni News, General HIU News

Hartford Seminary Contingent Takes Part in Interfaith Dialogue at Buddhist Temple

August 29, 2017

Academic Dean Scott Thumma led a contingent of 11 Hartford Seminary students and alumni to participate in a dialogue at Shinnyo-en NY Temple in White Plains, N.Y., on Saturday.

Heidi in Iran

Alumni News, Faculty In The News

President Heidi Hadsell Travels to Iran to Participate in Dialogue

August 25, 2017

President Heidi Hadsell traveled to Iran this month as one of six members of a World Council of Churches delegation participating in the 9th round of Dialogue with the Centre for Interreligious Dialogue and Civilization (CID) of the Islamic Republic of Iran.

Yard Goats

Alumni News

Hartford Seminary Alumni/ae Cheer on the Yard Goats at New Stadium

August 21, 2017

Hartford Seminary purchased a block of tickets for alumni to experience the new Dunkin' Donuts Park in Hartford, home of the Yard Goats, a Double-A farm team of the Colorado Rockies.

Deena Grant

Faculty In The News

Jewish Studies Professor Deena Grant Gives Paper at Catholic University

August 16, 2017

Our new Professor of Jewish Studies, Deena Grant, gave a paper at the Catholic Biblical Association Annual Meeting (Aug. 5-8) at the Catholic University of America in Washington, D.C.

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General HIU News

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.

Steven Havira

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.

Allison Norton

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.

Erica Story

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.

Academic Dean Scott Thumma

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.

Dr. Lucinda Mosher

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.