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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.
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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.
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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).
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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.
General HIU News
Seminary Mourns Loss of Former Interim Dean Worth Loomis, 94
July 22, 2017
Worth Loomis, who joined the faculty of Hartford Seminary in 1994 after an illustrious business career and became interim Dean in 1999 at the age of 75, has passed away. He was 94.
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Professor Feryal Salem Participates in Codicology Workshop in Istanbul
July 13, 2017
Professor Feryal Salem, Assistant Professor of Islamic Scriptures and Law and Co-Director of the Islamic Chaplaincy Program, participated in the advanced level of the international workshop on the codicology of Islamic manuscripts in Istanbul.
Campus Events
Imam Zaid Shakir to Speak at Islamic Chaplaincy Program Retreat
July 12, 2017
Imam Zaid Shakir, the prominent Muslim American scholar and co-founder of Zaytuna College in Berkeley, Calif., will be the guest speaker at the annual retreat in September for the Islamic Chaplaincy Program.
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Professor David D. Grafton Moderates Panel on 'Navigating our Faith in Politically Turbulent Waters'
July 10, 2017
Professor David D. Grafton moderated a panel on July 7 at St. Stephen's Episcopal Church in East Haddam, CT. The topic of the panel and a public meeting was "Navigating our Faith in Politically Turbulent Waters."
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President Hadsell Speaks at Two International Conferences in Germany
July 5, 2017
President Heidi Hadsell is speaking this week at both the International Council of Christians and Jews (ICCJ) this week and the ICCJ International Abrahamic Forum.
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Dean Scott Thumma Interviewed for Article on Congregations' Use of Technology
July 5, 2017
An article in NorthJersey.com quotes Academic Dean Scott Thumma on the increase in congregational use of technology, including Skyping into services.