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Hartford Seminary Appoints Professor of Islamic Studies and Christian-Muslim Relations
April 12, 2016
Hartford Seminary is pleased to announce the appointment of the Rev. Dr. David D. Grafton as Professor of Islamic Studies and Christian-Muslim Relations. Dr. Grafton will join the faculty of the Seminary’s Macdonald Center for Islamic Studies and Christian-Muslim Relations.
General HIU News
Jewish International Peacemaking Student Sought for 2016-17
April 6, 2016
Hartford Seminary is thrilled to announce that its International Peacemaking Program (IPP) will expand for 2016-17 with the help of generous donors to include a scholarship designated for a Jewish student.
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Faculty in the News - April 2016
April 5, 2016
Prof. Najib Awad‘s review of God the Revealed – Christology has been published in Interpretation: A Journal of Bible and Theology.
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Seminary Awards Tuition Prizes for 2015 Outstanding Papers
April 5, 2016
Hartford Seminary has awarded three prizes to four different recipients for outstanding papers from the calendar year 2015, as announced by Academic Dean Uriah Kim this week. Current students’ papers are nominated by Hartford Seminary faculty and award winners receive a course tuition waiver.
Campus Events
Dr. Jose Casanova Shares His Personal and Scholarly Journey
March 30, 2016
Dr. Jose Casanova, who heads Georgetown University’s Berkley Center Program on Globalization, Religion and the Secular and is known worldwide for his scholarship on the sociology of religion.
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Speaker Discusses Intersection of Custom, Social Norms and Islamic Law
March 23, 2016
Dr. Liyakat Takim of McMaster University in Ontario gave a talk Tuesday evening on Islamic law, how it evolves depending on the surrounding culture, and how that evolution particularly applies to Muslims living as minorities in the West.
General HIU News
Dr. Barbara Brown Zikmund Visits Campus
March 15, 2016
Former Hartford Seminary President Dr. Barbara Brown Zikmund returned to campus Monday, March 14, to visit and see the great progress made over the last 16 years. Hartford Seminary’s first female President, and the first female President of any seminary in the United States, Dr. Zikmund led Hartford Seminary from 1990-2000.
General HIU News
Video Promotes Islamic Chaplaincy Program
March 7, 2016
Hartford Seminary’s Islamic Chaplaincy Program is featured in an exciting new four-minute video produced by student Taha El-Nil in conjunction with Prof. Feryal Salem, one of the program’s co-directors.
Faculty In The News
Faculty in the News - March 2016
March 2, 2016
Prof. Najib Awad will present a paper on Saturday, April 2, at the annual conference of the New England Maritimes Region of the American Academy of Religion (NEMAAR) held at the Boston College School of Theology & Ministry. His paper is titled : “Interreligiosity as a Realist Learning Engagement: Theodore Abū Qurrah, ʽAlī b. Rabbān aṭ-Ṭabarī, Two Comparative Theologians from Early Islam?”
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New York Times 'Beliefs' Column Quotes Prof. Yahya Michot
February 19, 2016
Mark Oppenheimer’s “Beliefs” column for Feb. 19, 2016, tackles a complicated subject: Facebook Post Revives Debate on Whether Monotheists Worship Same God.