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Prof. Shanell T. Smith Launches Debut Book
October 27, 2014
Hartford Seminary celebrated the debut of Prof. Shanell T. Smith's first academic book on Thursday, Oct. 23, 2014, with a book talk and signing. The book, The Woman Babylon and the Marks of Empire: Reading Revelation with a Postcolonial Womanist Hermeneutics of Ambiveilence, is part of the Emerging Scholars series published by Fortress Press.
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Exploring the Trinity with Prof. Paul Lim and Prof. Najib Awad
October 20, 2014
On October 8th, 2014 at 7:00 p.m., Prof. Najib Awad and guest Prof. Paul Lim from Vanderbilt University presented a discussion Exploring the Trinity in the Hartford Seminary Meeting Room.
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Profs. Michot and Ayoub Featured in CCSU Publication
October 20, 2014
Hartford Seminary faculty members Prof. Yahya Michot and Prof. Mahmoud Ayoub joined Prof. Ghassan El-Eid in giving a lecture on the terrorist group ISIS at Central Connecticut State University.
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Audiobook of MT Winter's 'The Singer and the Song' Nominated for Award
October 16, 2014
Famed singer-songwriter Janis Ian’s audiobook recording of Prof. Miriam Therese Winter’s 1999 memoir, The Singer and the Song, has been nominated for a Voice Arts Award by the Society Of Voice Arts And Sciences. In addition to narrating the text of the book, Ian sings a number of Prof. Winter’s songs on the recording.
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Prof. Feryal Salem Interviewed on WNPR's Where We Live
October 7, 2014
Prof. Feryal Salem was asked to appear on WNPR’s “Where We Live” program on Oct. 7, 2014, to talk about Muslim women. The program also featured Pam Tatge, Director of the Center for the Arts at Wesleyan University, who described Wesleyan’s year-long program called Muslim Women’s Voices. Hartford Seminary is a co-sponsor of that program.
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Faculty in the News -October 2014
October 6, 2014
Profs. Yahya Michot and Mahmoud Ayoub will speak on Oct. 8 at Central Connecticut State University along with Prof. Ghassan El-Eid, Professor of Political Science. The panel will discuss ISIS/ISIL, the Islamic World and Muslims.
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Hartford Seminary Graduate Carries on Peacemaking in Violence-Plagued Iraq
October 3, 2014
As sectarian violence and the destructive influence of ISIS forces swirl around him, International Peacemaking Program graduate Haidar Reda Muhammad pushes forward with his work promoting interreligious understanding.
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Alex Beam Talks About Book on Mormon Church Founder Joseph Smith
October 3, 2014
Author Alex Beam, a columnist for the Boston Globe and the International Herald Tribune, spoke at Hartford Seminary on Thursday, Oct. 2, about his new book, American Crucifixion: The Murder of Joseph Smith and the Fate of the Mormon Church.
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Introducing Our 2014-15 International Peacemaking Students
September 30, 2014
Hartford Seminary began the International Peacemaking Program (IPP) in 2004, recognizing the need for skilled peacemakers in many countries with which the Seminary has connections, as well as the unique leadership training that could be provided here.
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Prof. Yehezkel Landau In Demand as Speaker on Israeli-Palestinian Conflict
September 29, 2014
Prof. Yehezkel Landau, Associate Professor of Interfaith Relations, will be speaking in three different places this week about the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. Prof. Landau said he has received many invitations to speak since the conflict this summer.