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Prince Turki al-Faisal

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Member of the Saudi Royal Family Visits Hartford Seminary

November 12, 2014

On Friday, November 7, the Seminary community welcomed His Royal Highness Prince Turki al-Faisal of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, Chairman of the King Faisal Center for Research and Islamic Studies in Riyadh to campus. 

Peacemaking Fellows Program

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New Opportunity: Hartford Seminary Peacemaking Fellows

November 3, 2014

Building on its expertise in Islamic Studies and Christian-Muslim Relations and continuing the success of its breakthrough International Peacemaking Program, Hartford Seminary proudly announces a new scholarship opportunity: Hartford Seminary Peacemaking Fellows

Fall Songfest 2014

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Fall Songfest

October 31, 2014

Prof. Miriam Therese Winter led a group of willing participants in a march down memory lane on Thursday, Oct. 30, with her Fall Songfest. Folk songs included old favorites such as This Little Light of Mine,  Kumbayah, and He’s Got the Whole World in His Hands. 

Admissions

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Applications for Fall 2014 Up 34% at Hartford Seminary

October 29, 2014

Hartford Seminary saw a 34 percent surge in applications for programs starting in Fall 2014.  New student enrollment increased by 29 percent.

Shanell T. Smith Book

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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.

Paul Lim and Najib Awad

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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.

CCSU The Recorder

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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.

Miriam Therese and Janis Ian

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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.

Feryal Salem on WNPR

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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.