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Faculty In The News
Professor Scott Thumma Quoted in Article about Church Closings
July 9, 2018
Professor Scott Thumma, who directs the Hartford Institute for Religion Research, was a key source of information for the first in a series about church closings in Minnesota.
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Faculty In The News
Professor Najib Awad Gives Paper on Syrian ‘Refugee Crisis’ and Records Podcast
July 3, 2018
In June, Professor Najib George Awad read a paper titled “Deciphering the Genome of Crisis in the Syrian ‘Refugee Crisis’: Toward a Hermeneutic Tripod” at a conference of “The Church and Migration: Global (in)Difference?”
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Alumni News, Campus Events
Alum Dr. Terrlyn L. Curry Avery Speaks to Religious Wounding and How to Heal
July 2, 2018
Cooperative Master of Divinity graduate Dr. Terrlyn L. Curry Avery led a lively discussion on June 27 called “Wounded by Religion; Healed by the Sacred.”
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Alumni News, General HIU News
President Heidi Hadsell Attends Conference in Budapest
July 2, 2018
President Heidi Hadsell moderated and served on several panels last month at the 2018 annual conference of the International Council of Christians and Jews (ICCJ) in Budapest, Hungary.
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Alumni News
Alum Spotlight: Chaplain Asma Inge-Hanif Honored
June 7, 2018
When it comes to volunteering, Hartford Seminary graduate Chaplain Asma Inge-Hanif is one of the best.
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Student News
Student Amy Langston Selected for Summer Program in Switzerland
June 5, 2018
Amy Langston, a 2018 graduate of the International Peacemaking Program and current Master of Arts in Religious Studies student, has been selected for the Certificate of Advanced Studies in Interreligious Studies (CASIS) summer school program at the Bossey Ecumenical Institute of the World Council of Churches near Geneva, Switzerland.
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Student News
International Peacemaking Fellow Makes Short Film about Muslim Women
June 4, 2018
As a final project for “Maidservants of Allah: Women and Gender in Islam,” International Peacemaking Program Fellow Emily Barger made a 15-minute film titled “Just a Woman.”
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Student News
Video: Final Chapel and Winning Sermon
June 4, 2018
Hartford Seminary hosted a Sermon Contest this spring, and the winning speaker had the opportunity to preach at our final 2017-18 chapel service in addition to a cash prize.
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General HIU News
James K. Robertson Jr. Elected Chair of Hartford Seminary Board of Trustees
May 30, 2018
Hartford Seminary’s Board of Trustees has elected James K. Robertson Jr. as its chair. A prominent litigator, Robertson is a partner in the law firm Carmody, Torrance, Sandak, Hennessey LLP, as well as a recently ordained minister.
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Faculty In The News
President Heidi Hadsell Visits Islamic University of Rotterdam
May 29, 2018
President Heidi Hadsell is visiting the Islamic University of Rotterdam (IUR), a partner with Hartford Seminary.
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