General HIU News
HIU Purchases Southern New England Conference UCC Building
July 27, 2023
Hartford International University for Religion and Peace (HIU) and Southern New England Conference of the United Church of Christ (SNEUCC) are pleased to announce that HIU has purchased the SNEUCC’s property at 125 Sherman Street in Hartford, a beautiful, stately brick building adjacent to its main campus building.
Faculty In The News
Dr. Lucinda Mosher to Speak at Premier Global Interfaith Event
July 27, 2023
Dr. Lucinda Mosher, director of the Master of Arts in Interreligious Studies program at Hartford International University for Religion and Peace, has been selected as a presenter for six sessions during the forthcoming 2023 Parliament of the World’s Religions (PoWR).
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Convocation 2023Help us celebrate HIU as it opens its 190th academic year! Convocation will be face-to-face in the Meeting Room at 77 Sherman Street as well as livestreamed on Facebook at this link: https://www.facebook.com/hartfordinternational A light meal will be served after Convocation to kick off the
Faculty In The News
Dr. Amy-Jill Levine Releases Book on 'The Gospel of Mark'
July 25, 2023
Professor of New Testament and Jewish Studies Dr. Amy- Jill Levine has a new book out titled The Gospel of Mark: A Beginner's Guide to the Good News.
Brittany Clarvon Watts
Postdoctoral Research Fellow
Brittany Clarvon Watts specializes in qualitative research on behalf of the project. Dr. Watts completed her master’s and doctorate in Sociology at Kent State University, Kent, OH. She studied Religion, and Africa, African American Diaspora Studies at Wheaton College, Black Liberation Theology, Womanism, and Systematic Theology in her Master of Divinity from Duke University, Durham, NC. Dr. Watts has also researched and co-published on Black Christian women’s lived mental health experiences in “Keeping Ourselves Sane: A Qualitative Exploration of Black Women’s Coping Strategies” and plans to explore mental health paradoxes, utilization of health services, and access to care within faith communities and in our project. Additionally, she serves as the Program Director and Grant Writer at Shiloh Development Corporation, Inc., and provides education, resources, and care with dignity and pride to anyone in need.
Janet E. Fuller
Co-Director of MA in Chaplaincy; Faculty Associate
Jan Fuller spent her early life in the Middle East, living through four wars before she was 23 and returned to the US. She considers Beirut Lebanon her home and is fluent in Arabic. At an early age she felt called to a ministry bringing heart and mind, scholarship and faith, together as part of a whole life and found that calling in University Chaplaincy.
General HIU News
HIRR Welcomes New Employee, Announces Promotion
July 17, 2023
The Hartford Institute for Religion Research is excited for these two team members.
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Honoring the Presence of Trees: A Dance Film ExperienceGather on the lawn of Hartford International University to watch the captivating work of the Justice Dance Performance Project (JDPP). This evening event will include the screening of several films capturing performances of "In the Presence of Trees" throughout Greater Hartford. A
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