In the fall of 2021, Professor Diane Moore is teaching a seminar that works in tandem with Terry Tempest Williams’ “Weather Reports” conversation series, picking up the ideas put forth in each week’s conversation in a more academic setting.... Read more about ‘How Do We Go Towards Our Future Together?’

What Professor Annette Yoshiko Reed will teach us about ancient religion and our modern understanding of storytelling 

Annette Reed, MTS ’99, is currently a Professor in the Skirball Department of Hebrew and Judaic Studies and Department of Religious Studies at New York University, where she has been a member of the faculty since 2017. Her research spans Second Temple Judaism, early Christianity, and Jewish-Christian relations in late antiquity, with a focus on retheorizing religion, identity, and difference. She will join the HDS faculty as Professor of New Testament and Early Christianity when her appointment begins on July 1, 2022.... Read more about The Art of the Forgotten

Scholar, professor, academic leader, author, animal rights advocate—Janet Gyatso contains multitudes

As Associate Dean for Faculty and Academic Affairs here at HDS, Janet Gyatso has helped lead the School through the many challenges of 2020 and 2021 by grounding herself in the practice of compassion. As a professor of Buddhist studies, she has shifted the focus of her classes to explore current issues from new Buddhist perspectives. As a scholar with a fierce appreciation for the welfare of all sentient beings, Gyatso has started working on her next book: an exploration on the connections between animal welfare and empathy.... Read more about Compassion in Crisis: Professor Janet Gyatso on Empathy, Ethics, and New Epistemologies

Aric Flemming Jr., MDiv '19, program manager for Graduate Commons at Harvard University, delivered the following remarks at Morning Prayers in Harvard's Memorial Church on October 28, 2021.... Read more about 'Wings to Soar'