Theological Education Day 2019: What is Community Life Like at HDS?
On November 6, 2019, Harvard Divinity School hosted its annual Theological Education Day. The day featured many panel discussions, including this one with students and staff describing life at HDS. F...
5 Marras 201942min
On Being a Hindu Monastic: Personal Journeys
A conversation on Nov. 4 with the three Hindu monastics visiting HDS this year, each representing a different Hindu tradition: Swami Sarvapriyananda (Ramakrishna Mission), Brahmacharini Shweta Chaitan...
3 Marras 20191h 48min
Bureaucratic Islam and the Romance Industry in Southeast Asia
Alicia Izharuddin (University of Malaya), Visiting Senior Lecturer on Women’s Studies and Islam, gives a lecture entitled “‘Bureaucratic Islam and the Romance Industry in Southeast Asia.” Video and f...
30 Loka 20191h 18min
Anne E. Monius Memorial Service
Anne E. Monius, Professor of South Asian Religions at Harvard Divinity School, passed away on August 3, 2019. A distinguished scholar and engaged as well as engaging teacher, Professor Monius taught ...
10 Loka 20191h 37min
Death in Transit: Cremation, Spectacle, and Looking Off-center
Jyoti Puri, Visiting Professor of Women’s Studies and South Asian Religions Colorado Scholar from Simmons University, presents on “Death in Transit: Cremation, Spectacle, and Looking Off-center.” Vid...
28 Syys 20191h 14min
Ardencies: St. Hildegard's Blazing Plants
Marder formulates the paradox of “excessive heat” that, on the one hand, signals the ardency of faith and the love of God and, on the other, the effect of sin configured as ariditas (dryness), undoing...
25 Syys 201939min
Gurus, Women, and Yoga: The Spiritual World of Hindu Universalism
In this lecture, Ruth Harris examines how Vivekananda conveyed the meaning of “guru-bakhti” to his female disciples, and the spiritual lens through which he sought to mold them in a male spiritual mil...
22 Syys 20191h 11min
Farming While Black: African Diasporic Wisdom for Farming and Food Justice
Author, activist, and farmer Leah Penniman discusses the movement for food sovereignty and building a food system based on justice, dignity, and abundance for all members of our community. The talk to...
16 Syys 20191h 5min
