Year in Review
HIGHLIGHTS 2017–18 In a groundbreaking year, HDS drew renowned scholars and leaders to campus for conversations on the ways that religion shapes the world. AUGUST 29, 2017 CORNEL WEST’S ‘PROPHETIC FIGHTBACK’ JUST WEEKS AFTER STANDING ARM IN ARM WITH CLERGY MEMBERS DEMONSTRATING AGAINST WHITE NATIONALISM IN CHARLOTTESVILLE, VA, HDS PROFESSOR CORNEL WEST SPEAKS ON CONFRONTING HATE AT THE SCHOOL’S ANNUAL CONVOCATION.
OCTOBER 3, 2017 STRENGTHENING TIES WITH MEXICO DEAN DAVID N. HEMPTON, PROFESSOR DAVÍD CARRASCO, AND OTHER LEADING HARVARD SCHOLARS TRAVEL TO MEXICO TO INAUGURATE THE EDUARDO MATOS MOCTEZUMA LECTURE SERIES, A FIVE-YEAR COLLABORATION BETWEEN MEXICAN CULTURAL INSTITUTIONS AND HARVARD. MOCTEZUMA HIMSELF TRAVELS TO CAMBRIDGE IN APRIL 2018 TO DELIVER THE FIRST ON-CAMPUS TALK IN THE SERIES AND TO ATTEND THE UNVEILING AT HDS OF A PAINTING THAT HONORS HIS WORK. FEBRUARY 7, 2018 CLAIMING GOD’S PEACE WHEN WHITENESS STANDS ITS GROUND THE REV. KELLY BROWN DOUGLAS, DEAN OF EPISCOPAL DIVINITY SCHOOL AT UNION THEOLOGICAL SEMINARY, DELIVERS THE ANNUAL GREELEY LECTURE FOR PEACE AND SOCIAL JUSTICE AND EXAMINES THE SOCIAL, POLITICAL, AND THEOLOGICAL IMPLICATIONS OF WHITENESS AS AN IMPEDIMENT TO LIVING GOD’S JUSTICE.
OCTOBER 31, 2017 500 YEARS OF MARTIN LUTHER HDS RECOGNIZES THE 500TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE PROTESTANT REFORMATION WITH A SERIES OF EVENTS THROUGHOUT THE SEMESTER, INCLUDING A SPECIAL EXHIBIT ORGANIZED BY ANDOVERHARVARD THEOLOGICAL LIBRARY.
NOVEMBER 9, 2017 RLP CONNECTS REFUGEES, HARVARD STUDENTS THE RELIGIOUS LITERACY PROJECT PARTNERS WITH SHARED STUDIOS TO BRING IMMERSIVE TECHNOLOGY TO THE HDS CAMPUS THAT ALLOWS MEMBERS OF THE HARVARD COMMUNITY TO CONNECT IN REAL TIME WITH RESIDENTS AND REFUGEES LIVING IN BERLIN, GAZA CITY, JORDAN, AND IRAQ.
FEBRUARY 15, 2018 HDS ANNOUNCES LARGEST GIFT IN SCHOOL HISTORY ARTIST AND PHILANTHROPIST SUSAN SHALLCROSS SWARTZ AND HER HUSBAND, INVESTOR JAMES R. SWARTZ ’64, MAKE A RECORD $25M GIFT TO TRANSFORM THE HDS CAMPUS THROUGH THE RENEWAL OF THE SCHOOL’S MAIN CLASSROOM BUILDING, ANDOVER HALL. DEAN’S REPORT 2018 • 2
NOVEMBER 9, 2017 E.J. DIONNE ADDRESSES POLITICAL STRAINS IN THE U.S. DRAWING ON LESSONS FROM THEOLOGIAN REINHOLD NIEBUHR, REV. MARTIN LUTHER KING, JR., AND OTHERS, VISITING PROFESSOR AND JOURNALIST E.J. DIONNE URGES LISTENERS TO FIGHT FOR JUSTICE WHILE THEY ALSO CULTIVATE GENUINE UNDERSTANDING AND SYMPATHY FOR THOSE ON THE OTHER SIDE OF THE POLITICAL SPECTRUM.
DECEMBER 7, 2017 RELIGIOUS LITERACY IN GOVERNMENT WITH A KEYNOTE ADDRESS FROM SHAUN CASEY, MDIV ’83, THD ’98, FORMER DIRECTOR OF THE U.S. DEPARTMENT OF STATE’S OFFICE OF RELIGION AND GLOBAL AFFAIRS, THE RELIGIOUS LITERACY PROJECT HOLDS A SYMPOSIUM THAT EXPLORES THE COMPLICATED ROLES RELIGIONS PLAY IN THE NATION’S DEBATE OVER IMMIGRATION.
