HDS announces the appointment of Shaul Magid as Professor of Modern Jewish Studies in Residence, effective July 1, 2025.

Dear Alumni & Friends, The HDS campus is in bloom, and plans for Commencement are underway. As I reflect on my first full year as Dean, I wanted to take a moment to reach out to you, our dedicated ...

The 2025 HDS Multireligious Commencement Service was developed by members of the graduating class and featured readings, prayers, music, poetry, and more representing the religious and spiritual ...

A central feature of the Multireligious Commencement Service was the graduating students’ recitation and sharing of religious texts, prayers, and poems that reflected their faith traditions. Here, ...

DivEx is free.We provide housing, all meals, and domestic airline, bus, or train transportation to and from Boston. Please note that any ground transportation used in your home city to get to the ...

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Memorable Moment The time I spent with HDS Muslims in my first year—going apple picking when we barely knew each other, celebrating Eid together, going to the nearby ocean towns, and all the chai ...

Am I eligible to participate in DivEx if I am currently pursuing or already have a graduate-level degree? Harvard Divinity School is a nonsectarian school of religious and theological studies that ...

Education PhD, University of Wisconsin-Madison Profile Robert Holmstedt has been professor of Hebrew Bible and West Semitic Languages at the University of Toronto since 2005. His research focuses ...

Divinity Hall, the oldest of HDS’s buildings, contains multitudes. Home to classrooms, offices, and the Emerson Chapel, Divinity Hall also houses one of HDS’s newer spaces, the media studio. The media ...