Professor Randall Balmer explored America's fascination with violence in his Sunday, February 2, 2014, essay in The Valley News, "Super Bowl: Sacred and Profane." Read more about Professor Randall Balmer on the Super Bowl
Farid Esack, South African Muslim scholar, writer, and political activist known for his opposition to apartheid, will give the 2014 James & David Orr Lecture on Culture and Religion at Dartmouth on Thursday, April 24, 2014, at 4:15pm in Haldeman 041. The title of his talk is The Contemporary Democracy and the Human Rights Project – Challenges for the Progressive Muslim Intellectual. Read more about 2014 James & David Orr Lecture
Professor Susannah Heschel delivered an invited plenary address on race at the Society of Jewish Ethics' annual meeting in Seattle, Washington, in January 2014. Read more about Professor Susannah Heschel at Society of Jewish Ethics
Professor Susan Ackerman has been appointed President of the New England and Eastern Canada Region of the Society of Biblical Literature. Founded in 1880, the Society of Biblical Literature is the oldest and largest learned society devoted to the critical investigation of the Bible from a variety of academic disciplines. Read more about Professor Susan Ackerman appointed President of SBL
Professor Susannah Heschel has been appointed to the editorial board of the Journal of the American Psychoanalytic Association. She will serve in a newly-established position as liaison to the academic community. Read more about Professor Susannah Heschel appointed to editorial board
Professor Susan Ackerman has been appointed president of the American Schools of Oriental Research, an organization that supports and encourages the study of the Near East, from the earliest times to the present. Read more about Professor Susan Ackerman appointed president of ASOR
On December 7, 2013, Professor Susannah Heschel gave the keynote address at Erudition and Commitment: A conference in honour of Angelika Neuwirth, held at the Berlin-Brandenburgische Akademie der Wissenschaften in Berlin. The theme of her talk was "Islam and Jewish-German Self Understanding." Read more about Professor Susannah Heschel gives keynote address
Professor Susannah Heschel spoke with The Atlantic about plans to build a multi-faith prayer space atop the ruins of St. Peter’s Church in Berlin. Read more about The Legacy of a Nazi Church
NPR reached out to Ronald Green, the Eunice and Julian Cohen Professor for the Study of Ethics and Human Values, about the ethical challenges of research that some believe could lead to the creation of “designer babies.” Read more about Proposed Treatment for Genetic Diseases Raises Issues
