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Paul Mendes-Flohr (1941-2024)

Dear Divinity School community,I write with the sad news that our beloved colleague and dear friend Paul Mendes-Flohr, Dorothy Grant Maclear Professor Emeritus of Modern Jewish History and Thought in the Divinity School and College, passed away Octob...

Matthew Harris has been named a Young Scholar in American Religion by the Center for the Study of Religion and American Culture

Matthew M. Harris, Assistant Professor of Religions in the America, has been named a Young Scholar in American Religion by the Center for the Study of Religion and American Culture at Indiana University Indianapolis. To view the full announcement, pl...

A Conference in Honor of Richard B. Miller

Professor Richard Miller’s scholarship has spanned a wide range of topics and themes, from the ethics of war and peace earlier in his career to his more recent reflection on the ends toward which the academic study of religion is ordered. Throughout ...

Hans Joas to Deliver the 2024 Nuveen Lecture

The Divinity School is pleased to announce that Hans Joas, Ernst Troeltsch Professor for the Sociology of Religion at Humboldt University, Berlin, will deliver the 2024 John S. Nuveen Lecture. The lecture will be held on Friday, October 25, 2024, at ...

Conference on Pre-Roman Iberia

Negotiating Identities, Constructing Territories: Pre-Roman Iberia, 900 – 200 BCE...

Wendy Doniger Releases Her Latest Book

Wendy Doniger, Mircea Eliade Distinguished Service Professor Emerita of the History of Religions, has recently published The Dharma of Unfaithful Wives and Faithful Jackals (Speaking Tiger, 2024)....

New Hebrew Festschrift in honor of Paul Mendes-Flohr

Is There Still a Place for Tiqqun Olam? A Book in honor of Paul Mendes-Flohr (Carmel, 2024)...

Matthew T. Kapstein Wins Book Award

Matthew T. Kapstein, Numata Visiting Professor Emeritus of Buddhist Studies, has been awarded The 2024 Toshihide Numata Book Award for his recent book Tibetan Manuscripts and Early Printed Books, Vol. 1: Elements (Cornell University Press, 2024)....

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A Guide to the Aims of (Divinity) Education

Please, no citation without permission of the author§1. IntroductionWelcome incoming and returning students of 2024 to the University of Chicago Divinity School!  It is a delight for me and all of the faculty to see you here. And it is a special hono...

Student News: 2024 Rhind Award

Excellence in academic and professional training....