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Undergraduate Courses for Fall Quarter 2020
The full list of courses and descriptions for AY 2020-21 is now up on on the Courses page. Visit our Spotlighted Courses page for a special look at our undergrad-specific courses for Fall 2020, including posters! ...
April 27, 2020
Profile: Chelsea Cornelius
Chelsea Cornelius set off for her first year at the University of Chicago Divinity School with the notion of immediately pursuing a PhD after earning a Master of Divinity degree. But along the way, the class of 2019 MDiv student learned a ...
April 1, 2020
Hector Awarded Templeton Grant
Kevin Hector, Associate Professor of Theology and of the Philosophy of Religions, has been awarded a grant to study Memory and Personal Identity from the Templeton Foundation as part of a larger three-year collaborative project, titled 'Collaborative...
April 1, 2020
Doostdar Wins Book Prize
Alireza Doostdar, Assistant Professor of Islamic Studies and the Anthropology of Religion, has been awarded the 2020 Vinson Sutlive Book Prize by the Anthropology Department at William & Mary, given to the best book utilizing anthropological ...
April 1, 2020
Audrey Gordon Named Alumna of the Year 2020
Upon recommendation from the Divinity School’s Alumni Council, the Board of Trustees of the Baptist Theological Union has named Audrey Gordon (MA’70) the Divinity School Alumna of the Year for 2020. A pioneer in the field of end-of-life care, Dr....
March 3, 2020
Charles H. Long (1926-2020)
Charles H. Long, a distinguished alumnus of and former faculty member at The University of Chicago Divinity School has died at the age of 93. Dr. Long received his DB in 1953 and his PhD in 1962 (his doctoral dissertation was entitled “Myth, Cul...
February 27, 2020