Ruth Ozeki, New York Times bestselling author, filmmaker, and Zen Buddhist priest, whose books have garnered international acclaim for...

Emmanuel Katongole, Ph.D., Professor of Theology and of Peace Studies, University of Notre Dame, Extraordinary Professor of Theology and Ecclesiology, University of Stellenbosch,...

**We regret to announce that the William Belden Noble Lecture on Wednesday, Nov. 20th at 7 pm by the Rev. Dr. Raphael Warnock has been canceled due to a scheduling conflict. We sincerely apologize for any inconvenience this may cause. More information will be forthcoming regarding the Spring Term lecture series.**

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Presented by the 2019-2020 William Belden Noble Lecturer in Residence, the Rev. Dr. Raphael G. Warnock. Dr. Warnock is Senior Pastor of the Ebenezer Baptist Church in Atlanta, the spiritual home of the Rev....

The title of the first lecture on Oct. 16 is “Let My People Go: The Scandal of Mass Incarceration in the Land of the Free.”

Presented by the 2019-2020 William Belden Noble...

EDUCATION AND TRANSFORMATIVE JUSTICE

A Community Conversation about Connections, Questions, and Action

How do we understand justice? What are the connections between under-resourced schools, trauma, and mass incarceration? From cradle to prison cell, how do we give educators the tools needed to work for justive that transforms individuals, relationships and communities?

Co-sponsored by Charles Hamilton Houston Institute for Race & Justice at Harvard Law School • Harvard Memorial Church • Philips Brooks House Association •...

American novelist and essayist Marilynne Robinson will deliver the 2016 Noble Lecture, with an introduction by Matthew Potts, Assistant Professor of Ministry Studies, Harvard Divinity School. The title of her talk will be "The Divine."

President Drew Faust will interview documentary Filmmaker Stanley Nelson, Jr.; selected clips of his work will be shown and discussed. 

In the weeks leading up the lecture, please join Professor Jonathan L. Walton for the Noble Lecture Film Series with films by Stanley Nelson, Jr.

Sunday, February 22 at 7:00 p.m. — Wounded Knee: We Shall Remain
Sunday, March 29 at 7:00 p.m. — Freedom Riders...

Please join Professor Jonathan L. Walton for the Noble Lecture Film Series with documentary films by this year's Noble Lecturer, Stanley Nelson Jr.

Sunday, February 22nd at 7:00 p.m. — Wounded Knee: We Shall Remain
Sunday, March 29 at 7:00 p.m. — Freedom Riders
Sunday, April 12 at 7:00 p.m. — Freedom Summer (Our Sunday morning...

Please join Professor Jonathan L. Walton for the Noble Lecture Film Series with documentary films by this year's Noble Lecturer, Stanley Nelson Jr.

Sunday, February 22nd at 7:00 p.m. — Wounded Knee: We Shall Remain
Sunday, March 29 at 7:00 p.m. — Freedom Riders
Sunday, April 12 at 7:00 p.m. — Freedom Summer (Our...

Please join Professor Jonathan L. Walton for the Noble Lecture Film Series with documentary films by this year's Noble Lecturer, Stanley Nelson Jr.

Sunday, February 22nd at 7:00 p.m. — Wounded Knee: We Shall Remain
Sunday, March 29 at 7:00 p.m. — Freedom Riders
Sunday, April 12 at 7:00 p.m. — ...

The Mahindra Humanities Center and the Office of the President at Harvard present
The Tanner Lectures on Human Values - The Paradoxes of Empathy

For information on the full lecture series, please visit: http://mahindrahumanities.fas.harvard.edu/content/paradoxes-empathy

TANNER SEMINAR: The Paradoxes of Empathy

Introduction: Jonathan L. Walton, Plummer...

African American Religions Lecture Series

Lecturer: Wallace Best, Professor of Religion and African American Studies, Princeton University

Title: "CONCERNING 'GOODBYE, CHRIST': Langston Hughes, 'Political Poetry,' and African American Religion"

Sponsored by Harvard Divinity School, the Department of African and African...

African American Religions Lecture Series

Lecturer: Tracey Hucks, Professor of Religion, Haverford College

Title: What is Africa to Me? Yoruba Traditions and the Meaning of Africa in America

Free and open to the public

 Sponsored by Harvard Divinity School, the Department of African and African American Studies, and the Memorial Church of Harvard University

... Read more about What is Africa to Me? Yoruba Traditions and the Meaning of Africa in America

Featuring Kaia Stern, Lecturer on Ethics.

In this continuing series, faculty members explore their intellectual and spiritual autobiographies with attention to the ways in which they have intersected, cohered, collided, and deepened over the course of their careers. From these presentations and the ensuing conversations, we hope to identify some of the key intellectual, spiritual, and physical practices we all might develop to remain supple and responsive to the...

Featuring Stephanie Paulsell, Houghton Professor of the Practice of Ministry Studies.

In this continuing series, faculty members explore their intellectual and spiritual autobiographies with attention to the ways in which they have intersected, cohered, collided, and deepened over the course of their careers. From these presentations and the ensuing conversations, we hope to identify some of the key intellectual, spiritual, and physical practices we all...