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The State of the Study of Shi'ite Islam in North America and Europe

September 25, 2011

Hartford Seminary, in partnership with the Alavi Foundation, the Jafaria Association of Connecticut and the Islamic Institute of Ahl'albait, held a conference on "The State of the Study of Shi'ite Islam" on Saturday, October 8, at the Hartford Plaza Hotel, East Hartford, CT. Leading scholars of Shi'i Islam participated, and there was a concluding banquet, featuring Dr. Sayyed Hossein Nasr as the keynote speaker.

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Memorial Service for Dr. Ibrahim Abu-Rabi'

September 20, 2011

Hartford Seminary held a memorial service for Dr. Ibrahim Abu-Rabi', an expert on contemporary Muslim thought, who died suddenly of a heart attack on July 2 while attending a conference in Amman, Jordan. He had been an esteemed Professor of Islamic Studies and Christian-Muslim Relations at Hartford Seminary from 1991 to 2008.

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Judaism and Islam in America: Religion and Legalism

September 15, 2011

Professor Ebrahim Moosa, professor of Islamic Studies at Duke University, and Professor Arnold Eisen, Chancellor of the Jewish Theological Seminary, offered a free public lecture on "Judaism & Islam in America: Religion & Legalism" at the Mandell Jewish Community Center in West Hartford.

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James K. Robertson Jr. To receive distinguished Graduate award

September 10, 2011

James K. Robertson Jr., a Trustee at Hartford Seminary and graduate of the University of Connecticut School of Law, has been awarded the Distinguished Graduate Award by the law school's Alumni Association.

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American Congregations Increase Interfaith Involvement

August 25, 2011

One legacy of the September 11 terrorists' attacks is a dramatic increase in American congregations' interfaith involvement in the past ten years.

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Convocation

August 20, 2011

Hartford Seminary held its 2011 Convocation on Thursday to celebrate the start of the new academic year. Students, faculty and staff participated in a program designed by Professor Miriam Therese Winter.

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Seminary hosts Iranian Scholar

August 15, 2011

Hujjat al-Islam Seyed Mohammad Reza Mohaddes, a prominent scholar who is Deputy of Research at the International Institute for Islamic Studies, Qom, Iran, and Deputy of Foreign Languages at Shahidayn Seminary School, Qom, visited Hartford Seminary for conversation with Seminary President Heidi Hadsell.

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Seminary Receives Grant to Educate Clergy in Multifaith Studies

August 10, 2011

The Association of Theological Schools has awarded Hartford Seminary a $5,000 grant to develop courses and a curriculum to educate parish clergy for a multi-faith world, through its Christian Hospitality and Pastoral Practices in a Multifaith Society (CHAPP) program.

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Seminary Receives Donation for Peacemaking Programs

August 5, 2011

Hartford Seminary's commitment to religious peacemaking has received a major boost through a $60,000 donation by a local alumna and her spouse.

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July 25, 2011

Professors Mahmoud Ayoub and Ingrid Mattson met with three women from Al-Farabi Kazakh National University, Kazakhstan, in early July.