Musical performance

News story and photos by Jeffrey Blackwell A mystical poem recounting the tale of a Parthian prince sent to Egypt by his parents to recover a sacred pearl from the clutches of a monstrous serpent is the first in a series of important visionary and...

In 1945, near the village of Nag Hammadi along the east bank of the Nile River, a local farmer, digging for fertilizer in the arid desert, made an unlikely discovery: a sealed jar containing a collection of leatherbound, previously unknown early Christian...

Starting in February 2024, Harvard Divinity School's Center for the Study of World Religions (CSWR) will host the groundbreaking workshop "The Muscle of the Self: Using the Voice to Map Psyche." Led by Scholar in Residence Anne Dorothy Harley of Scripps...

On December 12, 2023, the CSWR hosted a special evening celebrating the life and writings of Enheduana, also En-hedu-Ana; (c. twenty-third century B.C.E.) who is the first named author in human history. Enheduana, an Akkadian princess and daughter of King...

On the evening of December 12, 2023, the James room at Harvard Divinity School's Swartz Hall played host to the engaging and thought-provoking event, "Enheduana: Voicing the Feminine Divine." Attracting an audience of close to 200 in person and over zoom...

CSWR: What can you tell us about the genesis of "To the Stars"? Douglas Knehans (DK): The work was designed as the result of a commission from Anne Harley and part of her “Voices of the Pearl” project. Anne provided some overall parameters for the...