History – Committee on the Study of Religion

Affiliated Faculty

Ahmad Greene-Hayes

Assistant Professor of African American Religious Studiesahmadg@hds.harvard.edu

Ali S. Asani

Murray A. Albertson Professor of Middle Eastern Studies and Professor of Indo-Muslim and Islamic Religion and Culturesaliasani@fas.harvard.edu

Amy Hollywood

Elizabeth H. Monrad Professor of Christian Studiesahollywood@hds.harvard.edu

Annette Yoshiko Reed

Professor of New Testament and Early Christianityareed@hds.harvard.edu

Benjamin Dunning

Florence Corliss Lamont Professor of Divinitybdunning@hds.harvard.edu

Catherine Brekus

Chair, Committee on the Study of Religion (on leave, 2025-2026)cbrekus@hds.harvard.edu

Charles Hallisey

Yehan Numata Senior Lecturer on Buddhist Literatureschallisey@hds.harvard.edu

Charles M. Stang

Professor of Early Christian Thoughtcstang@hds.harvard.edu

Dan McKanan

Ralph Waldo Emerson Unitarian Universalist Association Senior Lecturer in Divinitydmckanan@hds.harvard.edu

Davíd Carrasco

Neil L. Rudenstine Professor for the Study of Latin Americadcarrasco@hds.harvard.edu

David F. Holland

John A. Bartlett Professor of New England Church Historydholland@hds.harvard.edu

David N. Hempton

Harvard University Distinguished Service Professordhempton@hds.harvard.edu

Giovanni Bazzana

Professor of New Testamentgbazzana@hds.harvard.edu

Jacob Olupona

Professor of African and African American Studies in the Faculty of Arts and Sciencesolupona@fas.harvard.edu

James Robson

James C. Kralik and Yunli Lou Professor of East Asian Languages and Civilizations;jrobson@fas.harvard.edu

Janet Gyatso

Hershey Professor of Buddhist Studiesjgyatso@hds.harvard.edu

Jay M. Harris

Harry Austryn Wolfson Professor of Jewish Studiesjharris@g.harvard.edu

Jon D. Levenson

Albert A. List Professor of Jewish Studies (HDS)jlevenson@hds.harvard.edu

Kimberley C. Patton

Professor of the Comparative and Historical Study of Religionkpatton@hds.harvard.edu

Luis M. Girón-Negrón

Interim Chair 2025-2026, Committee on the Study of Religiongiron@fas.harvard.edu

Malika Zeghal

Prince Alwaleed Bin Talal Professor in Contemporary Islamic Thought and Lifemzeghal@fas.harvard.edu

Michael James Puett

Walter C. Klein Professor of Chinese History and Anthropologypuett@fas.harvard.edu

Michelle C. Sanchez

Director of Graduate Studiesmsanchez@hds.harvard.edu