Catherine Brekus
Chair, Committee on the Study of Religion
Charles Warren Professor of the History of Religion in America
... Read more about Catherine Brekus
Harvard Divinity School
cbrekus@hds.harvard.edu



Eric Nelson

Robert M. Beren Professor of Government

Department of Government
CGIS Knafel Building 403
1737 Cambridge Street
Cambridge, MA 02138

enelson@fas.harvard.edu

p: 617-496-1737



Anya Bernstein

Professor of Anthropology

Tozzer Anthropology Building 218
21 Divinity Avenue
Cambridge, MA 02138

abernstein@fas.harvard.edu

p: p: (617) 496-4987



Paola Gaona Salamanca

Staff Assistant

Contact for Course Catalog,
Newsletter, Room Scheduling,
and Website Updates 

Barker Center 302
12 Quincy Street
Cambridge, MA 02138

csrel@fas.harvard.edu

p: 617-495-5781

Office Hours: Monday-Thursday: 9am-3pm



Elise M. Ciregna, Ph.D.

Director of Administration

Faculty affairs, finance, budgets, visas, and more


Committee on the Study of Religion
12 Quincy St., Barker 306
Cambridge, MA 02138

emciregna@fas.harvard.edu

By appointment; please email ahead of time.



Arthur Kleinman

Esther and Sidney Rabb Professor of Anthropology in the Faculty of Arts and Sciences,
Professor of Medical Anthropology, Department of Global Health and Social Medicine,
Professor of Psychiatry, Harvard Medical School

... Read more about Arthur Kleinman

Department of Anthropology

Faculty Assistant: Kathryn Vandever
Harvard University
Department of Anthropology
21 Divinity Ave
Cambridge, MA 02138

kathryn_vandever@fas.harvard.edu
617 495 3846

office hours: contact Department of Anthropology

kleinman@fas.harvard.edu

p: 617-495-3846



Naohito Miura

PhD Candidate
East Asian Religions

Naohito Miura is a PhD candidate in the Committee on the Study...

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Eugene Wang

Abby Aldrich Rockefeller Professor of Asian Art
Buddhist Art of Asia; Chinese Art, Architecture, and Media Studies
Founding Director of Harvard FAS CAMLab

Eugene Y. Wang is the Abby Aldrich Rockefeller Professor of Asian Art at Harvard University. A Guggenheim Fellow (2005), he is the...

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eywang@fas.harvard.edu



Michael James Puett

Professor of Chinese History
ON LEAVE 2023-24

PhD, University of Chicago, the Department of Anthropology
Michael Puett is a Professor of Chinese History in the ...

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Department of East Asian Languages and Civilizations

The Committee on the Study of Religion

Harvard University
The Department of East Asian Languages and Civilizations
Cambridge, MA 02138

office hours: contact professor directly

puett@fas.harvard.edu

p: 617-495-8360



Brian FitzGerald

Lecturer on Medieval Studies and Religion

A scholar of medieval history, Brian FitzGerald's research interests are in the intellectual and religious culture of Europe from the twelfth to the fo­... Read more about Brian FitzGerald

Dr. Brian FitzGerald's Open Scholar Site

bfitzgerald@fas.harvard.edu



Julia Rhyder

Assistant Professor of Near Eastern Languages and Civilizations
ON LEAVE 2023-2024

Julia Rhyder is a specialist of the Hebrew Bible, with a particular interest in...

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juliarhyder@fas.harvard.edu



Courtney Bickel Lamberth

Director of Undergraduate Studies
Lecturer in the Study of Religion

... Read more about Courtney Bickel Lamberth

Office Hours Sign-up Sheet for Students

Barker Center 308
12 Quincy Street
Cambridge, MA 02138

Office hours: See Sign-up link or contact professor directly

lamberth@fas.harvard.edu

p: 617-496-1018



Malika Zeghal

Prince Alwaleed Bin Talal Professor in Contemporary Islamic Thought and Life

 

Malika Zeghal is the Prince Alwaleed Bin Talal Professor in Contemporary Islamic Thought and Life in the Department of Near Eastern...

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Harvard Scholar Website

Near Eastern Languages and Civilizations

Harvard University
The Study of Religion
Barker Center, 12 Quincy Street
Cambridge, MA 02138

office hours: contact professor, Th, 12-2

mzeghal@fas.harvard.edu

p: 617-384-8432



Nicholas Watson

Henry B. and Anne M. Cabot Professor of English Literature

Education: B.A., M.A. Cambridge 1980
M. Phil. Oxford 1984
Ph.D. Toronto 1987

 

...

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Department of English

Faculty Website

Harvard University
Department of English
12 Quincy St., Barker Center
Cambridge, MA 02138

nwatson@fas.harvard.edu

p: 617-495-0969



Helen Hardacre

Reischauer Institute Professor of Japanese Religions and Society

... Read more about Helen Hardacre

Department of East Asian Languages and Civilizations

Harvard University
Department of East Asian Languages and Civilizations
Cambridge, MA 02138

office hours: see Department of East Asian Languages and Civilizations

hardacre@fas.harvard.edu

p: 617-496-5844



Giovanni Bazzana

Professor of New Testament

... Read more about Giovanni Bazzana

Harvard Divinity School

Harvard Divinity School
45 Francis Avenue
Cambridge MA 02138

office hours: see Harvard Divinity School

gbazzana@hds.harvard.edu

p: 617-384-5965



Leila Ahmed

Victor S. Thomas Research Professor in Divinity (HDS)
Emeritus

... Read more about Leila Ahmed

Harvard Divinity School

Harvard Divinity School
45 Francis Avenue
Cambridge MA 02138

office hours: see Harvard Divinity School

lahmed@hds.harvard.edu

p: 617-496-5316



James Engell

Gurney Professor of English Literature and Professor of Comparative Literature
ON LEAVE Spring 2024


James Engell is Gurney Professor of English and Professor of Comparative Literature, also a member of the Committee on the Study...

Read more about James Engell

Scholar Site

Barker Center 272

jengell@fas.harvard.edu

p: 617-495-5055

Office Hours: Fall Term 2022 office hours are Thursdays 3:00-4:30 and by appointment.



Ousmane Oumar Kane

Prince Alwaleed Bin Talal Professor of Contemporary Islamic Religion and Society (HDS)
Professor of Near Eastern Languages and Civilizations (FAS)

... Read more about Ousmane Oumar Kane

Harvard Divinity School

Department of Near Eastern Languages and Civilizations

Harvard Divinity School
45 Francis Avenue
Cambridge MA 02138

office hours: see Harvard Divinity School

okane@hds.harvard.edu



Ryûichi Abé

Reischauer Institute Professor of Japanese Religions

... Read more about Ryûichi Abé

Department of East Asian Lanugages and Civilizations

The Committee on the Study of Religion

Harvard University
Department of East Asian Languages and Civilizations
Cambridge, MA 02138

office hours: contact the department of East Asian Languages and Civilizations

rabe@fas.harvard.edu

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