The Pluralism Project at Harvard University

Tour to Richmond Hill Ganesha Temple and Cham Shan Temple, 23 November 2002

The event “Religious Pluralism in North America,” held 22–23 November 2002, featured a bus tour to Richmond Hill Ganesha Temple and Cham Shan Temple.

Fiji's Religious Landscape

Chinmaya Maruti Consecration, July 2009, Andover, MA

Chinmaya Maruti Consecration, July 2009 - Andover, MA

"New Muslim Cool" film screening, special exhibit, and Q&A session on Saturday, October 10, 2009 at the Sackler Museum, Harvard University.

New Muslim Cool Screening and Q&A with Film Subject Hamza Pérez

On October 10, 2009, the Pluralism Project co-sponsored a screening of New Muslim Cool at the Sackler Museum at Harvard University.  Directed by Jennifer Maytorena Taylor, this film tells the true life story of Hamza Pérez, a Puerto Rican American hip hop artist who converted to Islam at age 21. Before the screening, the Sackler Museum offered extended hours for the special exhibit, Sacred Spaces: The World of Dervishes, Fakirs and Sufis. After the film, Hamza Pérez answered questions from the nearly 300 students, faculty, staff, religious leaders, and community members in attendance. Dr. Diana L. Eck, director of the Pluralism Project; Ray Williams, director of Education, Harvard Art Museums and Pluralism Project Affiliate; and Dr. Ali Asani, associate director of the Prince Alwaleed bin Talal Islamic Studies Program also offered their reflections on the film. This event was co-sponsored by the Pluralism Project, the Harvard Art Museum, and Cooperative Metropolitan Ministries, with Active Voice, the Center for the Study of World Religions, the Harvard Foundation, the Harvard Islamic Society, the Hiphop Archive at Harvard University, the Islam in the West Program, the Muslim American Society Boston Chapter, the Outreach Center at the Center for Middle Eastern Studies, and the Prince Alwaleed bin Talal Islamic Studies Program. Photos by Zachary Ugolnik.

Pluralism Project Student Research Conference 2002

October 16, 2002, at the Barker Center, Harvard University

Harvard University Consultation on Women’s Networks in Multi-Religious America, 2002

April 27-29, 2002, at the Barker Center, Harvard University, and the John F. Kennedy School of Government

Student Research Conference 2001

October 23, 2001, at the Barker Center, Harvard University

Symposium on Civil Society and Multireligious America, 18-20 November 1999

Held at Harvard University, 18–20 November, 1999

Consultation on Religious Discrimination and Accommodation, 17 May 1999

In February 1999, the Pluralism Project was awarded a grant from the Ford Foundation to enable us to host a consultation on religious discrimination and accommodation. This consultation, held May 17 at Harvard University, brought together representatives from advocacy groups of America’s diverse religious traditions. Dr. Diana L. Eck, Project Director and Professor of Comparative Religions, moderated the lively conversation. Topics included religious needs and issues of discrimination in the “public square,” including the workplace, hospitals, and schools.

On Common Ground: Hinduism

Selected photographs from On Common Ground: World Religions in America.