Duke Initiatives in Theology in the Arts hosted an evening of music and conversation reflecting on the legacies of martyrs, focusing on the a Chinese dissident during the Mao era and the sole survivor of the El Mozote massacre in El Salvador.
On March 29 at 7 p.m., Duke Initiatives in Theology in the Arts (DITA) at Duke Divinity School will host an evening of music and conversation reflecting on the lives and legacies of martyrs.
The ballet company performed interpretations of Psalms at a Goodson Chapel service and shared insights on the intersection of dance and reconciliation during a lunch discussion.
To celebrate Opening Convocation, Duke Initiatives in Theology & the Arts hosted fine art, lectures with renown historians and theologians, and a musical performance that featured over thirty musicians from top orchestras in the nation.
The new certificate aims to help students appreciate and articulate the mutual enrichment of theology and arts and to create opportunities for relating the arts to local churches and communities.
Joelle Hathaway was among 19 graduate students from five schools at Duke who received Graduate Student Training Enhancement Grants last spring for training beyond their core disciplines. Read an update on the Interdisciplinary Studies blog.
Duke Initiatives in Theology and the Arts is partnering with the Nasher Museum of Art and Duke Chapel to host an exhibition of Miserere et Guerre, a series of 58 intaglio prints by French artist Georges Rouault (1871–1958).
DITA hosted "Call and Response: Two Days of Theology and the Arts," which included a poetry reading, musical performances, and a panel on visual art and the call to ministry.
DITA graduate students Joelle Hathaway and Stephanie Gehring Ladd are receipients of new grants.
If church leaders and artists have been estranged in western culture, then DITA alum David Taylor is helping to lead them into a more blissful union.
“Riven Tree” by artist Bruce Herman is based on the resurrection of Jesus and will hang in the York Room.
Herman will deliver a public lecture and invite community members to view his work on a commissioned painting for the Divinity School.
Herman will be at Duke March 1-10 and March 28-30.
MacMillan has been nominated for a British Composer Award for the composition resulting from a DITA collaboration.
"Introduction to Theology and the Arts" approved by curriculum committee to be taught annually.
“A Conversation with Jeremy Begbie” was recently featured in Image journal.
Writer and director T.J. Volgare will talk about faith and film-making Oct. 28 and Nov. 5.
DITA partners with King’s College Chapel, Cambridge for annual Easter Festival.
Renowned theater artist gives distinguished lecture.
David Jeffrey gives distinguished lecture on Rembrandt's Bathsheba.