Harvard Divinity School will suspend its Religion, Conflict, and Peace Initiative amid budget cuts at HDS and public accusations that the initiative’s programming presents a one-sided view of the Israel-Palestine conflict.
The pause — which was announced Friday on the HDS website — comes after HDS Dean Marla F. Frederick assembled a committee to review the Religion and Public Life program, which the RCPI is housed under.
The announcement arrived the same week as Harvard forced out the faculty leaders of its Center for Middle Eastern Studies — another program that has come under fire for alleged antisemitism in its programming. The Harvard School of Public Health has also suspended its partnership with Birzeit University in the West Bank.
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