Press Release: Harvard Picks New Sci/Rel Professor

Back in April, I posted a note about a junior position in science and religion here at Harvard Divinity School. I am happy to announce that the official press release has gone out. Ahmed Ragab will become the first Richard T. Watson Assistant Professor of Science and Religion at Harvard Divinity School. From the press release:

Ragab was a visiting lecturer at Harvard Divinity School for the 2009 fall semester, and since 2008 he has been a postdoctoral fellow then lecturer in the Department of the History of Science at Harvard. He holds a medical degree from Cairo University and a doctorate in the history of science from the Ecole Pratiques des Hautes Etudes in Paris.

Helping out through this process was quite a treat for me. I am thrilled to see Dr. Ragab join the faculty at HDS and am excited for the students who will be able to take courses with him in the near future. He has let me know about how excited he is to implement courses he has had in the works. Future students at HDS will be very lucky to have him!