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Profile. Karen L. King was appointed to the Divinity School in 1997 and from 2003 to 2009 served as the Winn Professor of Ecclesiastical History. In October 2009, she became the first woman appointed as the Hollis Professor of Divinity, the oldest endowed chair in the United States (1721).
Karen Leigh King (born February 16, 1954, raised in Sheridan, Montana) is a historian of religion working in the field of Early Christianity, who is currently the Hollis Professor of Divinity at Harvard University, in the oldest endowed chair in the United States (since 1721) She was the first woman to be appointed to the position.
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Karen L. King is Hollis Professor of Divinity, Harvard University’s oldest endowed professorship (1721), and is the first woman to hold this chair. Trained in comparative religions and historical studies, she pursues teaching and research specialties in the history of Christianity.
Hollis Professor of Divinity, Harvard Divinity School. Italy and eastern Mediterranean. 1st to 5th c. CE. Areas of Expertise: sexuality and gender; martyrdom and torture; early Christian Coptic literature; New Testament; history of ancient Christianity. Italy and eastern Mediterranean 1st to 5th c. CE.
