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Book Talk: Islam and Citizenship in Indonesia: Democracy and the Quest for an Inclusive Public Ethics
The Institute on Culture, Religion and World Affairs (CURA), The Center of the Study of Asia, and the Department of Read more
Along the Faultlines of Religion, Politics, and Gender: Early Muslim Responses to the Child Marriage Restraint Act, 1929
Presenter: Ateeb Gul, Doctoral student (Islamic Studies), Department of Religion Abstract: In 1929, the Imperial Legislative Council of India that Read more
The Legal Work of Empire: Managing Europe and Religious Difference in the Late Ottoman Empire (CURA Colloquium)
Presenter: Aimee M. Genell, Assistant Professor of History, Pardee School of Global Studies Abstract: Between the 1880s and the Young Read more
CURA Colloquium | Religion & Empire (Spring 2024)
CURA announces the Spring 2024 colloquium schedule. This year-long conversation brings together an interdisciplinary community of scholars of Religion & Read more
Conversations about Israel-Palestine
In fall 2023, CURA and Pardee School Dean Scott Taylor launched a series of conversations about Israel and Palestine. The Read more
Beyond the Headlines: Conversations about Israel-Palestine
On Wednesday, November 8, Dean Scott Taylor launched a series of conversations about Israel and Palestine. The School's goal is Read more
How to Talk About Religion, Culture, and Violence: A Statement by the Director of CURA
Dear CURA Community, CURA was founded with a mission that is easy to understand but sometimes difficult to enact. CURA Read more
Event Highlights: Sunni Chauvinism and the Roots of Muslim Modernism
This event, which took place at BU's Howard Thurman Center on Thursday, October 5, celebrates the recent publication by Princeton Read more
The Reopen Movement (11.06.23)
Join us for a presentation by Jeremy Menchik, Associate Professor of International Relations and Director of CURA. Prof. Menchik will Read more
Religious Appeals in Power Politics: A Book Talk by Peter S. Henne (11.15.23)
Join us for a book talk by Peter S. Henne, Associate Professor of Political Science at the University of Vermont. Read more