CURA Announces 2018-19 Fellows
The Institute on Culture, Religion and World Affairs (CURA), an affiliated institute of the Frederick S. Pardee School of Global Studies at Boston University, has announced their 2018-2019 CURA Fellows.
2018-2019 CURA Fellows include:
- Christopher Boyd Brown, Associate Professor at the School of Theology and Graduate School of Arts and Sciences at Boston University
- Sultan Doughan, Visting Scholar at the Elie Wiesel Center for Judaic Studies at Boston University
- Joe Kauslick, PhD Student at the School of Theology at Boston University
- Hyunwoo Koo, PhD Student at the School of Theology at Boston University
- Lingshu Liu, Masters Student at the School of Theology at Boston University
- Ellen Messer, Visiting Professor at Metropolitan College at Boston University
- Judith Oleson, Co-Director of the Program on Religion and Conflict Transformation at the School of Theology at Boston University
- Tom Reid, Masters Student at the School of Theology at Boston University
- Barbod Salimi, Assistant Professor of Philosophical Psychology, Theological Ethics, and Peace Studies at the School of Theology at Boston University
- Brother Lawrence A. Whitney, doctoral candidate in Philosophical and Comparative Theology at the Boston University School of Theology and University Chaplain for Community Life at Marsh Chapel
- Abaas Yunas, Masters Student at the Pardee School of Global Studies at Boston University
- Alexandra Zirkle, Post-Doctoral Associate at the Elie Wiesel Center for Jewish Studies at Boston University
CURA hosts a yearly interdisciplinary Colloquium on Religion and World Affairs, in cooperation with the BU School of Theology. The Colloquium meets bimonthly throughout the academic year to discuss working papers on the chosen theme, either written by CURA Fellows or invited scholars from outside BU. CURA Fellows are selected from across the BU community during a competitive application period every spring. The Colloquium sessions are open to the general public, but all attendees are expected to read the papers in advance. The sessions focus on providing feedback and suggestions to the authors. Authors do not make a formal presentation but are able to engage with the audience and answer questions after the papers are discussed.
The theme for the 2018-2019 colloquium is “Religion, Violence, and Peacemaking.” The working papers will explore the ways in which religious institutions, beliefs, and practices support or combat violence, promote reconciliation, or serve as a source of violent social division.
Learn more about the 2018-2019 CURA Fellows and Colloquium on Religion and World Affairs.