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Meet our 2025-26 Fellows
Congratulations to our 2025-2026 CURA Fellows! For more information about them and their upcoming presentations, please visit this page. The Read more
2025 Fall Welcome Reception
Join us on Thursday, September 11, from 3 to 5 PM, for CURA's fall welcome reception. We are on land Read more
CURA Colloquium • Fall 2025
CURA announces the fall 2025 colloquium schedule. This year-long conversation brings together an interdisciplinary community of scholars of culture, religion, Read more
Call for 2025 – 2026 Fellows
Selected fellows participate in bimonthly colloquium sessions to workshop research papers. This year-long conversation brings together an interdisciplinary community Read more
In Memory of Amalek: Biblical Allusions in the I/P Conflict
Mónica Isabel Rey, Adjunct Professor in Women’s and Gender Studies, Babson College and Wheaton College (MA) Date: May 2, 2025 Read more
Forging Elite Fitness, Forging the Nation: CrossFit and Christian Nationalism
Cody Musselman, Preceptor, Harvard University Initiative Date: April 25, 2025 | 12:00 PM - 1:30 PM Location: Pardee School of Read more
CURA on Giving Day
The Institute on Culture, Religion, and World Affairs (CURA) at Boston University is the oldest center for the study of Read more
Sacred Cities, Civic Futures: The Role of Pilgrimages in Shaping Civil Society in Iraq and India
Marsin Alshamary, Assistant Professor of Political Science, Boston College. Faculty Affiliate at the Harvard Kennedy School’s Middle East Initiative Date: Read more
The Israeli and Palestinian Diasporas: Personal Reflections
Date: Wednesday, April 2nd | 5:30 PM Location: Boston University Questrom Auditorium, 595 Commonwealth Ave, Room HAR-105 Registration Required Read more
Punishing Hurtful Words in the Western Mediterranean: Blasphemy and “National” Religions
Laura Anne Thompson, Raphael Morrison Dorman Postdoctoral Fellow, Weatherhead Center for International Affairs at Harvard University Date: March 28, 2025 Read more