News & Events
CURA Travel Grantee Rumana Mehdi Conducts Fieldwork in Iraq
From June through August 2026, CURA travel grantee Syeda Rumana Mehdi accompanied hundreds of people on pilgrimages to Karbala, Iraq, Read more
CURA Travel Grantee Ofir Tenenbaum conducts ethnographic fieldwork in Berlin, Germany
With support from a CURA Travel Grant, Ofir Tenenbaum conducted three months of preliminary ethnographic fieldwork in Berlin, Germany, from Read more
Student Job Opportunity: Undergraduate Research Fellow, Jewish Internationalism book project
Undergraduate Research Fellow, Jewish Internationalism book project ($1,500, AY 2026–27). Prof. Jeremy Menchik (Pardee/CURA) seeks a BU undergraduate to help Read more
CURA Student Staff Member Alexia Nastasia Named 2026–2027 Harold C. Case Scholar
Boston University’s Frederick S. Pardee School of Global Studies is proud to announce that Alexia Nastasia (BA ’27) has been Read more
Laura Anne Thompson Explores Blasphemy, Islamophobia, and Hate Speech in Tunisia
In June 2026, CURA travel grantee Laura Anne Thompson traveled to Tunis, Tunisia, to participate in the conference Islamophobia: Maghrebi Read more
Former CURA Fellow Candace Lukasik Conducts Fieldwork on Coptic Christian Migration in Egypt
Former CURA Fellow Candace Lukasik traveled to Upper Egypt to conduct ethnographic research with Coptic Christian communities. Her fieldwork explores Read more
Jeremy Menchik Receives Adil Najam Prize for Advancing Public Understanding
Professor Jeremy Menchik, Director of CURA: The Institute on Culture, Religion and World Affairs, has been awarded the Adil Najam Read more
PhD candidate Aixin Yi co-organized panel at 2026 Annual Meeting of the Association for Asian Studies
With support from a CURA Travel Grant, Boston University PhD student Aixin Yi (GRS'28) traveled to Vancouver in March to Read more
Manglos-Weber publishes forthcoming book, “Sacred Economies: Christianity, Islam, and Community Care in Uganda.”
Professor Nicolette Manglos-Weber is the author of the forthcoming book Sacred Economies: Christianity, Islam, and Community Care in Uganda. This Read more
CURA publishes talks from the 3rd Annual Conference on the Jewish Left
Couldn't make the 2026 Conference of the Jewish Left? We have free, publicly-available recordings of the following sessions on our Read more