Dylan Renca, PhD Candidate in the Department of Anthropology, Boston University Date: February 7, 2025 | 12:00 PM – 1:30 PM Location: Pardee School of Global Studies, 154 Bay State Road, 2nd floor (Eilts Room) Abstract: Drawing on ethnographic fieldwork in south-central Java with Muslim members of communities called paguyuban (devoted to Sufi-styled recitations and […]
Join us for the 2025 Conference on the Jewish Left Date: February 28, 2025 Location: Agganis Arena, Boston University Visit The Jewish Left 2025 Page Jewish Left Sponsorship 121 Bay State Road, Boston, MA 02215 Email: cura@bu.edu Phone: 617-353-5241
Date: January 31, 2025 | 12:00 PM – 01:30 PM Location: Pardee School of Global Studies, 154 Bay State Road, 2nd floor (Eilts Room) Keynote Speaker: Warren S. Goldstein, Executive Director, Center for Critical Research on Religion Abstract: The creation the Jewish state of Israel in 1948 triggered an ongoing conflict that over seventy-five […]
Date: January 24, 2025 | 12:00 PM – 01:30 PM Location: Pardee School of Global Studies, 154 Bay State Road, 2nd floor (Eilts Room) Keynote Speaker: Syeda Rumana Mehdi, PhD Student in the Department of Anthropology, Boston University Abstract: Almost 1400 years later, the tragic death of Imam Hussain and his male relatives on […]
Date: November 7, 2024 | 4:00 PM – 6:00 PM Location: 121 Bay State Road, First Floor Keynote Speaker: Ruth Braunstein, Associate Professor of Sociology at the University of Connecticut Discussant: Nancy Ammerman, Professor Emerita in the Sociology of Religion, Boston University Registration Required For the past several decades, Americans’ partisan loyalties have been […]
Date: October 25, 2024 | 2:00 PM – 3:30 PM Location: 67 Bay State Road, Boston Join our esteemed panelists as they engage in questions such as: What do we learn about Islam, politics, and the world by starting our analysis in Africa? By challenging the assumed dominance of the Middle East in the […]
Date: October 18, 2024 | 12:00 PM – 01:30 PM Location: Pardee School of Global Studies, 154 Bay State Road, 2nd floor (Eilts Room) Keynote Speaker: Hannah Grace Howard, PhD Candidate in the Department of Anthropology, Boston University Reading the paper in advance is required for attendance; CURA will email papers to registered attendees […]
Date: October 8, 2024 | 3:00 PM – 5:00 PM Location: Howard Thurman Center, Boston University Keynote Speaker: Wendy Pearlman, Professor of Political Science at Northwestern University This event is open to BU students, faculty, and staff. Attendees must use their BU email when registering for this event. Tickets are limited to one ticket per […]
Date: October 8, 2024 | 6:00 PM – 7:30 PM Location: Kilachand Honors College (91 Bay State Road) Room 101 Keynote Speaker: Wendy Pearlman, Professor of Political Science at Northwestern University “An absolutely vital book, Unflinching in its commitment to the testimony of people much of the privileged world has chosen to forget” – Omar […]
Registration is required via this link Trailer When two young American Jews raised to unconditionally support Israel witness the way Israel treats Palestinians, their lives take sharp left turn. They join a movement of young American Jews battling the old guard to redefine Judaism’s relationship with Israel, revealing a deepening generational divide over modern Jewish […]