Author: Arlene Brennan

Fall Colloquium Schedule

Check out our flyer for the fall CURA Colloquium sessions. All are welcome to attend. Papers will be available a week in advance, and reading them is mandatory for attendance. CURA Colloquium Fall 2021          

Fall Reception Boat Cruise

You’re invited to help CURA kick off the new year with a Charles River cruise. Drinks and light hors d’oeuvres will be available.  Partners are welcome. Please include number in RSVP as space is limited. Deerfield Dock (Directions: walk down Silber Way towards the Charles River, take a left onto Back Street, and then take […]

After the Exodus: Political Theology in South Sudan

Lecture with Christopher Tounsel, Assistant Professor of History and Africa Studies, Pennsylvania State University After two lengthy civil wars with concerted Christian-Muslim dimensions, South Sudan seceded from Sudan to become the world’s newest nation in 2011. Within three years, however, it was embroiled in an internal conflict drawn along ethnic lines. What became of the […]

Grad Students: Call for Papers

Call for Papers CURA’s Religion and Public Affairs Workshop is inviting graduate students to share papers that they want to present and workshop in the field of Religion, Public Affairs, Culture, and International Relations! Workshops will consist mostly of graduate students and researchers in these fields. Send papers, with resume/CV to Nick Rodriguez, nicklr@bu.edu

CURA Religion and Public Affairs Grad Student Group Relaunches

Our Religion and IR: Pizza and Politics student group is re-launching this semester as the “Religion and Public Affairs Workshop” for graduate students of all disciplines. Meetings will be on zoom, and the group is headed by Nickholas Rodriguez. The First session is next Wednesday! The Religious Left:  A Conversation with Jack Jenkins Wednesday, October […]