Join us Monday, March 2, for a lecture by 2024-25 CURA Fellow Candace Lukasik. The subject of conversation with be Lukasik’s new book, Martyrs and Migrants: Coptic Christians and the Persecution Politics of US Empire (NYU Press, 2025), examining how American theopolitical imaginaries of global Christian persecution have remapped Coptic collective memory of martyrdom in migration. […]
Fasting as a spiritual practice is deeply rooted in ancient Judaism. The Israelites fasted during times of mourning or calamity as a way for individuals and the community to express sorrow or repentance as well as to plead with God for favor or forgiveness. Christians and then Muslims developed their own fasting traditions, and the […]
CURA announces the spring 2026 colloquium schedule. This year-long conversation brings together an interdisciplinary community of scholars of culture, religion, and world affairs. Please register below for the session(s) you plan to attend. Meetings take place at the Pardee School of Global Studies, 154 Bay State Road, 2nd floor (Eilts Room) on the Fridays indicated, […]
DEADLINE November 17, 2025 at Noon The 2026 Conference on the Jewish Left, taking place at Boston University on Thursday, February 12, 2026, will feature workshops led by progressive organizations, Jewish community organizations, or established scholars dedicated to fostering learning, skill-building, and networking. These workshops will engage deeply with contemporary challenges and aim to inspire […]
Join us on November 18 at 2 PM for a discussion of the Pew Research Center’s new report analyzing religious trends from 2010 to 2020 with Dr. Gina Zurlo, a senior researcher and lecturer in World Christianity at Harvard Divinity School and editor of the World Christian Database and World Religion Database, and Conrad Hackett, […]
Join us on Thursday, September 11, from 3 to 5 PM, for CURA’s fall welcome reception. We are on land this year at the Pardee School of Global Studies, at 121 Bay State Road. We hope to see you there!
CURA announces the fall 2025 colloquium schedule. This year-long conversation brings together an interdisciplinary community of scholars of culture, religion, and world affairs. Please register below for the session(s) you plan to attend. Meetings take place at the Pardee School of Global Studies, 154 Bay State Road, 2nd floor (Eilts Room) on the Fridays indicated, […]
Mónica Isabel Rey, Adjunct Professor in Women’s and Gender Studies, Babson College and Wheaton College (MA) Date: May 2, 2025 | 11:30 AM – 1:30 PM Location: Pardee School of Global Studies, 154 Bay State Road, 2nd floor (Eilts Room) Abstract: In the discipline of biblical studies the majority of research tends to focus on […]
Cody Musselman, Preceptor, Harvard University Initiative Date: April 25, 2025 | 12:00 PM – 1:30 PM Location: Pardee School of Global Studies, 154 Bay State Road, 2nd floor (Eilts Room) Abstract: In recent years, scholars and cultural commentators have noted how online wellness and fitness forums have served as an entry point for political radicalization, […]
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