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 this year at the Pardee School of Global Studies, at 121 Bay State Road. We hope to see you there!
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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, 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, […]
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 | 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 […]
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 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, […]
CURA on Giving Day
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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 This event marks the publication of The Modern Israeli and Palestinian Diasporas: A Comparative Approach (University of Texas Press), edited by Prof. Nahum Karlinsky. The Institute on Culture, Religion, and World Affairs is sponsoring this […]
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 | 12:00 PM – 1:30 PM Location: Pardee School of Global Studies, 154 Bay State Road, 2nd floor (Eilts Room) Abstract: Relying on court documents, interviews, and public debates, this paper compares the prosecution of […]
2025 Conference on the Jewish Left
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
Magid Ensemble Special Performance
About Magid Ensemble “Extraordinary, Suspenseful, Mesmerizing” – Shterna and the Lost Voice transports audiences into the rich world of Yiddish folklore. This immersive storytelling production follows Shterna on an epic hero’s journey, accompanied by live original klezmer music and an exquisite papercut crankie. The Magid Ensemble (“magid” meaning “storyteller” in Yiddish) is a multidisciplinary […]
Indigenous, not Christian’: Secular Separations and Decolonial Sovereignty in Global Assyria
Candace Lukasik: Assistant Professor of Religion & faculty Affiliate in Anthropology & Middle Eastern Cultures, Mississippi State Univ Date: February 14, 2025 | 12:00 PM – 1:30 PM Location: Pardee School of Global Studies, 154 Bay State Road, 2nd floor (Eilts Room) Abstract: In 2014, ISIS took control over large swaths of land in Iraq […]