Topic for CURA Colloquium 23-24 Announced. Call for Applications
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Reflections on reporting from Iraq
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Talk: Women in World Christianity, with Gina Zurlo
Women in World Christianity: Building and Sustaining a Global Movement is the first World Christianity textbook to put women in the center of the Christian story, especially Christianity’s shift to the global South and the continuation of Christian faith into the future. The book is based on a Louisville Institute funded project, “Women in World […]
Spring Colloquium Schedule Announced
Spring Colloquium Schedule
Coming-out narratives of ex-Muslims in France
“Ex-Muslims and the Politics of Public Apostasy From Islam in Contemporary France” with Adi Saleem Bharat (CAS ’14) Assistant Professor, Romance Languages & Judaic Studies, University of Michigan Tuesday, December 13 2:00-3:30pm 121 Bay State Rd. This talk examines the “coming-out” narratives of self-described ex-Muslims in France. Generally speaking, two main types of narratives exist: […]
Trust Building, Social Learning, and Muslim Women Activism in Malaysia
Saleena Saleem, PhD Candidate, University of Liverpool and CURA visiting student One contributing factor to socio-political polarisation in Malaysia is the repeated emotive trope of a secular-versus-religious dichotomy that is reinforced through racial politics, (un)civil society activism, and media frames, especially when contentious issues involving Islamic law, often related to women and gender, capture public […]
Voices From Iran and Turkey: The Blind Owl and Muslim Women Travelers
Voices From Iran and Turkey: The Blind Owl and Muslim Women Travelers Nov. 3 @5:30 STH B23
Trust Building, Social Learning, and Muslim Women Activism in Malaysia
With Saleena Saleem, PhD candidate, Sociology, University of Liverpool and CURA Visiting Student One contributing factor to socio-political polarisation in Malaysia is the repeated emotive trope of a secular-versus-religious dichotomy that is reinforced through racial politics, (un)civil society activism, and media frames, especially when contentious issues involving Islamic law, often related to women and gender, […]
Lecture on Iran with Houchang Chehabi, Professor Emeritus
Veiling and Violence in Recent Iranian History with Houchang Chehabi, Professor Emeritus of International Relations and History, Pardee School of Global Studies The current protest movement in Iran was sparked when Mahsa Amini, a woman who had been arrested for violating hijab regulations, died in detention. Since then, women protesting against compulsory veiling have burned […]
We are pleased to present this recording of the valedictory lecture with Houchang Chehabi, Professor of International Relations and History, that took place at BU last month. “Religion, Mass Media, and Charismatic Authority: Iranian Music in the Revolutionary Decade, 1979-1989”