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 […]
Presenter: Special Guest: Dana Robert, William Fairfield Warren Distinguished Professor, Director of the Center for Global Christianity and Mission, Boston University Abstract: Dana Robert’s upcoming book explores how and why global Protestant movements have been foundational for studies of internationalism. During the early twentieth century, hopes for the peaceful coexistence of nations animated emerging […]
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 […]
Join CURA for our keynote lecture for our colloquium series on Religion, Nationalism, and Internationalism. Presenter: Maya Tudor, Professor of Politics and Public Policy at the Blavatnik School of Government at the University of Oxford Event Description: All nationalisms seek political sovereignty. All nationalisms set themselves apart from ‘others.’ And all nationalisms are created at […]
Presenter: Morgan Crago Melkonian, PhD Candidate, School of Theology, Boston University Abstract: In the 1930s, Brazilian Protestant leaders faced the challenge of proving their patriotism, freedom from foreign control, and overall benefit to Brazilian society. The time was one of political turmoil, and Brazilian Protestants found themselves as a religious minority, with suspicions foreign connections, […]
Join the Institute on Culture, Religion, and World Affairs (CURA) for a lecture by Walaa Quisay on “Countering the ‘Woke’ Agenda in Muslim Communities: Neo-traditionalism and Strategies for Political engagement and Disengagement.” See Event Abstract and Register below. EVENT ABSTRACT: Exploring tensions between traditional orientations and modern subjectivities, the pursuit of enchantment, and existing in […]
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 […]
The Schedule Time Activity Title 9:00 – 9:50 Dane Scott Chaining God: Theorizing Bound Cult Images in Mediterranean Antiquity 9:50 – 10:40 Callid Keefe-Perry Altars of Empire: U.S. Christian Nationalism and the Performance of Power 10:40 – 11:30 Lance D. Laird Islamic Liberation Theology as the Empire Strikes Back: Palestinian Resistance Amid the Ruins of […]
Please join us at the Pardee School of Global Studies, 121 Bay State Road, on Wednesday, March 27, at 2 PM, for a conversation with The Most Revd. Eliud Wabukala, Archbishop Emeritus of Kenya. Dr. Wabukala will talk about religion and politics in Africa, his work with the Kenyan government on anti-corruption and anti-violence, and his leadership experience […]