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Tabling at the 2026 Conference on the Jewish Left

Do you or your organization want to table at the 2026 Conference on the Jewish Left? We expect ~ 400 attendees in person from 9 am – 5 pm on February 12. Tabling is a great way to connect with conference attendees as well as to promote the good work you are doing. In return, […]

2026 Conference on the Jewish Left Call for Workshop Proposals

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 […]

Meet our 2025-26 Fellows

Congratulations to our 2025-2026 CURA Fellows! For more information about them and their upcoming presentations, please visit this page. The Fall 2025 Colloquium schedule can be found here.

Call for 2025 – 2026 Fellows

  Selected fellows participate in bimonthly colloquium sessions to workshop research papers. This year-long conversation brings together an interdisciplinary community of scholars of religion and world affairs. Past fellows have come from anthropology, political science, religion, sociology, theology, and Boston area institutions including Boston College, Northeastern, and Harvard. Those selected as presenting fellows will be […]

CURA Colloquium on Religion, Nationalism, and Internationalism

Each year, CURA’s Religion and World Affairs Fellowship program brings together an interdisciplinary community of Boston-area graduate students and faculty. Once selected, CURA Fellows gather on the Boston University campus for bimonthly colloquium sessions throughout the academic school year to workshop papers around a particular topic. The research theme for the 2024-2025 Religion and World […]

CURA Is Hiring

Join the CURA Team! There are currently two open positions on the CURA team. See below for more details: Graduate Communications and Outreach Specialist for the Institute on Culture, Religion and World Affairs: CURA (15 hours a week) The Communications and Outreach specialist will oversee tasks related to the marketing and communication of ongoing activities […]