Category: Research

International Conference on Education in Muslim Society

                    Contrary to some media mis-impressions, Islamic education in most countries of the world is dynamic and forward-looking.  On October 29-31, the Faculty of Tarbiya and Teacher Training at the Syarif Hidayatullah State Islamic University in Jakarta, Indonesia, hosted an international conference on innovation in Islamic […]

Partnership with Luce and ICRS-Yogyakarta for Project on Religion and Public Policy in Southeast Asia

With funding from the Henry Luce Foundation, CURA joined with the Indonesian Consortium for Religious Studies (ICRS) at Gadjah Mada University in Indonesia to organize the first international conference in a three year project on how states and societies are responding to religious change in eight Southeast Asian Countries: Indonesia, Malaysia, Singapore, Myanmar, Cambodia, Thailand, […]

International Conference on Religious Freedom in Vatican City

On December 14, 2013, Marthen Tahun, Zainal Abidin Bagir, and Bob Hefner presented a paper on Islam, Christianity, and Religious Freedom in Indonesia. The presentation was part of Georgetown University’s international conference on religious freedom, under the direction of Dr. Thomas Farr and Dr. Timothy S. Shah. Participants from the conference had the pleasure of […]

Dr. Hefner visits CURA scholars in Paris

Carol Ferrara in front of the Mosquee de Paris, November 8, 2013. In cooperation with CURA and the Kroc Institute for International Peace at Notre Dame, Carol is conducting dissertation research on Muslim education and citizenship in France, with special attention to Muslim, Catholic, and laique perspectives on the refiguring of citizenship ideals and practice.