{"id":6,"date":"2009-06-26T14:49:43","date_gmt":"2009-06-26T18:49:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/cura\/institute-on-culture-religion-and-world-affairs\/"},"modified":"2026-04-03T12:31:42","modified_gmt":"2026-04-03T16:31:42","slug":"institute-on-culture-religion-and-world-affairs","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/cura\/","title":{"rendered":"Frederick S. Pardee School of Global Studies: Institute on Culture, Religion &#038; World Affairs (CURA)"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2>Institute on Culture, Religion &amp; World Affairs<br \/>\nat Boston University<\/h2>\n<p><strong><em>CURA Develops Research, Education, and Public Scholarship on Religion and World Affairs<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: center;\"><div class=\"bu-slideshow-container front-page autoplay\" id=\"bu-slideshow-container-2\" data-slideshow-name=\"front-page\" data-slideshow-delay=\"3000\" style=\"width: auto; height: 800px;\"><div class='slideshow-loader active'><div class='loader-animation'><\/div><p>loading slideshow...<\/p><\/div><div class=\"bu-slideshow-slides\"><ul class=\"bu-slideshow transition-fade\" id=\"bu-slideshow-2\"><li id=\"bu-slideshow-2_0\" class=\"slide \"><div class=\"bu-slide-container slide-caption-bottom-right\"><img src=\"\/cura\/files\/2015\/05\/webpic95.4.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/div><\/li><li id=\"bu-slideshow-2_1\" class=\"slide \"><div class=\"bu-slide-container slide-caption-bottom-right\"><img src=\"\/cura\/files\/2016\/05\/IMG_0056.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/div><\/li><li id=\"bu-slideshow-2_2\" class=\"slide \"><div class=\"bu-slide-container slide-caption-bottom-right\"><img src=\"\/cura\/files\/2015\/05\/intlconferencemuslimed5.4.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/div><\/li><li id=\"bu-slideshow-2_3\" class=\"slide \"><div class=\"bu-slide-container slide-caption-bottom-right\"><img src=\"\/cura\/files\/2016\/05\/IMG_4214.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/div><\/li><li id=\"bu-slideshow-2_4\" class=\"slide \"><div class=\"bu-slide-container slide-caption-bottom-right\"><img src=\"\/cura\/files\/2015\/05\/hoesteroy5.4.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/div><\/li><li id=\"bu-slideshow-2_5\" class=\"slide \"><div class=\"bu-slide-container slide-caption-bottom-right\"><img src=\"\/cura\/files\/2015\/05\/webpic75.4.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/div><\/li><li id=\"bu-slideshow-2_6\" class=\"slide \"><div class=\"bu-slide-container slide-caption-bottom-right\"><img src=\"\/cura\/files\/2016\/05\/IMG_2979.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/div><\/li><li id=\"bu-slideshow-2_7\" class=\"slide \"><div class=\"bu-slide-container slide-caption-bottom-right\"><img src=\"\/cura\/files\/2016\/05\/IMG_3737.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/div><\/li><li id=\"bu-slideshow-2_8\" class=\"slide \"><div class=\"bu-slide-container slide-caption-bottom-right\"><img src=\"\/cura\/files\/2015\/05\/11115.4.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/div><\/li><li id=\"bu-slideshow-2_9\" class=\"slide \"><div class=\"bu-slide-container slide-caption-bottom-right\"><img src=\"\/cura\/files\/2015\/05\/mmexport14028179148155.4.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/div><\/li><li id=\"bu-slideshow-2_10\" class=\"slide \"><div class=\"bu-slide-container slide-caption-bottom-right\"><img src=\"\/cura\/files\/2015\/05\/weller25.4.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/div><\/li><li id=\"bu-slideshow-2_11\" class=\"slide \"><div class=\"bu-slide-container slide-caption-bottom-right\"><img src=\"\/cura\/files\/2015\/05\/katz5.4.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/div><\/li><li id=\"bu-slideshow-2_12\" class=\"slide \"><div class=\"bu-slide-container slide-caption-bottom-right\"><img src=\"\/cura\/files\/2015\/05\/popefrancis5.4.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/div><\/li><li id=\"bu-slideshow-2_13\" class=\"slide \"><div class=\"bu-slide-container slide-caption-bottom-right\"><img src=\"\/cura\/files\/2015\/05\/Statue_AboutCURA5.4.2.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/div><\/li><li id=\"bu-slideshow-2_14\" class=\"slide \"><div class=\"bu-slide-container slide-caption-bottom-right\"><img src=\"\/cura\/files\/2015\/05\/webpic55.4.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/div><\/li><li id=\"bu-slideshow-2_15\" class=\"slide \"><div class=\"bu-slide-container slide-caption-bottom-right\"><img src=\"\/cura\/files\/2016\/05\/IMG_8448.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/div><\/li><li id=\"bu-slideshow-2_16\" class=\"slide \"><div class=\"bu-slide-container slide-caption-bottom-right\"><img src=\"\/cura\/files\/2016\/05\/IMG_8008.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/div><\/li><li id=\"bu-slideshow-2_17\" class=\"slide \"><div class=\"bu-slide-container slide-caption-bottom-right\"><img src=\"\/cura\/files\/2016\/05\/IMG_0100.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/div><\/li><li id=\"bu-slideshow-2_18\" class=\"slide \"><div class=\"bu-slide-container slide-caption-bottom-right\"><img src=\"\/cura\/files\/2016\/05\/IMG_0261.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/div><\/li><li id=\"bu-slideshow-2_19\" class=\"slide \"><div class=\"bu-slide-container slide-caption-bottom-right\"><img src=\"\/cura\/files\/2015\/05\/weller5.4.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/div><\/li><\/ul><\/div><\/div><\/h3>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: left;\"><\/h2>\n<h3><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/cura\/colloquium\/\">Religion and Identity &#8212; CURA Colloquium 2019-2020<\/a><\/h3>\n<h3><a style=\"color: #a30505;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/cura\/our-partners\/henry-luce-foundation-funding\/cura-luce-seminar-series-on-key-issues-in-religion-and-world-affairs\/\"><\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/cura\/sign-up\/\">Sign up<\/a> for our mailing list<\/h3>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Institute on Culture, Religion &amp; World Affairs at Boston University CURA Develops Research, Education, and Public Scholarship on Religion and World Affairs &nbsp; Religion and Identity &#8212; CURA Colloquium 2019-2020 Sign up for our mailing list &nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1739,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":258,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/cura\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/6"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/cura\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/cura\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/cura\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1739"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/cura\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=6"}],"version-history":[{"count":49,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/cura\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/6\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":10203,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/cura\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/6\/revisions\/10203"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/cura\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}