CURA Hosts Conference on Muslim Communities in Europe and North America
The Institute on Culture, Religion and World Affairs hosted a conference entitled “Muslim Communities in Europe and North America: Contemporary Developments and Challenges.”
CURA, ASC Host Talk With Human Rights Watch Executive Director
Ken Roth, Executive Director of Human Rights Watch , discussed best practices in human rights research and advocacy.
Muslim Societies Institute to Merge with CURA
The Institute for the Study of Muslim Societies and Civilizations will become a special program within the Institute on Culture, Religion, and World Affairs at the Pardee School.
CURA Co-Hosts Workshop With Guadalupe Tuñón
The Institute on Culture, Religion and World Affairs hosted a talk with Guadalupe Tuñón of Harvard University as part of the Research in Comparative Politics Workshop series.
CURA Hosts Finding Religion Workshop
The Institute on Culture, Religion and World Affairs hosted a group of social science scholars from across the country for the two-day workshop.
Ammerman Speaks at CURA Pizza and Politics Workshop
Prof. Nancy Ammerman delivered a talk entitled “Constructing Religion in Context: Contributions From a Lived Religion.”
CURA Hosts 2018 Fall Welcome Back Reception
CURA Director Timothy Longman highlighted upcoming CURA events including the 2018-19 Colloquium on Religion and World Affairs.
CURA Announces 2018-19 Fellows
The Institute on Culture, Religion and World Affairs (CURA) has announced their 2018-2019 CURA Fellows.
CURA Receives Luce Foundation Grant
The grant was awarded to CURA by the Initiative on Religion in International Affairs at the Luce Foundation.
CURA Seeks Proposals For Religion and World Affairs Colloquium
The theme for the 2018-19 colloquium is “Religion, Violence, and Peacemaking.”
CURA Announces Spring Religion and World Affairs Colloquium Schedule
The colloquium will feature CURA Fellows sharing critiques and providing valuable insight of in-progress papers.
CURA: Mandaville at Religion and World Affairs Colloquium
CURA kicked off their Religion and World Affairs Colloquium with Peter Mandaville, Professor of Policy and Government at George Mason University.
Timothy Longman Appointed Director of CURA
Prof. Timothy Longman has been appointed as the Director of the Institute on Culture, Religion and World Affairs (CURA).
RIP: Founding Director of CURA, Prof. Peter Berger, Dies at 88
Founding director of CURA, Prof. Emeritus Peter Berger, dies at 88.
Hefner Edits New Book Shari’a Law and Modern Muslim Ethics
Shari’a Law and Modern Muslim Ethics brings together leading scholars of Islamic ethics to examine the varied meanings of Islamic law.
Hefner Named to Indonesia-U.S. Council on Religion and Pluralism
CURA Director Robert Hefner has been named to the Executive Board of the newly-formed Indonesia-U.S. Council on Religion and Pluralism.
CURA Hosts Chinese Delegation for Talk on Religious Extremism
The Institute on Culture, Religion and World Affairs hosted the group of scholars for a discussion on religious extremism.
Hefner Publishes Journal Paper on Indonesia and U.S. Foreign Policy
Prof. Robert Hefner on how Indonesia should figure prominently in the next White House administration’s foreign policy deliberations.
Hefner in The Diplomat: Religion and U.S. Foreign Policy
Prof. Robert Hefner discusses religion’s role in U.S. Foreign Policy and the implications it has for Asia.
Hefner Speaks in Indonesia
Hefner was speaking in Indonesia this January, giving him a front row seat for the ISIS attacks in Jakarta.