{"id":23466,"date":"2016-06-29T16:26:53","date_gmt":"2016-06-29T20:26:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/pardeeschool\/?p=23466"},"modified":"2021-02-03T17:42:33","modified_gmt":"2021-02-03T22:42:33","slug":"cura-hosts-chinese-delegation-for-talk-on-religious-extremism","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/pardeeschool\/2016\/06\/29\/cura-hosts-chinese-delegation-for-talk-on-religious-extremism\/","title":{"rendered":"CURA Hosts Chinese Delegation for Talk on Religious Extremism"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"bu-slideshow-container chinese-delegation-6.24 autoplay\" id=\"bu-slideshow-container-23473\" data-slideshow-name=\"chinese-delegation-6.24\" data-slideshow-delay=\"5000\" style=\"width: auto; \"><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-slide\" id=\"bu-slideshow-23473\"><li id=\"bu-slideshow-23473_0\" class=\"slide \"><div class=\"bu-slide-container slide-caption-bottom-right\"><img src=\"\/pardeeschool\/files\/2016\/06\/Delegation2-516x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/div><\/li><li id=\"bu-slideshow-23473_1\" class=\"slide \"><div class=\"bu-slide-container slide-caption-bottom-right\"><img src=\"\/pardeeschool\/files\/2016\/06\/Delegation3-516x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/div><\/li><li id=\"bu-slideshow-23473_2\" class=\"slide \"><div class=\"bu-slide-container slide-caption-bottom-right\"><img src=\"\/pardeeschool\/files\/2016\/06\/Delegation1-516x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/div><\/li><li id=\"bu-slideshow-23473_3\" class=\"slide \"><div class=\"bu-slide-container slide-caption-bottom-right\"><img src=\"\/pardeeschool\/files\/2016\/06\/Delegation4-516x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/div><\/li><li id=\"bu-slideshow-23473_4\" class=\"slide \"><div class=\"bu-slide-container slide-caption-bottom-right\"><img src=\"\/pardeeschool\/files\/2016\/06\/Delegation5-516x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/div><\/li><\/ul><\/div><div class=\"bu-slideshow-navigation-container\"><ul class=\"bu-slideshow-navigation nav-icon\" id=\"bu-slideshow-nav-23473\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><li><a href=\"#\" id=\"pager-1\" class=\" active\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><span>1<\/span><\/a><\/li> <li><a href=\"#\" id=\"pager-2\" class=\"\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><span>2<\/span><\/a><\/li> <li><a href=\"#\" id=\"pager-3\" class=\"\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><span>3<\/span><\/a><\/li> <li><a href=\"#\" id=\"pager-4\" class=\"\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><span>4<\/span><\/a><\/li> <li><a href=\"#\" id=\"pager-5\" class=\"\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><span>5<\/span><\/a><\/li> <\/ul><\/div><\/div>\n<p>A group of six scholars from the Shanghai Academy of Social Sciences and the Shanghai Association of Religious Studies visited the Frederick S. Pardee School of Global Studies on June 24, 2016 for a conversation\u00a0on religious extremism.<\/p>\n<p>The discussion, which was hosted by the Pardee School and the <a href=\"\u2022\tThere%20is a desire on the part of both groups to continue the dialogue and cooperative relationship, both here at BU and in Shanghai. \">Institute on Culture, Religion and World Affairs<\/a>\u00a0(CURA), was arranged through long-standing relationships that\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/pardeeschool\/profile\/james-c-jim-wallace\/\">Jim Wallace<\/a>, Lecturer in International Relations, and <a href=\"http:\/\/www.bu.edu\/anthrop\/people\/faculty\/r-weller\/\">Robert Weller<\/a>, Professor of Anthropology at Boston University, have with members of the Chinese delegation. CURA Director and\u00a0<span>Professor of Anthropology and International Relations <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/pardeeschool\/profile\/robert-hefner\/\">Robert Hefner<\/a>\u00a0also participated in the discussion.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>A presentation was made by the Chinese delegation on the topic of religious extremism by Dr. Zhou Yueming, Vice Secretary General of the Shanghai Association of Religious Studies, and a\u00a0presentation was made on the topic on behalf of Boston University by <a href=\"http:\/\/www.bu.edu\/sociology\/faculty-staff\/faculty\/nancy-t-ammerman\/\">Nancy Ammerman<\/a>, Associate Dean of the Faculty of Social Sciences and Professor of Sociology of Religion.<\/p>\n<p>A discussion\u00a0<span>moderated by Wallace and Weller<\/span> followed the presentations, and there was agreement on a number of points about the nature and structure of extremist groups based on religion. Given the cultural, sociological and political differences between the two countries, there was a healthy exchange of views on how best to deal with extremist groups.<\/p>\n<p>According to Wallace, there is a desire on the part of both groups to continue the dialogue and cooperative relationship, both\u00a0at Boston University and in Shanghai.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;We look forward to continued interactions, cooperative endeavors and research projects,&#8221; Wallace said.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Institute on Culture, Religion and World Affairs hosted the group of scholars for a discussion on religious extremism. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":11588,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[8431,8411],"tags":[9287,9602,8575,8689,9603,8577,9604,9605],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/pardeeschool\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/23466"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/pardeeschool\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/pardeeschool\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/pardeeschool\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/11588"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/pardeeschool\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=23466"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/pardeeschool\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/23466\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":23481,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/pardeeschool\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/23466\/revisions\/23481"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/pardeeschool\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=23466"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/pardeeschool\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=23466"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/pardeeschool\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=23466"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}