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CIRS Lunch Talk: Darfur's Role in Sudan's Ongoing Power Struggle
CURA Research Workshop: Showcasing your Research on Social Media
The State of the Game: Women's Basketball in the Middle East
Book Talk with Professor Trish Kahle
Race and Gender in U.S. Political Participation
CURA Spotlight with Dr. Muez Ali
Past Conference
Research Initiatives
American Studies, Regional Studies
America’s Game in the Middle East: the 2027 Qatar Basketball World Cup
The Center for International and Regional Studies (CIRS) has launched a new research project “America’s Game in the Middle East: the 2027 Qatar Basketball World Cup,” which studies U.S. engagement…
Regional Studies
Race and Ethnicity in Africa, the Middle East, and South Asia
Background and Scope The Center for International and Regional Studies (CIRS) has launched this research project in collaboration with Georgetown University in Qatar faculty members, Professors Rogaia Abusharaf and Uday…
Regional Studies
Narratives of Language Landscapes in Qatar
Background and Scope The Center for International and Regional Studies (CIRS) at Georgetown University Qatar has launched a new research initiative titled Narratives of Language Landscapes in Qatar. Under the intellectual…
