CURA Spotlight: Victor Ehikhamenor
Speaker: Victor Ehikhamenor, Artist-in-Residence (Georgetown University in Qatar) Moderator: Asma Shakeel (Georgetown University in Qatar, Class of 2024) Location: Georgetown University in Qatar
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Persisting Biases: Findings from the UNDP 2023 Gender Social Norm Index
The index, which was first introduced in 2020, covers 85 percent of the global population and captures data up to 2022. It provides information on the evolution of social norms over a 10-year period. The 2023 GSNI sheds light on the persistent presence of biased gender social norms across the world. The index reveals around…
Global Energy Cultures: How Energy Shapes our Everyday Lives
In collaboration with Msheireb Museums, the Center for International and Regional Studies (CIRS) at Georgetown University in Qatar (GU-Q) is hosting a forum on “Global Energy Cultures: How Energy Shapes our Everyday Lives.” Every aspect of our contemporary lives is shaped by energy; societies are fully dependent on the accessibility and availability of energy products,…
Workshop: Race and Ethnicity in Africa, the Middle East, and South Asia
On January 10-11, 2024, the Center for International and Regional Studies (CIRS) at Georgetown University in Qatar (GUQ) organized a workshop to discuss draft papers submitted under its Race and Ethnicity in Africa, the Middle East, and South Asia research initiative. Over two days, the convened scholars presented and received feedback on their papers that…
The Struggles of Palestinian Prisoners
Shedding light on current imprisonment conditions and the escalation of mass-arrest campaigns across Palestine, the talk will highlight the centrality of imprisonment to Israel’s project of control and dispossession. Since 1948, it is estimated that the Israeli regime has arrested nearly one million Palestinians, subjecting them to multitude forms of torture and violence, and diligently…
CURA Research Skills Workshop: Tools for Effective Argumentative Writing
On February 8, 2024, the Center for International and Regional Studies (CIRS) hosted a research skills workshop titled “Tools for Effective Argumentative Writing.” The workshop was presented in collaboration with the Office of Academic Services at Carnegie Mellon University in Qatar (CMU-Q), under the auspices of the CIRS Undergraduate Research Advancement (CURA) program. Twelve undergraduate…
Qatar’s Creative Culture: Fostering Development and Diplomacy
This talk explores how Qatar is redefining the global cultural landscape, using its rich artistic heritage and innovative creative industries to forge new paths in diplomacy and spur national development. This talk unveils the strategies behind Qatar's success in turning culture into a powerful tool for international engagement and sustainable growth. Speaker: Nouf M. S.…
On Palestine: Hiwaraat Symposium
“On Palestine” features leading Palestinian voices, and is moderated by prominent broadcaster and author Mehdi Hassan. The symposium is organized around three thematic areas: justice and accountability, global media narratives and the shaping of public opinion, and avoiding traps in imagining a political future. Location: Al Mirqab Ballroom, Four Seasons Hotel Doha
America’s Game in the Middle East: The 2027 Qatar Basketball World Cup
After successfully hosting the FIFA World Cup 2022, Qatar continues to retain sport as an important domestic and foreign policy tool. In April 2023, Qatar achieved another historical win by being selected as the first Arab nation to host the men’s basketball World Cup, a quintessentially American game, invented in the late nineteenth century in…
Humanization through International Law? The Global South’s Role in Accountability
South Africa’s presentation of its case against Israel at the International Court of Justice (ICJ) in January 2024 was a powerful assertion of humanity through law. Many have argued that international law is only as good as its enforcement. This talk engages in a discussion on such statements and on the role of Global South…
The Migrant Race: Intra-Asian Mobility, Co-ethnicity & Categorical Complexity
Speaker: Laavanya Kathiravelu (Nanyang Technological University, Singapore) Moderator: Uday Chandra (Georgetown University in Qatar) Location: CIRS Conference Room, Georgetown University in Qatar This talk explored the comparative complexities faced by long-term and second generation immigrants in Singapore and Doha, and interrogated how Asian migration studies can contribute to complexifying enrich intersectional approaches to identity and…
“Mothership” Documentary Screening and Discussion
About the documentary: In the middle of the Mediterranean Sea, the crew of the Ocean Viking is rescuing people in exile fleeing Libya, crammed in unseaworthy boats. To ensure that people in distress are rescued in compliance with human rights and maritime law, a tug-of-war between authorities and humanitarian aid workers occurs. Speakers: Fyras Mawazini…