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  • Micha Kurz on “Mobilizing Communities in Occupied Jerusalem”

    Micha Kurz on “Mobilizing Communities in Occupied Jerusalem”

    Micha Kurz was born and raised in Jerusalem. During the second Intifada he learned about the ‎Israeli Occupation of Palestinian land and people first hand as an Israeli soldier. In 2004, he was ‎a co-founder of “Breaking the Silence” and has since focused his work in Al Quds-Jerusalem, “a ‎forgotten epicenter of the occupation. “Grassroots Jerusalem” has recently opened the doors to ‎Al Marsa (the Harbor), a Political Community Center and Legal Clinic built to counter the threat ‎on freedom of speech and assembly in Jerusalem today.‎ 

  • CIRS Research Roundtable

    CIRS Research Roundtable

    In order to enhance local research productivity, and build upon its established collegial ‎relationships with other research entities in Qatar, CIRS hosted a "Research Roundtable" on November 17, 2013. During this one-day…

  • The State and Innovation in the Gulf Working Group I

    The State and Innovation in the Gulf Working Group I

    On December 8–9, 2013, CIRS held a working group to launch the State and Innovation in the Gulf Research Initiative. Regional and international scholars and experts from various multi-disciplinary backgrounds convened to discuss…

  • Zahra Babar on Arab Migrants in Qatar

    Zahra Babar on Arab Migrants in Qatar

    Zahra Babar, Associate Director for Research at CIRS, delivered a CIRSMonthly Dialogue ‎lecture titled “Working for the Neighbors: Arab Migrants in Qatar” on December 11, 2013. Babar ‎proposed to examine some of…

  • Social Currents in the Maghreb Working Group I

    Social Currents in the Maghreb Working Group I

    On January 7-8, 2014, CIRS held its inaugural Social Currents in the Maghreb Working Group in Washington D.C. While much of the mainstream media and recent scholarship on the Maghreb has focused on…

  • Sustainable Development for ‎Economies and Corporations

    Sustainable Development for ‎Economies and Corporations

    R. Seetharaman, Group Chief Executive Officer of Doha Bank‎, delivered the first ‎CIRS ‎Monthly ‎Dialogue of 2014 with a lecture on “Sustainable Development for ‎Economies ‎and ‎Corporations”‎ ‎on January 20, 2014‎.…

  • The Paradox of Renewable Energy in Qatar

    The Paradox of Renewable Energy in Qatar

    Omran Al-Kuwari, co-founder and CEO of GreenGulf, delivered a CIRS Focused Discussion lecture on “The Paradox of Renewable Energy in Qatar” on February 12, 2014. The talk was centered on the drivers of investing…

  • Transitional Justice in the Middle East - Working Group I

    Transitional Justice in the Middle East – Working Group I

    On February 15-16, 2014, Regional and international experts gathered for the inaugural meeting of the CIRS "Transitional Justice in the Middle East" research initiative. While much of the scholarship on transitional justice has…

  • Why did the Arab Spring miss the Maghreb?

    Why did the Arab Spring miss the Maghreb?

    Matt Buehler, the 2013-2014 Postdoctoral Fellow at CIRS, delivered aMonthly Dialogue lecture on“Why did the Arab Spring miss the Maghreb? Continuity through Co-optation in Morocco and Mauritania,” on February 17, 2014. The…

  • Arab Migrant Communities in the GCC Working Group II

    Arab Migrant Communities in the GCC Working Group II

    On March 15, 16 2014, The final working group of CIRS’ research project Arab Migrant Communities in the GCC was held in Doha. Grant recipients of this research grant cycle gathered with an…

  • Gas and Alternative Fuels: Present and Future Shares and Challenges

    Gas and Alternative Fuels: Present and Future Shares and Challenges

    Seyed Mohammad Hossein Adeli is the Secretary General of the Gas Exporting Countries Forum (GECF). A career diplomat, Dr. Adeli has served as Iran’s ambassador to Japan, Canada, and the United Kingdom. His previous positions also include Governor of the Central Bank of Iran, Deputy Foreign Minister for Economic and Energy Affairs, and Advisor to President of the Islamic Republic of Iran. Upon retiring from the diplomatic corps, he founded the Ravand Institute for Economic and International Studies, which is today one of Iran’s premier research and consulting firms. Dr. Adeli holds two PhD degrees, one in business administration and the other in economics. 

  • Prehistoric Myths in Modern Political Philosophy

    Prehistoric Myths in Modern Political Philosophy

    CIRS supported the publication of Karl Widerquist and Grant S.McCall’s book Prehistoric Myths in Modern Political Philosophy (Oxford University Press/Edinburgh University Press, 2017).