The Away Game: The Epic Search for Football’s Next Superstars
Reporter Sebastian Abbot discussed his critically acclaimed book, The Away Game, which tells the gripping story of a group of boys discovered in what may be the largest talent search…
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The FIFA World Cup: Football, Citizenship, and National Identity 1930-2022
Gijsbert Oonk, Director of the Sport and Nation research program at Erasmus University Rotterdam, discussed his study exploring the relationship between national belonging, acquiring citizenship, and migration. Taking high profile…
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The Gospel of Work and Money: Global Histories of Industrial Education Virtual Working Group
On March 22, 2021, the Center for International and Regional Studies (CIRS) held a virtual working group under a faculty-led research initiative on The Gospel of Work and Money: Global…
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CIRS Faculty Fellow Talk: The Amazingly Idiosyncratic History of Passports by Edward Kolla
When COVID19 hit, many inveterate travelers like myself were dazed by how quickly something we took for granted had disappeared. Gone, suddenly, was our ability to grab our passport, hop…
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Everyday Energy: Approaches to Lived Experience
The Center for International and Regional Studies (CIRS) at Georgetown University in Qatar launched its newly-formed Energy Humanities research initiative with this webinar panel discussion titled “Everyday Energy: Approaches to Lived…
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The Impact of Climate Change on Agriculture in South Asia
Agriculture is one of the most vulnerable sectors to the effects of climate change. The change in average temperature, rainfall, changes in pests and diseases, variations in the atmospheric Carbon…
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The Gospel of Work and Money: Global Histories of Industrial Education Virtual Working Group II
On May 25, 2021, the Center for International and Regional Studies (CIRS) at Georgetown University Qatar held the second virtual working group under its research initiative on The Gospel of…
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The Gospel of Work and Money: Global Histories of Industrial Education Virtual Working Group III
On June 8, 2021, the Center for International and Regional Studies convened a third virtual working group under its research initiative on The Gospel of Work and Money: Global Histories…
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The Gospel of Work and Money: Global Histories of Industrial Education Virtual Working Group IV
On June 29, 2021, the Center for International and Regional Studies (CIRS) convened the fourth virtual workshop under its research initiative on The Gospel of Work and Money: Global Histories…
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The Gospel of Work and Money: Global Histories of Industrial Education Virtual Working Group V
The Center for International and Regional Studies (CIRS) convened the fifth virtual workshop under its research initiative, The Gospel of Work and Money: Global Histories of Industrial Education, on July…
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The Gospel of Work and Money: Global Histories of Industrial Education Virtual Working Group VI
On September 21, 2021, the Center for International and Regional Studies (CIRS) hosted the final paper workshop under its research initiative, The Gospel of Work and Money: Global Histories of…
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Activism in Exile: Diasporic Communities in the Wake of the Arab Uprisings
The Arab uprisings, which saw the mobilization of millions of citizens across the Middle East and North Africa, produced new exiled communities at a massive scale. Refugees made their way…