• CIRS Open House

    On August 21, 2023, the Center for International and Regional Studies (CIRS) held an open house for GU-Q students, faculty, and staff to learn more about CIRS, the CIRS Undergraduate…

  • Iran-Saudi Relations: Changing Regional Alignments

    Speaker: Mehran Kamrava (Georgetown University in Qatar) Moderator: Gerd Nonneman (Georgetown University in Qatar) Location: Faculty Conference Room, GU-Q (First floor) Mehran Kamrava is Professor of Government at Georgetown University…

  • The Invasion of Iraq: Regional Reflections

    The 2003 invasion of Iraq marked a critical turning point in America’s relationship with Iraq and its neighboring countries, a region of strategic importance encompassing vital energy and military interests,…

  • Sociolinguistics Landscape and Culture in Qatar – Workshop II

    On September 24 and 25, 2023, the Center for International and Regional Studies (CIRS) hosted a roundtable workshop titled “Sociolinguistics Landscape and Culture in Qatar.” The two-day workshop was the…

  • Conceptualizing Womanhood in the Arabian Littoral of the Gulf

    Speaker: Maryam Alsada (Georgetown University in Qatar) Moderator: Trish Kahle (Georgetown University in Qatar) Location: Faculty Conference Room, GU-Q (First floor) Maryam Alsada is a Postdoctoral Fellow in the Humanities…

  • Mobility Diplomacy: How States Maximize Passport Power

    Speaker: Noora Lori (Boston University) Moderators: Nadya Sbaiti (Georgetown University in Qatar) and Sami Hermez (Northwestern University in Qatar) About the event: Co-organized by CIRS and Northwestern University in Qatar,…

  • The Environmental Drivers of Out-Migration in Bangladesh

    Speaker: Katharine Donato (Georgetown University) Moderator: Zahra Babar (CIRS, Georgetown University in Qatar) Location: 1D02 Faculty Conference Room, Georgetown University in Qatar (1st floor) Katharine M. Donato holds the Donald…

  • Afghanistan Regional Symposium: Confronting the Impasse

    The Center for International and Regional Studies (CIRS) at Georgetown University in Qatar (GU-Q) is hosting the “Afghanistan Regional Symposium: Confronting the Impasse.” The symposium gathers leading experts, scholars, and…

  • 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

  • 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…