• CIRS Open House

    On September 1, 2025, 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…

  • Sudan: Past Lives/New Stories

    As part of GU-Q's Seeing Sudan: Politics Through Art Hiwaraat Conference, CIRS collaborated with Qatar Musuem's General Collection department to showcase some their Sudanese jewelry collection and original archival photographs.…

  • Sudanese Culinary Anthropology by Omer Al Tijani 

    As part of GU-Q's Seeing Sudan: Politics Through Art Hiwaraat Conference, CIRS hosted a community lunch led by pharmacist-turned-chef Omer Al Tigani. The lunch talk was an exploration of how Sudanese food…

  • Sudan Retold Exhibition & Book Launch

    As part of GU-Q's Seeing Sudan: Politics Through Art Hiwaraat Conference, CIRS inaugurated the second edition of Sudan Retold exhibition and book launch on September 19, 2025, in partnership with…

  • (Re)Collecting Sudan: Art and Culture Archives Workshop II

    On September 21, 2025, the Center for International and Regional Studies (CIRS) hosted its second workshop for the "(Re)Collecting Sudan: Art and Culture Archives" research initiative. ​This workshop served as…

  • Book Talk: Remittance as Belonging

    The Center for International and Regional Studies (CIRS) hosted a thought-provoking book talk with Professor Hasan Mahmud, author of Remittance as Belonging: Global Migration, Transnationalism, and the Quest for Home…

  • CURA Research Presentations

    "The Anticipation Gap: South Asian Students in Georgia and the Intersecting Burdens of Discrimination and Aspiration" and “Echoes of Martial Law: Memory, Politics, and the Marcos Restoration in the Philippines”…

  • Launch Event: Migrant Stories from Qatar

    Join us for the launch of the Migrant Stories from Qatar project website! This project brings together oral histories from migrant workers across Qatar, offering rare insight into their lived…