Name: The Impact of Business and Political News on the GCC Stock Market
Start: 2019-03-24T12:45:00+03:00
End: 2019-03-24T13:45:00+03:00

January 2019
January 16, 2019 @ 12:45 pm - 1:45 pm

Fundamentalist Metamorphosis: Hezbollah’s Ideological Evolution from Idealism to Pragmatism

On January 16, 2019, CIRS invited Middle East analyst Massaab Al-Aloosy to discuss his research on “Fundamentalist Metamorphosis: Hezbollah’s Ideological Evolution from Idealism to Pragmatism.” During the talk, he mapped out the trajectory of Hezbollah (“Party of God”), a political and militant Shiʿa Islamist movement, from its origin to the present. The organization came into existence following the Israeli…
January 20, 2019 @ 9:00 am - January 21, 2019 @ 4:00 pm

Russia and the Middle East Working Group I

On January 20-21, 2019, the Center for International and Regional Studies (CIRS) held the first working group under its research initiative on “Russia and the Middle East.” Over the course of two days, scholars were convened to discuss different aspects of Russian-Middle Eastern relations, including: Russian “responsibility to protect” in the Middle East; Russian “sovereign democracy,” Middle…
January 27, 2019 @ 12:45 pm - 1:45 pm

Taking Measure of American Foreign Policy

CIRS invited Richard L. Russell, professor at the National Defense University in Washington, DC, to deliver a talk titled “Taking Measure of American Foreign Policy” on January 27, 2019, in…
February 2019
February 6, 2019 @ 12:30 pm - 1:30 pm

Prospects for a Peaceful Democratic Transition in Sudan

Abdelwahab El-Affendi, Dean of the School of Social Sciences and Humanities and Professor of Politics at the Doha Institute for Graduate Studies, was invited by CIRS to discuss the current…
February 7, 2019 @ 12:30 pm - 4:30 pm

CURA Workshop: Introduction to Research Methods

CIRS hosted its second CURA workshop for GU-Q students on the topic “Introduction to Research Methods” The workshop, held on February 7, 2019, presented a conceptual definition of research methods, introduced methodological…
February 13, 2019 @ 12:45 pm - 1:45 pm

Western Higher Education in Global Contexts

Mohanalakshmi Rajakumar is a Qatar-based novelist and community course instructor at VCUarts Qatar who writes on topics related to gender, race, and pedagogy. On February 13, 2019, she presented a…
February 24, 2019 @ 9:00 am - February 25, 2019 @ 3:00 pm

Political Economy of the Contemporary Middle East Working Group I

On February 24-25, 2019, the Center for International and Regional Studies (CIRS) brought together a number of scholars to commence a new research effort on the “Political Economy of the Contemporary…
March 2019
March 11, 2019 @ 12:45 pm - 1:45 pm

A Local East African Newspaper v. the State and Market Forces

Phoebe Musandu, professor of History at GU-Q and a scholar of African history, was invited to discuss her research on Kenyan newspapers in the colonial and post-colonial periods during a…
March 13, 2019 @ 9:00 am - 2:00 pm

Healthcare Access for Single Male Laborers (SML) in Qatar: Research Roundtable II

As part of the partnership between CIRS, and Qatar-based institutions to investigate the current state of healthcare provision to single male labors (SML), a second working group for this project…
March 14, 2019 @ 12:30 pm - 1:30 pm

CURA Seminar: Science and Scientific Production in the Middle East

On March 14, 2019, the Center for International and Regional Studies (CIRS) held its second CURA Seminar for the 2018-2019 academic year. Coinciding with the second working group meeting on…
March 17, 2019 @ 9:00 am - 5:00 pm

Science and Scientific Production in the Middle East Working Group II

On March 17 2019, the Center for International and Regional Studies held the second working group under its research initiative on “Science and Scientific Production in the Middle East.” This…
March 24, 2019 @ 12:45 pm - 1:45 pm

The Impact of Business and Political News on the GCC Stock Market

Alanoud Al-Maadid, Assistant Professor of Economics at Qatar University, examined how politics and economics are intertwined in the relationships of the members of the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC), an alliance…