During this CIRS dialogue, Khalid Albaih (the 2025 GUQ Artist-in-Residence) was in conversation with Suzi Mirgani, contextualizing the history of Sudanese art through times of conflict. At the Georgetown University in Qatar campus, CIRS installed two exhibitions of Khalid's artwork. An exhibition of Khalid's political cartoons on Sudan was curated by Larissa-Diana Fuhrmann, and another exhibition…
في الفترة من 11 إلى 12 أبريل 2025، عقد مركز الدراسات الدولية والإقليمية (CIRS) أول ورشة بحث ضمن مبادرته البحثية حول السودان. تناولت الورشة بعنوان "(إعادة جمع السودان: أرشيفات الفن والثقافة" تقاطعات التعبير الثقافي والصراع، وأجرت مسحا واسعا ومعمقا لأرشيفات الفن والثقافة بجميع أشكالها. كان هدف الاجتماع الذي استمر يومين هو مناقشة وتقديم ملاحظات حول…
The CIRS Panel on "The Evolution of Basketball in the Middle East," was held on May 29, 2025, at Georgetown University Hilltop Campus in Washington, D.C., and is an extension of the CIRS research initiative on "America’s Game in the Middle East: the 2027 Qatar Basketball World Cup." Missionaries, merchants and military brought the game…
On May 29 and 30, 2025, the Center for International and Regional Studies (CIRS) hosted its second research workshop as part of the initiative on America’s Game in the Middle…
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…
On September 11, 2025, the Center for International and Regional Studies hosted a CURA research workshop titled “From Idea to Impact: Making Political Art Across Mediums.” The session took place…
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.…
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…
In Sudan, a war too often ignored has torn apart lives, crippled institutions, and forced more than thirteen million people from their homes. A humanitarian crisis ravages the present and threatens both…
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…
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…
"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”…