La última cena – The Last Supper
Film Synopsis:On a Cuban sugar plantation in the 1790s, a count casts himself as Jesus Christ to re-enact the Catholic holy week with twelve of the men he is enslaving,…
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Energy Aesthetics: New Directions in Studying the Cultural Life of Oil
Speakers: Anne Pasek, Assistant Professor in the Department of Cultural Studies and the School of the Environment at Trent University Cajetan Iheka, Associate Professor of English at Yale University Caren…
It’s Getting Hot in Here: Changing Climate Change
On November 21, 2021, GU-Q students presented their research on international systems for managing global climate change at a hybrid CURA Lunch Talk titled, “It’s Getting Hot in Here: Changing…
CURA Workshop: Methodology and Bias: Reflections from Food Security Research in Ethiopia
On October 21, 2021, CIRS hosted a CURA workshop titled, “Methodology and Bias: Reflections from Food Security Research in Ethiopia” led by Professor Logan Cochrane, Associate Professor in the College…
Reducing Islamophobic Attitudes? The Effect of Mohamed Salah and the World Cup 2022
On October 18, 2021, CIRS hosted a webinar titled “Reducing Islamophobic Attitudes? The Effect of Mohamed Salah and the World Cup 2022” by Salma Mousa, Assistant Professor of Political Science…
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…
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 Industrial Education. During the meeting, two draft papers were presented and comprehensively discussed, by the convened scholars. Dr. Sarah Steinbock-Pratt, initiated the group discussion by…
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 13, 2021. During this workshop, three project contributors presented their draft papers and received in-depth feedback from the group. The group discussion was initiation by…
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 of Industrial Education. During this paper workshop, three project contributors presented their draft papers and received in-depth feedback from the group. Dr. Arun Kumar initiated…
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 of Industrial Education. During this paper workshop two chapter contributions were presented and discussed, which received in-depth feedback from the group. Dr. Bronwen Everill, presented…
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 Work and Money: Global Histories of Industrial Education. This virtual working group was the first in a series of meetings that will be held between…
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…