On November 28, 2007, forty invited guests gathered in the Georgetown University School of Foreign Service in Qatar Library to listen to Professor Patrick Laude speak about "The Ambassadors of Inner Islam and the Encounter of Religions."This lecture was part of CIRS's on-going Monthly Dialogue Series. Laude is Professor of French, a Sorbonne graduate and author of nine books,…
As part of the Monthly Dialogue Series, Dr. Sherene Seikaly, the 2007-2008 Qatar Postdoctoral Fellow at Georgetown University's Center for Contemporary Arab Studies in Washington, DC, gave a lecture titled "A Public Good? Palestinian Businessmen and the British Colonial State 1939-1948." On December 10, 2007, Seikaly spoke to a local audience in Doha, where she defended the view…
Earlier in the day, the Working Group symposium was held at the Georgetown University School of Foreign Service in Qatar. The symposium focused on institutions; relationships among public, private, and religiously inspired actors; financing issues; and other issues such as children, education, health, and gender.
For more information, view the Working Group's symposium summary prepared by the Berkley Center for Religion, Peace, and World Affairs.