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Rethinking Migration Categories from the Global South
Migration Studies from the Global South: Rethinking Theory and Method Workshop
Sudan in the Picture: Research on Sudanese Cinema Workshop I
(Re)Collecting Sudan: Art and Culture Archives Workshop II
Seeing Sudan: Politics Through Art | Hiwaraat
Russia’s Invasion of Ukraine: Assessments, Implications, Prospects
Research Initiatives
Regional Studies
Rethinking Migration Categories from the Global South
Background and Scope The research cluster is embedded within CIRS’s wider initiative, “Migration Studies from the Global South: Rethinking Theory and Method,” a program structured around a series of interlinked…
Regional Studies, Research on Sudan
Sudan in the Picture: Research on Sudanese Cinema
Background and Scope The first moving image of Sudan was taken in 1898, more than 127 years ago, at the dawn of the medium of cinema. Despite this long history,…
Regional Studies
Migrant Stories from Qatar
Background and Scope Many migrant workers in Qatar live and work in difficult conditions and have limited financial resources or social capital to improve their situations. A great deal of…
