Research

Research
Georgetown University in Qatar’s Center for International and Regional Studies (CIRS) conducts research initiatives of regional and international significance, provides research opportunities to qualified scholars, and publishes the research results in a variety of publication formats.
Faculty are invited to send project proposals on areas of their research interests at cirsresearch@georgetown.edu
Research Initiatives

Narratives of Language Landscapes in Qatar
Background and Scope The Center for International and Regional Studies (CIRS) at Georgetown University Qatar has launched a new research initiative titled Narratives of Language Landscapes in Qatar. Under the intellectual…

The Evolution of African Regional Organizations
Background and Scope In the Spring of 2023, the Center for International and Regional Studies (CIRS) at Georgetown University in Qatar launched a new research project under the intellectual lead…

Global Histories and Practices of Islamophobia
Background and Scope The Center for International and Regional Studies (CIRS) at Georgetown University Qatar has launched a research initiative titled Global Histories and Practices of Islamophobia. Led by Georgetown…

Qatar’s World Cup Goals: Moving from the Periphery to the Center
Background and Scope The Center for International and Regional Studies (CIRS) at Georgetown University in Qatar has developed its ongoing web-based research project on Building a Legacy: Qatar FIFA World Cup…

Cinematic Afterlives: Film and Memory in the Black Atlantic
Background and Scope Cinematic Afterlives is a research project under the Race and Society research cluster at the Center for International and Regional Studies at Georgetown University in Qatar. Organized…

The Gospel of Work and Money: Global Histories of Industrial Education
Background and Scope Beginning in the early nineteenth century and continuing through the twentieth, industrial education programs developed by European and Euro-American policymakers and educators spread across the globe through…