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…
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,…
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…
Rashid Diab, “Within Blue” 2016, 133x250cm, Acrylic on canvas. Courtesy of Rashid Diab. Background and Scope In Spring 2025, the Center for International and Regional Studies (CIRS) at Georgetown University…
Background and Scope Russia’s invasion of Ukraine had a profound impact on the international system and global economic relations. Moreover, for the first time since the dissolution of the USSR…
The Center for International and Regional Studies (CIRS) has launched a new research project “America’s Game in the Middle East: the 2027 Qatar Basketball World Cup,” which studies U.S. engagement…
Background and Scope The Center for International and Regional Studies (CIRS) has launched this research project in collaboration with Georgetown University in Qatar faculty members, Professors Rogaia Abusharaf and Uday…
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…
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…
Recent estimates indicate that there are between 29 and 35 million migrant workers present in the Gulf. Many migrant workers in Qatar and in other Gulf states live and work…
