Regional Studies
Migrant Voices in Qatar
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…
Research Initiatives
American Studies
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…
Regional Studies
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…
American Studies
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…
American Studies, Regional Studies
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…
American Studies, Regional Studies
Energy Humanities
Amin Roshan, Wandering, 2019. Acrylic and crude oil, silk screen on canvas, 80×110 cm. (Courtesy of Amin Roshan) Background and Scope The Energy Humanities initiative is part of the Environmental Studies…
Regional Studies
Ten Years On: Mass Protests and Uprisings in the Arab World
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Regional Studies
Building a Legacy: Qatar FIFA World Cup 2022
The Qatar FIFA World Cup 2022 in November and December will be the first World Cup in the Middle East. This CIRS research initiative provides a platform for academic engagement with…
Regional Studies
The COVID Project
Since March 11, 2020, when the World Health Organization (WHO) officially declared the COVID-19 virus a global pandemic, countries around the world have adopted various measures in order to limit…
American Studies
Economic Migration to the United States
To study the challenges and opportunities of skilled immigration flows to the United States, in 2020, the Center for International and Regional Studies (CIRS) at Georgetown University Qatar launched a new project…
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