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Center for International and Regional Studies
Qatar
Registrace 10. 10. 2012
The Center for International and Regional Studies (CIRS), Georgetown University in Qatar, is a premier research institute devoted to the academic study of regional and international issues.
Guided by the principles of academic excellence, forward vision, and community engagement, the Center's mission revolves around five principal goals:
- To provide a forum for scholarship and research on international and regional affairs
- To encourage in-depth examination and exchange of ideas
- To foster thoughtful dialogue among students, scholars and practitioners of international affairs
- To facilitate the free flow of ideas and knowledge through publishing the products of its research, sponsoring conferences and seminars, and holding workshops designed to explore the complexities of the twenty-first century
- To engage in outreach activities with a wide range of local, regional and international partners.
Guided by the principles of academic excellence, forward vision, and community engagement, the Center's mission revolves around five principal goals:
- To provide a forum for scholarship and research on international and regional affairs
- To encourage in-depth examination and exchange of ideas
- To foster thoughtful dialogue among students, scholars and practitioners of international affairs
- To facilitate the free flow of ideas and knowledge through publishing the products of its research, sponsoring conferences and seminars, and holding workshops designed to explore the complexities of the twenty-first century
- To engage in outreach activities with a wide range of local, regional and international partners.
Vlog 3 | Fighting the FIBA Hijab Ban | Amal Mohamed Saleh | June 3, 2024
Daniel Reiche speaks to Amal Mohamed Saleh about her career in women’s basketball and Qatar’s role in lifting the discriminatory hijab ban in international games. Amal is a 3x3 basketball referee, licensed by FIBA, the International Basketball Federation. She has played 16 years for the national women’s 5x5 team. She holds a Bachelor’s degree in Sports Sciences from Qatar University and a Masters degree from Hamad Bin Khalifa University in sports management. She is also working as a consultant for the Omani basketball federation and, together with her husband, runs a sports academy in Muscat.
Moderated by Danyel Reiche, CIRS, Georgetown University in Qatar.
Connect with CIRS:
- CIRS Website: cirs.georgetown.edu
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Moderated by Danyel Reiche, CIRS, Georgetown University in Qatar.
Connect with CIRS:
- CIRS Website: cirs.georgetown.edu
- Facebook: CIRSGUQ
- Twitter: CIRSGUQ
- Instagram: cirsguq
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Video
Noha Aboueldahab | Humanization through International Law? Global South & Accountability | 26.3.2024
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South Africa’s presentation of its case against Israel at the International Court of Justice (ICJ) in January 2024 was a powerful assertion of humanity through law. Many have argued that international law is only as good as its enforcement. This talk engages in a discussion on such statements and on the role of Global South actors’ critical engagement in international law. - Speaker: Noha Aboue...
Panel | America's Game in the Middle East: The 2027 Qatar Basketball World Cup | March 12, 2024
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After successfully hosting the FIFA World Cup 2022, Qatar continues to retain sport as an important domestic and foreign policy tool. In April 2023, Qatar achieved another historical win by being selected as the first Arab nation to host the men’s basketball World Cup, a quintessentially American game, invented in the late nineteenth century in Springfield, Massachusetts, and the second most po...
Victor Ehikhamenor | Georgetown University in Qatar's first Artist-in-Residence
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- Artist: Victor Ehikhamenor a Nigerian-American multidisciplinary visual artist and writer, and GUQ's first artist-in-residence. - Title: For Those Who Slept in the Dark with Identifiable Ghosts - Details: Charcoal, graphite, and acrylic on tent canvas (14 feet width x10 feet length) - Year: 2023 In our effort to offer both academic and artistic perspectives, GUQ offered its first artist-in-re...
Vlog 2 | America's Game in the Middle East | Robert Emmett Curran | January 22, 2024
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Robert Emmett Curran is a professor emeritus of history at Georgetown University, where he served as a faculty member for 32 years. His books include Shaping American Catholicism: Maryland and New York, 1805- 1915; Papist Devils: Catholics in British America, 1574- 1783; Intestine Enemies: Catholics in Protestant America, 1605- 1791: A Documentary History; and the three-volume Georgetown Univer...
Vlog 1 | America's Game in the Middle East: Basketball | Introduction | Danyel Reiche | January 2024
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Dr. Danyel Reiche is a Visiting Research Fellow at the Center for International and Regional Studies (CIRS) and a Visiting Associate Professor at Georgetown University Qatar. He is among the top 2% of most-cited researchers in the world, according to the 2023 Stanford University study. At GU-Q, Dr. Reiche lead a research initiative on the FIFA World Cup 2022. With Paul Brannagan, he published t...
Persisting Biases: Findings from the UNDP's 2023 Gender Social Norms Index | Panel | Nov 29, 2023
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Speakers: - Pedro Conceição, Director of the Human Development Report Office, UNDP - Raquel Lagunas, Head of Gender Equality, UNDP - Nadya Sbaiti, Georgetown University in Qatar. - Biplove Choudhary, Technical Representative & Head of Office, UNDP (moderator). The index, which was first introduced in 2020, covers 85 percent of the global population and captures data up to 2022. It provides info...
CIRS Dialogue | Maryam Alsada | Womanhood in the Arabian Littoral of the Gulf | October 16 2023
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- Speaker: Maryam Alsada (Georgetown University in Qatar) - Moderator: Trish Kahle (Georgetown University in Qatar) - Location: Faculty Conference Room, GU-Q (First floor) Maryam Alsada is a Postdoctoral Fellow in the Humanities and Social Sciences at Georgetown University in Qatar. Alsada completed her PhD at UCL, where she employed an interdisciplinary approach to studying the Arabian littora...
CIRS Dialogue | Mehran Kamrava | Iran-Saudi Relations: Changing Regional Alignments | Sept 10, 2023
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Mehran Kamrava is Professor of Government at Georgetown University Qatar. Kamrava is the author of a number of journal articles and books, including, most recently, Righteous Politics: Power and Resilience in Iran (Cambridge University Press, 2023); A Dynastic History of Iran: From the Qajars to the Pahlavis (Cambridge University Press, 2022); and Triumph and Despair: In Search of Iran’s Islami...
CURA Spotlight | Min Zhou | March 19, 2023
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Min Zhou is Professor of Sociology & Asian American Studies, Walter and Shirley Wang Endowed Chair in U.S.-China Relations & Communications, and Director of the UCLA Asia Pacific Center. She is an internationally renowned scholar in the areas of migration and development, race and ethnicity, entrepreneurship, refugee studies, Asian diasporas, and the sociology of Asia and Asian America. She has...
CURA Spotlight | Kyoko Matsukawa | March 5, 2023
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Dr. Kyoko Matsukawa is a professor at Konan University, Kobe, Japan. She is an anthropologist and her current research interests include transnational community and citizenship of Indian expatriates. Her recent publications explore transnational community networks of Goan migrant workers, Asian migrant workers in the Arab Gulf states, and second-generation Asian youths in Kuwait and the United ...
Panel | Book Launch | Beyond Economic Migration | March 19, 2023
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In this panel, CIRS launched its latest publication titled "Beyond Economic Migration: Social, Historical, and Political Factors in US Immigration" published by New York University Press in 2023. Speaking on the panel were the book's editors, Min Zhou and Hasan Mahmud, as well as Misba Bhatti, a contributor to the edited volume. Panelists: - Min Zhou (University of California, Los Angeles) - Ha...
Panel | Reflections on the World Cup 2022 | March 6, 2023
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In this CIRS panel, we reflect on how the World Cup impacted Qatar’s politics and society and the country's relations with other nations in the region and internationally. We also discuss the role of sport in Qatar’s future development. Panelists: - Danyel Reiche, CIRS, Georgetown University in Qatar - Alexandra Chalat, Qatar Foundation - Zaid Mosawy, Supreme Comittee for Delivery & Legacy - Mo...
CIRS Dialogue | Lamis Kattan | Strategic Timing in the Appearance of News | February 12, 2023
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In this CIRS Dialogue, Lamis Kattan, Assistant Professor of Economic at Georgetown University in Qatar, examined whether politicians uncover their misconducts at a specific time when newsworthy events are distracting the public, arguing that politicians may strategically manipulate the timing of “bad news” release. She relied on a novel list of misconducts and aimed to examine the strategic tim...
Panel | African Regional Organizations | January 29, 2023
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This CIRS panel discusses the history and politics of African Regional Organizations. Panelists: - Norman Sempiija, Mohammed VI Polytechnic University - Oheneba Boateng, Bucknell University - Densua Mumford, Leiden University - Dalva Raposo, Georgetown University in Qatar (class of ’24). - Moderator: Lynda Iroulo, Georgetown University in Qatar. Connect with CIRS: - CIRS Website: cirs.georgetow...
Panel | A World Cup for Qatar or the Middle East? | October 24, 2022
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Panel | A World Cup for Qatar or the Middle East? | October 24, 2022
Panel | Russian Foreign Policy towards the Middle East | Webinar | November 9, 2022
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Panel | Russian Foreign Policy towards the Middle East | Webinar | November 9, 2022
Panel | A Century of Football in the Middle East | Webinar | November 7, 2022
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Panel | A Century of Football in the Middle East | Webinar | November 7, 2022
Highlights | CIRS & UNDP Launch Human Development Report 2021-2022 | Panel | October 18, 2022
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Highlights | CIRS & UNDP Launch Human Development Report 2021-2022 | Panel | October 18, 2022
Panel | Energy and the World Cup | October 17, 2022
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Panel | Energy and the World Cup | October 17, 2022
Russian Foreign Policy towards the Middle East | Nikolay Kozhanov | Monthly Dialogue | Sep 21, 2022
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Russian Foreign Policy towards the Middle East | Nikolay Kozhanov | Monthly Dialogue | Sep 21, 2022
Football and the State in the Middle East | Panel | September 13, 2022
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Football and the State in the Middle East | Panel | September 13, 2022
CIRS Undergraduate Research Advancement (CURA) | Introduction by Elizabeth Wanucha | August 2, 2022
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CIRS Undergraduate Research Advancement (CURA) | Introduction by Elizabeth Wanucha | August 2, 2022
The World Cup & Women's Empowerment | Panel | August 29, 2022
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The World Cup & Women's Empowerment | Panel | August 29, 2022
Football in the Middle East | Book Launch | August 15, 2022
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Football in the Middle East | Book Launch | August 15, 2022
Highlights | Football in the Middle East | Book Launch | August 15, 2022
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Highlights | Football in the Middle East | Book Launch | August 15, 2022
Writing Women into Wikipedia: CURA Workshop, August 11, 2022
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Writing Women into Wikipedia: CURA Workshop, August 11, 2022
World Energy Literature Part 2 | CIRS Energy Humanities Podcast with Stacey Balkan & Swaralipi Nandi
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World Energy Literature Part 2 | CIRS Energy Humanities Podcast with Stacey Balkan & Swaralipi Nandi
World Energy Literature Part 1 | CIRS Energy Humanities Podcast with Stacey Balkan | April 2022
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World Energy Literature Part 1 | CIRS Energy Humanities Podcast with Stacey Balkan | April 2022
Global Perspectives on Slavery and Freedom on Film | CIRS Panel | April 13, 2022
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Global Perspectives on Slavery and Freedom on Film | CIRS Panel | April 13, 2022