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  • Children’s Literary Lane

    February 9, 2025

    Join us to hear readings from the children's authors Dr. Darius Walker and Nicole Alexander.

    Event poster with Georgetown University Qatar and Children’s Literary Lane in large letters. The letters are filled with illustrated children reading and riding a unicorn. Also marked: Celebrating Two Decades in Qatar.

  • Here I Am

    February 4, 2025

    Join us for the Here I Am play on Wednesday, February 19, at 5:30 p.m., in the auditorium at Georgetown University in Qatar.

    A mosaic of photographs forms the portrait of a woman in a colorful headscarf and earrings, with large white text at the top reading HERE I AM.

  • African American Cinema

    February 2, 2025

    Join us for a screening of "Killer of Sheep" and "Residue".

    The poster promotes an event titled **"African American Cinema"** hosted by **Georgetown University in Qatar**, celebrating **20 years in Qatar**. The event takes place on **February 9, 2025**, at **Georgetown University in Qatar (GU-Q), Room 0A11**. It features a **film screening and discussion with Richard Peña**, a visiting professor at GU-Q and former director of the New York Film Festival. The screenings include **"Killer of Sheep" (1978) at 4:00 PM**, a poignant portrait of working-class life in 1970s Los Angeles, and **"Residue" (2020) at 6:15 PM**, a reflection on gentrification and memory in Washington, DC. A discussion with Richard Peña, Emeritus Professor of Film and Media Studies at Columbia University, follows the screenings. The poster also includes QR codes linking to the film trailers.

  • Black Literary Festival – Ink & Impact

    February 2, 2025

    Prepare to be immersed in a groundbreaking celebration of Black storytelling. The 2025 Black Literary Festival at Georgetown University Qatar will ignite a literary revolution, uniting visionary academics, trailblazing media professionals, and genre-defying authors from across the globe.

    Event poster for Georgetown University in Qatar’s Black Literary Festival “Ink and Impact,” featuring smiling portraits of Black individuals within bold yellow “INK” letters; details include event dates: February 10–15, 2025, in Doha, Qatar.

  • Orientalism Reinterpreted

    January 21, 2025

    European Influence, American Adaptation, and Gérôme's Legacy

    A black-and-white photo of a pyramid with four people sitting in front. The left half is overlaid with orange, featuring English and Arabic text: SEEING IS BELIEVING: THE ART AND INFLUENCE OF GEROME.

  • Agnès Callamard, Secretary General of Amnesty International in Conversation with Dean Safwan Masri

    January 20, 2025

    Dr. Agnès Callamard is Secretary General at Amnesty International.

    A person with short hair and blue-framed glasses wears a bright pink jacket over a black graphic t-shirt, standing with one hand on their hip and a slight smile, against a dark background.

  • Book Talk with Dale Luis Menezes

    January 14, 2025

    GU-Q Doctoral Fellow Dale Menezes is currently working towards his PhD in History at Georgetown University.

    A stack of brown books titled Memories, Archived: Contemporary Views from South Asia sits on a light surface next to a green potted plant. The cover features simple, modern typography.

  • Nathan Thrall in Conversation with Dean Safwan Masri

    January 7, 2025

    Nathan Thrall is an American writer living in Jerusalem.

    Book cover for A Day in the Life of Abed Salama: Anatomy of a Jerusalem Tragedy by Nathan Thrall, featuring a green background with black lines and small silhouettes of people, and a Pulitzer Prize winner sticker.

  • A.I. Uprising: Opportunities and Challenges for the Future of Work and its Impact on the Environment

    November 16, 2024

    Can AI be harnessed to save the world?

    A digital poster for AI Uprising depicts a green, eco-friendly city on a globe with circuit patterns, promoting an event about AI, work, and the environment on December 5, 2024, in Doha, Qatar.

  • CIRS Lunch Talk: Darfur’s Role in Sudan’s Ongoing Power Struggle

    November 12, 2024

    The aim of the discussion is to highlight the key aspects of the ongoing conflict in Sudan and look into the complexities surrounding the situation in Darfur and RSF’s almost control of the region and its resources.

    Event poster for a talk titled Darfur’s Role in Sudan’s Ongoing Power Struggle featuring Prof. Hamid E. Ali, with his photo, event details, moderator, date, time, location, and note that lunch will be provided.