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  • Book Launch: Resistance as Negotiation by Uday Chandra

    October 8, 2024

    "Tribes" appear worldwide today as vestiges of a pre-modern past at odds with the workings of modern states.

    Poster for a book launch event titled Resistance as Negotiation on Tuesday, October 22, 5:00–6:00 PM, featuring book cover image and details of the author, moderator, and discussant. Reception to follow.

  • When NGOs Refuse Money Towards a Typology and Developing a Database

    October 1, 2024

    Logan Cochrane is an Associate Professor at HBKU in the College of Public Policy.

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  • Researching Silence: Landscapes and Archives

    October 1, 2024

    Munira Khayyat is a Clinical Associate Professor of Anthropology at New York University.

    A woman with long, light brown hair, wearing a light green jacket over a gray top, standing outdoors. She is on a staircase with a graffiti-covered wall in the background, looking at the camera with a slight smile.

  • Istanbul as a Multicultural Imperial Capital

    October 1, 2024

    Mostafa Minawi is an Associate Professor of History and the Founder of the Critical Ottoman and Post-Ottoman Studies initiative at Cornell University.

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  • Freedom is a Place: The Struggle for Urban Land in South Africa

    October 1, 2024

    This presentation examines Fanon’s thinking about collective movement, of being in a shared political movement.

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  • Remembering Amira Sonbol: Founder – Scholar – Mentor

    September 24, 2024

    Join us to honor her life and work.

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  • Book Launch: Universal Basic Income by Karl Widerquist

    September 11, 2024

    An accessible introduction to the simple (yet radical) premise that a small cash income, sufficient for basic needs, ought to be provided regularly and unconditionally to every citizen.

    A book titled Universal Basic Income by Karl Widerquist, featuring a red hot air balloon with a dollar sign on its black cover. The book is part of the MIT Press Essential Knowledge Series.

  • Nobel laureate Abdulrazak Gurnah in Conversation with Kamila Shamsie

    September 4, 2024

    Qalam: Great Writers in Conversation with Kamila Shamsie

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  • Party Politics, Voter Behavior and Hot Topic Issues

    August 27, 2024

    Georgetown University in Qatar About The panel discussion aims to address various topics such as the Republican Party’s internal conflicts, the evolution of the Democratic Party across generations, the potential…

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  • Jazz Concert with Nasar Abadey & Supernova

    April 14, 2024

    We pay tribute to one of America’s and the world’s greatest composers and musicians.

    Jazz Event Poster