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The Arab Spring uprisings took place a decade ago, but a panel of experts hosted by QF partner Georgetown University in Qatar (GU-Q) say the events continue to have a…
Professors from Georgetown University in Qatar (GU-Q) and Northwestern Qatar, QF partners, are collaborating to offer “The Doha Seminar on Migrants and Megacities” in the fall 2021 term, bringing together…
Newly published research from scholars at VCUarts Qatar and Georgetown University in Qatar (GU-Q) on the important role internationalized higher education institutions play in shaping and transforming societies through experiential…
GU-Q has signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with the Academic Bridge Program (ABP), a Qatar Foundation initiative that prepares students to make the transition from high school to college….
In support of the mission to provide a world class education and advance knowledge and understanding locally and globally, five new faculty members are joining QF partner Georgetown University in…
Inspired by the remote learning possibilities developed in response to the pandemic, Kartikeya Uniyal, a student at QF partner Georgetown University in Qatar (GU-Q), is launching Access Labs, an innovative…
The Arab Spring uprisings of a decade ago were rooted in demands for dignity and economic opportunity, complex notions tied to the relationship between citizens and the state. A new book titled the Routledge Handbook of Citizenship in the Middle East and North Africa (Routledge 2021) co-edited and co-written by QF partner Georgetown University in Qatar (GU-Q) researcher Zahra Babar highlights how various conceptions of citizenship played critical roles in these events as well as other contemporary issues in the region, knowledge which makes an important contribution to an understudied field.
Demonstrating the Georgetown values of Cura Personalis and Contemplation in Action, students at QF partner GU-Q Iman Ismail (SFS’22), Jawaher Al-Shamari (SFS’22), and Mae Al Shebani (SFS’22), served as inspiring role models by hosting workshops during the 2021 Qatar Youth Power (QYP) Conference that took place virtually in partnership with Maker Majlis, a platform under the College of Islamic Studies (CIS) at Hamad Bin Khalifa University (HBKU).
Only days before the start of the summer Olympic games in Japan, Visiting Associate Professor at GU-Q Dr. Danyel Reiche hosted a webinar on “The Politics of the Tokyo Olympics”, presented by The Political Studies Association (PSA) Sport and Politics Working Group. Dr. Reiche, who heads GU-Q’s Building a Legacy: Qatar FIFA World Cup 2022 research initiative at GU-Q’s Center for International and Regional Studies (CIRS), is also the chair of the PSA working group.
Taking advantage of a unique academic enrichment opportunity, 40 high school students in Qatar enrolled in QF partner Georgetown University in Qatar’s (GU-Q) Pre-College Summer (GPS), a three-week long preparatory…
