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Lusail Museum Conversations returns with a lecture titled “Painting ‘Like a Man’: Orientalism and Women Artists in the Late Ottoman Empire,” featuring Dr. Gizem Tongo, research associate at the University of Oxford’s Khalili Research Centre and content advisor to Lusail Museum. The lecture will explore how women artists pushed against and worked around the boundaries drawn for them.
Investigative Diplomacy presents an evidence-based approach to diplomatic practice in an increasingly complex and information-driven international environment. It explores how traditional diplomacy can be combined with systematic investigation, multi-source verification, digital tools, and strategic analysis to better understand complex developments, address disinformation, and support informed policymaking. The book also examines the ethical, institutional, and professional dimensions of developing these capabilities within modern diplomatic
Written partly in Doha, Dr. Goodman's 20th book tells the story of nearly 400 years of international education in American higher education. He explains why the arc of this history bends toward keeping America's doors open to international students and scholars, how to think and plan for the decade ahead, and the role that branch campuses are playing in shaping the future. Dr. Goodman helped to found the WISE summit on education and has just completed ten years of service on the board of the Education Above All Foundation.
Professor Trinidad Rico, Professor and Director of Cultural Heritage and Preservation Studies at Rutgers University, will visit GU-Q as the inaugural guest speaker of the new Arts, Heritage, and Cultural Diplomacy minor. On Wednesday, October 7, she will deliver a public lunchtime lecture titled “Heritage Internationalism and Nation-Building in Qatar,” drawing on her recent book The Heritage State: Religion and Preservation in Contemporary Qatar. The talk will examine how Qatar has developed locally grounded heritage traditions while simultaneously participating in international heritage preservation and safeguarding initiatives, with particular attention to heritage expertise, nation-building, cultural authority, and global heritage agendas. Professor Rico will also lead a guest teaching session in Art, Heritage, and Identity, one of the minor’s core courses.
H.E. Dr. Majed Al-Ansari joined Dr. Gerd Nonneman for a moderated discussion on the evolving security landscape of the Gulf region. This conversation comes at a critical juncture: the ongoing conflict involving Iran, Israel, and the United States has underscored the fragility of the region’s security architecture and prompted calls for tighter Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) coordination.
This year, Israel adopted a new death penalty law that applies only to Palestinians. In this event, Professor Ralph Wilde will explain what the new offences are and how they seriously violate fundamental rules of international law. Professor Diana Buttu will discuss the long history of Israel’s attempts to pass this law and implications for the West Bank, Israel, and Gaza. Professor Noha Aboueldahab will moderate a discussion between Professors Buttu and Wilde.
The Dean’s Distinguished Speaker Series returned in Fall 2026 with Ambassador Fahad bin Mohammed Al-Attiyah. Ambassador Al-Attiyah previously led Qatar’s National Food Security Programme before serving as Qatar’s Ambassador to Russia and then the United Kingdom. He is also the founder and owner of Caravane Earth and Heenat Salma Farm. Drawing on that experience, Ambassador Al-Attiyah talked about how Heenat Salma Farm came to be, what he has learned from building it, and how its work connects sustainability with Qatar’s cultural heritage. The conversation also considered what those lessons might mean for Qatar’s future. Professor Patrick Laude moderated.
In the year 2026, Latin America and the Caribbean will continue to face high global uncertainty and structural transformations in the world economy. As countries in the region contend with slow global growth, shifting financial conditions, geopolitical fragmentation, and evolving trade and investment patterns, both policymakers and markets are reevaluating the region’s prospects for growth, stability, and reform.
This lecture exploring the paintings of Abdülmecid Efendi
Marking the 10th anniversary of the UNSC resolution 2250 on YPS and the 25th anniversary of the UNSC resolution 1325 on WPS