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August 29, 2022
6:00 PM – 7:00 PM
Center for International and Regional Studies Sports

The World Cup 2022 and Women’s Empowerment in Qatar

The impact of hosting the first World Cup in the Middle East on women’s participation in sports.
A female soccer player wearing a red jersey and a black hijab holds a soccer ball, with a dramatic stadium and evening sky in the background. Only half of her face and body are visible.
August 15, 2022
6:00 PM – 8:00 PM
Center for International and Regional Studies Sports

CIRS Book Launch: Football in the Middle East State, Society, and the Beautiful Game

The Center for International and Regional Studies (CIRS) at Georgetown University in Qatar (GU-Q) invites the Qatar community to celebrate the launch of its new book.
black and white football on the grass at a FiFA World Cup Stadium
April 13, 2022
1:00 PM – 2:00 PM
Faculty

Ottoman Literature as World Literature: Armenian and Turkish Fiction in Comparative Perspective

Analyzing the development of Armenian and Turkish novel writing in Istanbul between 1896-1915 from a comparative perspective.
Picture of Mehmet in a light blue collared shirt.
March 22, 2022
6:00 PM – 8:30 PM
Center for International and Regional Studies

Cinematic Afterlives: Outdoor Film Screening and Discussion

Cinematic Afterlives is a new research project and part of the Race and Society research cluster at the Center for International and Regional Studies at Georgetown University in Qatar.
Movie poster for Harriet, featuring three characters in period clothing. The central figure stands determinedly with a cloudy sky and sunset behind her. The tagline reads Be Free or Die. The title Harriet appears at the bottom.
March 20, 2022
6:00 PM – 7:30 PM
Center for International and Regional Studies Sports

How Has the FIFA World Cup 2022 Changed Qatar?

The changes that have taken place in Qatar in the last decade and the challenges that remain.
poster for event "How has the FIFA World Cup Changed Qatar
February 9, 2022
5:30 PM – 7:00 PM
Faculty Indian Ocean Working Group

Of Voyages and Moorings

The Contemporary Dhow Trade in the Western Indian Ocean.
A woman with long, wavy dark hair, wearing a navy blue patterned top, smiles at the camera while standing on a beach with the ocean in the background.
February 3, 2022
1:00 PM – 2:00 PM
Faculty

The Seas and the Mobility of Islamic Art: A Book Discussion

Tracing the currents of change that unite the visual and material culture of the Islamic world across space and time.
Book cover for The Seas and the Mobility of Islamic Art, featuring an illustrated medieval ship at sea with sailors, animals, and sea creatures, alongside a teal panel with the title and editors’ names.
February 2, 2022
6:00 PM – 7:30 PM
Center for International and Regional Studies Sports

Qatar FIFA World Cup 2022 Lecture Series

Who qualifies and deserves to belong to a specific nation in international sport?
Person kicking a football
February 1, 2022
6:00 PM – 8:30 PM
Center for International and Regional Studies

Cinematic Afterlives

Film Screening and Discussion.
image of the film cover for daughters of the dust. picture of 3 african american women standing with their heads next to each other with a background silhouette of a woman's head and a beautiful sunset underneath
November 29, 2021
6:00 PM – 7:00 PM
Center for International and Regional Studies

Energy Aesthetics

New Directions in Studying the Cultural Life of Oil.
three images of the event speakers starting with Cajetan Iheka, then Anne Pasek and Caren Irr