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April 21, 2025
1:00 PM – 2:00 PM
Book Talk IHIST Seminar Series

Muslim Transnationalism in Modern China

Muslim Transnationalism in Modern China provides a portrait of underrecognized reformists who aimed to turn Muslim subjects into active Chinese citizens and revive “true” Islam in order to aid China’s development and promote peace.
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April 10, 2025
5:30 PM – 6:30 PM
Center for International and Regional Studies

Sudan in Ink: Politics, Protest, and Art

Khalid Albaih in conversation with Professor Rogaia Abusharaf and Suzi Mirghani, featuring a view of his exhibit.
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April 7, 2025
3:00 PM – 4:00 PM
Online Masterclass

AI in the GCC: Opportunities & Challenges

Generative AI has captured the global public imagination.
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April 6, 2025
1:00 PM – 2:15 PM
IHIST Seminar Series

Working Women In Liberian Media: Uncovering Histories through Television Archives and Personal Stories (1980-1991)

The discussion surrounding African women and the media is complex, addressing topics like media representation, gendered labor, and women as producers and consumers.
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March 16, 2025
1:00 PM – 2:00 PM
Book Launch

Carol Becker in Conversation with Kamila Shamsie | Book Launch

Carol Becker, Distinguished Scholar-in Residence at Georgetown University Qatar, talks about her new memoir George’s Daughter
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February 19, 2025
5:30 PM – 7:00 PM
Black History Month

Here I Am

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.
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February 16, 2025
5:30 PM – 7:00 PM
Public Talk

Qalam Series: A Conversation with Kamila Shamsie

Join us for the first Qalam event of 2025, featuring award-winning novelist Kamila Shamsie.
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February 14, 2025
1:00 PM – 3:00 PM
Black History Month

Children’s Literary Lane

Join us to hear readings from the children’s authors Dr. Darius Walker and Nicole Alexander.
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February 10, 2025
1:00 PM – 8:00 PM
Black History Month Celebration Public Talk

Black Literary Festival – Ink & Impact

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.
February 10, 2025
1:00 PM – 2:00 PM
CULP Seminar Series

Multispecies ecologies of homemaking in the UAE

What does it mean to inhabit urban space with others?
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