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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.
Event poster with Georgetown University Qatar and Children’s Literary Lane in large letters. The letters are filled with illustrated children reading and riding a unicorn. Also marked: Celebrating Two Decades in Qatar.
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?
Blue line drawing of an eagle clutching a cross and globe, with a shield on its chest, surrounded by a laurel wreath. “1789” appears at the bottom. Latin and “Georgetown” are written in a circular border.
February 9, 2025
4:00 PM – 8:30 PM
Black History Month

African American Cinema

Join us for a screening of “Killer of Sheep” and “Residue”.
The poster promotes an event titled **"African American Cinema"** hosted by **Georgetown University in Qatar**, celebrating **20 years in Qatar**. The event takes place on **February 9, 2025**, at **Georgetown University in Qatar (GU-Q), Room 0A11**. It features a **film screening and discussion with Richard Peña**, a visiting professor at GU-Q and former director of the New York Film Festival. The screenings include **"Killer of Sheep" (1978) at 4:00 PM**, a poignant portrait of working-class life in 1970s Los Angeles, and **"Residue" (2020) at 6:15 PM**, a reflection on gentrification and memory in Washington, DC. A discussion with Richard Peña, Emeritus Professor of Film and Media Studies at Columbia University, follows the screenings. The poster also includes QR codes linking to the film trailers.
February 9, 2025
1:00 PM – 2:00 PM
CULP Seminar Series

The Political Future of Indian Muslims

The talk will focus on Dr. Mujibur Rehman’s book, Shikwa-e-Hind.
A smiling man with a bald head, wearing a black suit jacket, stands in front of a decorative wooden panel with geometric patterns.
February 2, 2025
5:30 PM – 7:00 PM
Public Talk

Agnès Callamard, Secretary General of Amnesty International in Conversation with Dean Safwan Masri

Dr. Agnès Callamard is Secretary General at Amnesty International.
A person with short hair and blue-framed glasses wears a bright pink jacket over a black graphic t-shirt, standing with one hand on their hip and a slight smile, against a dark background.
January 29, 2025
1:00 PM – 2:00 PM
Panel Discussion

Orientalism Reinterpreted

European Influence, American Adaptation, and Gérôme’s Legacy
A black-and-white photo of a pyramid with four people sitting in front. The left half is overlaid with orange, featuring English and Arabic text: SEEING IS BELIEVING: THE ART AND INFLUENCE OF GEROME.
January 21, 2025
5:30 PM – 7:30 PM
Book Talk

Book Talk with Dale Luis Menezes

GU-Q Doctoral Fellow Dale Menezes is currently working towards his PhD in History at Georgetown University.
A stack of brown books titled Memories, Archived: Contemporary Views from South Asia sits on a light surface next to a green potted plant. The cover features simple, modern typography.
January 14, 2025
5:30 PM – 7:00 PM
Public Talk

Nathan Thrall in Conversation with Dean Safwan Masri

Nathan Thrall is an American writer living in Jerusalem.
Book cover for A Day in the Life of Abed Salama: Anatomy of a Jerusalem Tragedy by Nathan Thrall, featuring a green background with black lines and small silhouettes of people, and a Pulitzer Prize winner sticker.
December 5, 2024
8:00 AM – 6:30 PM
Conference

A.I. Uprising: Opportunities and Challenges for the Future of Work and its Impact on the Environment

Can AI be harnessed to save the world?
A digital poster for AI Uprising depicts a green, eco-friendly city on a globe with circuit patterns, promoting an event about AI, work, and the environment on December 5, 2024, in Doha, Qatar.