October 22, 2024
5:00 PM – 6:00 PM
Book Launch

Book Launch: Resistance as Negotiation by Uday Chandra

“Tribes” appear worldwide today as vestiges of a pre-modern past at odds with the workings of modern states.
Poster for a book launch event titled Resistance as Negotiation on Tuesday, October 22, 5:00–6:00 PM, featuring book cover image and details of the author, moderator, and discussant. Reception to follow.
October 13, 2024
11:00 AM – 12:00 PM
Professional Education

Up for Grabs: Navigating Investments in the Global Marketplace

Oualid is a British-Algerian entrepreneur, executive and investor.
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October 3, 2024
2:00 PM – 7:00 PM
Ceremony

Remembering Amira Sonbol: Founder – Scholar – Mentor

Join us to honor her life and work.
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October 2, 2024
1:00 PM – 2:00 PM
Faculty Seminar Series

Researching Silence: Landscapes and Archives

Munira Khayyat is a Clinical Associate Professor of Anthropology at New York University.
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October 1, 2024
1:00 PM – 2:00 PM
Faculty Seminar Series

Istanbul as a Multicultural Imperial Capital

Mostafa Minawi is an Associate Professor of History and the Founder of the Critical Ottoman and Post-Ottoman Studies initiative at Cornell University.
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September 26, 2024
1:00 PM – 2:00 PM
Faculty Seminar Series

When NGOs Refuse Money Towards a Typology and Developing a Database

Logan Cochrane is an Associate Professor at HBKU in the College of Public Policy.
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September 25, 2024
6:00 PM – 8:00 PM
Book Launch

Book Launch: Universal Basic Income by Karl Widerquist

An accessible introduction to the simple (yet radical) premise that a small cash income, sufficient for basic needs, ought to be provided regularly and unconditionally to every citizen.
A book titled Universal Basic Income by Karl Widerquist, featuring a red hot air balloon with a dollar sign on its black cover. The book is part of the MIT Press Essential Knowledge Series.
September 24, 2024
1:30 AM – 2:00 AM
Faculty Seminar Series

Freedom is a Place: The Struggle for Urban Land in South Africa

This presentation examines Fanon’s thinking about collective movement, of being in a shared political movement.
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September 15, 2024
5:30 PM – 7:00 PM
Public Talk

Nobel laureate Abdulrazak Gurnah in Conversation with Kamila Shamsie

Qalam: Great Writers in Conversation with Kamila Shamsie
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August 27, 2024
6:00 PM – 7:00 PM
Public Talk

Party Politics, Voter Behavior and Hot Topic Issues

Georgetown University in Qatar About The panel discussion aims to address various topics such as the Republican Party’s internal conflicts, the evolution of the Democratic Party across generations, the potential opportunities and challenges in a president’s final term, the lasting impact of Trumpism, the significance of congressional voting districts and swing states, the priorities of…
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