All Events at CIRS
Following are all the upcoming and past events organized by CIRS.
Monthly Dialogue Series: Kai-Henrik Barth
Date: 6 December 2009 Time: 6:00pm-7:30pm
Location: Faculty & Staff Lounge, LAS Building, Education City
Kai-Henrik Barth speaks about "Nuclear Ambitions in the Gulf."
Monthly Dialogue Series: John Crist
Date: 10 November 2009 Time: 6:00pm-7:30pm
Location: Faculty and Staff Lounge, LAS Building, Education City.
John Crist speaks about "From Gandhi to Twitter: Global Trends in Protest"
Lecture: Europe and the Gulf Region: Towards a New Horizon
Date: 4 November 2009 Time: 1:00pm-2:00pm
Location: LAS Building, Georgetown University in Qatar
Christian-Peter Hanelt is Senior Expert on Europe and the Middle East at Bertelsmann Stiftung.
Panel: Water, Energy, and Climate Change in the Gulf
Date: 2 November 2009 Time: 6:00pm-8:00pm
Location: Al Wajba Ballroom, Intercontinental Hotel
Professor Tim Beach, Sharif Elmusa and Mari Luomi discuss "Water, Energy, and Climate Change in the Gulf."
Lecture: Mehran Kamrava Lectures to HEC School of Management, Paris
Date: 26 October 2009 Time: 2:00pm-5:00pm
Location: LAS Building
Mehran Kamrava lectures to the HEC School of Management, Paris, on the Geopolitics of the Gulf
Distinguished Lecture Series: Carol Lancaster
Date: 12 October 2009 Time: 6:00pm-8:00pm
Location: Al Mirqab Hall, Four Seasons Hotel
Carol Lancaster speaks about Wealth and Power in the "New International Order."
Monthly Dialogue Series: Robert Wirsing
Date: 5 October 2009 Time: 6:00pm-7:30pm
Location: Faculty & Staff Lounge, LAS Building, Education City.
Robert Wirsing speaks about "The Af-Pak Misadventure: Where is America's 'Long War' Heading?...And Why?"
Monthly Dialogue Series: Alexis Antoniades
Date: 8 September 2009 Time: 8:00pm-9:30 pm
Location: Faculty & Staff Lounge, LAS Building, Education City.
Professor Alexis Antoniades spoke about "The Future Global Economy."
Lecture: Presidential Elections in Iran by Mehrzad Boroujerdi
Date: 14 June 2009 Time: 12-2pm
Location: Il Teatro Restaurant, Four Seasons Hotel
Dr. Mehrzad Boroujerdi of Syracuse University gave his insights on Presidential elections in Iran.
Monthly Dialogue Series: James Onley
Date: 04 May 2009 Time: 6:00pm-7:30pm.
Location: SFS-Qatar, Faculty and Staff Lounge, LAS Building, Education City.
Dr. James Onley speaks about "Agents of Empire: Britain's Local Representatives in the Gulf, 1750s-1950s".
Distinguished Lecture Series: Nabil Fahmy
Date: 29 April 2009 Time: 6:00pm-8:00pm
Location: The Diplomatic Club
Former Egyptian Ambassador to the USA, Nabil Fahmy speaks about "US Arab Relations in a Changing World: Opportunities and Challenges".
Monthly Dialogue Series: Mark Farha
Date: 7 April 2009 Time: 6:00pm-7:30pm
Location: SFS-Qatar, Faculty and Staff Lounge, LAS Building, Education City.
Professor Mark Farha speaks about "Lebanon as the Mirror of Arab Politics".
Distinguished Lecture Series: Edward Djerejian
Date: 17 March 2009 Time: 6:00pm-8:00pm
Location: The Diplomatic Club
Ambassador Djerejian speaks about "U.S. Policy Toward the Arab & Muslim World: The Challenges the Obama Administration Faces".
Monthly Dialogue Series: Mehran Kamrava
Date: 10 March 2009 Time: 6:00pm-7:30pm
Location: SFS-Qatar, Faculty and Staff Lounge, LAS Building, Education City.
Mehran Kamrava spoke on "International Power Realignment in the Gulf."
Monthly Dialogue Series: Ibrahim Oweiss
Date: 10 February 2009. Time: 6:00pm - 7:30pm
Location: SFS-Qatar Faculty and Staff Lounge, LAS Building, Education City.
Dr. Ibrahim Oweiss, Professor of Economics at Georgetown University School of Foreign Service in Qatar speaks about "The Global Depression and the Gulf Economies".
Distinguished Lecture Series: Seyyed Hossein Nasr
Date: 26 January 2009. Time: 6:00pm-8:00pm
Location: Sharq Village & Spa
Dr. Nasr speaks about "Islam and the Preservation of the Natural Environment."
Lecture: Female Suicide Bombers in Iraq by Mona Eltahawy
Date: 19 January 2009 Time: 11:30am-1pm
Location: SFS-Q Faculty and Staff Lounge
Mona Eltahawy discusses the phenomenon of female suicide bombers in Iraq.
Monthly Dialogue Series: Katja Niethammer
Date: 18 January 2009 Time: 6:00 pm - 7:30 pm
Location: SFS-Qatar Faculty and Staff Lounge, LAS Building, Education City.
CIRS Post Doctoral Fellow, Katja Niethammer speaks about “Democrats and Autocrats, Shiites and Sunnis: Political Reform and Confessional Identities in Bahrain”.
Monthly Dialogue Series: Jo Ann Moran Cruz & Haifaa Khalafallah
Date: 03 December 2008 Time: 6:00pm
Location: SFS-Qatar Faculty Lounge
Dr. Cruz and Dr.Khalafallah discuss "Religion and Legitimization of Political Rule in the Islamic and Christian Worlds: Preliminary Findings".
Distinguished Lecture Series: Hanan Ashrawi
Date: 01 December 2008. Time: 6:00pm-8:00pm
Location: The Diplomatic Club, West Bay.
Professor and political activist Hanan Ashrawi discusses "The Future of Palestine."
Lecture: Compromising Democracy: The Lebanese Example
Date: 19 November 2008 Time: 12:00 PM - 1:30 PM
Location: La Cigale Hotel
Nabih Berri, Speaker of the Lebanese Parliament, talks about democracy in Lebanon.
Monthly Dialogue Series: James Reardon-Anderson
Date: 03 November 2008. Time: 6:00pm
Location: SFS-Qatar Library
The Monthly Dialogue entitled 'Rainfall and the American Civil War' was given by Professor James Reardon-Anderson, Dean, Georgetown University School of Foreign Service in Qatar.
Lecture: Commemoration of Mahmoud Darwish
Date: 22 October 2008 Time: 6:00pm-7:30pm
Location: The Faculty Lounge
Palestinian Ambassador Munir Ghannam and Georgetown University Professor Amira El Zein recount the life and work of Palestinian poet Mahmoud Darwish.
Lecture: American Public Diplomacy after the Bush Administration
Date: 19 October 2008 Time: 12:00pm-14:00pm
Location: The Four Seasons hotel
CIRS hosted a luncheon discussion at the Four Seasons hotel inviting Professor Cynthia Schneider to deliver a talk on the next U.S. administration and the importance of culture in public policy.
Panel: The American Presidential Elections: Democratic and Republican Perspectives
Date: 12 October 2008. Time: 6:30pm-8:30pm
Location: The Diplomatic Club, West Bay.
'The American Presidential Elections: Democratic and Republican Perspectives' a debate moderated by David Foster, Senior News Anchor, Aljazeera English and presented by Dr. Gary Wasserman, Professor of Government at School of Foreign Service in Qatar and by James Patti, Director Strategic Planning and Analysis at Brown University.
Monthly Dialogue Series: Renee Richer
Date: 15 September 2008 Time: 8:00pm
Location: SFS-Qatar Library
"Beauty and the Beast: Environment and Industry in Qatar" addressed environmental protection and industrial development in Qatar while focusing on the unique challenges and opportunities within Qatar. Illustrated with local examples, Beauty and the Beast brought to light the unexpected consequences of the current environmental framework.
Distinguished Lecture Series: Rami Khouri
Date: 24 August 2008 Time: 6:00pm-8:00pm
Location: Diplomatic Club, West Bay
"America, the Middle East, and the Gulf: An Arab View of Challenges Facing the Next US Administration"
Rami Khouri is editor-at-large of the Lebanese newspaper "The Daily Star" and Director of the Issam Fares Institute for Public Policy and International Affairs at the American University of Beirut.
MUN: Student Trip to the European International Model United Nations
Date: 14 July 2008 Time: All day
Location: The Hague, The Netherlands
In July, ten SFS-Qatar students traveled to The Hague to participate in a week-long Model United Nations conference.
Distinguished Lecture Series: John J. Mearsheimer and Stephen M. Walt
Date: 17 June 2008 Time: 6:00PM-8:00PM
Location: Diplomatic Club
CIRS hosted an exclusive evening with Professors John J. Mearsheimer and Stephen M. Walt, who discussed their recent book, "The Israel Lobby and U.S. Foreign Policy".
Monthly Dialogue Series: Victoria Pedrick
Date: 22 April 2008 Time: 6:00pm
Location: SFS-Qatar Library
Dr. Victoria Pedrick lectured and led a dialogue on 'A Hunger for Trees: Myths of Desecration in Nature.'
Cultural Event: Documentary Film - Promises
Date: 14 April 2008 Time: 9:00am-12:00pm; 5:30pm-9:30pm
Location: College of the North Atlantic-Qatar
Two different showings of the documentary film "Promises" provided audiences with an opportunity to meet the producers.
Conference: Innovation in Islam
Date: 4-5 April 2008 Time: 8:30am - 5:00 pm
Location: Four Seasons Hotel, Doha, Qatar
A two-day international gathering of Middle East and Islam scholars, who approached the concept of Innovation in Islam from diverse angles.
Date: 3 March 2008 Time: 3:00pm-04:00pm
Location: LAS Building, SFS-Qatar
Students engaged in a discussion with Ed Husain, author of "The Islamist".
Monthly Dialogue Series: Elzbieta Gozdziak
Date: 2 March 2008 Time: 06:00pm-08:00pm
Location: SFS-Qatar Library
Dr. Elzbieta Gozdziak, from the Institute for the Study of International Migration, spoke on child trafficking into the United States.
Conference: Global Media Between Dialogue and War: When Enemies Boost the Ratings
Date: 26 February 2008 Time: 09:00am-5:00pm
Location: Weill Cornell Medical College, Doha, Qatar
CIRS and Reset joined forces for a conference on the use, abuse and global influence of media.
Distinguished Lecture Series: John Esposito
Date: 17 February 2008 Time: 6:00pm-8:00pm
Location: Diplomatic Club, Doha, Qatar
For a crowd of nearly 400 people, Dr. Esposito discussed the findings of the most large-scale survey executed so far amongst Muslim populations.
Monthly Dialogue Series: Gary Wasserman
Date: 11 February 2008 Time: 06:00pm
Location: SFS-Qatar Library
Prof. Gary Wasserman spoke on the role of lobbying groups in American foreign policy-making.
MUN: Model United Nations Conference 2008
Date: 24-27 January 2003 Time: All day
Location: Marriott Hotel, Doha, Qatar
The third annual MUN-conference took place from January 23rd through 27th 2008 at the Doha Marriott Hotel.
Distinguished Lecture Series: Andrew Natsios
Date: 24 January 2008 Time: 8:00pm
Location: Al Sharq Village Hotel, Doha, Qatar
Prof. Andrew Natsios, former U.S. Special Envoy to Darfur, shed light on the ongoing crisis in the Sudan.
Distinguished Lecture Series: Hany El Banna and Azhari Gasim Ahmed
Date: 17 December 2007 Time: 6:00pm
Location: LAS Building, SFS-Qatar
As part of the Symposium on Global Development, Organizations, and Faith in the Muslim World, Dr. Hany El Banna, co-founder and president of Islamic Relief Worldwide, gave a Distinguished Lecture.
Monthly Dialogue Series: Sherene Seikaly
Date: 10 December 2007 Time: 6:00pm-08:00pm
Location: SFS-Qatar Library
Dr. Seikaly spoke on the vibrant Palestinian business scene in the decades running up to 1948.
Monthly Dialogue Series: Patrick Laude
Date: 28 November 2007 Time: 6:00pm-08:00pm
Location: SFS-Qatar Library
Prof. Laude spoke on three great Western Orientalists who successfully blended faith with scholarship.
Panel: Environmental Degradation and Conservation: Challenges and Prospects
Date: 12 November 2007 Time: 6:00pm-8:00pm
Location: VCUQ-Atrium, Education City, Doha, Qatar
Experts from all five Education City Universities exchanged views on the prospects and challenges of environmental degradation and conservation.
MUN: Special Session of Model United Nations
Date: 10 November 2007 Time: All day
Location: LAS Building, SFS-Qatar
Education City hosted three UN Security Council simulation sessions on Darfur.
Lecture: Ambassador Stephen Day
Date: 8 November 2007 Time: 6:00pm-8:00pm
Location: LAS Building, SFS-Qatar
Former UK Ambassador Stephen Day lectured students on the evolution of British diplomacy since the end of the First World War.
Monthly Dialogue Series: Amira Sonbol
Date: 30 October 2007 Time: 06:00pm-08:00pm
Location: SFS-Qatar Library
Professor Sonbol discussed her research on Cairo women’s lives with an audience of over fifty guests.
Conference: America and the Middle East after the Bush Presidency: the View from the Outside
Date: 24 October 2007 Time: 4:00pm
Location: Al Sharq Village Hotel, Doha, Qatar
During a public conference, the "America's Role in the World" Working Group presented its views on the influence of the Bush, Jr. presidency on the Middle East.
Date: 5 October 2007 Time: 2:00pm
Location: Four Seasons Hotel, Doha, Qatar
Prof. Gary Wasserman addressed a group of diplomats in Doha on the upcoming US elections.
Distinguished Lecture Series: Mehran Kamrava
Date: 10 September 2007 Time: 6:00pm-8:30pm
Location: Diplomatic Club, Doha, Qatar
The Director of CIRS, Dr. Mehran Kamrava, spoke on the current state of affairs between the USA and Iran.
Conference: Education and Change in Qatar and the Arab World
Date: 21-22 April 2007 Time: 9:00 am - 5:00 pm
Location: Four Seasons Hotel
The Center for International and Regional Studies, SFS-Qatar and the Center for Contemporary Arab Studies, Georgetown University, co-sponsored this two-day conference in Qatar held April 21-22, 2007.
Cultural Event: American Arts Festival
Date: 16 February - 8 March 2007 Time: All day
Location: Various locations, Doha, Qatar
The American Arts Festival was designed to provide an opportunity for Qatar, and the region, to experience and engage with different aspects of American culture through its arts. The festival focused on three areas: poetry, photography and jazz.
MUN: Student Trip to Oxford International Model United Nations
Date: 2 February 2007 Time: All day
Location: Oxford University, United Kingdom
Selected SFS-Q students gained MUN experience during a MUN-conference at Oxford University.
MUN: Model United Nations Conference 2007
Date: 10 January 2007 Time: All day
Location: Intercontinental Hotel, Doha, Qatar
The second annual MUN conference hosted by CIRS featured participants from almost 50 schools in the Middle East, Asia and Africa.
CIRS Highlights
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Panel on Water, Energy, and Climate Change in the Gulf
International Scholars Discuss Climate Change Effects on the Gulf
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Call for Occasional Papers
CIRS is inviting submissions to its Occasional Paper Series
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