All Focused Discussions
Lecture: Gulf Gas Development: A Rational Development Strategy
Date: 11 November 2009 Time: 1:30pm-2:30pm
Location: LAS Building, Georgetown University
Justin Dargin is a Research Fellow with The Dubai Initiative and a Fulbright Scholar of the Middle East.
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.
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
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.
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.
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.
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.
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".
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.
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.
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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