Center for International and Regional Studies

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.

Working Groups: Migrant Labor in the Gulf

Date: 16-17 May 2009 Time: 09:00 AM - 05:00 PM

Location: Movenpick Hotel, Doha, Qatar

CIRS convened a two-day working group on migrant labor in the Gulf.

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".

Working Groups: Comparative Ethics of War

Date: 03-04 May 2009 Time: 09:00 AM - 05:00 PM

Location: Marriott Hotel, Doha, Qatar

In collaboration with the International Peace Research Institute, Oslo (PRIO), CIRS hosted a two-day working group on the Comparative Ethics of War.

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”.

Working Groups: International Relations of the Gulf, Session II

Date: 08-09 January 2009 Time: 9:00am-5:00pm

Location: Marriott Hotel, Doha, Qatar

The second meeting of the International Relations of the Gulf Working Group took place in January to finalize the initiative.

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.