Community Outreach

The Center for International and Regional Studies sponsors public lectures by leading experts in international affairs as well as research-focused Working Group meetings, among other scholarly events.

Past Events

Oct 5 Fri

Gary Wasserman on the 2008 US Presidential Elections

Fri Oct 5, 2007 08:00 AM - 06:00 PM

On October 5th 2007, CIRS hosted a luncheon at the Four Seasons Hotel in Doha in which Dr. Gary Wasserman discussed the 2008 presidential elections in the United States. Wasserman, who is professor...

Sep 10 Mon

Mehran Kamrava on the United States and Iran

Mon Sep 10, 2007 08:00 AM - 06:00 PM

On September 10, 2007, Dr. Mehran Kamrava, head of the Center for International and Regional Studies housed at Georgetown’s School of Foreign Service in Qatar, spoke to an overflow crowd at the...

Apr 21 Sat

Education and Change in the Arab World Conference

Education and Change in Qatar and the Arab World

Sat Apr 21, 2007 09:00 AM - 05:00 PM

Conference Abstracts Saturday 21 April Panel A: Classical Muslim Education 1. Sebastian Günther: The Principles of Instruction are the Grounds of our Knowledge: Al-Farabi’s Philosophical and al-...

Mar 4 Sun

American Arts Festival Jazz Week

Sun Mar 4, 2007 - Thu Mar 8, 2007 11:00 AM - 09:00 PM

From 16 February to 8 March 2007, the Center for International and Regional Studies (CIRS) in Doha sponsored a series of programs on the American arts, entitled the American Arts Festival. The Center...

Feb 25 Sun