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Institute for Advanced Study in the Global South @iasnuq.bsky.social · 12h

Deadline tomorrow!

For more details and to apply, please visit our website: bit.ly/undergradfel...

Institute for Advanced Study in the Global South @iasnuq.bsky.social · Sep 2

Calling @nuqatar.bsky.social students to apply for the 2026 #IAS_NUQ Global Undergraduate Fellowship!

Deadline: October 13, 2025 (11:59 p.m. Doha time)

For more details and to apply, please visit our website: bit.ly/undergradfel...

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Institute for Advanced Study in the Global South @iasnuq.bsky.social · 1d

Her article revisits Matiel Mogannam’s "The Arab Woman and the Palestine Problem (1937)," tracing colonial gatekeeping in British publishing and its impact on Arab and Palestinian women.

Read here: bit.ly/3IW1mvh

The colonial politics of British publishing: Revisiting Matiel Mogannam’s (1937) The Arab Woman and the Palestine Problem

Abstract. Colonial gatekeeping in the Anglo-publishing industry has affected Palestinian voices for more than 80 years. In 1936, Palestinian American Matie

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Institute for Advanced Study in the Global South @iasnuq.bsky.social · 1d

We’re excited to share that Mariam Karim, #IAS_NUQ Global Postdoctoral Scholar, recently published in Communication, Culture & Critique @icahdq.bsky.social .

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Institute for Advanced Study in the Global South @iasnuq.bsky.social · 2d

Developed by @nuqatar.bsky.social faculty Spencer Striker with support from the #IAS_NUQ Global South Research Grant, the game builds media literacy by letting players decode digital deceit through satirical gameplay.

Learn more: t.co/XQCDzLSNcp

Play now: t.co/OiBdyti9we

Institute for Advanced Study in the Global South @iasnuq.bsky.social · 2d

We’re thrilled to share that Chaos Corp: Troll Farm Simulator just won a W3 Award for Best Mobile Game!

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Institute for Advanced Study in the Global South @iasnuq.bsky.social · 3d

We had a full house yesterday at our #IAS_NUQ Global Fellow Colloquium featuring Sara Mourad.

Through personal narrative, archives, and cultural texts, Sara explored the absence of the father figure in postwar Lebanon, connecting gender, politics, and memory.

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Institute for Advanced Study in the Global South @iasnuq.bsky.social · 4d

Happening today!

Institute for Advanced Study in the Global South @iasnuq.bsky.social · 17d

Join us for an #IAS_NUQ Global Fellow Colloquium with Sara Mourad (American University of Beirut) on “In Search of the Missing Father.”

🗓️ Wednesday, October 8, 2025
🕐 1:00 – 2:15 p.m.
📍 1-300, @nuqatar.bsky.social

Event details: bit.ly/4gQCYHV

Institute for Advanced Study in the Global South @iasnuq.bsky.social · 5d

Save the date!

Join us for the NU-Q Lecture on the Global South with @andreamedrado.bsky.social (@exeter.ac.uk) on “Favel IA: South-to-South Dialogues on Digital Colonialism, Participation, and Justice.”

🗓️ Nov 5, 2025
🕕 5:00 – 7:30 p.m.
📍 Events Hall, @nuqatar.bsky.social

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Institute for Advanced Study in the Global South @iasnuq.bsky.social · 6d

Deadline in one week!

Applications are still open for the 2026 #IAS_NUQ Global Undergraduate Fellowship.

Deadline: October 13, 2025 (11:59 p.m. Doha time)

For more details and to apply, please visit our website: bit.ly/undergradfel...

Institute for Advanced Study in the Global South @iasnuq.bsky.social · Sep 2

Calling @nuqatar.bsky.social students to apply for the 2026 #IAS_NUQ Global Undergraduate Fellowship!

Deadline: October 13, 2025 (11:59 p.m. Doha time)

For more details and to apply, please visit our website: bit.ly/undergradfel...

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Institute for Advanced Study in the Global South @iasnuq.bsky.social · 10d

Event details: bit.ly/iasxC2DH

Institute for Advanced Study in the Global South @iasnuq.bsky.social · 10d

Save the date!

#IAS_NUQ x C²DH will present a panel on “Digital Public History in a Global Context” exploring how AI and digital tech are reshaping how we study, preserve, and engage with the past.

🗓️ Wednesday, October 22
🕐 1:00 – 2:15 p.m.
📍 Projection Theater, @nuqatar.bsky.social

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Institute for Advanced Study in the Global South @iasnuq.bsky.social · 11d

In one week!

🗓️ Wednesday, October 8, 2025
🕐 1:00 – 2:15 p.m.
📍 1-300, @nuqatar.bsky.social

Event details: bit.ly/4gQCYHV

Institute for Advanced Study in the Global South @iasnuq.bsky.social · 17d

Join us for an #IAS_NUQ Global Fellow Colloquium with Sara Mourad (American University of Beirut) on “In Search of the Missing Father.”

🗓️ Wednesday, October 8, 2025
🕐 1:00 – 2:15 p.m.
📍 1-300, @nuqatar.bsky.social

Event details: bit.ly/4gQCYHV

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Institute for Advanced Study in the Global South @iasnuq.bsky.social · 13d

Deadline in two weeks!

Applications are still open for the 2026 #IAS_NUQ Global Undergraduate Fellowship.

Deadline: October 13, 2025 (11:59 p.m. Doha time)

For more details and to apply, please visit our website: bit.ly/undergradfel...

Institute for Advanced Study in the Global South @iasnuq.bsky.social · Sep 2

Calling @nuqatar.bsky.social students to apply for the 2026 #IAS_NUQ Global Undergraduate Fellowship!

Deadline: October 13, 2025 (11:59 p.m. Doha time)

For more details and to apply, please visit our website: bit.ly/undergradfel...

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Marwan M. Kraidy @mkraidy.bsky.social · 13d

Our #keymoments conference featured a heartfelt conversation exploring a new epistemology for understanding media, history, memory, and affect. Stay tuned for what comes next!

#NUQProud

Institute for Advanced Study in the Global South @iasnuq.bsky.social · 14d

Last week, we hosted the Key Moments in Media and Culture Conference at @nuqatar.bsky.social, where scholars reflected on history, memory, mediation, and affect, asking how events become remembered as “key moments.”

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Institute for Advanced Study in the Global South @iasnuq.bsky.social · 14d

Thank you to our outstanding speakers, @nuqatar.bsky.social colleagues, and the attendees for making the day a success.

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Institute for Advanced Study in the Global South @iasnuq.bsky.social · 14d

Last week, we hosted the Key Moments in Media and Culture Conference at @nuqatar.bsky.social, where scholars reflected on history, memory, mediation, and affect, asking how events become remembered as “key moments.”

1 2

Institute for Advanced Study in the Global South @iasnuq.bsky.social · 17d

Join us for an #IAS_NUQ Global Fellow Colloquium with Sara Mourad (American University of Beirut) on “In Search of the Missing Father.”

🗓️ Wednesday, October 8, 2025
🕐 1:00 – 2:15 p.m.
📍 1-300, @nuqatar.bsky.social

Event details: bit.ly/4gQCYHV

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Institute for Advanced Study in the Global South @iasnuq.bsky.social · 21d

Minawi examined Ottoman–Ethiopian relations and imperial rivalries through the lens of the Deir Es-Sultan rooftop monastery in Jerusalem, offering a fresh perspective on geopolitics, empire, and resistance.

Thank you to all who joined!

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Institute for Advanced Study in the Global South @iasnuq.bsky.social · 21d

Highlights from the #IAS_NUQ Global Fellow Colloquium featuring Mostafa Minawi!

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Institute for Advanced Study in the Global South @iasnuq.bsky.social · 27d

Applications are now open for #IAS_NUQ Global Postdoctoral Scholars!

Deadline: December 1, 2025

We’re seeking two fellows to pursue comparative & transnational research on the histories, cultures, societies & media of the Global South.

Apply here: bit.ly/ias_postdoc

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Institute for Advanced Study in the Global South @iasnuq.bsky.social · 27d

In two days!

🗓️ Wednesday, September 17
🕣 1:00 – 2:15 p.m.
📍 1-300, @nuqatar.bsky.social

Event details: bit.ly/4lMhj4m

Institute for Advanced Study in the Global South @iasnuq.bsky.social · Aug 27

Join us for an #IAS_NUQ Global Fellow Colloquium with Mostafa Minawi, Cornell University.

🗓️ Wednesday, September 17
🕣 1:00 – 2:15 p.m.
📍 1-300, @nuqatar.bsky.social

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Institute for Advanced Study in the Global South @iasnuq.bsky.social · 28d

We kicked off our fall events with a full house at the #IAS_NUQ Global Postdoctoral Scholar Colloquium featuring Chafic Najem, who introduced digital carceral mobilities, explaining how smuggled phones in Lebanon’s prisons enable connection under surveillance.

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Institute for Advanced Study in the Global South @iasnuq.bsky.social · 28d

Applications close tomorrow!

Apply now for the 2026 Theory and Method Winter School (Jan 6–8, Doha) on “Media Policy and Governance,” hosted by #IAS_NUQ at @nuqatar.bsky.social.

Deadline: September 15, 2025

Apply here: t.co/8l0ywMmG1j

Institute for Advanced Study in the Global South @iasnuq.bsky.social · Aug 18

Applications are now open for the 2026 Theory and Method Winter School (January 6–8, Doha, Qatar) on "Media Policy and Governance," hosted by #IAS_NUQ at @nuqatar.bsky.social.

Deadline: Sept 15, 2025

Apply here: bit.ly/2026winterschool

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Institute for Advanced Study in the Global South @iasnuq.bsky.social · Sep 11

Applications for the 2026 Theory and Method Winter School are still open. Apply by September 15!

For more details and to apply: t.co/8l0ywMmG1j

Institute for Advanced Study in the Global South @iasnuq.bsky.social · Aug 18

Applications are now open for the 2026 Theory and Method Winter School (January 6–8, Doha, Qatar) on "Media Policy and Governance," hosted by #IAS_NUQ at @nuqatar.bsky.social.

Deadline: Sept 15, 2025

Apply here: bit.ly/2026winterschool

Institute for Advanced Study in the Global South @iasnuq.bsky.social · Sep 10

Digital Carceral Mobilities: Mobility and Smuggled Mobile Technologies in Prisons (Mobile Media & Communication).

Read here: bit.ly/4mW2UUG

Digital carceral mobilities: Mobility and smuggled mobile technologies in prisons - Chafic Tony Najem, 2025

Contemporary carceral systems function through the restriction of physical movement and the regulation of information flows, so how do prisoners’ smuggled mobil...

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