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Marwan M. Kraidy

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Author, Teacher, Partner, Leader, Dean & CEO @nuqatar.bsky.social, Founder @iasnuq.bsky.social, Professor @northwesternu, Board Chair @ACLS1919 Board Member & @AnnenbergCARGC & @Casar_Aub

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Marwan M. Kraidy is the Dean & CEO of Northwestern University in Qatar, the Anthony Shadid Chair in Global Media, Politics and Cultures, and co-founder of its flagship research institute, the Institute for Advanced Study of the Global South (#IAS_NUQ). .. more

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Marwan M. Kraidy @mkraidy.bsky.social · 22h

Jacques Brel passed October 9, 1978. His lyrics are haunting, his performances projectilic. This is my favorite.

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Jacques Brel "Amsterdam" | Archive INA

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Marwan M. Kraidy @mkraidy.bsky.social · 1d

Today @nuqatar.bsky.social we attended an original and heartfelt exploration of the meanings and tribulations of home and family by @iasnuq.bsky.social Global Fellow Sara Mourad

Marwan M. Kraidy @mkraidy.bsky.social · 2d

Can’t wait!

Marwan M. Kraidy @mkraidy.bsky.social · 2d

Excited to be hosting @andreamedrado.bsky.social at @nuqatar.bsky.social next month. She will be giving the “NUQ Lecture on the Global South” organized annually by the @iasnuq.bsky.social

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

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

bit.ly/46VQFAC

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

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Marwan M. Kraidy @mkraidy.bsky.social · 9d

Today I had the pleasure to welcome H.E. Dr. Álvaro Renedo Zalba, Ambassador of the Kingdom of Spain to Qatar,
a distinguished diplomat and a fellow scholar and leader, at @nuqatar.bsky.social We had a great conversation about higher education, global politics, and comics!

Marwan M. Kraidy @mkraidy.bsky.social · 11d

My favorite moment today @nuqatar.bsky.social was a preview of our soon to be unveiled #Wellness room, a haven to catch your breath and recharge. Thank you to our HR team for helping us make sure that excellence and wellness go hand in glove!

#NUQProud

Marwan M. Kraidy @mkraidy.bsky.social · 11d

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 · 12d

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 · 12d

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 · 12d

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Marwan M. Kraidy @mkraidy.bsky.social · 12d

It was such a pleasure to represent @nuqatar.bsky.social last night at the Bicentennial Concert: Celebrating Uruguay, with the Qatar Philharmonic Orchestra and Soprano Sofia Mara. Congratulations!

Marwan M. Kraidy @mkraidy.bsky.social · 18d

... multidisciplinary work that enables us to better appreciate the breathtaking wealth of the human experience across differences www.acls.org/competitions...

ACLS Fellowships

ACLS Fellowships are intended to help scholars devote six to twelve continuous months to full-time research and writing.

www.acls.org

Marwan M. Kraidy @mkraidy.bsky.social · 18d

As Chair of the ACLS Board of Director at a time when culture and expertise, and the culture of expertise itself, face daunting challenges, I am particularly proud to sponsor a fellowship that promotes comparative, transnational, and ...

ACLS Fellowships

ACLS Fellowships are intended to help scholars devote six to twelve continuous months to full-time research and writing.

www.acls.org

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Marwan M. Kraidy @mkraidy.bsky.social · 18d

Ute Kraidy and I established this fellowship a few years ago out of our belief that the humanities play a crucial role in helping us make sense of the human experience, and specifically of the rich and longstanding connections from two world regions close to our hearts.

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Marwan M. Kraidy @mkraidy.bsky.social · 18d

The deadline for the @acls1919.bsky.social Marwan M. and Ute Kraidy Centennial Fellowship in the Study of the Arab World and Latin America is in one week!

American Council of Learned Societies @acls1919.bsky.social · Aug 15

The ACLS @mkraidy.bsky.social and Ute Kraidy Centennial Fellowship in the Study of the Arab World and Latin America supports scholars pursuing research in the #humanities & #socialsciences on the Arab and/or Latin American worlds.

Apply by Sept. 25, 9PM ET: www.acls.org/competitions...

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Marwan M. Kraidy @mkraidy.bsky.social · 20d

Congrats, Nathan!

Marwan M. Kraidy @mkraidy.bsky.social · 22d

Congratulations!

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