Marina Krikorian
@marinakrikorian.bsky.social
Assistant Director at the Institute for Advanced Study in the Global South at Northwestern University in Qatar @iasnuq.bsky.social @nuqatar.bsky.social. Past lives in Berkeley, Beirut, DC, and Philly.
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#IAS_NUQ introduced a new framework for examining digital life beyond Western-centric epistemic genealogies in “From interAsian to transAsian digitalities", a special issue of First Monday.
Read more: https://www.qatar.northwestern.edu/news/articles/2025/12-transdigitalities-FirstMonday.html
Read more: https://www.qatar.northwestern.edu/news/articles/2025/12-transdigitalities-FirstMonday.html
#IAS_NUQ’s InterAsian Digitalites initiative introduces new “TransAsian Digitalities” framework, in long-standing First Monday journal special issue
www.qatar.northwestern.edu
December 1, 2025 at 1:00 PM
#IAS_NUQ introduced a new framework for examining digital life beyond Western-centric epistemic genealogies in “From interAsian to transAsian digitalities", a special issue of First Monday.
Read more: https://www.qatar.northwestern.edu/news/articles/2025/12-transdigitalities-FirstMonday.html
Read more: https://www.qatar.northwestern.edu/news/articles/2025/12-transdigitalities-FirstMonday.html
Looking forward to seeing many friendly faces in DC this weekend as we host the first SHAMS meeting in conjunction with the #MESA2025 Annual Meeting!
Be sure to also stop by booth 66 in the exhibition hall to hear about exciting #IAS_NUQ programs, publications, and new opportunities!
Be sure to also stop by booth 66 in the exhibition hall to hear about exciting #IAS_NUQ programs, publications, and new opportunities!
Join us at MESA 2025!
The Society for Humanistic Arab Media Studies (SHAMS) is excited to host our first meeting in conjunction with MESA 2025.
🗓️ Saturday, Nov 22, 2025
⏰ 8:45 a.m. – 2:00 p.m.
📍 The Westin DC Downtown – Meeting Room 6
Register here: bit.ly/43E287r
The Society for Humanistic Arab Media Studies (SHAMS) is excited to host our first meeting in conjunction with MESA 2025.
🗓️ Saturday, Nov 22, 2025
⏰ 8:45 a.m. – 2:00 p.m.
📍 The Westin DC Downtown – Meeting Room 6
Register here: bit.ly/43E287r
November 20, 2025 at 6:51 AM
If you’re heading to MESA, but sure to visit Booth 66 to hear more about our exciting programming, publications, and current opportunities at @iasnuq.bsky.social
Eight Northwestern Qatar scholars will lead a distinctive presence at the 2025 Middle East Studies Association (MESA) Annual Meeting, taking place November 22–25, 2025, in Washington, DC.
Learn more: https://www.qatar.northwestern.edu/news/articles/2025/11-mesa-conference-2025.html
Learn more: https://www.qatar.northwestern.edu/news/articles/2025/11-mesa-conference-2025.html
Northwestern Qatar researchers to advance Middle East scholarship at 2025 MESA Annual Meeting
www.qatar.northwestern.edu
November 19, 2025 at 3:43 PM
If you’re heading to MESA, but sure to visit Booth 66 to hear more about our exciting programming, publications, and current opportunities at @iasnuq.bsky.social
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In’utu Imbuwa, a graduate from the Class of 2025, has been named a 2026 Rhodes Scholar, earning one of the world’s most prestigious academic honors and becoming the school’s second recipient of the award.
Learn more: www.qatar.northwestern.edu/news/article...
Learn more: www.qatar.northwestern.edu/news/article...
In’utu Imbuwa '25 named 2026 Rhodes Scholar
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November 17, 2025 at 12:20 PM
In’utu Imbuwa, a graduate from the Class of 2025, has been named a 2026 Rhodes Scholar, earning one of the world’s most prestigious academic honors and becoming the school’s second recipient of the award.
Learn more: www.qatar.northwestern.edu/news/article...
Learn more: www.qatar.northwestern.edu/news/article...
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Applications are now open for the 2026-27 #IAS_NUQ Global Fellowship!
Application deadline: January 15, 2026.
Searching for an interdisciplinary research community that is focused on the Global South? Spend your sabbatical at #IAS_NUQ!
Apply here: bit.ly/2026-27globalfellows
Application deadline: January 15, 2026.
Searching for an interdisciplinary research community that is focused on the Global South? Spend your sabbatical at #IAS_NUQ!
Apply here: bit.ly/2026-27globalfellows
November 2, 2025 at 3:54 PM
Applications are now open for the 2026-27 #IAS_NUQ Global Fellowship!
Application deadline: January 15, 2026.
Searching for an interdisciplinary research community that is focused on the Global South? Spend your sabbatical at #IAS_NUQ!
Apply here: bit.ly/2026-27globalfellows
Application deadline: January 15, 2026.
Searching for an interdisciplinary research community that is focused on the Global South? Spend your sabbatical at #IAS_NUQ!
Apply here: bit.ly/2026-27globalfellows
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Applications are now open for the 2026 Southern Digitalities Summer School: Transformations, Cultures, Heritage, and Possibilities across Asia!
𝗗𝗲𝗮𝗱𝗹𝗶𝗻𝗲: December 10, 2025
Apply here: bit.ly/4hcgBgk
𝗗𝗲𝗮𝗱𝗹𝗶𝗻𝗲: December 10, 2025
Apply here: bit.ly/4hcgBgk
October 15, 2025 at 11:57 AM
Applications are now open for the 2026 Southern Digitalities Summer School: Transformations, Cultures, Heritage, and Possibilities across Asia!
𝗗𝗲𝗮𝗱𝗹𝗶𝗻𝗲: December 10, 2025
Apply here: bit.ly/4hcgBgk
𝗗𝗲𝗮𝗱𝗹𝗶𝗻𝗲: December 10, 2025
Apply here: bit.ly/4hcgBgk
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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...
Deadline: October 13, 2025 (11:59 p.m. Doha time)
For more details and to apply, please visit our website: bit.ly/undergradfel...
October 12, 2025 at 7:51 AM
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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...
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...
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...
Deadline: October 13, 2025 (11:59 p.m. Doha time)
For more details and to apply, please visit our website: bit.ly/undergradfel...
September 29, 2025 at 1:17 PM
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...
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...
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In the last two years, I have photographed four different representatives from the U.S. voting no to a ceasefire.
‘Forgive us, Palestinian brothers, sisters,’ says Algerian ambassador to UN Amar Bendjama after devastating outcome.
US vetoes UN Security Council Gaza ceasefire demand for sixth time
‘Forgive us, Palestinian brothers, sisters,’ says Algerian ambassador to UN Amar Bendjama after devastating outcome.
bit.ly
September 19, 2025 at 12:45 AM
In the last two years, I have photographed four different representatives from the U.S. voting no to a ceasefire.
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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
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
September 15, 2025 at 1:07 PM
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
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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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
🗓️ Wednesday, September 17
🕣 1:00 – 2:15 p.m.
📍 1-300, @nuqatar.bsky.social
August 27, 2025 at 11:53 AM
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
🗓️ Wednesday, September 17
🕣 1:00 – 2:15 p.m.
📍 1-300, @nuqatar.bsky.social
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Save the dates!
We’re excited to share our Fall 2025 event rundown at #IAS_NUQ @nuqatar.bsky.social . From groundbreaking research to global conversations, this semester is packed with events you won’t want to miss.
For more details, visit: qatar.northwestern.edu/events
We’re excited to share our Fall 2025 event rundown at #IAS_NUQ @nuqatar.bsky.social . From groundbreaking research to global conversations, this semester is packed with events you won’t want to miss.
For more details, visit: qatar.northwestern.edu/events
August 20, 2025 at 12:51 PM
Save the dates!
We’re excited to share our Fall 2025 event rundown at #IAS_NUQ @nuqatar.bsky.social . From groundbreaking research to global conversations, this semester is packed with events you won’t want to miss.
For more details, visit: qatar.northwestern.edu/events
We’re excited to share our Fall 2025 event rundown at #IAS_NUQ @nuqatar.bsky.social . From groundbreaking research to global conversations, this semester is packed with events you won’t want to miss.
For more details, visit: qatar.northwestern.edu/events
Excited to share the CFA for our 4th (!!!) Theory & Method Institute/Winter School at #IAS_NUQ. Aimed at early career scholars, this iteration will expose students to media policy/analysis, the study of Arab media systems/ governance, & training in transforming academic research into policy briefs.
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
Deadline: Sept 15, 2025
Apply here: bit.ly/2026winterschool
August 18, 2025 at 12:58 PM
Excited to share the CFA for our 4th (!!!) Theory & Method Institute/Winter School at #IAS_NUQ. Aimed at early career scholars, this iteration will expose students to media policy/analysis, the study of Arab media systems/ governance, & training in transforming academic research into policy briefs.
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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...
Apply by Sept. 25, 9PM ET: www.acls.org/competitions...
August 15, 2025 at 3:50 PM
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...
Apply by Sept. 25, 9PM ET: www.acls.org/competitions...
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Playing games with fascists while the country floods and burns
NEW: Democrats and Republicans will play *together* in tonight’s Congressional Women’s Softball Game — which they say helps keep the little bipartisanship left in Congress alive
“We all have to do hard things,” one lawmaker said, “we can’t keep hating each other”
www.notus.org/congress/con...
“We all have to do hard things,” one lawmaker said, “we can’t keep hating each other”
www.notus.org/congress/con...
It’s a ‘Horrible Time’ in Congress. But at Least There’s Softball.
Lawmakers playing in the Congressional Women’s Softball Game are doing their best to put politics aside.
www.notus.org
July 17, 2025 at 12:59 AM
Playing games with fascists while the country floods and burns
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Yesterday’s @iasnuq.bsky.social #ICA25 preconf Echoes & Overlaps in Arab & African Thought on Media & Culture in partnership with the Center for Media, Religion, & Culture in Boulder featured stimulating & generous conversations on an important yet understudied topic.
June 12, 2025 at 2:53 PM
Yesterday’s @iasnuq.bsky.social #ICA25 preconf Echoes & Overlaps in Arab & African Thought on Media & Culture in partnership with the Center for Media, Religion, & Culture in Boulder featured stimulating & generous conversations on an important yet understudied topic.
Reposted by Marina Krikorian
Clovis's presentation explored the Procès Des Gangs as a major media event in 1990s Guinea, highlighting its public fascination, its redefinition of youth, and the trial as a “zone of transaction.” He also discussed the crisis of belonging amid Guinea’s democratization.
May 15, 2025 at 12:44 PM
Clovis's presentation explored the Procès Des Gangs as a major media event in 1990s Guinea, highlighting its public fascination, its redefinition of youth, and the trial as a “zone of transaction.” He also discussed the crisis of belonging amid Guinea’s democratization.
Reposted by Marina Krikorian
We're headed to the 7th Annual Conference of the Arab Council for the Social Sciences — Devastation, Imaginaries, and Knowledge: Regional Junctures and Global Repercussions.
Catch #IAS_NUQ Director Clovis Bergère at Panel 8.
🗓 May 15
🕝 2:30 – 4:15 p.m.
📍 Crowne Plaza Beirut, Olympic
Stay tuned!
Catch #IAS_NUQ Director Clovis Bergère at Panel 8.
🗓 May 15
🕝 2:30 – 4:15 p.m.
📍 Crowne Plaza Beirut, Olympic
Stay tuned!
May 14, 2025 at 8:35 AM
We're headed to the 7th Annual Conference of the Arab Council for the Social Sciences — Devastation, Imaginaries, and Knowledge: Regional Junctures and Global Repercussions.
Catch #IAS_NUQ Director Clovis Bergère at Panel 8.
🗓 May 15
🕝 2:30 – 4:15 p.m.
📍 Crowne Plaza Beirut, Olympic
Stay tuned!
Catch #IAS_NUQ Director Clovis Bergère at Panel 8.
🗓 May 15
🕝 2:30 – 4:15 p.m.
📍 Crowne Plaza Beirut, Olympic
Stay tuned!
Really excited for these scholars and their projects!
We are thrilled to announce the 2025-26 #IAS_NUQ Global Scholars!
Meet Postdoctoral Scholar Angela Haddad and Global Fellows Asri Saraswati, Mostafa Minawi, Sara Mourad, and Téwodros Workneh.
We can’t wait to welcome you on campus!
More: bit.ly/globscholars
Meet Postdoctoral Scholar Angela Haddad and Global Fellows Asri Saraswati, Mostafa Minawi, Sara Mourad, and Téwodros Workneh.
We can’t wait to welcome you on campus!
More: bit.ly/globscholars
May 6, 2025 at 11:27 AM
Really excited for these scholars and their projects!
Really looking forward to launching the Society for Humanistic Arab Media Studies in Beirut next month in conjunction with the ACSS Biennial Conference! We hope to see many familiar faces there.. and if you can't make it to Beirut, look out for our first SHAMS meeting at MESA in November!
Introducing SHAMS — the Society for Humanistic Arab Media Studies!
Launched under the AIMS initiative at #IAS_NUQ & funded in part by @carnegiecorp.bsky.social, SHAMS advances humanistic research on Arab media.
🗓 May 14, 2025
⏰ 10:00 a.m. – 5:00 p.m.
📍 Gefinor Rotana, Beirut
Launched under the AIMS initiative at #IAS_NUQ & funded in part by @carnegiecorp.bsky.social, SHAMS advances humanistic research on Arab media.
🗓 May 14, 2025
⏰ 10:00 a.m. – 5:00 p.m.
📍 Gefinor Rotana, Beirut
April 24, 2025 at 1:54 PM
Really looking forward to launching the Society for Humanistic Arab Media Studies in Beirut next month in conjunction with the ACSS Biennial Conference! We hope to see many familiar faces there.. and if you can't make it to Beirut, look out for our first SHAMS meeting at MESA in November!
Excited to see two of our stellar #IAS_NUQ undergraduate fellows among this year's standout graduates!
Meet the Class of 2025, a group of 118 scholars, storytellers, and changemakers who have defined resilience, excellence, and global impact.
April 23, 2025 at 7:32 AM
Excited to see two of our stellar #IAS_NUQ undergraduate fellows among this year's standout graduates!
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This Thursday 4/17, for the National Day of Action for Higher Ed, we will be holding a Know Your Rights training. If you work or study at Penn you should come
April 16, 2025 at 12:52 AM
This Thursday 4/17, for the National Day of Action for Higher Ed, we will be holding a Know Your Rights training. If you work or study at Penn you should come
Reposted by Marina Krikorian
The immigrant Catch-22: report to the authorities or you will be arrested and deported. Or report to the authorities and you will be arrested and deported.
April 15, 2025 at 5:24 AM
The immigrant Catch-22: report to the authorities or you will be arrested and deported. Or report to the authorities and you will be arrested and deported.
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Georgetown scholar Dr. Khan Suri, who was abducted by ICE, was refused food/water to break Ramadan fast, housed in a room without a bed, and issued *used* underwear.
His child cried for days after he was taken and has since stopped speaking.
ccrjustice.org/home/press-c...
His child cried for days after he was taken and has since stopped speaking.
ccrjustice.org/home/press-c...
April 8, 2025 at 10:43 PM
Georgetown scholar Dr. Khan Suri, who was abducted by ICE, was refused food/water to break Ramadan fast, housed in a room without a bed, and issued *used* underwear.
His child cried for days after he was taken and has since stopped speaking.
ccrjustice.org/home/press-c...
His child cried for days after he was taken and has since stopped speaking.
ccrjustice.org/home/press-c...