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Building bridges and understanding.
Promoting engagement and mutual respect.
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Cosmopolitan crossroads and urban centers.
Charting connections between various populations and places.
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Art and the contemporary scene.
Providing platforms for the exploration of creative human expression
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Understanding contemporary Gulf Societies.
Fostering awareness of an increasingly important region on the world stage.
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Exploring religion in the modern world.
Demonstrating respect for the diversity of global belief systems.
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Celebrating diverse societies.
Examining expressions and traditions from interesting cultural contexts
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Global issues of local concern.
Considering intersections between cultural, political, economic and historic forces.
Latest news
The annual meeting of the Society for Global Nineteenth-Century Studies will be held at GUST in 2025, co-organized by the Global Studies Center.
Past conference:
Conference info here
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More updates and information are on the BLOG
Videos of recorded past lectures are available:
Pete Moore: Kuwaiti Politics, Merchants, and the Shaping of Middle East Studies May 7 2023 (Passcode: j$QynQ=9)
Wokeism conference (Feb. 2023)
Giannis Stamatellos: The Arabic Plotinus (Passcode: UN?Rjlg3)
Emily Goshey: African American Muslim Communities
Olivier Hanne: Translations of the Quran in Europe
Philippe Lane: France's Cultural Diplomacy