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Talks, Research Seminars and Roundtable Discussions

The Center has hosted numerous Talks with local and international guest speakers, past events include:







March 20, 2019

Regime Survival and Economic Diversification

Dr. Maria Alienor Van den Bosch

November 13, 2018

A Surprising Spat: The Causes and Consequences of the Canada – Saudi Arabia Dispute

November 29, 2018

The Prehistory of the Arabian Peninsula

Dr. Remy Crassard

March 15, 2016

The MENA Regional Order in a Post-Modern International System

Prof. Anoush Ehteshami


December 30, 2015

Japan GCC relations

Dr. Satoru Nakamura

November 12, 2015

Leftist movements in the Gulf

Abdulnabi Alekri

October 13, 2015

Sectarianism: what it is and what it isn’t

Dr. Peter Sluglett

March 30, 2015




History of Date Palms in Yemen: An Ethno-Historical Study 

Prof. Daniel Varisco 



The Center has hosted numerous Roundtable Discussions, past events include:




October 30, 2018

The US Sanctions on Iran: Future Prospects

 in collaboration with Al – Jazeera Center for research and Studies

March 20, 2016

The 2016 U.S. Elections: Impact on the Middle East

in collaboration with the Brookings Doha Center.

January 11, 2016

The Saudi-Iran Crisis



The Center has hosted numerous Monday Research Seminars, past events include:

January 14, 2019 

The Qatar Central Municipal Council Elections

Luciano Zaccara

January 28, 2019 

Migration in the Gulf: Theoretical and Human Rights Dilemmas

Amani el Jack

February 11, 2019

Gulf-Crisis and the Horn of Africa

Afyare Elmi

Febraury 25, 2019

Security Strategies of Qatari Foreign Policy

Betul Dogan

March 11, 2019

E-Commerce and Consumption Patterns in Iran: Sanctions as a Boost to Overcome External Constraints

Mehran Haghirian & Luciano Zaccara

March 25, 2019

Education and Tourism Sectors as Drivers for Economic Diversification in Qatar

Muhammad Yusuf & Hela Miniaoui





April 8, 2019

Sociology of Immigrant Businesses in the Gulf

Mizanur Rahman

April 15, 2019

Foreign Expertise and the Political Economy of Cultural Heritage in Qatar.

Paul Christian

April 22, 2019

The Blockade on Qatar: Post-Colonialism, Hegemony and Competing Projects

Farhan Mujahid Chak