Institute for Advanced Study in the Global South
@iasnuq.bsky.social
The Institute for Advanced Study in the Global South @nuqatar.bsky.social produces & promotes evidence-based storytelling focused on histories, cultures, societies, & media of the Global South.
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Your last reminder that the @iasnuq.bsky.social @nuqatar.bsky.social is hosting a fabulous pre-conference, "Echoes and Overlaps in Arab and African Thought on media and Culture" @icahdq.bsky.social #ICA26 in Cape Town, South Africa, on June 3, 2026.
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ICA 2026 Preconference
Echoes and Overlaps in Arab and African Thought on Media and Culture: Forging New Directions for Research
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December 8, 2025 at 8:49 AM
Your last reminder that the @iasnuq.bsky.social @nuqatar.bsky.social is hosting a fabulous pre-conference, "Echoes and Overlaps in Arab and African Thought on media and Culture" @icahdq.bsky.social #ICA26 in Cape Town, South Africa, on June 3, 2026.
www.qatar.northwestern.edu/research/ias...
www.qatar.northwestern.edu/research/ias...
We’re thrilled to welcome our 2026 #IAS_NUQ Global Undergraduate Fellows!
15 students. 15 diverse projects. One year of research, storytelling, and discovery across the Global South.
A great kickoff at our first onboarding session, and we can’t wait to see what they create.
15 students. 15 diverse projects. One year of research, storytelling, and discovery across the Global South.
A great kickoff at our first onboarding session, and we can’t wait to see what they create.
December 8, 2025 at 2:22 PM
We’re thrilled to welcome our 2026 #IAS_NUQ Global Undergraduate Fellows!
15 students. 15 diverse projects. One year of research, storytelling, and discovery across the Global South.
A great kickoff at our first onboarding session, and we can’t wait to see what they create.
15 students. 15 diverse projects. One year of research, storytelling, and discovery across the Global South.
A great kickoff at our first onboarding session, and we can’t wait to see what they create.
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Watch highlights from the NU-Q Global South Lecture featuring renowned communication scholar Andrea Medrado, hosted by #IAS_NUQ. In her talk, “Favel IA: South-to-South Dialogues on Digital Colonialism, Participation and Justice,” Medrado unpacked the tensions of digital technologies like AI.
November 30, 2025 at 3:52 PM
Watch highlights from the NU-Q Global South Lecture featuring renowned communication scholar Andrea Medrado, hosted by #IAS_NUQ. In her talk, “Favel IA: South-to-South Dialogues on Digital Colonialism, Participation and Justice,” Medrado unpacked the tensions of digital technologies like AI.
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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
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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
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
November 26, 2025 at 7:49 AM
One week left to apply!
Applications for the #IAS_NUQ Global Postdoctoral Scholar program close on December 1, 2025.
Apply here: bit.ly/ias_postdoc
Applications for the #IAS_NUQ Global Postdoctoral Scholar program close on December 1, 2025.
Apply here: bit.ly/ias_postdoc
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
November 23, 2025 at 1:57 PM
One week left to apply!
Applications for the #IAS_NUQ Global Postdoctoral Scholar program close on December 1, 2025.
Apply here: bit.ly/ias_postdoc
Applications for the #IAS_NUQ Global Postdoctoral Scholar program close on December 1, 2025.
Apply here: bit.ly/ias_postdoc
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 19, 2025 at 5:50 PM
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
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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
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November 19, 2025 at 1:08 PM
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
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Huge news from @nuqatar.bsky.social folks— I will have more to say about the formidable In'utu Imbuwa's journey to the #Rhodes through mentorship from faculty, staff, and postdocs, particularly @yasemin-c.bsky.social and Clovis Bergere at @iasnuq.bsky.social Heartfelt congrats, In’utu!!!
#NUQProud
#NUQProud
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 2:52 PM
Huge news from @nuqatar.bsky.social folks— I will have more to say about the formidable In'utu Imbuwa's journey to the #Rhodes through mentorship from faculty, staff, and postdocs, particularly @yasemin-c.bsky.social and Clovis Bergere at @iasnuq.bsky.social Heartfelt congrats, In’utu!!!
#NUQProud
#NUQProud
We are thrilled to share that In’utu Imbuwa, a 2023 #IAS_NUQ Global Undergraduate Fellow, has been named a Rhodes Scholar for next year.
We are beyond proud of In’utu!
Learn more: bit.ly/48kAPl5
We are beyond proud of In’utu!
Learn more: bit.ly/48kAPl5
In’utu Imbuwa '25 named 2026 Rhodes Scholar
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November 18, 2025 at 2:59 PM
We are thrilled to share that In’utu Imbuwa, a 2023 #IAS_NUQ Global Undergraduate Fellow, has been named a Rhodes Scholar for next year.
We are beyond proud of In’utu!
Learn more: bit.ly/48kAPl5
We are beyond proud of In’utu!
Learn more: bit.ly/48kAPl5
Happening today!
Join us for the final #IAS_NUQ Global Fellow Colloquium of the semester!
Asri Saraswati will present “Navigating Cold War Cultural Politics: Literary Aesthetics of Indonesian Sojourn Writers.”
🗓️ Tuesday, Nov 18
🕐 1:00 – 2:15 p.m.
📍 Room 1-300, @nuqatar.bsky.social
More info: bit.ly/asri_collo
Asri Saraswati will present “Navigating Cold War Cultural Politics: Literary Aesthetics of Indonesian Sojourn Writers.”
🗓️ Tuesday, Nov 18
🕐 1:00 – 2:15 p.m.
📍 Room 1-300, @nuqatar.bsky.social
More info: bit.ly/asri_collo
November 18, 2025 at 7:18 AM
Happening today!
Happening today!
Join us for #IAS_NUQ Panel titled “Everyday Technologies: Media in Middle East History” hosted in collaboration with the Journalism and Strategic Communication Program at @nuqatar.bsky.social.
🗓 Sunday, November 16, 2025
🕝 2:30 – 4:00 p.m.
📍 Projection Theater, @nuqatar.bsky.social
🗓 Sunday, November 16, 2025
🕝 2:30 – 4:00 p.m.
📍 Projection Theater, @nuqatar.bsky.social
November 16, 2025 at 9:13 AM
Happening today!
Day 1 of the Media History Workshop at the Pullman Hotel Doha!
Hosted by #IAS_NUQ and the Journalism and Strategic Communication Program at @nuqatar.bsky.social, the workshop explores the evolution of media forms through sessions on print, audio, and visual culture.
Hosted by #IAS_NUQ and the Journalism and Strategic Communication Program at @nuqatar.bsky.social, the workshop explores the evolution of media forms through sessions on print, audio, and visual culture.
November 15, 2025 at 7:43 AM
Day 1 of the Media History Workshop at the Pullman Hotel Doha!
Hosted by #IAS_NUQ and the Journalism and Strategic Communication Program at @nuqatar.bsky.social, the workshop explores the evolution of media forms through sessions on print, audio, and visual culture.
Hosted by #IAS_NUQ and the Journalism and Strategic Communication Program at @nuqatar.bsky.social, the workshop explores the evolution of media forms through sessions on print, audio, and visual culture.
We’re starting shortly!
Join us for a CIRS Lunch Talk with Dr. Marlene Schäfers as she examines commemoration as care and explores how remembrance becomes part of Kurdish political life.
🗓️ November 13, 2025
🕐 1:00 – 2:00 p.m.
📍 CIRS Conference Room OA35, @guqatar.bsky.social
Join us for a CIRS Lunch Talk with Dr. Marlene Schäfers as she examines commemoration as care and explores how remembrance becomes part of Kurdish political life.
🗓️ November 13, 2025
🕐 1:00 – 2:00 p.m.
📍 CIRS Conference Room OA35, @guqatar.bsky.social
November 13, 2025 at 9:50 AM
We’re starting shortly!
Join us for a CIRS Lunch Talk with Dr. Marlene Schäfers as she examines commemoration as care and explores how remembrance becomes part of Kurdish political life.
🗓️ November 13, 2025
🕐 1:00 – 2:00 p.m.
📍 CIRS Conference Room OA35, @guqatar.bsky.social
Join us for a CIRS Lunch Talk with Dr. Marlene Schäfers as she examines commemoration as care and explores how remembrance becomes part of Kurdish political life.
🗓️ November 13, 2025
🕐 1:00 – 2:00 p.m.
📍 CIRS Conference Room OA35, @guqatar.bsky.social
@nuqatar.bsky.social welcomed renowned communication scholar @andreamedrado.bsky.social to campus last week for engaging discussions, workshops, and the NU-Q Lecture on the Global South, hosted by #IAS_NUQ.
View the recorded lecture here: bit.ly/4qNcPyd
View the recorded lecture here: bit.ly/4qNcPyd
November 11, 2025 at 10:12 AM
@nuqatar.bsky.social welcomed renowned communication scholar @andreamedrado.bsky.social to campus last week for engaging discussions, workshops, and the NU-Q Lecture on the Global South, hosted by #IAS_NUQ.
View the recorded lecture here: bit.ly/4qNcPyd
View the recorded lecture here: bit.ly/4qNcPyd
Join us for #IAS_NUQ Panel titled “Everyday Technologies: Media in Middle East History” hosted in collaboration with the Journalism and Strategic Communication Program at @nuqatar.bsky.social.
🗓 Sunday, November 16, 2025
🕝 2:30 – 4:00 p.m.
📍 Projection Theater, @nuqatar.bsky.social
🗓 Sunday, November 16, 2025
🕝 2:30 – 4:00 p.m.
📍 Projection Theater, @nuqatar.bsky.social
November 9, 2025 at 4:19 PM
Join us for #IAS_NUQ Panel titled “Everyday Technologies: Media in Middle East History” hosted in collaboration with the Journalism and Strategic Communication Program at @nuqatar.bsky.social.
🗓 Sunday, November 16, 2025
🕝 2:30 – 4:00 p.m.
📍 Projection Theater, @nuqatar.bsky.social
🗓 Sunday, November 16, 2025
🕝 2:30 – 4:00 p.m.
📍 Projection Theater, @nuqatar.bsky.social
Join us in the events hall @nuqatar.bsky.social for the NU-Q Lecture on the Global South!
Can’t make it in person? Join the livestream here: www.youtube.com/live/bNPz1w5...
Can’t make it in person? Join the livestream here: www.youtube.com/live/bNPz1w5...
November 5, 2025 at 3:40 PM
Join us in the events hall @nuqatar.bsky.social for the NU-Q Lecture on the Global South!
Can’t make it in person? Join the livestream here: www.youtube.com/live/bNPz1w5...
Can’t make it in person? Join the livestream here: www.youtube.com/live/bNPz1w5...
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@andreamedrado.bsky.social delivering a thought-provoking and empirically rich @nuqatar.bsky.social Lecture on the Global South on #FavelIA @iasnuq.bsky.social a rich analysis of #AI, human agency, and social solidarity among some of the most marginal communities on earth!
November 5, 2025 at 3:26 PM
@andreamedrado.bsky.social delivering a thought-provoking and empirically rich @nuqatar.bsky.social Lecture on the Global South on #FavelIA @iasnuq.bsky.social a rich analysis of #AI, human agency, and social solidarity among some of the most marginal communities on earth!
Happening tomorrow!
🗓️ Wednesday, November 5, 2025
🕕 Reception: 5 – 6 p.m. | Lecture: 6 – 7:30 p.m.
📍 Events Hall, @nuqatar.bsky.social
Event details: bit.ly/46VQFAC
Can’t make it in person? Join the livestream here: www.youtube.com/live/bNPz1w5...
🗓️ Wednesday, November 5, 2025
🕕 Reception: 5 – 6 p.m. | Lecture: 6 – 7:30 p.m.
📍 Events Hall, @nuqatar.bsky.social
Event details: bit.ly/46VQFAC
Can’t make it in person? Join the livestream here: www.youtube.com/live/bNPz1w5...
November 4, 2025 at 8:17 AM
Happening tomorrow!
🗓️ Wednesday, November 5, 2025
🕕 Reception: 5 – 6 p.m. | Lecture: 6 – 7:30 p.m.
📍 Events Hall, @nuqatar.bsky.social
Event details: bit.ly/46VQFAC
Can’t make it in person? Join the livestream here: www.youtube.com/live/bNPz1w5...
🗓️ Wednesday, November 5, 2025
🕕 Reception: 5 – 6 p.m. | Lecture: 6 – 7:30 p.m.
📍 Events Hall, @nuqatar.bsky.social
Event details: bit.ly/46VQFAC
Can’t make it in person? Join the livestream here: www.youtube.com/live/bNPz1w5...
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
Join us for the final #IAS_NUQ Global Fellow Colloquium of the semester!
Asri Saraswati will present “Navigating Cold War Cultural Politics: Literary Aesthetics of Indonesian Sojourn Writers.”
🗓️ Tuesday, Nov 18
🕐 1:00 – 2:15 p.m.
📍 Room 1-300, @nuqatar.bsky.social
More info: bit.ly/asri_collo
Asri Saraswati will present “Navigating Cold War Cultural Politics: Literary Aesthetics of Indonesian Sojourn Writers.”
🗓️ Tuesday, Nov 18
🕐 1:00 – 2:15 p.m.
📍 Room 1-300, @nuqatar.bsky.social
More info: bit.ly/asri_collo
October 30, 2025 at 11:44 AM
Join us for the final #IAS_NUQ Global Fellow Colloquium of the semester!
Asri Saraswati will present “Navigating Cold War Cultural Politics: Literary Aesthetics of Indonesian Sojourn Writers.”
🗓️ Tuesday, Nov 18
🕐 1:00 – 2:15 p.m.
📍 Room 1-300, @nuqatar.bsky.social
More info: bit.ly/asri_collo
Asri Saraswati will present “Navigating Cold War Cultural Politics: Literary Aesthetics of Indonesian Sojourn Writers.”
🗓️ Tuesday, Nov 18
🕐 1:00 – 2:15 p.m.
📍 Room 1-300, @nuqatar.bsky.social
More info: bit.ly/asri_collo
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Funded opportunity for graduate students and early career scholars!
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 29, 2025 at 9:02 PM
Funded opportunity for graduate students and early career scholars!
In one week!
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
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
October 29, 2025 at 11:08 AM
In one week!
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
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
Call for Applications: ICA 2026 Preconference!
🗓 June 3, 2026
📍 University of Cape Town, South Africa
Deadline: January 9, 2026 (11:59 p.m. Qatar time)
Learn more & apply: bit.ly/icaprecon26
🗓 June 3, 2026
📍 University of Cape Town, South Africa
Deadline: January 9, 2026 (11:59 p.m. Qatar time)
Learn more & apply: bit.ly/icaprecon26
October 27, 2025 at 2:04 PM
Call for Applications: ICA 2026 Preconference!
🗓 June 3, 2026
📍 University of Cape Town, South Africa
Deadline: January 9, 2026 (11:59 p.m. Qatar time)
Learn more & apply: bit.ly/icaprecon26
🗓 June 3, 2026
📍 University of Cape Town, South Africa
Deadline: January 9, 2026 (11:59 p.m. Qatar time)
Learn more & apply: bit.ly/icaprecon26
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
#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
October 20, 2025 at 9:44 AM