ACMCU Events

This Spring, the Alwaleed Center for Muslim-Christian Understanding, in partnership with the Center for Contemporary Arab Studies, the African Studies Program, the Department of Theology and Religious Studies, and Georgetown University Qatar,…

Play Youtube Video Syria’s Morning After: A Counterrevolution? ACMCU presents a discussion with Dr. Fawaz Gerges, Professor of International Relations and Chair in Contemporary Middle Eastern Studies at the London…

Play Youtube Video Gaza, Ukraine and the Remaking of Global Order Join ACMCU and partners for a discussion with Dr. Bruno Maçães, New Statesman foreign correspondent. Looking at what he…

Play Youtube Video Book Talk: Feminism, Tradition and Change in Contemporary Islam Feminism, Tradition and Change in Contemporary Islam aims to understand Muslims’ relationship with change in Islam. Specifically, it…

Play Youtube Video The Concept of Genocide and the Destruction of Gaza How has the concept of “genocide” evolved in the context of modern warfare, specifically with regards to Israel’s…

Play Youtube Video Book Talk: Religion That Matters: Shiʿi Materiality Beyond Karbala Join ACMCU Associate Professor of Muslim Societies, Dr. Shenila Khoja-Moolji, for a book talk with Dr. Fouad Gehad…

Play Youtube Video Anatomy of Genocide in Gaza The Alwaleed Center for Muslim-Christian Understanding, in partnership with the Center for Contemporary Arab Studies, the African Studies Program, Georgetown University Qatar,…

This Fall, the Alwaleed Center for Muslim-Christian Understanding, the Center for Contemporary Arab Studies (CCAS), Georgetown University Qatar, and the African Studies Program welcome 11 distinguished speakers for a vital lecture series focused on the…

Play Youtube Video Tunisia’s Elections Entrenched Authoritarianism and the Struggle for Democracy Tunisia’s democratic transition, under severe strain in recent years, stands at the precipice of total collapse. Recent presidential…

Play Youtube Video Public Forum on Israel-Gaza War: One Year Later October 7, 2024, marks the somber anniversary of the Hamas attack on Israel and the subsequent Israel-Gaza War. These…