Northwestern Qatar
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Northwestern University's campus in Doha, Qatar, gives students a global and holistic education. Bachelor's degrees in communication and journalism. Member of Qatar Foundation.
Twelve projects developed through the #IAS_NUQ Global Undergraduate Fellowship were accepted to #IAMCR2026 through a rigorous peer-review process, with ten fellows present in the conference programme. Full story: https://nuqatar.com/IAMCR26-IASFellows
The Northwestern Qatar community contributed research and creative scholarship across more than a dozen sessions at #IAMCR2026. Full story: https://nuqatar.com/IAMCR26-Main
The latest NU-Q Research and Creative Scholarship Newsletter showcases how faculty and students are advancing knowledge across media, communication, journalism, technology, AI, culture, history, and the Global South. https://nuqatar.com/researchnews2026 https://nuqatar.com/facultyhighlights26
Spring 2026
Research and Creative Scholarship Newsletter of faculty scholarship at NU-Q
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From Doha to Cape Town, Northwestern Qatar scholars joined #ICA2026, presenting research on media, AI, journalism, migration, culture, and social change. Across nearly 20 sessions, our community advanced global conversations on communication and inequalities. #GlobalSouth #NorthwesternQatar
The humanities do more than help us understand the world — they help us shape it. Dean Marwan M. Kraidy joined ACLS President Joy Connolly to discuss the role of the humanities in advancing the public good. https://nuqatar.com/kraidy-connolly-talk #NorthwesternQatar #Humanities
NU-Q is pleased to announce the launch of its inaugural Counsellor Advisory Board. Through collaboration and shared expertise, they will help strengthen our efforts to expand access, support prospective students, and foster a more inclusive and globally connected admissions experience.
This week, newly admitted students joined our community for an evening of conversation, connection, and celebration from storytelling-inspired table themes to coffee, community, and new friendships. Here’s to Global South's next generation evidence-based storytellers shaping the future.
H.E. Sheikh Jassim bin Mansour bin Jabor Al Thani ’14, director of Qatar’s Government Communication Office, returned to Northwestern Qatar at Web Summit Qatar 2026 for a public conversation on the evolving role of government communication.
Amna Essa Hilal Al Kuwari, a 2025 graduate of Northwestern University in Qatar, has received the Platinum Medal at the 19th Qatar Education Excellence Award ceremony, earning the highest national distinction for academic and societal excellence.
The Media Majlis Museum at Northwestern University in Qatar will present a critical and immersive exploration of the future of the Gulf region in its spring 2026 exhibition, “What’s between, between?,” running from January 26 to May 14th, 2026.
Faculty, students, and staff marked Health & Wellness Day as they engaged with health specialists on campus and explored strategies for supporting mental and physical well-being.
Alondra Nelson, Harold F. Linder Professor of Social Science at the Institute for Advanced Study based in Princeton, joined Dean Marwan M. Kraidy for a conversation on artificial intelligence, society, and public responsibility.
Tune in live today for the spring 2026 Dean’s Global Forum featuring Alondra Nelson, Harold F. Linder Professor of Social Science at the Institute for Advanced Study, in conversation with Dean Marwan M. Kraidy. 🕛 1:00 p.m. Livestream: https://www.youtube.com/live/GgwEbs4Rktk
The Dean's Global Forum
Alondra Nelson, Harold F. Linder Professor of Social Science at the Institute for Advanced Study, joins Dean Kraidy in a conversation on the social and political life of science and technology in society, addressing enduring issues and pressing global m...
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Northwestern Qatar@nuqatar.bsky.social · 7mo agoTune in live for the upcoming Dean's Global Forum, featuring Alondra Nelson, Harold F. Linder Professor of Social Science at the Institute for Advanced Study, in conversation with Dean and CEO Marwan M. Kraidy. 📅 Tuesday, January 13, 2026 🕕 1:00 pm 📍 Events Hall 🎥: www.youtube.com/live/GgwEbs4...?
Tune in live for the upcoming Dean's Global Forum, featuring Alondra Nelson, Harold F. Linder Professor of Social Science at the Institute for Advanced Study, in conversation with Dean and CEO Marwan M. Kraidy. 📅 Tuesday, January 13, 2026 🕕 1:00 pm 📍 Events Hall 🎥: www.youtube.com/live/GgwEbs4...?
The Dean's Global Forum
Alondra Nelson, Harold F. Linder Professor of Social Science at the Institute for Advanced Study, joins Dean Kraidy in a conversation on the social and political life of science and technology in soci...
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Join Alondra Nelson, Harold F. Linder Professor of Social Science at the Institute for Advanced Study, and Dean Marwan M. Kraidy for the spring 2026 Dean’s Global Forum, in a conversation titled “AI: Purpose, Governance, and Public Benefit.”
Assistant Professor Heather Jaber reflects on her experience as an inaugural Global Humanities Fellow at the Buffett Institute for Global Affairs and the Alice Kaplan Institute for the Humanities, explaining how the fellowship supported the advancement of her book project on “digital bahdala.”
Shakeeb Asrar came to NU-Q in 2012 planning to transfer. He stayed—and it changed everything. Today, he’s back as a professor helping students tell stories that matter. Read more: https://www.qf.org.qa/stories/generation/rewriting-the-script-how-doubt-became-purpose
Rewriting the Script: How Doubt Became Purpose
Qatar Foundation (QF) is a non-profit organization made up of more than 50 entities working in education, research, and community development.
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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
#IAS_NUQ’s InterAsian Digitalites initiative introduces new “TransAsian Digitalities” framework, in long-standing First Monday journal special issue
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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.
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 Al.
Congratulations to Northwestern University in Qatar men’s football team for winning the Education City Tournament after a thrilling penalty shootout against Texas A&M at Qatar and a heroic run in the tournament. Go Cats! 💜⚽
Congratulations to Northwestern University in Qatar student Jannat Malik, who was recognized with the Best Emerging Filmmaker award for her film “We Will Keep Swaying” at the second edition of the EU Youth Short Film Festival, organized by the Delegation of the European Union to Qatar.
