That’s a wrap for #IAS_NUQ at @websummit.bsky.social 2026!
Over 3 days, we contributed to main stage talks, podcasts, and on-site conversations exploring media, technology, multimodality, and knowledge production from the Global South.
Thank you to everyone who engaged with our work!
Day 2 of #IAS_NUQ at @websummit.bsky.social!
Khatimat Abilova & Olzhasbek Zhakenov with @schezsafla.bsky.social
🕛 2:15 – 2:45 p.m.
📍Podcast Studio, Pavilion E428
Shakeeb Asrar on Design Journalism in the Age of AI
🕞 3:30 – 4:00 p.m.
📍Main Stage, E428
Full program: bit.ly/4kfljLF
On stage. In conversation. In celebration.
Moments from the #IAS_NUQ Global Undergraduate Fellow Presentations, shared with mentors, peers, family, and the wider @nuqatar.bsky.social community.
Congratulations to the 2025 #IAS_NUQ Global Undergraduate Fellows!
We’re one week away from the annual #IAS_NUQ Global Undergraduate Fellow Presentations!
Register for the event, as we have limited spots remaining.
Register here: bit.ly/iasprezi
The spring 2026 semester at @nuqatar.bsky.social launched with an @iasnuq.bsky.social Winter School on Theory & Method with scholars from all over the world, incl @christopherali.bsky.social Sami Atallah & Carola Richter. Thank you @marinakrikorian.bsky.social & #IAS_NUQ staff!
Deadline in two days!
There’s still time to apply for the #IAS_NUQ Global Fellowship.
For details and to apply, please check out our website: t.co/jwQBO0YIGj
We kicked off 2026 with the #IAS_NUQ Theory and Method Winter School.
Three days of master classes and conversations on media policy and governance at @nuqatar.bsky.social.
Organized by #IAS_NUQ with support from @carnegie.org.
Stay tuned!
Save the date!
Join us for the #IAS_NUQ Global Undergraduate Fellow Presentations, where our 2025 fellows will showcase their projects engaging with themes across the Global South.
🗓️ Jan 28, 2026
⏰ 4:30 p.m. – 8:00 p.m.
📍 Events Hall at @nuqatar.bsky.social
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.
#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: www.qatar.northwestern.edu/news/articles/2025/12-tr...
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.
Northwestern Qatar's presence at MESA also extended to the MESA FilmFest, where alum Sashreek Gang's film DHARAMSHALA: The Little Lhasa, produced as part of his #IAS_NUQ Global Undergraduate Fellowship, was showcased in the festival leading up to the conference.
#IAS_NUQ also hosted a booth at the MESA Book Exhibit throughout the three-day event, highlighting recent #IAS_NUQ_Press publications and sharing details about upcoming fellowships and research opportunities.
In parallel with the conference, the Society for Humanistic Arab Media Studies (SHAMS) held its inaugural meeting, led by Dean and CEO Marwan M. Kraidy and Marina Krikorian of #IAS_NUQ.
In parallel with the conference, the Society for Humanistic Arab Media Studies (SHAMS) held its inaugural meeting, led by Dean and CEO Marwan M. Kraidy and Marina Krikorian of #IAS_NUQ.
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
Looking forward to seeing many friendly faces in DC this weekend as we host the first SHAMS meeting in conjunction with the #MESA2025 Annual Meeting!
Be sure to also stop by booth 66 in the exhibition hall to hear about exciting #IAS_NUQ programs, publications, and new opportunities!
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
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.
@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
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
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
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
This preconference is jointly organized by #IAS_NUQ at @nuqatar.bsky.social with the Centre for Film and Media Studies and Digital Media Sociology Lab at the University of Cape Town and the Center for Media, Religion, and Culture at the @cuboulder.info
We’re excited to share that Harsha Man Maharjan, #IAS_NUQ Global Postdoctoral Scholar, published a book chapter titled “Media Infrastructure, Natural Disaster, and the Emergence of Convergence Newsrooms in Nepal” in "Media Building" (@springernature.com).
Read here: bit.ly/47ckf5d
We’re excited to share that Mariam Karim, #IAS_NUQ Global Postdoctoral Scholar, recently published in Communication, Culture & Critique @icahdq.bsky.social .
Developed by @nuqatar.bsky.social faculty Spencer Striker with support from the #IAS_NUQ Global South Research Grant, the game builds media literacy by letting players decode digital deceit through satirical gameplay.
Learn more: t.co/XQCDzLSNcp
Play now: t.co/OiBdyti9we
We had a full house yesterday at our #IAS_NUQ Global Fellow Colloquium featuring Sara Mourad.
Through personal narrative, archives, and cultural texts, Sara explored the absence of the father figure in postwar Lebanon, connecting gender, politics, and memory.
Deadline in one week!
Applications are still open for the 2026 #IAS_NUQ Global Undergraduate Fellowship.
Deadline: October 13, 2025 (11:59 p.m. Doha time)
For more details and to apply, please visit our website: bit.ly/undergradfel...
