Lucia Sorbera: A Transnational Journey in Arabic Language and Cultures

Lucia Sorbera: A Transnational Journey in Ara...

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أمل غزال: الحركات الإصلاحية والقومية من الدراسات المناطقية إلى دراسة الشبكات وحوار حول معهد الدوحة للدراسات العليا

نائبة الرئيس للشؤون الأكاديمية في معهد الدوحة للدراسات العليا وأستاذة في التاريخ. حصلت على درجة البكالوريوس من الجامعة الأمريكية في بيروت، وعلى درجتي الماجستير والدكتوراه في التاريخ من جامعة ألبرتا. حصلت على منحة زمالة ما بعد الدكتوراه من مجلس البحوث الكندي وأمضتها في جامعة تورنت ...  Show more

Gabor Scheiring: the political economy of illiberalism

Gabor Scheiring is Assistant Professor of Comparative Politics at Georgetown University in Qatar. He received his Ph.D. in sociology from the University of Cambridge. His research uses quantitative, qualitative, and comparative methods to address how economic shocks generate ineq ...  Show more

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