Academics at the School of Foreign Service in Qatar
The academic heart of the School of Foreign Service in Qatar lies in educating our students. We offer undergraduates, who come from Qatar, across the region, and throughout the world, a Bachelor of Science in Foreign Service (BSFS), a multidisciplinary liberal arts degree with an international focus.
Our mission builds on the tradition of Georgetown University as a leading student-centered research institution. As part of our commitment to educating the whole person, we promote academic integrity through our Academic Honor System and our students pursue Service-Learning initiatives both in Qatar and across the region.
Our faculty are drawn from the Main Campus of Georgetown University or recruited from around the world. The School of Foreign Service in Qatar possesses a library that supports the learning, teaching, and research goals of our students and faculty while serving as a resource for the entire Doha community.
In addition to our undergraduate educational mission, we support scholarly research and the free exchange of ideas in the Center for International and Regional Studies (CIRS), which fosters original research, especially on the Gulf region and the Middle East, and supports the primary and secondary educational system of Doha.
Focus on Faculty
Historians Jo Ann Moran Cruz and Haifaa Khalafallah joined the faculty at SFS-Qatar for fall semester, 2008. In addition to teaching classes, they are collaborating on a timely book about religion and the state in the Christian and Islamic worlds.Read More
Featured Publication
Dr. Kate Sampsell-Willman's article on "Lewis Hine, Ellis Island, and Pragmatism: Photographs as Lived Experience" appeared in the April 2008 issue of the Journal of the Gilded Age and the Progressive Era.
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Events Calendar
Upcoming SFS-Qatar Events
- Oct 12, 6:30pm-8:30pm: Debate: James Patti & Gary Wasserman; moderator-David Foster
- Oct 14, 5pm: GU Faculty Film Series -- 'Election'
- Oct 21, 5pm: GU Faculty Film Series -- 'Sometimes in April'
SFS-Qatar News
- Four professors from the Georgetown University’s Washington Campus Join SFS-Qatar
With the start of the new academic year, the Georgetown University School of Foreign Service in Qatar (SFS-Qatar) has welcomed more than 14 new faculty to its ranks. (September 10, 2008) - Georgetown University Holds a Community Fair in Education City
Thirty-two vendors and community groups showcase their services to the Education City community. (August 28, 2008) - Scholar Presents an Arab View of Challenges Facing Next US Administration
Rami Khouri calls for a more open-minded US administration and good governance in Arab leadership to improve the situation in the Middle East (August 26, 2008)
