The deadline for the @acls1919.bsky.social Marwan M. and Ute Kraidy Centennial Fellowship in the Study of the Arab World and Latin America is in one week!

We're incredibly honored to receive this recognition from the American Council of Learned Societies. #SUPDigital

Deadline in 3 weeks for this @acls fellowship.

The first two weeks of the fall 2025 semester @nuqatar.bsky.social have been quite the whirlwind.

Applications are now open for the 2026 Theory and Method Winter School (January 6–8, Doha, Qatar) on "Media Policy and Governance," hosted by #IAS_NUQ at @nuqatar.bsky.social. Deadline: Sept 15, 2025 Apply here: bit.ly/2026winterschool

Supported by @carnegiecorp.bsky.social and led by @mkraidy.bsky.social, with @christopherali.bsky.social, Carola Richter, and Sami Atallah, the program is designed for graduate students and early-career scholars to explore media policy, systems, & governance in the Arab region and the Global South.

The deadline is in 6 weeks-please share this call widely.

The ACLS @mkraidy.bsky.social and Ute Kraidy Centennial Fellowship in the Study of the Arab World and Latin America supports scholars pursuing research in the #humanities & #socialsciences on the Arab and/or Latin American worlds. Apply by Sept. 25, 9PM ET: www.acls.org/competitions...

@nuqatar.bsky.social further deepened its global scholarly engagement at the 75th Annual Conference of the International Communication Association, held from June 12 to 16, 2025, in Denver, Colorado.

@nuqatar.bsky.social and the Arab Council for the Social Sciences have launched the Society for Humanistic Arab Media Studies (#SHAMS)—a trilingual scholarly association advancing rigorous, multidisciplinary research on Arab media in their cultural, social, and political-economic contexts.

Apply now for a 2025 ACLS Fellowship, supporting scholars in the humanities & social sciences! Awards of $30-60K + additional funding for independent scholars, adjunct faculty and faculty in teaching-intensive roles. Deadline Sept. 25, 9PM ET: www.acls.org/competitions... #humanities #funding

ACLS invites applications for The Robert H. N. Ho Family Foundation Program in Buddhist Studies 2025-26 fellowship and grant competitions: bit.ly/4lUNcJ4 #BuddhistStudies #fellowship #grant

And with that, we wrap up our third and final conference of the summer! From ACSS to ICA to IAMCR, it’s been an inspiring season of critical conversations, global connections, and powerful storytelling from and about the Global South. Stay tuned for highlights!

In addition to a presentation by @chaficnajem.bsky.social , the panel, now in Q & A, is moderated by @iasnuq.bsky.social director Clovis Bergère @nuqatar.bsky.social

Earlier today, #IAS_NUQ Faculty Advisor @heatherjaber.bsky.social chaired the panel "Online Spaces as Contemporary Cultural Playgrounds" at #IAMCR2025.

Now @iasnuq.bsky.social postdoc @chaficnajem.bsky.social presenting his work on Digital Carceral Mobilities at #IAMCR2025 @nuqatar.bsky.social

Don't forget to join us later today for #IAS_NUQ Global Postdoctoral Scholar Chafic Najem's presentation titled "Digital Carceral Mobilities: Mobility and Smuggled Mobile Technologies in Prisons." 🕑 2:00 p.m. 📍 SHHK – HSS Seminar Room 6

We are live in the SHHK Foyer with our booth until 3:00 p.m. today! This is your last chance to stop by and get to know more about our research, programs, and projects.

We will be starting our last day at #IAMCR2025 with #IAS_NUQ director Clovis Bergère. He will present "Decentering Dance as Social Theory: Polysemic Bodies, Protests, and the Securitization of Youth in Guinea." 🕥 10:30 a.m. 📍 The Hive, LHS-TR+52 See you there!

Stay tuned for upcoming opportunities at #IAS_NUQ!

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It was lovely connecting with our former #IAS_NUQ Global Fellows at #IAMCR2025! Always a pleasure to catch up with Ratnamala Vanamamalai, Tanja Bosch, and Chikezie E. Uzuegbunam, and to see them continue advancing critical scholarship from and about the Global South.

Stop by the #IAS_NUQ booth at the SHHK Foyer. The first 10 visitors get a travel adapter! Come chat with us and explore our programs!

My @nuqatar.bsky.social colleague Scheherazade Safla presenting her work on black female podcasters in South Africa at #IAMCR2025 #NUQProud

Mahnoor Ahmer Ansari, #IAS_NUQ Global Undergraduate Fellow (2024), presented her project "Making Time, Spending Time: Interfacing gender, class, and the moral economy of time on TikTok in Pakistan" at #IAMCR2025, produced as part of her fellowship with #IAS_NUQ.

Annastazia Ng'ambi, #IAS_NUQ Global Undergraduate Fellow (2024), also presented her fellowship project "Journalism in Crisis? The Case of Zambia as an Outlier" at #IAMCR2025.

And now @iasnuq.bsky.social Global Undergraduate Fellow @nuqatar.bsky.social Annastazia Ng’ambi presents great work on Zambia as an outlier to the Journalism-in-Crisis discourse. Very #NUQProud at #IAMCR2025 in Singapore

So very #NUQProud to see @iasnuq.bsky.social Global Undergraduate Fellow Mahnoor Ansari from @nuqatar.bsky.social deliver her important research in Tik Tok and time in Pakistan at #IAMCR2025

The paper titled "Faith-based Activism against Biometric Identification: Resistance to Aadhaar Enrolment in Mizoram," analyzed the role of digital identification systems like Aadhaar in shaping state-citizen relationships and practices.

We kicked off day 4 at #IAMCR2025 with a co-authored presentation by #IAS_NUQ Global Postdoctoral Scholar Harsha Man Maharjan and former Global Fellow Ratnamala Vanamamalai.

@christopherali.bsky.social offering a critical analysis of the complex political economy of Starlink #IAMCR2025

The @iasnuq.bsky.social Global Undergraduate Fellows have been pushing scholarly and creative boundaries at key international venues like @icahdq.bsky.social & #IAMCR2025 embodying the sky high potential of advanced undergraduate research @nuqatar.bsky.social very #NUQProud

@nuqatar.bsky.social assistant professor Scheherazade Safla, also a faculty advisor with #IAS_NUQ, will present on Black women in South Africa’s podcasting industry in a panel, "Radio and Podcast." 🗓️ July 15 🕣 8:30 a.m. 📍 The Hive LHS-TR+25 #IAS_NUQ at #IAMCR2025: bit.ly/4ky8RFt

Day 2 of #IAS_NUQ at #IAMCR2025! Come find us at Booth #1 in the Singapore Hokkien Huay Kuan Building at Nanyang Technological University. We are here every day from 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. to chat about our research, programs, and publications!

She explored how creators use digital platforms to teach audiences how (and why) to consume more thoughtfully. She also noted that reactions function as pedagogical devices in shaping viewer behavior.

As the day continues at #IAMCR25, #IAS_NUQ Global Postdoctoral Scholar Harsha Man Maharjan presented, "Secretive Digital State: Hidden Policy Documents and the Issues of Transparency and Accountability of the National Identification System in Nepal."

A timely provocation on state power, opacity, and digital governance.

Applications are now open for the Luce/ACLS Early Career Fellowships and Travel Grants in China Studies! Applications are due November 5, 2025: bit.ly/3brDW04

We closed the day with @heatherjaber.bsky.social, #IAS_NUQ Faculty Advisor, who presented "Digital Culture as Pedagogical: Cultivating Ethical Consumption on YouTube."

Chaired by Dean @mkraidy.bsky.social, this panel concluded with an engaging Q&A session. Don’t forget, we’re live at Booth #1 until 5:00 p.m. at the Singapore Hokkien Huay Kuan Building. Other panels for the day: bit.ly/4ky8RFt

#ArabDigitalities was fantastic: the conceptual sophistication was nonpareil! Thank you for joining us at #IAMCR2025 in Singapore! Please don’t forget to check out the @iasnuq.bsky.social booth at the Singapore Hokkien Huay Kuan Building @nuqatar.bsky.social #NUQProud

Join us this morning for our @iasnuq.bsky.social panel on Arab Digitalities at #IAMCR2025 with my colleagues @heatherjaber.bsky.social @chaficnajem.bsky.social @zidani.bsky.social and Nermin Elsherif

And #IAMCR2025 @iamcr.org is on in Singapore!

We closed the day with thoughtful remarks from Dean @mkraidy.bsky.social, reflecting on the richness of the conversations and the spirit of collaboration that defined our preconference. Thank you to everyone who joined us today! See you at #IAMCR2025. Our booth goes live tomorrow at 2 pm!

Thank you @mkraidy.bsky.social and #NUQProud colleagues. A stimulating discussion that was. Wonderful way to start #IAMCR2025 #IAMCRSingapore !

It has been a truly thought-provoking conversation at our @iasnuq.bsky.social #InterAsianDigitalities #IAMCR2025 preconference and a brief #Singapore #streetart #murals hunting excursion during the lunch break! @nuqatar.bsky.social #NUQProud

We at @iasnuq.bsky.social at @nuqatar.bsky.social are setting up for our InterAsian Digitalities #iamcr2025 preconference in Singapore

We'll be kicking off our presence at @iamcr.org with this panel on Arab Digitalities, chaired by Dean @mkraidy.bsky.social and featuring #IAS_NUQ Global Postdoctoral Scholar Chafic Najem and @nuqatar.bsky.social faculty Heather Jaber. 🗓️ Monday, July 14 🕣 8:30 a.m. 📍 HSS Seminar Room 9 Stay tuned!