{"id":34,"date":"2021-12-07T10:33:42","date_gmt":"2021-12-07T10:33:42","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/qufaculty.qu.edu.qa\/rgriffin\/?page_id=34"},"modified":"2025-09-29T06:31:30","modified_gmt":"2025-09-29T06:31:30","slug":"conference-presentations-guest-lectures-workshops","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"http:\/\/qufaculty.qu.edu.qa\/rgriffin\/conference-presentations-guest-lectures-workshops\/","title":{"rendered":"Presentations &#038; Guest Lectures"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li><strong>September 2025: <\/strong>\u201cSettler Colonialism in Ireland in John Hewitt\u2019s <em>The Colony<\/em>&#8221; [Guest Lecture]. <em>Comparative Histories of Settler Colonialism<\/em>. Georgetown University \u2013 Qatar, Doha, Qatar. 28<sup>th<\/sup> September 2025.<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li><strong>October 2024:<\/strong> \u201cQatar\u2019s Footballing Ambitions: From a National Identity Perspective\u201d [Oral Presentation]. <em>Beyond Game and Fame: Football, A Space and Place of Id\/Entities<\/em>. University of Oran 2, Oran, Algeria. October 14<sup>th<\/sup>-15<sup>th<\/sup> 2024.<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li><strong>October 2023:<\/strong> \u201cIslamophobia and Qatar 2022\u201d [Oral Presentation]. <em>Hiwaraat Conference Series: Global Histories and Practices of Islamophobia.<\/em> Georgetown University \u2013 Qatar, Doha, Qatar. September 30<sup>th<\/sup>-October 1<sup>st<\/sup> 2023.<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li><strong>October 2022:<\/strong> &#8220;Sport in Modern Qatar&#8221; [Guest Lecture]. <em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.edx.org\/bio\/ross-griffin\">Qatari History &amp; Heritage \u2013 Qatar University Massive Open Online Course<\/a>.<\/em> Qatar University, Doha, Qatar. 3<sup>rd<\/sup> October 2022.<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li><strong>September 2022:<\/strong> \u201cQatar in Paris: Paris Saint-Germain, Cosmopolitanism, and National Identity Performance Post-2022\u201d [Oral Presentation]. <em>Qatar University Gulf Studies Center 7<sup>th<\/sup> Annual Conference \u201cThe FIFA 2022 World Cup in Qatar: Looking into Global and Local Perspectives.\u201d <\/em>Qatar University, Doha, Qatar. 19<sup>th<\/sup>-20<sup>th<\/sup> September 2022.<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li><strong>August 2022:<\/strong> Football in the Middle East: State, Society, and the Beautiful Game [Panel Discussion]. 3-2-1 Qatar Olympic and Sports Museum, Doha, Qatar. 15<sup>th<\/sup> August 2022.<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li><strong>June 2022:<\/strong> \u201cPrimal Beings: Representations of the Frontier in Don DeLillo\u2019s <em>End Zone<\/em>\u201d [Oral Presentation]. <em>39<sup>th<\/sup> Sport Literature Association Annual Conference<\/em>. 15<sup>th<\/sup>-18<sup>th<\/sup> June 2022.<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li><strong>March 2022:<\/strong> \u201cParis Saint-German and Qatari National Identity.\u201d [Oral Presentation] <em>Centre for International &amp; Regional Studies \u201cQatar\u2019s World Cup Goals \u2013 Moving from the Periphery to the Centre\u201d Workshop<\/em>. Georgetown University \u2013 Qatar, Doha, Qatar. 9<sup>th<\/sup>-10<sup>th<\/sup> March 2022.<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li><strong>February 2022:<\/strong> \u201cIs the Qatar men\u2019s national team a true national team?\u201d [Presentation &amp; Panel Discussion]. <a href=\"https:\/\/cirs.qatar.georgetown.edu\/research\/research-initiatives\/building-legacy-qatar-fifa-world-cup-2022\/2-lecture-series\/\">Who Belongs to a Country? National Representation &amp; Identity at the FIFA World Cup 2022<\/a>. Georgetown University \u2013 Qatar, Doha, Qatar. 2<sup>nd<\/sup> February 2022.<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li><strong>April 2021:<\/strong> \u201cWomen\u2019s Cycling in Qatar\u201d [Oral Presentation]. <em>Women in Sport and Exercise 3<sup>rd<\/sup> Annual Conference<\/em>. University of Worcester, 19<sup>th<\/sup>-22<sup>nd<\/sup> April 2021.<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li><strong>June 2020:<\/strong> \u201cWhy Identity Matters in International Football\u201d [Guest Lecture]. <em>Globalization of Sports \u2013 Culture &amp; Politics.<\/em> Georgetown University \u2013 Qatar, Doha, Qatar. 11<sup>th<\/sup> June 2020.<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li><strong>October 2019:<\/strong> \u201cPlayer\u2019s Perspective in the Performance of National Identity\u201d [Oral Presentation]. <em>Centre for International &amp; Regional Studies \u201cFootball in the Middle East\u201d Workshop<\/em>. Georgetown University \u2013 Qatar, Doha, Qatar. 27<sup>th<\/sup>-28<sup>th<\/sup> October 2019.<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li><strong>July 2019:<\/strong> \u201cRemembering a Forgotten Past: Precolonial Society in the Gulf in the Historical Fiction of Abdulaziz Al Mahmoud\u201d [Oral Presentation]. <em>MLA International Symposium: Remembering Voices Lost<\/em>. Universidade Cat\u00f3lica Portuguesa, Lisbon, Portugal. 23<sup>rd<\/sup>-25<sup>th<\/sup> July 2019.<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li><strong>February 2018:<\/strong> \u201cFootball in the Desert? Qatar\u2019s World Cup, National Identity, and the British Broadsheet Press\u201d [Oral Presentation]. <em>Liberal Arts International Conference: Local Dreams, Global Visions \u2013 Multi-Disciplinary Perspectives<\/em>. Texas A&amp;M University at Qatar, Doha. 4<sup>th<\/sup>-6<sup>th<\/sup> February 2018.<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li><strong>December 2017:<\/strong> \u201cQatar\u2019s World Cup and Online Media\u201d [Oral Presentation]. <em>Digital Humanities Colloquium<\/em>. Department of English Literature &amp; Linguistics. Qatar University, Doha. 4<sup>th<\/sup>-5<sup>th<\/sup> December 2017.<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li><strong>September 2017:<\/strong> \u201cFootball and the Half-Civilized Races: Qatar\u2019s World Cup in the British Broadsheet Press\u201d [Oral Presentation]. <em>Globalization. Postcolonial Studies Association Annual Convention<\/em>. School of Advanced Study. Senate House, University of London, London. 18<sup>th<\/sup>-20<sup>th<\/sup> September 2017.<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li><strong>June 2017:<\/strong> \u201cRecreating the Other: Cultural Narratives in the 21<sup>st<\/sup> Century \u2013 Qatar\u201d [Oral Presentation]. <em>Asia in Motion: Beyond Borders and Boundaries. The Association for Asian Studies Annual Conference<\/em>. Korea University, Seoul. 24<sup>th<\/sup>-27<sup>th<\/sup> June 2017.<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li><strong>May 2016:<\/strong> \u201cHumanity\u2019s Greatest Hope: The American Ideal in Marvel\u2019s <em>The Avengers<\/em>\u201d [Oral Presentation]. <em>Imperial Benevolence: U.S. Foreign Policy in American Popular Culture since 9\/11. The 7<sup>th<\/sup> American Studies Fulbright Conference<\/em>. University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong. 21<sup>st<\/sup>-22<sup>nd<\/sup> May 2016.<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li><strong>April 2015:<\/strong> \u201cNothing to Savour with Your Eyes: The Politics of Seeing in Tim O\u2019Brien\u2019s <em>If I Die in a Combat Zone<\/em>\u201d [Oral Presentation]. <em>Sight Unseen \u2013 Seeing, Surveillance, and the Visual Sphere in American Culture: The Irish Association of American Studies Annual Conference<\/em>. Trinity College Dublin, Dublin. 24<sup>th<\/sup>-25<sup>th<\/sup> April 2015.&nbsp;<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li><strong>March 2015:<\/strong> \u201c\u2019An Occasional Item of Surpassing Value\u2019: How Fiction was Turned into Fact in the Narratives of the Vietnam War\u201d [Oral Presentation]. <em>International Conference on Narrative 2015<\/em>. Purdue University Calumet, Chicago, Illinois. 5<sup>th<\/sup>-8<sup>th<\/sup> March 2015.<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li><strong>November 2012: <\/strong>\u201cDaniel Defoe, 20<sup>th<\/sup> Century Man: Creative Nonfiction in the Eighteenth Century\u201d [Oral Presentation]. <em>College of Arts, Celtic Studies, and Social Sciences Annual Postgraduate Conference. <\/em>University College Cork, Cork. 10<sup>th<\/sup> Nov 2012.<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li><strong>November 2012: <\/strong>\u201cThe Exceptional Seven: America\u2019s New Kind of Cold War in <em>Avengers Assemble<\/em>\u201d [Oral Presentation]. <em>The Marginalised Mainstream: Literature, Culture, Popularity Conference<\/em>. Institute of English Studies, Senate House, University of London, London. 8<sup>th<\/sup>-9<sup>th<\/sup> Nov 2012.<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li><strong>July 2012: <\/strong>\u201cThe History Books Gloss it Over: European Exceptionalism in Graham Greene\u2019s <em>The Quiet American<\/em>\u201d [Oral Presentation]. <em>Transatlantic Studies Association Conference<\/em>. University College Cork, Cork. 9<sup>th<\/sup> July 2012.<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li><strong>November 2011: <\/strong>\u201cReal, Compared to What: Does Creative Nonfiction Really Tell the Truth?\u201d [Oral Presentation]. <em>College of Arts, Celtic Studies, and Social Sciences Annual Postgraduate Conference. <\/em>University College Cork, Cork. 12<sup>th<\/sup> Nov 2011.<\/li><\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>September 2025: \u201cSettler Colonialism in Ireland in John Hewitt\u2019s The Colony&#8221; [Guest Lecture]. 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