Mortara Center for International Studies

In the fall of 2006 the Mortara Center began to sponsor faculty working groups on Political Economy, and Culture and Politics. During the 2008-09 academic year we added three new faculty working groups, the Georgetown University International Theory and Research Seminar (GUITARS) Series, the Comparative Government Field Seminar Series (in partnership with the Department of Government), and the International Development Working Group, which is being co-sponsored by the Georgetown Public Policy Institute.

These sessions have brought together Georgetown faculty members and invited guests from across various disciplines to share ideas, and collaborate on research.

In addition to the above mentioned faculty working groups, the Mortara Center is hosting two additional discussion groups with a broader perspective, the China Forum, and the South Asia Forum, which are open both to students and faculty and are organized to promote interdisciplinary discussion of these regions. The South Asia Forum recently launched the Khayaal Book Club which provides an opportunity for students and faculty to discuss contemporary literary works of art written by authors from South Asia.