QF’s Education City Speaker Series to focus on art, identity and conflict – The Peninsula Qatar

QF’s Education City Speaker Series to focus on art, identity and conflict – The Peninsula Qatar

Art and activism will come together next week as the latest edition of Qatar Foundation’s Education City Speaker Series explores what the creative world can tell us about the wider world – and about ourselves. 

Held in collaboration with Virginia Commonwealth University (VCU) and Virginia Commonwealth University School of the Arts (VCUarts) in the US, the online event from 7-8pm (Doha time) on Monday will tackle the theme 'Art and Conflict: A Window on the World, A Window into Us', with a panel of local, regional, and international experts sharing their perspectives.

The discussion will delve into how art allows people to experience and empathize with viewpoints other than their own, and its role as a powerful tool for shedding light on conflict and the struggles of others. It will be the 12th online edition of Qatar Foundation’s popular dialogue platform, which, since moving to virtual form at the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic, has attracted tens of thousands of viewers from across the world.