Lecture/Talk/Seminar | The American University in Cairo

Ambassadors’ Dialogue Event

Join us for the much-anticipated grand opening of The Shop at AUC! Get ready for the big unveiling of the wide range of University-branded merch and environmentally conscious products.

Feb

Cross-Border Innovation: Balad's Fintech Revolution

3:30 pm – 5:00 pm

AUC New Cairo

Join us at the AUC Innovation Hub next Wednesday, Feb 14th , from 3:30 - 5 PM ⏰ for an open conversation with Sally Asaad, one of the driving forces behind Balad, a fintech revolutionizing cross-border transactions for Egyptians abroad. Discover how Balad's innovative API platform is breaking barriers in the remittance industry, offering efficient, low-cost solutions and serving million...

Feb

Open Gaza Lecture

1:00 pm – 2:30 pm

AUC New Cairo

Open Gaza: Architectures of Hope, published by the American University in Cairo Press in 2021, was a response by a collective of architects, designers, and academics to the Israeli onslaught of Gaza in 2014. This lecture will feature contributors to Open Gaza who sought to emphasize the agency of Palestinian Gazans and the ingenuity, love and possibility that existed, and continues to exist, in...

Feb

Book Launch: Ethics and Virtue

1:00 pm – 3:00 pm

AUC New Cairo

Join us for an engaging discussion at the book launch of Ethics and Virtue by Catarina Belo, Associate Professor at AUC.

Feb

The Politics of Migration and Diversity: European Approaches in a Global Perspective.

6:30 pm – 8:00 pm

AUC Tahrir Square

Discover European strategies for managing migration and diversity in a global context featuring Peter Scholten of Erasmus University Rotterdam.

Feb

GAPP Tahrir Dialogue #106 - Gaza and the Future of the Middle East

6:30 pm – 8:00 pm

AUC Tahrir Square

Since the conflict erupted in Gaza, everyone expressed shock at the levels of atrocity and deep apprehension at the prospect of the conflict spreading beyond Gaza. Today, we see the conflict has spread to the Red Sea, South Lebanon, Syria, Iraq, and there is increasing fear of increased tension in Jordan and Egypt. Can we stop this deterioration? How? Is there any role for diplomacy or the mili...

Feb

The Performer, the Conductor, the Composer and the Interpretation of Music

1:00 pm – 2:00 pm

AUC New Cairo

By John Baboukis Professor in the Department of the Arts What is a performance, interpretation and composition, and what are the boundaries between them? What is a conductor, what does he do and why is he necessary? What is performance practice? In light of my work as a conductor, performer and composer, I will talk about these fundamental aspects of making music, and look at how two of my ...

Feb

Preserving Heritage: Manuscripts, Documents and Journals.

6:00 pm – 8:00 pm

AUC Tahrir Square

What was the scale of written literary production in Arabic? What were these works, and where are they to be found today? The ‘Ilm Institute has been engaged in the ambitious task of preserving, archiving, and digitizing the Arabic written word. It has built an unprecedented digital database documenting almost two million manuscripts and numerous journals and periodicals in the Arabic language...

Feb

The Case for Impact Public Lecture

1:00 pm – 2:30 pm

AUC New Cairo

The Gerhart Center have invited Sonja Haut, Head Impact Valuation at Novartis, to provide a public lecture on her book titled "The Case for Impact", which is a practical guide providing compelling business reasons for engaging actively in impact valuation. Sonja Haut has worked on impact valuation since 2015. She leads the Novartis Value Balancing Alliance (VBA) engagement and is a member o...

Jan

The Impact of Translation Movement on Islamic Studies in the Recent Decade

5:00 pm – 6:30 pm

Join this lecture at the 2024 Cairo International Book Fair for an insightful exploration of the impact of the translation movement on Islamic studies in the last decade, featuring Professor Mohamed Serag.