Lecture/Talk/Seminar | The American University in Cairo

Writing Across Genres

Take part in this talk series about creative writing in English and engage in a conversation with award-winning writer and translator Mai Serhan about prose, poetry and literary translation.

Feb

Development in a Time of Crisis

6:30 pm – 8:00 pm

AUC Tahrir Square

A discussion to probe how international development can be thought of at a time of global economic and political crises.

Mar

Edward Said Memorial Lecture “On Writing a Biography of Edward Said: The Personal, the Impersonal and Back Again”

6:00 pm – 8:00 pm

AUC Tahrir Square

Join Timothy Brennan, cultural theorist, professor of literature, and activist, as he unravels the methods used in writing Edward Said's biography.

Mar

Humans and Things Recent Literary and Cultural Theory

1:00 pm – 2:00 pm

AUC New Cairo

A lecture by Timothy Brennan Cultural Theorist, Professor of Literature, and Activist

Mar

World Cinema and World Literature in Dialectical Perspective

1:00 pm – 2:00 pm

AUC New Cairo

Join Keya Ganguly, professor of cultural studies and comparative literature at the University of Minnesota, as she discusses world cinema and world literature from a dialectical perspective.

Jan

PRME Chapter Africa First Annual General Meeting

9:30 am

AUC New Cairo

AUC School of Business is hosting the first Annual General Meeting of the United Nations Principles for Responsible Management Education (UNPRME) Chapter Africa at the AUC New Cairo Campus. The meeting will consist of two sessions as well as a campus tour. The event will be livestreamed on the School's Facebook page, as well. Session One (9:30 - 11 am) will feature Mette Morsing, head, PRME ...

Jan

From the Far East to the Middle East: A Japanese View on Regional Dynamics with a Focus on the Red Sea

5:00 pm – 7:00 pm

AUC Tahrir Square

The School of Global Affairs and Public Policy (GAPP) will hold an event in cooperation with the Embassy of Japan in Cairo titled “From the Far East to the Middle East: A Japanese View on Regional Dynamics with a Focus on the Red Sea” on Monday, January 9, 2023, 5:00 - 7:00 pm (Cairo Time) (GMT+2) in Oriental Hall, AUC Tahrir. In addition, the event will be conducted as an online webinar; t...

Feb

Remembering AUC Movie Nights

7:00 pm – 9:00 pm

AUC Tahrir Square

A conversation about Movie Nights featuring the actual people who were involved to discuss AUC's role in introducing Hollywood blockbusters and independent art films to Cairo audiences over the years

Jan

From the Heart: A Pioneer in Science and Philanthropy - A Conversation With Sir Magdi Yacoub

6:30 pm – 7:30 pm

AUC Tahrir Square

Join us for a conversation from the heart with a world pioneer in science and philanthropy, Sir Magdi Yacoub, founder of the Magdi Yacoub Institute and Magdi Yacoub Heart Foundation. Conversation moderated by Khaled Ezzelarab '02, associate professor of practice, AUC's Department of Journalism and Mass Communication.

Dec

Gender Wednesday: Women in Cinema

1:00 pm – 3:00 pm

AUC New Cairo

Don't miss out on this intriguing conversation with Maggie Morgan, an Egyptian filmmaker, festival programmer, and film faculty, as she examines what it is like being a woman in the Egyptian film industry today, what topics women filmmakers tackle, what stories would have never been told had the women filmmakers been silent? Do women in the Egyptian film industry work "in spite of" the industry...