School of Humanities and Social Sciences | The American University in Cairo

Campus Conversation: 2026 -2027 A New Year Ahead

Join us for the first Campus Conversation of Fall 2026 to get the latest updates on the University and discuss plans for the year ahead. President Ahmad Dallal and senior leaders will be available to hear your ideas and answer questions.

Sep

Toni Costa Performs Al Andalus Reloaded

1:00 pm – 2:30 pm

AUC New Cairo

Come watch Barcelona-born pianist Toni Costa reimagine the rich musical heritage of Al Andalus through a captivating blend of flamenco, jazz and Andalusian classical music.

Sep

Mood of Oud: 7th Anniversary Concert

8:00 pm – 9:30 pm

AUC Tahrir Square

Join Egyptian oud player and composer Michael Onsy as he marks seven years of Mood of Oud with an anniversary concert of original compositions blending traditional and contemporary sounds.

Sep

Critical Cultural AI-Studies: Towards a New Interdisciplinary Paradigm for the Humanities and Social Sciences

1:00 pm – 2:00 pm

AUC New Cairo

Join Alessandro Topa of AUC as he examines how artificial intelligence is transforming culture, communication and our very sense of self through an interdisciplinary lens.

Oct

History Hash Outs: How Studying History Has Influenced My Career

1:00 pm – 2:00 pm

AUC New Cairo

Trace with AUC alumni Mayar Kotb her journey from history graduate to NYU doctoral candidate, through heritage research, arts management and honest career reflections.

Sep

A Trade In Dreams Exhibition

Sep 6 – Sep 30

7:00 pm – 9:00 pm

AUC Tahrir Square

Don't miss the exhibition featuring original advertisements, a chronological timeline and actual artifacts and products associated with the period's material and visual culture of Egyptian advertising firsthand.

Sep

History Hash Outs | Cairo and the African Revolution: The Making of an Anti-Colonial Hub

1:00 pm – 2:00 pm

AUC New Cairo

Join Sara Hussein of the University of California as she examines mid-twentieth-century Cairo as a global hub for Afro-Arab liberation networks.

Oct

History Hash Outs | Governing Muslims: Law and the Making of Russian Imperial Rule in Crimea, 1783–1850

1:00 pm – 2:00 pm

AUC New Cairo

Discover how Russian imperial rule reshaped Muslim Crimea from 1783 to 1850, with Dilyara Agisheva of AUC.

Oct

History Hash Outs | Building the Future: Cold War Development in Egypt and the Gulf

1:00 pm – 2:00 pm

AUC New Cairo

Learn how Egyptians imagined future development between decolonization and neoliberal globalization with Masha Kirasirova of New York University Abu Dhabi.

Oct

History Hash Outs | Out of the Phoenix’s Ashes: Valentine de Saint-Point and the Eastern

1:00 pm – 2:00 pm

AUC New Cairo

Trace the incredible post-World War I journey of French writer Valentine de Saint-Point to Cairo with historian Mariam Elashmawy.