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

Join Michael Reimer, professor of history, for a talk that reflects on the text and context of the speech, focusing on Arafat's interpretation of Zionist history and his comments about the nature of the conflict over the land of Palestine.

Alchemy of the Soul: Jungian Depth Psychology, Spirituality and the Transformation of Psyche

5:00 pm – 6:15 pm

This lecture examines the convergence of Jungian depth psychology, spirituality, and alchemical symbolism as frameworks for transformation such as healing, integration, and individuation. The session discusses therapeutic implications of these traditions for contemporary psychology and mental health practice.

The Marketization of Economic Informality: Rooftops, Housing and Private Property in a Cairo Neighborhood

1:00 pm – 2:00 pm

By Amr Adly, Associate Professor, Department of Political Science The talk explores market making under conditions of widespread economic informality, applying it to a segment of Cairo’s housing market. I draw on rich ethnographic work involving a group of small developers who had actively engaged in building extra housing units on rooftops of already existing buildings in a middle- class ne...

Mainstreaming the Margins and Marginalizing the Mainstream in Contemporary Egyptian Culture

Oct 26 – Oct 28

9:30 am

AUC Tahrir Square

Explore Egypt's cultural transformation at this interdisciplinary conference! Unpack the complex relationship between mainstream and margin in art, literature, and language. Join us for this essential intellectual event.

Public Finance Challenges: Debt, Public Spending and the Budget Deficit

6:30 pm – 8:00 pm

AUC Tahrir Square

Don’t miss this timely talk with Egypt's Minister of Finance Ahmed Kouchouk ’99, tackling Egypt’s fiscal reforms, debt and spending priorities.

What Time Is It Now?

6:30 pm – 9:30 pm

AUC Tahrir Square

Join Steffen Stelzer as he reflects on his lifelong journey as both a student and teacher of philosophy.

I Can Imagine It for Us: A Palestinian Daughter’s Memoir

1:00 pm – 2:00 pm

The Department of Arab and Islamic Civilizations (ARIC) is hosting a conversation with Mai Serhan, 99’, 17’, about her newly published I Can Imagine It for Us: A Palestinian Daughter’s Memoir (AUC Press, 2025). Mai Serhan is also the author of the poetry collection CAIRO: The Undelivered Letters (Diwan Publishing, 2025), which won the Center for Book Arts Poetry Award in 2022. The conversation ...

Archive of Tongues: An Intimate History of Brownness

1:00 pm – 2:30 pm

In Archive of Tongues Moon Charania explores feminine dispossession and the brown diaspora through a reflection on the life of her mother. Drawing on her mother’s memories and stories of migration, violence, sexuality, queerness, domesticity, and the intimate economies of everyday life, Charania conceptualizes her mother’s tongue as an object of theory and an archive of brown intimate life. By ...

Power and Politics Through Keywords (And the Politics of Land)

5:00 pm – 7:00 pm