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

Springboarding Patterns: From Historic Cairo to Contemporary Design

Explore how Historic Cairo’s patterns inspire contemporary design through an open-access database documenting decorative motifs, craft traditions and creative practices.

May

A Tale of Two Palaces: Recent Excavations at Qantir-Pi-Ramesse

6:30 pm – 7:30 pm

AUC Tahrir Square

Guest Speaker: Dr. Henning Franzmeier, William Kelly Simpson Visiting Professor of Egyptology, Spring 2026 Excavations at Ramesses II’s capital at Pi-Ramesse/Qantir have revealed a complex of palaces, industrial areas and domestic spaces, and recently the remains of a large-scale building complex consisting of two successive palatial buildings. One evokes the palace of Merenptah at Memphis, ...

Apr

IGWS Public Lecture—Women in Politics: From Hatshepsut to Sanae Takaichi

5:00 pm – 6:30 pm

AUC New Cairo

What do you know about women in Politics? When we say 'politician' which gender immediately pops in your head? Why? Are women leaders necessarily feminists? Do you they have different political impacts? How many prominent women politicians or leaders do you know? To answer these questions and more, join us on April 15th with our guest speaker Amb. (ret.) Dr. Alaa El-Hadidi, Professor of Practi...

Mar

EURECA History Day

9:00 am

AUC New Cairo

The requirement to conduct and present research, and faculty mentoring of students engaged in research projects and presentations, are priorities in the curricula of undergraduate courses offered in the Department of History, especially in our upper-division courses. The exceptionally strong representation of History at the annual EURECA conference is the best evidence that students taking ...

Apr

Disruption | Visual Arts Senior Exhibition

Apr 8 – Apr 25

4:00 pm – 9:00 pm

AUC New Cairo

Explore experimental works of rupture, transformation and resistance through bold visual languages and forms.

Apr

Lunch and Talks

12:30 pm

AUC New Cairo

Welcome to the Department of Applied Linguistics and Educational Studies, where research and teaching transform lives. We invite you to become part of our dynamic community, where every conversation is an opportunity to learn, and every classroom is a laboratory for positive change. Talk: Rethinking Technology in Higher Education: Insights from African Philosophy By Teklu Abate, Associat...

Apr

Nasserism, Global Mexico and the Birth of a Latin-African Politics

1:00 pm – 2:00 pm

AUC New Cairo

Explore how Gamal Abdel Nasser shaped Global South solidarity, influencing Mexico and Latin America through bold visions of alliance and interdependence.

Mar

The Pursuit of Stability (ʾistiqrār): Kinship, Class and the Making of Value in an Egyptian Steel Town

1:00 pm – 2:00 pm

AUC New Cairo

Explore how Egypt’s Iron and Steel Company shaped workers’ dreams of stability, where contracts, kinship and class intertwined on the factory floors of Helwan.

Mar

Attention and Memory in Early Development: Evidence from Face Processing

3:15 pm – 4:15 pm

AUC New Cairo

Discover how infants build cognitive foundations with neuroscientist Aslı Bursalıoğlu, giving insights into face perception and multisensory learning.

Mar

Arpeggione Duo Plays Music of American Composers

8:00 pm – 9:30 pm

AUC New Cairo

The Arpeggione Duo presents an evening of music by American composers, featuring Christopher Kachian on guitar and Thomas Schonberg on cello. Join us at Ewart Memorial Hall, Tahrir Cultural Center, on Tuesday, 3 March 2026, for this free and open-to-the-public performance.