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

Unlocking Egypt’s Economic Potential: A Closer Look at Challenges and Required Reforms

The Malcolm H. Kerr Carnegie Middle East Center and the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace are organizing a hybrid event, in collaboration with the American University in Cairo Press titled “Unlocking Egypt’s Economic Potential: A Closer Look at Challenges and Required Reforms”. Despite Egypt’s abundant resources, its economic growth falls short, leading to a growing debt crisis due ...

Nov

Secularization and the Question of the Nation

1:00 pm – 2:00 pm

AUC New Cairo

National identity, like all identities, is fundamentally driven by latent internal conflicts that may become manifest in periodic moments of crisis. The ever-present conflictual nature of identity, which may be repressed through the successful deployment of narrative devices, becomes manifest when a given narrative becomes inoperative as the consequence of certain events or encounters of forces...

Nov

How Far Women Have Come in the Past 120 Years in Egypt and the US?

1:00 pm – 2:00 pm

AUC New Cairo

This comparative panel discussion will discuss the major struggles and triumphs women have encountered in both countries since the 1900s until now. This timely comparative cultural event is strategically scheduled during the global 16 days of activism set by the UN campaigning for eliminating violence against women.

Nov

Narrating Palestine | PRE - 1948 | History Panel

1:00 pm – 2:00 pm

AUC New Cairo

The Political Science Student Association (PSSA) is inviting you to a History Panel | Narrating Palestine | PRE - 1948

Nov

The Eternity of the World and the Doctrine of Simple Generation

10:00 am – 12:00 pm

AUC New Cairo

The workshop is intended to be a practical exercise for faculty, graduate students, undergraduate students and general audience on key themes of and approaches to the problem of creation versus the eternity of the world in Islamic philosophy and philosophical theology. The workshop will introduce the audience to methods of approaching and interpreting Muslim contributions to this problem in lig...

Nov

Reality, Community and Reference: Al-Fārābī's Theory of Language

2:30 pm – 4:30 pm

AUC New Cairo

Join us for a captivating lecture on the profound connection between language, logic, and knowledge explored by the influential classical Muslim philosopher, Al-Fārābī.

Nov

Postclassical Islamic Theology and the Non-existent

10:30 am – 12:30 pm

AUC New Cairo

The workshop is intended to be a practical exercise for faculty, graduate students, undergraduate students and general audience on understanding the status and conception of non- Existents in post-classical Islamic philosophy. The conceptualization of non-Existents is connected with key contributions Islamic postclassical philosophy made to theory of knowledge, philosophy of science and philoso...

Nov

Postclassical Islamic Logic: Key Problems and Texts

4:00 pm – 6:00 pm

AUC New Cairo

Don't miss this workshop, which offers a practical exercise for academia and the general audience on post-classical Islamic logic, its concepts, methods and challenges.

Nov

What Was Philosophy in Muslim India?

11:00 am

AUC New Cairo

The Indian Sub-Continent was a major center in the intellectual history of classical and postclassical Islam. This lecture will highlight the contributions and major themes of this rich philosophical tradition, on the one hand and its formative influence on other regions of the Muslim world, on the other hand.

Nov

The Prevention of PTSD Among Individuals Exposed to Traumatic Events

1:00 pm – 2:00 pm

AUC New Cairo

Presented by a Carleton College professor, Dr. Ken Abrams:Popular means of preventing PTSD, such as Critical Incident Stress Debriefing, have been shown to have a minimal impact on or even increase the likelihood of developing PTSD. Building on recent work by the lab of Holmes et al., my lab is exposing individuals to frightening scenarios – sometimes through virtual reality – and then attem...

Unlocking Egypt’s Economic Potential: A Closer Look at Challenges and Required Reforms

Secularization and the Question of the Nation

How Far Women Have Come in the Past 120 Years in Egypt and the US?

Narrating Palestine | PRE - 1948 | History Panel

The Eternity of the World and the Doctrine of Simple Generation

Reality, Community and Reference: Al-Fārābī's Theory of Language

Postclassical Islamic Theology and the Non-existent

Postclassical Islamic Logic: Key Problems and Texts

What Was Philosophy in Muslim India?

The Prevention of PTSD Among Individuals Exposed to Traumatic Events

AUC New Cairo

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