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

The Impact of Translation Movement on Islamic Studies in the Recent Decade

Join this lecture at the 2024 Cairo International Book Fair for an insightful exploration of the impact of the translation movement on Islamic studies in the last decade, featuring Professor Mohamed Serag.

Jan

How Jerusalem Became an Islamic City: A Lecture by Professor Nasser Rabbat

6:00 pm – 8:00 pm

AUC Tahrir Square

Discover the captivating history of Jerusalem in the upcoming lecture by Professor Nasser Rabbat, Aga Khan Professor and Director of the Aga Khan Program for Islamic Architecture, Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT).

Jan

Eco Day 2024

10:00 am

AUC New Cairo

Join eco friendly organizations at the booths located outside CVC P008 Gabr Hall to learn about their work and understand how we can help to protect the environment. Support and learn from AUC students on projects that they have done to protect & help the environment.

Dec

Visual Arts Open Exhibition

Dec 7 – Dec 28

9:00 am

AUC New Cairo

Don't miss this opportunity to witness the power of creativity and be inspired by the extraordinary talents of AUC's budding artists.

Dec

How to Get Away with Murder: Dangerous Love, Colonialism and Islamic Law

1:00 pm – 2:00 pm

AUC New Cairo

The lecture examines a criminal case of the murder of an Egyptian prince, Ali Fahmi, by his French wife in London in 1922. It contrasts the decisions of Egyptian and British courts to address questions of jurisdiction, conflict of laws and colonial legal history at the turn of the century.

Dec

Book Talk: Schooling the Nation

4:00 pm – 6:00 pm

AUC New Cairo

By Dr. Hania Sobhy, Research Fellow Max Planck Institute for the Study of Religious and Ethnic Diversity By approaching schools as key disciplinary and nation-building institutions, Schooling the Nation addresses the ways in which citizenship was produced, lived, and imagined in the critical years before and after the Egyptian uprising of 2011. Based on rare access to Egyptian secondary sc...

Dec

AUDITIONS FOR AUC SPRING PLAYS!

6:00 pm – 8:00 pm

AUC New Cairo

The Theater Program Presents: BLOOD WEDDING BY FEDERICO GARCIA LORCA (PERFORMANCES IN MARCH) ARABS IN AMERICA: SCENES FROM THE NEW WORLD BY KAREEM FAHMY (PERFORMANCES IN FEBRUARY) GERHART THEATRE, CENTRE OF THE ARTS AUDITIONS: DECEMBER 13TH 6:00 - 8:00 PM CALLBACKS: DECEMBER 14TH ASSEMBLY HOUR AND EVENING ON THE 13TH, ACTORS MUST COME PREPARED WITH A ONE-MINUTE, MEMORIZED ENGLISH MONOL...

Dec

Philosophy Online MA Information Session

7:00 pm – 8:00 pm

Online

Curious to learn about the Master in Philosophy at AUC? Attend our Philosophy Online Information Session

Dec

Sex Education Manual for Children with Intellectual Disabilities

12:45 pm

AUC New Cairo

Brown bag seminar about a "sex education manual for children with intellectual disabilities" given by Dr. Heba Kotb " on Dec. 4, during assembly.

Dec

Who Owns Egypt’s Past?

1:00 pm

AUC New Cairo

Join us for an insightful discussion on the complex relationship between Egypt's past and present, explore how the regime has co-opted history to shape its future and examine alternative visions of the past and how they have been articulated.