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May

The Causes and Consequences of Ahistoricism in International Development

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AUC New Cairo

The talk will present several arguments from Dr. Gusber’s new book, Their Future: A History of Ahistoricism in International Development (Yale University Press, 2025). First, he will survey the varieties of ahistoricism encountered in the history of international development as well as their causes and effects. Then he will discuss an influential example of ahistorical modeling from the early ...

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22
Apr

History Hash Outs—The School of Unlearning: Living Through History at AUC 1990-2026

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AUC New Cairo

The school of unlearning: living through history at AUC, 1990-2026 This History Hash out will feature reflections on the experience of teaching history at AUC over the past four decades, in the midst of momentous changes—depressing, liberating, confusing. The speaker, Michael Reimer, analyzes what he has learned and “unlearned,” about historical pedagogy, institutional dynamics, and intercultu...

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06
May

History Hash Outs—Between the Mad and the Bad: Psychiatrists and Patients in Egypt’s State Asylums

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AUC New Cairo

The study of mental illnesses and asylums have emerged as fundamental areas of historical inquiry. Research on disability studies and the histories of mental health are growing fields encouraging a rethinking of the cultural, social, economic, and political histories of the Middle East. The history of mental asylums reflects the multiple ways in which colonial governments and modern nation-stat...

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18
Feb

History Hash Outs: The Call for a Socialist Cinema in 1960s Egypt

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AUC New Cairo

Name and Title: Tamara Maatouk, Assistant Professor of Film Studies Title of the talk: The Call for a Socialist Cinema in 1960s Egypt Bio: Tamara Maatouk is a historian of the modern Middle East and North Africa with a focus on film as an art, industry, and social practice. In her first book, Understanding the Public Sector in Egyptian Cinema: A State Venture (AUC Press, 2019, repr. 2023),...