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History Hash Outs: The Italian Renaissance and Its Legacies in a Global Perspective

Delve into the fascinating world of magic and witchcraft across centuries with Dr. Fabrizio Conti! Explore his captivating insights into cultural and religious history. Join us!

Oct

History Hash Outs: Skeletons in the Closet and Other Things in the Rare Books and Special Collections Library

1:00 pm – 2:00 pm

AUC New Cairo

Join library leaders Eman Morgan, Mark Muehlhaeusler, and Stephen Urgola to unlock the secrets of rare book collections! Discover hidden gems and fascinating histories waiting to be explored.

Oct

History Hash Outs: Disrupting the Flow: Subverting Gender, Class, and Power through Egyptian Hip Hop Culture

1:00 pm – 2:00 pm

AUC New Cairo

Join Dina El-baradie to explore masculinity, class, and global culture in this dynamic scene. Discover how authenticity and innovation shape youth expression.

Aug

Empty Cages: A Virtual Book Discussion

7:00 pm – 8:00 pm

Online

Join us for an engaging virtual conversation on "Empty Cages" by Fatma Qandil, the 2022 Winner of the Naguib Mahfouz Medal for Literature. An urgent and raw confessional of memory and family and all that is lost and won in one woman's lifetime. The event will feature award-winning translator Adam Talib, who brought the novel into English with nuance and depth, alongside Karam Youssef, publi...

Jul

Sayyida Zainab: The Tale of a Mosque and Legendary Sites Around it

Jul 14 – Jul 31

5:00 pm – 8:00 pm

AUC Tahrir Square

The Sheikh Hassan Abbas Sharbatly Department of Arab and Islamic Civilizations invites you to an exhibition on the Cairene neighborhood of Sayyida Zainab, held at Future Gallery, AUC Tahrir Campus, 14-31 July, 2025. Unearthing a treasure trove of historic photographs, maps, postcards, newspapers, magazines, etc., this exhibition explores the urban evolution & politics of Sayyida Zainab, fro...

Jul

Museum of the People of Downtown…Narratives and Memories

Jul 18 – Jul 19

7:00 pm – 9:30 pm

AUC Tahrir Square

The Museum of the People initiative, launched by iCulture Consulting in 2024, seeks to engage communities in the appreciation, documentation, and celebration of Downtown Cairo’s collective memory as part of our intangible cultural heritage. In collaboration with the Tahrir cultural center- American University in Cairo (AUC), this initiative aims to create an interactive platform for knowledge e...

Jun

Island Stories: Hana w Surur in Rawda and Manial

Jun 27 – Jul 5

6:00 pm – 9:00 pm

AUC Tahrir Square

Explore Manial’s entertainment heritage through maps, films and stories as part of Hana w Surur, a six-month community-based workshop program.

Nov

Crusaders and Books: What Happened to the Legendary Banu Ammar Library of Tripoli?

6:00 pm – 8:00 pm

AUC Tahrir Square

Explores the fate of one of the most renowned medieval libraries in the Islamic world—the Banu Ammar Library of Tripoli—following the Crusader conquest, featuring Konrad Hirschler, professor of Middle Eastern History at the University of Hamburg.

Nov

Manuscripts and Materiality: Reflections on Where Our Field Stands

6:00 pm – 8:00 pm

AUC Tahrir Square

Join us for a lecture by Professor Konrad Hirschler of the University of Hamburg to learn about current approaches to manuscript studies, with a particular focus on the materiality of texts in the premodern Middle East.

Jul

The 20th Colloquium of the Ernst Herzfeld Society for Studies in Islamic Art and Archaeology Conference

Jul 3 – Jul 6

9:00 am

AUC Tahrir Square

Held for the first time in Cairo, the 20th Colloquium of the Ernst Herzfeld Society for Studies in Islamic Art and Archaeology will take place at The American University in Cairo, Tahrir Campus, from July 3–6, 2025. This four-day international gathering will bring together scholars, researchers, and cultural practitioners from all over the world to explore the theme: “Historicism in Islamic Art...