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Edward Said Memorial Lecture: Liberation Medicine

From Beirut to Gaza, the clinic is where oppression is embodied and resisted. Join Professor Ghassan Abu-Sittah for the Edward Said Memorial Lecture on conflict, bodies and liberation medicine.

Oct

Applied Linguistics and Educational Studies [ALES] Lunch and Talks

12:30 pm

AUC New Cairo

Join Oscar Koopman of Stellenbosch University and Mulugeta Yayeh of Bahir Dar University for two talks on artificial intelligence, epistemic justice and the future of education — lunch included.

Oct

Glass Menagerie Play

Oct 26 – Oct 30

7:00 pm – 9:00 pm

AUC New Cairo

Dreams, illusions and the weight of family — experience Tennessee Williams's The Glass Menagerie in this poetic and evocative theatrical production.

Oct

Building Walls with Words: The Securitization of Migration in the EU

6:30 pm – 8:00 pm

AUC Tahrir Square

How did migration become a security threat? Join Maria Raquel Freire at this CMRS lecture examining how the EU's language of crisis shaped border militarization and detention policies.

Oct

Campus Sustainability Month 2026

Oct 7 – Oct 21

1:00 pm

AUC New Cairo

Celebrate Campus Sustainability Month with hands-on events on waste management, World Food Day and energy conservation.

Nov

Understanding Attachment

1:00 pm – 2:00 pm

AUC New Cairo

Explore attachment theory and the four attachment styles in this workshop, and learn practical strategies for building secure and fulfilling relationships.

Oct

Building Healthy Relationships: Navigating Friendship in Adulthood Workshop

3:30 pm – 4:30 pm

AUC New Cairo

Want deeper, more meaningful connections? Join this workshop for practical strategies on building and sustaining healthy relationships across all areas of life.

Oct

Turathna al-Hayy

9:30 am

AUC Tahrir Square

Turathna al-Hayy is a workshop that will bring together scholars, creatives, and communities engaged with Palestinian and Egyptian heritage in its many forms. Our conversations will focus on living heritage, especially forums of heritage that are actively being erased or are at risk of disappearing, with focus on heritage as part of community memory and shared futures. Cultural heritage, b...

Oct

Ultra Relay Run 2026

Oct 16 – Oct 17

6:00 pm

AUC New Cairo

Run together, challenge yourself and make every lap count — the Ultra Relay Run 2026 returns to AUC in support of the Magdi Yacoub Heart Foundation.

Oct

HUSS Matters: Meet the Dean

1:00 pm – 2:00 pm

AUC New Cairo

The Dean's Office is thrilled to invite you to the third installment of HUSS Matters—a new series of lectures, workshops and events designed to help us connect more often and engage more deeply with one another as a community. Our first two events focused on work, but this one is purely for fun! Take a break from your busy day to join our new Dean, Maurice Pomerantz, his team in the Dean's Offi...