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Multimediality in Medieval Iranian Architecture: Stuccos, Wall Paintings and Tiles

Co-hosted public lecture: Sheikh Hassan Abbas Sharbatly Department of Arab and Islamic Civilizations (ARIC) and the American Research Center in Egypt (ARCE) Speaker: Dr. Ana Marija Grbanovic, Centre for Heritage Conservation Studies and Technologies, University of Bamberg Blurb: The Mongol conquest of Eurasia, has traditionally been labelled the “Mongol Catastrophe.” This is based on the sc...

Oct

Translating Gaza: A Conversation on Literature and Translation

1:00 pm – 2:00 pm

AUC New Cairo

Title: Translating Gaza: A Conversation on Literature and Translation Speaker: Dr Michelle Hartman, Professor of Arabic and Francophone Literature, McGill University Co-translator of A Long Walk from Gaza

Nov

AMEPPA International Conference 2026

Nov 26 – Nov 27

8:30 am

AUC New Cairo

Join scholars, policymakers and practitioners at this annual conference examining how public policy and governance must adapt to an increasingly uncertain and complex world.

Sep

Move Without Limits

10:00 am

AUC New Cairo

Engage with our Move Without Limits health event. We focus on your bone and joint health, injury prevention and better movement.

Oct

CLT Symposium Keynote: Embodied Compassionate Leadership to Promote Collective Wellbeing in our Institutions

6:00 pm – 7:30 pm

Online

Discover how compassionate leadership can transform institutional wellbeing in this keynote with Laura Burgis and Victor Manolo at the CLT Symposium.

Sep

CLT Symposium Keynote II: Connection, Curiosity, and Care: Practical Strategies of Teaching Today

3:30 pm – 5:00 pm

Online

Join Professor Peter Felten, to explore practical, research-informed strategies for teaching in ways that cultivate connection, curiosity and care.

Sep

CLT Symposium Keynote: Curiosity Is the Skill the Machine Cannot Fake: Building Resilient, Questioning Learners in the Age of AI

3:30 pm – 5:00 pm

Online

When AI can answer anything, what happens to the art of questioning? Join Professor Sam Illingworth to explore how to put curiosity back at the center of learning.

Oct

Mental Health Week 2026: Scroll Less, Live More

Oct 4 – Oct 7

1:00 pm – 2:00 pm

AUC New Cairo

Wear green for Mental Health Week! Visit our booth during assembly for fun activities, giveaways and awareness events all week.

Sep

The Age of Independence and Settler-Colonialism

1:00 pm – 2:00 pm

AUC New Cairo

Notions of independence, self-determination, and national liberation have always been presented as anti-colonial progressive notions, when in fact they were invented by European colonial settlers. The lecture will examine the genealogy of these notions, the centrality of settler-colonialism to their emergence, and how they also came to be adopted by indigenous struggles against colonialism and ...

Oct

She Arts Festival 2026: Voices of Peace – A Global Symphony

Oct 1 – Oct 4

7:30 pm – 10:30 pm

AUC Tahrir Square

She Arts Festival returns for its 6th edition from October 1–4, 2026, bringing together women artists, musicians, performers, and creatives from Egypt and around the world under the theme “Voices of Peace – A Global Symphony.” Taking place at the American University in Cairo, Tahrir Square, the festival presents four days of concerts, performances, workshops, masterclasses, visual arts, and cu...