AUC Tahrir Square

Join us at the She Innovates 2024 Conference, Graduation, and Exhibition! Network with leading business executives, strategic managers, coaches, entrepreneurs, and investors. Discover cutting-edge products and services at our dynamic exhibition. Celebrate the success of our inspiring She Can 2024 graduates. Don’t miss this empowering event for young female entrepreneurs! Registration is esse...

Sameh Ismail's Artwork: Phenomenological and Transcendental Interpretations of Islamic Aesthetics

7:00 pm – 9:00 pm

Art is making; this has been the basic definition of art since Aristotle’s The complex relation among the maker, the act of making and the made ‘thing’/artwork constitutes the core of art theories and aesthetic philosophy. This talk attempts to interpret Sameh Ismail’s artwork, analyzing his orientation as a maker. Drawing on two philosophical traditions, phenomenology (Heidegger and ...

Jun

Shared Inheritances—LEGORRETA: Mexican Architecture in Egypt, Middle East and Beyond

Jun 4 – Jun 27

6:30 pm – 8:30 pm

Explore the global impact of LEGORRETA through an exhibition, showcasing the legacy of founder Ricardo Legorreta and his firm’s presence in Africa and the Middle East.

The Struggle of Becoming the Sole Breadwinner as a Woman Refugee

Join Maya Chehade, PhD Sciences Postdoctoral Fellow Cedej, for a talk on the challenges faced by women refugees who become the sole breadwinners for their families.

The Palestinian Nakba… The Battle of Resilience and Survival

Don't miss this impactful talk by Palestinian Lawyer and Activist Fadwa Al-Bargouthi, exploring the evolution of the Palestinian national liberation movement through key milestones of the struggle.

The Palestinian Nakba... A Cultural Perspective

In commemoration of the 1948 Nakba, and as the Palestinian people currently face a new one in Gaza, Alternative Policy Solutions at The American University in Cairo is hosting Dr. Atef Abu Saif, Palestinian Minister of Culture, April 2019-April 2024, in a public talk entitled “The Palestinian Nakba... A Cultural Perspective.” The Palestinian Nakba has a cultural and knowledge component, whic...

The New Palestinian Nakba and Global Resistance to Colonialism

In commemoration of the 1948 Nakba, and as the Palestinian people currently face a new one in Gaza, Alternative Policy Solutions at The American University in Cairo is hosting a public talk entitled “The New Palestinian Nakba and Global Resistance to Colonialism”. Land grabbing has been one of the main colonial strategies used in Palestine since the 1948 Nakba. The talk will discuss how lan...

Apr

Contemporary Egyptian Art History Public Roundtable

6:30 pm – 8:30 pm

For its second public roundtable of the year, the AUC Visual Arts Program is delighted to announce the "Contemporary Egyptian Art History" evening discussion. This public roundtable is organized as a part of ongoing research for the forthcoming scholarly book, tentatively titled "Against All the Odds: Contemporary Art in Egypt (2000-2020)." Building on several attempts by colleagues and artists...

Apr

Spring 2024: The George T. Scanlon Graduate Student Award