School of Humanities and Social Sciences | The American University in Cairo

Arabic in a Turbulent World

The lecture will investigate the entanglement of Arabic in the Discourse on Terrorism in post-9/11 America, using an interdisciplinary perspective combining securitization, lateral surveillance, linguistic profiling, and language symbolism.

Nov

Arabic Language and Identity

6:00 pm – 8:00 pm

AUC New Cairo

This workshop engages participants in the art of literary analysis through synthesis, using poetry as a medium for deeper exploration. A key focus is on introducing culturally and linguistically significant works. The session promotes critical language and cultural pedagogy, encouraging collaborative discussion. It will also take into account the Arabic Language Indicative Law, issued by the In...

Nov

A Social Diplomatic History of the Senegambia Confederation, 1982-1989

1:00 pm – 2:00 pm

AUC New Cairo

While Gambian President Dawda Kairaba Jawara was traveling abroad on 30 July 1981, Leftist rebels led by Libya-trained Kukoi Samba Sanyang took control of the country. Jawara rushed to Dakar to invite the Senegalese to invade his country, put a stop to the putsch, and reverse the coup. Once Senegalese troops restored Jawara to power, the leaders of Senegal and The Gambia formed the Senegambia C...

Nov

MedRX Exhibition

Nov 4 – Nov 14

1:00 pm – 8:00 pm

AUC New Cairo

Come explore cutting-edge projects blending tech, creative coding and interactive media experiences.

Nov

Bodies, Spaces and Senses of the Present and Past

10:00 am

AUC New Cairo

Don’t miss this powerful exhibition by award-winning photographer René Clement, documenting 33 years of human suffering across six conflict zones.

Dec

Finding Forgiveness

7:00 pm – 9:30 pm

AUC New Cairo

What defines forgiveness? Explore how shifting from basic examples to an ideal offers a clearer path to understanding its true nature.

Nov

Kant and the Self-Conscious Form of Rational Faith

7:00 pm – 9:00 pm

AUC Tahrir Square

Join Addison Ellis, Assistant Professor at AUC's Department of Philosophy, as he argues that the appearance of paradox can be dissolved only by spelling out how such belief—what Kant calls ‘faith’—has its own distinctive self-conscious logical form.

Nov

History Hash Out: Captain Gomaa–How History Created My Social Media Career

1:00 pm – 2:00 pm

AUC New Cairo

Learn from Adham Gomaa '18 how he transferred the skills he learned from his history major to become a successful social media content creator on YouTube®.

Oct

Al-Kindī and Classical Islamic Modal Thought

7:00 pm – 9:00 pm

AUC Tahrir Square

Join Ahmed El-Sayed Abdel Meguid, Assistant Professor at AUC's Department of Philosophy, as he demonstrates that Islamic modal thought can already be traced in late 8th-century philosophical theology (kalām).

Oct

History Hash Outs: Living Fossils—Anatomies of Race and Reproduction in Modern Egypt

1:00 pm – 2:00 pm

AUC New Cairo

This talk traces the scientific afterlife of the mummy Queen Henhenit from excavation to examination and display at the Naguib Mahfouz Museum of Obstetrics and Gynecology in Cairo's Qasr al-Ainy Medical School. Henhenit's story highlights the production of race science by "colonial" and "nationalist" doctors that created a fictive link between ancient and living women's bodies. These women beca...