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Cairo Jazz Festival 2024

Experience global jazz fusion at the Cairo International Jazz Festival, highlighting Latin jazz’s blend of American, Brazilian, European and African influences, plus interactive workshops and family programs.

Sep

Egypt’s 1919 Revolution: Searching for Women’s Autobiographical Writings in the Archive

1:00 pm – 2:00 pm

AUC New Cairo

Don't miss this interesting talk with Dina Heshmat of AUC as she shares memoirs, articles, poems, short stories and unpublished letters of nationalist and feminist activists of the revolution of 1919.

Sep

(What is) Feminist Metaphysics?

1:00 pm – 2:30 pm

AUC New Cairo

“What is metaphysics?” is a question highly debated and not easy to answer. In contemporary philosophy, metaphysics is often understood as the area of the discipline that asks (and tries to answer) “what is x?”-questions, that is, questions that target the nature, definition or “essence” of things broadly construed (i.e., objects as well as ideas and concepts). We tend to think that trying to a...

Oct

The Ordinariness of Ethics and the Extraordinariness of Revolution: Ethical Selves and the Egyptian January Revolution at Home and School.

1:00 pm – 2:00 pm

AUC New Cairo

In the article, Dr. Ramy Aly presents experiences of Egyptians who were too young to have taken part in the street protests and movement of the 2011 revolution. Today in their early twenties, they narrate their experiences during the early months of the uprising. None claimed to be revolutionaries then or now, yet they are animated by it in complex and long-lasting ways. The January revolution ...

Sep

Recent Developments in Feminist Philosophy

6:00 pm – 9:30 pm

AUC Tahrir Square

In the past two to three decades, feminist philosophy has emerged as one of the most productive sub-fields of the discipline. Today, it still continues to introduce new questions, topics, and concepts that shape, enrich, and invigorate debates in almost all areas of philosophy. In my talk, I will first present some features and objectives common to most approaches in feminist philosophy and the...

Sep

NASA Space Apps Cairo 2024 Bootcamp

8:00 am

AUC New Cairo

The NASA Space Apps Cairo 2024 Pre-Event Bootcamp is designed to thoroughly prepare participants ahead of the Hackathon. The program offers a range of technical and non-technical sessions and workshops, ensuring participants gain the essential skills and knowledge needed for success.

Sep

Palestinian Music in Exile: In-Person Book Talk With Louis Brehony

7:00 pm – 8:00 pm

AUC Tahrir Square

Join us for a book talk with Louis Brehony, author of Palestinian Music in Exile: Voices of Resistance (AUC Press, 2023), a historical and contemporary study of Palestinian musicianship in exile in the Middle East.

Sep

Mood of Oud: 5th Anniversary Concert

8:00 pm – 10:00 pm

AUC Tahrir Square

Join Egyptian oud player, Michael Onsy, in celebrating the fifth anniversary of his project Mood of Oud which will feature original compositions portraying different situations, mind states and human feelings.

Sep

Virtual event: "Luxor Illustrated" with Aidan Dodson

7:00 pm – 8:00 pm

Online

Join us for virtual book talk on "Luxor Illustrated, Revised and Updated: With Aswan, Abu Simbel, and the Nile" by the late Michael Haag. The talk will feature renowned professor of Egyptology Aidan Dodson, who wrote the introduction and updated this edition.

Apr

AUC Tahrir CultureFest 2025

Apr 10 – Apr 12

2:00 pm – 11:00 pm

AUC Tahrir Square

Join us this April for AUC's second annual Tahrir CultureFest, connecting AUC's students, faculty, alumni and staff with our friends, neighbors and downtown community.