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Campus Book Fair

Join us at AUC Bookstores for our exciting Campus Book Fair! Enjoy a massive 50% discount on a wide selection of books and find textbooks starting at just 100 EGP. Plus, get 20% off all books inside the Campus Shop!

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®.

Nov

The World Urban Campaign Assembly 2024

8:00 am

AUC New Cairo

The World Urban Campaign Assembly convenes urban development stakeholders, including policymakers, academics, urban professionals, and civil society organizations. Held annually in conjunction with major milestones, this year it takes place in parallel to the biennial World Urban Forum (WUF12) at the American University in Cairo (AUC) from November 4 to 8, 2024. The primary objective of the WUC...

Nov

Caricature as a Tool for Social Commentary

1:00 pm – 2:00 pm

AUC New Cairo

Discover the impactful world of Egyptian caricature at this exciting lecture, exploring its role as a societal satirical mirror for economic struggles and resilience.

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).

Nov

AUC 75th Employment Fair - Fall 2024

11:00 am

AUC New Cairo

SAVE THE DATE AUC 75th Employment Fair - Fall 2024 Saturday, November 9, 2024 11 am - 5 pm ARTOC Sports Court View all participating entities https://careercenter.aucegypt.edu/employment-fair/participating-entities * The Employment Fair is NOT a public event; it is restricted to enrolled AUC students studying towards a bachelor’s, master’s, or PhD degree and alumni holding AU...

Nov

The U.S. Presidential Elections: What Is the Impact on a Changing Middle East?

6:00 pm – 8:00 pm

AUC Tahrir Square

On the occasion of the presidential election in the United States of America, held on Tuesday, November 5, 2024, coupled with the on-going war in the region, Alternative Policy Solutions at The American University in Cairo is hosting Dr. Paul Salem, Vice President for International Engagement at the Middle East Institute in Washington DC, in a public talk entitled “The U.S. Presidential Electi...

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...