Happening@AUC

Trading Patterns in Middle East History, 700-1900: Impacts, Ruptures and Continuities

Mar 27 – Mar 28

9:30 am

Discover how trade shaped history in Egypt, strategically intersecting with state and societal institutions across pivotal historical periods.

PerformaX: AdTech Innovation Hackathon

Mar 29 – Apr 23

12:00 pm

Join the PerformaX AdTech Innovation Hackathon: build real campaigns, use live media budgets, gain mentorship and compete for a paid internship.

Arabic Calligraphy: When Words Become Art

10:00 am – 12:20 pm

Discover the beauty of Arabic calligraphy in a hands-on session where words transform into art through tradition, creativity and expressive lettering.

CASAR Public Lecture — The New Middle East: Game of Thrones

oin Alaa El-Hadidi, former Egyptian ambassador to Turkey, Russia, and Romania, and professor of practice, for insider insights into current regional power plays.

The Pursuit of Stability (ʾistiqrār): Kinship, Class and the Making of Value in an Egyptian Steel Town

Explore how Egypt’s Iron and Steel Company shaped workers’ dreams of stability, where contracts, kinship and class intertwined on the factory floors of Helwan.

Research and Creativity Convention (RCC) 2026

Mar 29 – Apr 2

10:00 am

Discover how AUC researchers turn bold ideas into real impact. Come celebrate innovation, creativity and collaboration that shape our community, region and world.

30

Contesting the State: Political Theology in Modern Egypt

Join Sarah Eltantawi of Fordham University as she examines how shifting ideas about religion and the state since the end of the Ottoman Empire and the Khedivate have shaped political theology in modern Egypt.

02

Campus Conversation at AUC Tahrir Square

Join the next Campus Conversation to learn about the latest updates on AUC's iconic Tahrir Square campus and the university's major initiatives. Stay on campus after the conversation and enjoy the first day of the AUC Tahrir CultureFest 2026.

02

The Power of Sustainable Food: Nutrition for Everyday Life

Discover how everyday food choices boost energy, mental clarity and long-term wellbeing through practical, sustainable nutrition habits that fit real life.

02

AUC Tahrir CultureFest 2026: FUTURE C-AI-RO

Apr 2 – Apr 4

2:00 pm – 11:00 pm

Get ready to imagine Cairo's future at this year's AUC Tahrir CultureFest! Join us in exploring how tradition and technology will shape the city's next era, diving into topics like AI, tech, innovation, business, creativity and art.

14

Naqlun: Life on the Fringes of Society and the Ecosystem

6:00 pm – 7:30 pm

Join us for a talk featuring Robert Mahler, researcher at the Polish Centre of Mediterranean Archaeology, University of Warsaw, Poland, for a deep dive into the evolution of the Naqlun monastery.

15

History Hash Outs: Sacred Capital—the Modernization of Islamic Endowments in Egypt, 1851-1914

Explore how modern Egypt reimagined awqaf, transforming endowments into financial institutions and reshaping communities beyond narratives of ruination and development.

19

Sound / Object / Gesture: Technology as an Expressive Instrument

Join us for a talk by David Rafferty, associate professor of practice and director of the Music Program, on creative research regarding the mapping of human gesture to sound and real-time computer graphics in audiovisual performance.

20

The I to Be

1:00 pm – 3:00 pm

Reflect on your identity, clarify your values and gain confidence through an interactive session designed to help you align purpose with goals.

22

History Hash Outs—The School of Unlearning: Living Through History at AUC 1990-2026

Join Michael Reimer, AUC's professor of history, for a talk that features reflections on the experience of teaching history at the University over the past 40 years, in the midst of momentous changes.

22

Yoga for Happiness

1:00 pm – 2:30 pm

Don't miss this interactive vinyasa yoga class that will help awaken your senses as you flow from one pose to another, in synchronicity with breath, to find serenity, balance and peace.

26

Enneagram: Discover What Type of Personality Are You

1:00 pm – 2:30 pm

Discover your personality through the Enneagram: explore nine types, understand motivations, boost self-awareness, strengthen relationships and unlock personal growth.

27

Nasserism, Global Mexico and the Birth of a Latin-African Politics

Sarah Quesada in this talk will explain how Egypt’s first president, Gamal Abdel Nasser, introduced a notion of Third World solidarity to Mexico and Latin America more broadly as early as the 1950s. I argue that Nasser offered a concept of Global South interdependence through the Non-Aligned movement (NAM) he built with Prime Minister of India, Jawaharlal Nehru and Yugoslavia’s Josip Tito. But ...

History Hash Outs: Get to Know HIPE

Ever wondered what happens when history literature and philosophy meet? Join HIPE to explore ideas, connect disciplines and lead the future.

06

May

History Hash Outs—Between the Mad and the Bad: Psychiatrists and Patients in Egypt’s State Asylums

1:00 pm

Examine Egypt’s colonial asylums and mental health history with Yasmin Shafei, exploring psychiatry, power, patients and the state and society.

09

May

AUC Employment Fair

11:00 am

Explore diverse career paths at our employment fair, connecting enrolled AUC students and alumni with leading companies offering opportunities.

10

May

The Causes and Consequences of Ahistoricism in International Development