Happening@AUC

Campus Sustainability Month - October 2025

Oct 16 – Oct 29

Celebrate Campus Sustainability Month with fun activities, creative workshops and eco-friendly giveaways throughout October.

21

Theatre Play: Bein El Maya Wel Hawa | بين المية والهوا

Oct 21 – Nov 4

7:00 pm – 9:00 pm

Come experience this powerful local adaptation of Chekhov's timeless classic, The Seagull, bringing to life the struggles of love, art and ambition with a local twist.

26

Mainstreaming the Margins and Marginalizing the Mainstream in Contemporary Egyptian Culture

Oct 26 – Oct 28

9:30 am

Explore Egypt's cultural transformation at this interdisciplinary conference! Unpack the complex relationship between mainstream and margin in art, literature, and language. Join us for this essential intellectual event.

26

Campus Book Fair

Oct 26 – Oct 30

9:00 pm

This year's Campus Book Fair is making a huge comeback with discounts you do not want to miss!

28

The MENA Family Business Research Conference (MENA-FBRC)

Oct 28 – Oct 29

9:00 am

Explore the evolving landscape of family businesses in the MENA region and how to bridge the gap between research and business practice to maximize impact.

28

Cartoons as Political Critique in Ghana – a Close Look at the Work of Bright Ackwerh

5:00 pm – 7:00 pm

Explore the activist work of Ghanaian Political Cartoonist Bright Ackwerh as Professor Girish Diswani argues his art is a continuation of Pan-African dialogues, refusing to remain silent on colonial relations and racial capitalism.

28

ABIC Annual Community Meeting 2025

Oct 28 – Oct 29

9:30 am

Join Africa’s bioimaging community for a 2-day event focused on empowering fundamental biology research in Africa.

29

History Hash Outs: Disrupting the Flow: Subverting Gender, Class, and Power through Egyptian Hip Hop Culture

Join Dina El-baradie to explore masculinity, class, and global culture in this dynamic scene. Discover how authenticity and innovation shape youth expression.

30

CommUnity Assembly: Campus Halloween Party

Get ready for a fun Halloween celebration featuring exciting games, live music, snacks and the Best Costume Contest. Whether you go creepy, clever or classic, bring your A-game and show off your most creative look for a chance to win big!

30

Cairo Jazz Festival 2025

Oct 30 – Nov 7

5:00 pm – 8:30 pm

Don’t miss this celebration of sound and culture, uniting artists from 14 countries. With performances from Wust El Balad to a Ziad Rahbani homage, expect to be moved as well as entertained.

30

Music in a Visual Dialogue Exhibition - Curated by Mahmoud Hamdi

Oct 30 – Nov 14

6:00 pm – 9:00 pm

Come witness the work of seven artists intertwining sound and image, celebrating Egypt’s timeless harmony and honoring music legend Ziad Rahbani.

31

Cities on the Edge

Oct 31 – Nov 1

9:00 pm

Join Cities on the Edge, a two-day gathering of international scholars exploring the urban heritage of Egypt, Sudan and Palestine through roundtables and a Khalifa field trip.

01

Edward Said Memorial Lecture: The Palestinians—from Orientalism to Extermination

6:00 pm – 8:00 pm

Join Professor John Dugard as he examines how Edward Said’s writings on Orientalism provide an explanation for the colonization and occupation of Palestine and the dehumanization of its people.

02

Jazz Diplomacy: America's Conversation with the World

Join James Ketterer as he highlights how the U.S. used jazz as a tool of cultural diplomacy during the Cold War

03

CLT Annual Symposium Keynote: Teaching for Integrity in the Age of AI

6:00 pm – 7:00 pm

Join Tricia Bertram Gallant, Director of the Academic Integrity Office at UC San Diego and leading expert on ethics in education, for an engaging talk on how educators can foster integrity and authentic learning in the age of generative AI.

04

IEEE Middle East Conference on Communications and Networking (MECOM) 2025

Nov 4 – Nov 6

9:00 am

Join this gathering of global researchers to share knowledge on the latest communications and networking topics.

04

Invisible Territories: A Story of a Monastery, a Well and the Formation of the Sovereign in Egypt

5:00 pm – 7:00 pm

Join Alaa Attiah Mitwaly as she explores how property, sovereignty and water rights intertwine in a complex local dispute in Egypt.

05

CLT Annual Symposium Keynote: Assessment Design for a Time of Artificial Intelligence

11:00 am – 12:00 pm

Discover how artificial intelligence is reshaping the future of assessment with Professor Phillip Dawson from the Centre for Research in Assessment and Digital Learning (CRADLE) at Deakin University, Melbourne.

05

History Hash Outs: Deadly Beauty Fads

Don't miss this talk on disturbing beauty practices throughout history and the extremes pursued for beauty with Yasmeen El-Ghazaly of AUC.

05

CLT Annual Symposium: Generative AI Today—Latest Advancements and Ethical Considerations for GenAI in Education

6:00 pm – 7:15 pm

Discover the latest frontiers of generative AI with Torrey Trust, professor of learning technology at the University of Massachusetts Amherst.

06

CLT Symposium: Practicalities of the Two-Lane Approach to Assessment

2:00 pm – 3:15 pm

Join us to discover insights, tools, and proven examples for effectively balancing learning-focused (open, scaffolded) and performance-based (secure) evaluation.

08

Cairo Papers Talk Series | Palestine: Confronting Genocide — Fragmented Wholeness: Ashlaa’ and the Theorization of Palestinian Overkill

7:00 pm – 9:00 pm

Princeton’s Nadera Shalhoub examines ashlaa’—the dismembered body—as a lens to theorize Palestinian life, death and resistance amid genocide, exposing global complicity in colonial violence.

12

Career Breakthroughs Series

Join us for an inspiring session that celebrates adaptability and the courage to embrace change. Hear the remarkable story of our Alums who successfully transitioned from one industry to another.

12

Grief: Coping with Loss

Join us for an open, compassionate conversation on coping with loss. Together, we’ll explore practical tools and gentle strategies to navigate grief, honor our experiences and move forward with resilience, hope, and acceptance.

13

The Hundred Years’ War on Palestine - A Conversation with Rashid Khalidi

1:00 pm – 3:00 pm

Renowned historian Rashid Khalidi discusses Gaza’s ongoing war within a century of struggle, exploring history, solidarity and the future of Palestine.

15

Manuscripts and Materiality: Reflections on Where Our Field Stands

6:00 pm – 8:00 pm

Join us for a lecture by Professor Konrad Hirschler of the University of Hamburg to learn about current approaches to manuscript studies, with a particular focus on the materiality of texts in the premodern Middle East.

18

Urban Spaces of Cairo

5:30 pm – 7:00 pm

Don't miss the screening of this intriguing documentary, which reveals historical sustainability patterns in the built environment and highlights trade, transport and community innovation.

19

The AI Powered Entrepreneur

1:00 pm – 3:30 pm

Join Hassan Arslan '13, founder of Ariika and a leading voice in the intersection of technology and creative entrepreneurship, as he discusses The AI-Powered Entrepreneur, a dynamic and forward-thinking.

22

Crusaders and Books: What Happened to the Legendary Banu Ammar Library of Tripoli?

6:00 pm – 8:00 pm

Explores the fate of one of the most renowned medieval libraries in the Islamic world—the Banu Ammar Library of Tripoli—following the Crusader conquest, featuring Konrad Hirschler, professor of Middle Eastern History at the University of Hamburg.

23

Yasser Arafat at the United Nations, 1974: Palestinian Nationalism on the World Stage

Join Michael Reimer, professor of history, for a talk that reflects on the text and context of the speech, focusing on Arafat's interpretation of Zionist history and his comments about the nature of the conflict over the land of Palestine.

24

Sustainability Series- Sustainability Nutrition

Join us and learn how to build mindful, eco-conscious habits that fit right into your daily life. This session will give you simple, practical ways to reduce your environmental impact, conserve natural resources and promote long-term sustainability in your own life and your community.

02

Awful Anthropology: On the Pains of Doing Anthropology that Breaks your Heart

5:00 pm – 7:00 pm

Hear Professor Maryam Fouad on the affective and ethical burdens of fieldwork, exploring how anthropology's power lies in bearing witness.

03

Yoga for Happiness

1:00 pm – 2:30 pm

Don't miss this interactive vinyasa yoga class by May Ramy that will help awaken your senses when flowing from one pose to another with the synchronicity of breath to find serenity, balance and peace.

07

The Causes and Consequences of Ahistoricism in International Development

Join this intriguing talk with Michael Gubser, professor of history at James Madison University in Virginia, USA, presenting several arguments from his new book

10

Women of the Nile: Ancient Egyptian Women’s Social Power in the First 11 Dynasties

12:45 pm

Discover how ancient Egyptian women powerfully shaped history. This lecture re-examines history, detailing their shifting social power and influence across major political periods.

17

Biennial International Conference on "Innovation and the Evolving Landscape of Arabic Language Learning: K-16 and Beyond"

Dec 17 – Dec 18

8:00 am – 8:00 pm

Join global experts in Arabic linguistics and pedagogy to explore the latest research, innovative teaching and future trends in K-16 education.

02

Apr

AUC Tahrir CultureFest 2026

Apr 2 – Apr 4

2:00 pm – 11:00 pm