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AI and Cultural Heritage Seminar: Promise, Hype and Reality

The Prince Alwaleed Center for American Studies and Research (CASAR), holder of the project “Heritage.AI” at The American University in Cairo (AUC) are pleased to invite you to attend the first Heritage.AI Seminar Series titled: "AI and Cultural Heritage: Promise, Hype and Reality" During the two hours seminar, we will bring together leading experts and practitioners to discuss the opportuni...

Nov

Edward Said Memorial Lecture: Liberation Medicine

6:00 pm – 8:00 pm

AUC Tahrir Square

From Beirut to Gaza, the clinic is where oppression is embodied and resisted. Join Professor Ghassan Abu-Sittah for the Edward Said Memorial Lecture on conflict, bodies and liberation medicine.

Oct

Representing War Booty in New Kingdom Egypt: Texts, Images and Contexts

1:00 pm – 2:00 pm

AUC New Cairo

Plundering foreign lands by ancient Egyptian forces is attested from the Early Dynastic Period onward, with the largest body of evidence dating to the New Kingdom, when Egypt conquered extensive territories in the Levant and Nubia. Previous studies have focused primarily on the terminology and numerical data of war booty, often debating whether these reflect reality or ideology. MSCA 'Agency of...

Oct

Applied Linguistics and Educational Studies [ALES] Lunch and Talks

12:30 pm

AUC New Cairo

Join Oscar Koopman of Stellenbosch University and Mulugeta Yayeh of Bahir Dar University for two talks on AI, justice and the future of education.

Oct

Glass Menagerie Play

Oct 26 – Oct 30

7:00 pm – 9:00 pm

AUC New Cairo

Dreams, illusions and the weight of family — experience Tennessee Williams's The Glass Menagerie in this poetic and evocative theatrical production.

Oct

Campus Sustainability Month 2026

Oct 7 – Oct 21

1:00 pm

AUC New Cairo

Celebrate Campus Sustainability Month with hands-on events on waste management, World Food Day and energy conservation.

Oct

Building Walls with Words: The Securitization of Migration in the EU

6:30 pm – 8:00 pm

AUC Tahrir Square

How did migration become a security threat? Join Maria Raquel Freire at this CMRS lecture examining how the EU's language of crisis shaped border militarization and detention policies.

Nov

Understanding Attachment

1:00 pm – 2:00 pm

AUC New Cairo

Explore attachment theory and the four attachment styles in this workshop, and learn practical strategies for building secure and fulfilling relationships.

Oct

Turathna al-Hayy

9:30 am

AUC Tahrir Square

Turathna al-Hayy is a workshop that will bring together scholars, creatives, and communities engaged with Palestinian and Egyptian heritage in its many forms. Our conversations will focus on living heritage, especially forums of heritage that are actively being erased or are at risk of disappearing, with focus on heritage as part of community memory and shared futures. Cultural heritage, b...

Oct

Building Healthy Relationships: Navigating Friendship in Adulthood Workshop

3:30 pm – 4:30 pm

AUC New Cairo

Want deeper, more meaningful connections? Join this workshop for practical strategies on building and sustaining healthy relationships across all areas of life.