Message From The Chair
Welcome to Egypt’s only modern history department and the Middle East’s only comparative religion program. Here you will learn how to think outside the box, challenge everything you think you know and become a skilled writer and public speaker. Studying history prepares you for practically any career or degree you plan to pursue after you graduate. Our alumni have gone on to become diplomats, lawyers, journalists, bankers, entrepreneurs, investment specialists, university professors, development workers and even Netflix® producers.
While we are fortunate to be based in Egypt, whose history lures and fascinates people from all over the globe, we are experts in the contemporary periods and different parts of the whole world and not just the Mother of the World, as Egypt is fondly called. Our professors, who are rated top-notch teachers and internationally-renowned scholars, have worked and studied in America, Africa, Asia and Europe as well as the Middle East. Known for our creative teaching styles, engaging student-centered classrooms, innovative digital tools and fun field trips, we will show you how we can only understand our present and be equipped for our future if we know our past.
Chair and Associate Professor
Sultan Al-Qasimi Department of History