School of Humanities and Social Sciences News

CMEPS Joint Program: Meet the Class of 2025 Visiting Cohort

As the CMEPS program evolves into a joint degree offering, the current cohort is the first to graduate with degrees recognized in Germany, Egypt and the United States.

Syria's Al-Assad Regime Falls

On December 8, the 53-year reign of the al-Assad family came to an end as rebel groups took over Syria.

AUC Highlights: 2024 Year in Review

We celebrate the AUC community's achievements, innovative initiatives, commitment to excellence and significant influence on the world.

AUC Receives Single Largest Gift in its History to the School of Business

In honor of the transformative gift, the University will name its business school the Onsi Sawiris School of Business in perpetuity.

AUCians Excel at World Urban Forum

AUC Hosts Egypt's First World Urban Campaign Assembly

Held in Egypt for the first time, AUC is hosting the UN-Habitat’s biennial World Urban Campaign Assembly on the future of urban planning.

U.S. Elections: What to Watch

The American presidential election — Trump versus Harris — is around the corner. AUC Faculty broke the politics down to help us understand the differences between both candidates when it comes to Middle East policy, Arab American interests, and U.S. domestic policy.

10 Takeaways from Rashid Khalidi’s Talk on Palestine

Rashid Khalidi shares ideas about the inevitability of resistance, the need for Arab states to take more action, and the recent birth of a Western narrative for the Palestinian cause.

Reporting in Conflict Zones

AUC faculty and alumni interviewed 18 Palestinian journalists in Gaza to produce an award-winning research paper on war reporting.

Faculty on Gaza: Tough Questions About the Future

One year into the war in Gaza, an AUC faculty panel addressed the humanitarian crisis and the future of Gaza. Moderated by Khaled Ezzelarab, the event featured Rabab El Mahdi, Karim Haggag, and Hani Sayed.

CASA@AUC in the Palace

Students in the Center for Arabic Student Abroad (CASA@AUC) program are back to taking classes in AUC’s oldest building, the historic palace.

History Day at EURECA

The History Department held a full-day student conference entitled History Day as part of the week-long Annual Conference for Excellence in Undergraduate Research, Entrepreneurship and Creative Achievement (EURECA).

Historical Re-Enactments

In the capstone seminar, "The Marriage Crisis and the Middle East," students perform before their peers and professors historical re-enactments based on early 20th-century Egyptian court cases.

Lebanon in Crisis: Faculty Insights

In Lebanon, more than 1,000 people have been killed and 6,300 injured by Israeli strikes in an expansion of the war in Gaza. We asked AUC faculty members who study the region to share their thoughts.

Classmates from Columbia

Three Columbia University graduate students decided to spend a semester abroad at AUC. Find out what brought them from New York to Cairo.