School of Humanities and Social Sciences News

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November 6, 2024

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.

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October 30, 2024

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.

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October 16, 2024

10 Takeaways from Rashid Khalidi’s Talk on Palestine

Rashid Khalidi speaks on Palestine at AUC, sharing 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.

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October 9, 2024

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.

A group of international students from the CASA@AUC program are walking and smiling together in the historic palace at AUC Tahrir Square.

October 7, 2024

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.

February 27, 2024

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).

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February 18, 2024

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.

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September 30, 2024

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.

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September 25, 2024

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.

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September 9, 2024

Youth for Impact

Political science senior Ibrahim Elsharkawy was part of the official delegation representing Egypt at the High-Level Global Forum on Youth Peace and Security in Amman, Jordan.

September 16, 2024

Global Digital Universities Conference Kicks Off at AUC

Marking the first time for the event to be held in Egypt, AUC is hosting the 2024 Digital Universities Arab World conference including more than 300 industry leaders from over 24 countries spanning four continents.

September 18, 2024

A Warm Welcome to Our New Faculty

A warm welcome to all our new faculty! With research interests from international policy to visual storytelling, we are thrilled to have incoming faculty this fall who are experts in a range of disciplines.

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September 16, 2024

New Cybersecurity Specialization Introduced

In an ode to AUC’s global citizenry and leadership in innovation, the University is offering a new cybersecurity specialization and welcomed the first cohort of its newly launched international joint degree program.

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September 3, 2024

What Do You Need in a Relationship?

The Attachment Lab has garnered significant recognition both from within AUC and across other universities due to its unique capacity to conduct research within an Arab context and enable culturally inclusive understandings of relationship dynamics.

August 22, 2024

AUC Olympians

News@AUC connected with some of the students and alumni who took part in the Paris 2024 Olympics, capturing their emotions and unforgettable experiences from the event.