November 12, 2019
RiseUp summit is Coming to AUC
For the first time, AUC will be the main partner and host of RiseUp Summit, the one-stop-shop event connecting startups in the Middle East and Africa.
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November 11, 2019Atta Gebril, Mona Amer '98 Receive Elsevier 2019 Scopus Researcher Awards
Atta Gebril, associate professor in the Department of Applied Linguistics, and Mona Amer '98, associate prof
October 22, 2019Women in Ancient Egypt Current Research and Historical Trends
International scholars and Egyptologists from Egypt, the United States, United Kingdom, Australia, Spain, Switzerland, France, Germany and a host of other countries will be at AUC Tahrir Square from October 31 to November 2 for the Women in Ancient Egypt: Current Research
October 7, 2019AUC Theatre Students Work at Cairo International Festival for Contemporary and Experimental Theatre
AUC theatre students were involved in over 20 different plays and workshops brought to Cairo from around the world as part of the 26th annual Cairo International Festival for Contemporary and Experimental Theatre.
August 27, 2019Hot Off the AUC Press
Distinguished University Professor of Egyptology Salima Ikram's Death and Burial in Ancient Egypt (AUC Press, 2015) appears among Book Riot’s 100 Must-Read Books About Ancient
August 27, 2019Eduniversal Ranks 13 AUC Master's Programs Among Top in Africa
Thirteen of AUC’s master’s programs have topped the 2019 Eduniversal Rankings, with six being ranked the first in Africa and all among the top 200 worldwide.
July 16, 2019O'Kane Authors The 100 Most Iconic Islamic Houses of Worship
Bernard O'Kane, professor in the Department of Arab and Islamic Civilizations, has released his latest book Mosques: The 100 Most Iconi
July 3, 2019Alumna Wins Harvard Intellectual Contribution Award
Dalia Abbas '13, political science graduate, earned her Master's in Education (EdM) — Technology, Innovation, and Education — from the Harvard Graduate School of Education.
July 1, 2019AUC Trains Junior Political Science Faculty from Universities Across Egypt
Today in News@AUCAUC's Department of Political Science held its first summer school for the training of junior faculty from universities across E
July 16, 2019AUC Students Reflect on 1919 Revolution Through Music
With a fresh unconventional take on history, AUC students have worked on producing an archival publication as part of the University's centennial celebrations to document the 1919 Egyptian Revolution while reproducing and recreating the ingenious songs of the Egyptian composer Sayed Darwish and poet Badie Khairy, who “informed as they entertained” Egyptians at the time.
August 20, 2019Leaving Her Stamp: Egypt's Leading Women as Postage Pioneers
AUC graphic design graduate Maha Hesham ‘19 became a city sensation with her senior thesis: colorful postage stamps depicting historical Egyptian female pioneers, from Um Kulthum to Doria Shafik and Huda Sharawi.
July 30, 2019Harvard PhD Student: 'It is Essential for Egyptologists to See History in Person in the Place Where It All Happened'
For any budding Egyptologist, the opportunity to study the hieroglyphics and history of Egypt's ancient civilizations on-site is a chance not to pass up.