FEBRUARY 2012 NEWSLETTER

School of Humanities and

Social Sciences

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APRILEVENTS

Department of Performing and

Visual Arts

April 4Amr Abul Naga, French

Horn1 pm

Malak Gabr Theatre, AUC New Cairo

April 18 Piano Recital, Kimball

Gallagher 1 pm

Malak Gabr Theatre, AUC New Cairo

Two Adjacent Ahmed Bassiouny Exhibitions

"Remembering Bassiouny"

Curators: Shady El Noshokaty

Opening March 31 in Sharjah Art GalleryMarch 31 – May 10Sharjah Art GalleryAUC Center for the

ArtsThe American Univer-

sity in Cairo

Gallery HoursSunday, Monday,

Wednesday, Thursday, 11 am – 5 pm

Tuesday, Friday, Satur-day, Closed

www.sharjahgallery.orgwww.aucegypt.edu/

huss/pva

Opening April 7 in Darb 1718 (Egyptian Contem-porary Art and Culture

Center)April 7 – May 1

Kasr el-Shama’ StreetFustat, Old Cairo

Next to Mar Guirguis metro station

For more information about the exhibitions,

contact the Department of Performing and

Visual Arts at 20.2.2615.1221,

pva@aucegypt.edu or sharjah.art@aucegypt.e

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Student Exhibition: Parallel Visions

A selection of the work of 27 talented art students from The American University In Cairo (2010-2011)

Opening March 3 at 7 pmThe exhibition is open from March 3 until April 1

7 pmDarb 1718 (Egyptian Contemporary Art and Culture Center)Kasr el-Shama’ StreetFustat, Old CairoNext to Mary Guirguis metro statio

For more information about the exhibitions, contact the Department of Perform-ing and Visual Arts at 20.2.2615.1221, pva@aucegypt.edu or sharjah.art@aucegypt.edu

March 5Lecture: "The Rise of the Rich – a new model for modern world history"

March 5Philosophy Club: Philosophy, Journalism and Pizza!“Journalism as Polyphony: Dostojevski and the Construction of a story”

By Peter Gran, professor of modern Egyptian history, Temple University

3:30-5pm

Conference and Visitor Center, Room P007AUC New Cairo

by Pietro Musilli, Journalist, The Africa Report, Groupe Jeune Afrique, Paris

1 – 2 pmPrince Alwaleed Bin Talal Bin Abdulaziz Alsaud Hall, Room CP74, AUC New Cairo

Reporting a story is like stripping a fresco from the wall to plant it somewhere else. Journalism should be able to reconstruct the reality represented through the voices of all subjects producing such reality. Mikhail M. Bakthin’s and its actors remaining true to the polyphony that composes and shapes them, returning to the reader a text reconstructed yet still capable of interaction.

The talk will be followed by a discussion.

For more information contact Safinaz Saad, Department of Philosophy at 20.2.2615.3646 or safinaz.saad@aucegypt.edu.

March 1Lecture: "Cash or Commitment? Social Ties and Voter Turnout in Egypt and Jordan"

By Elen Lustfrom 1 - 2pm

Prince Alwaleed Bin Talal Bin Abdulaziz Alsaud Hall , Conference Room 2010, AUC New Cairo

Ellen Lust , Yale UniversityShe received a PhD in Political Science and an MA in Middle East Studies at the University of Michigan. Her books include Structuring Conflict in the Arab World (Cambridge (Lynne Reinner Press, 2008), co-edited with Saloua Zerhouni and The Middle East, an edited textbook (CQ Press, 2010) University Press, 2005); Political Participation in the Middle East.

For more information contact the Department of Political Science at at 20.2.2615.1967 or <amanda.ameed@aucegypt.edu

March 7Lecture: "The Rise of the Rich: A New Model for Modern World History"

by Peter Gran, professor of modern Egyptian history, Temple UniversityLecture in Arabic5 - 7 pmSupreme Council of Culture, Cairo Opera House Zamalek

For more information on both lectures, contact Noha Shawky, Department of Arab and Islamic Civilizations at 20.2.2615.1787 or nahnouha@aucegypt.edu.

March 7Undergraduate Research Project: “Isqat al-Nizam”Online Biography Dictionary of the Egyptian Revolution 2011

Presented by Nareman Amin, History Alumna 1 -2 pmPrince Alwaleed Bin Talal Bin Abdulaziz Alsaud Hall, Conference Room 2144, AUC New Cairo

For more information contact the History Department at 20.2.2615.4831 or nevien@aucegypt.edu

March 7Lecture: “Life Experience, Intuition and the Real World”

Professor Ernest Wolf-Gazo, Professor, Department of Philosophy1 - 2 pmPrince Alwaleed Bin Talal Bin Abdulaziz Alsaud Hall, Room C140AUC New Cairo

March 8Psi Chi (The Honors Society of The American Psychological Association) Induction Ceremony

8 pmMohamed Shafik Gabr Lecture Hall, AUC New Cairo

March 14Music Concert: Layla Tarek Bahgat, Arabic Songs

1 pmSharjah Art GalleryAUC Center for the ArtsAUC New Cairo

For more information on both concerts, contact the Department of Performing and Visual Arts at 20.2.2615.1221 or pva@aucegypt.edu.

March 15, 2012Philosophy Club cordially invites you to: “Philosophy and Business: Appreciative Inquiry, a paradigm shift in thinking about organizational development”.

by Craig Wishart, Assistant Professor, Department of Management, The American University in Cairo.

March 12 and March 15 2 Lectures for Visting Professor DVP Walid Sadek

1 pmSharjah Art Gallery, AUC Center for the ArtsLecture open to the public

For more information on both lectures, contact the Department of Performing and Visual Arts at 20.2.2615.1221 or pva@aucegypt.edu.

March 11The Literature Club: Autumnal Leaves: Revising Keats’ To Autumn”

By Dr. Harris Friedberg, Associate Professor of English at Wesleyan University

1 – 2 pmPrince Alwaleed Bin Talal Bin Abdulaziz Alsaud Hall, ECLT Conference Room 1104, AUC New Cairo

For more information contact the Department of English and Comparative Litera-ture (ECLT) at 20.2.2615.1628

March 22 - 24Annual History Seminar: “Protest, Revolt and Revolution in Egyptian and Arab History”

Supreme Council of Culture, Cairo Opera HouseZamalek

For more information, contact Noha Shawky, Department of Arab and Islamic Civilizations at 20.2.2615.1787 or nahnouha@aucegypt.edu.

March 26, 2012Philosophy Club cordially invites you to :

“Philosophy and Architecture: MED-ENEC: Energy Efficiency in the Built Environment”.

by Florentine Visser, MED-ENEC Key Expert, Low Energy Building & Urban Planning, giz International Services

1 - 2 pmAlwaleed bin Talal bin Abdulaziz Alsaud Hall, Room

March 22Madalyn Lamont Award Ceremony: Students Creative Writing in English

Keynote Address: "Writing a Revolution"by Sahar Elmougy

1 pmPrinceAlwaleed Bin Talal Bin Abdulaziz Alsaud Hall, Room P071, AUC New Cairo

The winner of the award will read an abstract from his/her piece

For more information contact the Department of English and Comparative Litera-ture (ECLT) at 20.2.2615.1628

March 21Music Concert: Dave Tawfik1 pmMalak Gabr Arts TheatreAUC Center for the ArtsAUC New Cairo

For more information on both concerts, contact the Department of Performing and Visual Arts at 20.2.2615.1221 or pva@aucegypt.edu.

March 20Lecture: "The Structure of the Egyptian Economy and its relevance to modern economic theory"

By Dr. David Warburton Simpson Professor of Egyptology

6:30 pmHill House Top Floor, Room 602AUC, AUC Tahrir Square

For more information contact the Department Sociology, Anthropology, Psychol-ogy and Egyptology at 2.20.2615.1837 or email imansh@aucegypt.edu

March 22Philosophy Department Brown Bag Lunch Talk Series, Spring 2012:

Lecture: “Enhancing Teaching Through Film and Other Media”Matthew Crippen, Assistant Professor, Department of Philosophy

Ahmed Bassiouny ExhibitionRemembering BassiounyCurators: Shady El Noshokaty

The Sharjah Art Gallery is proud to present Remembering Bassiouny, a project in tribute of the young Artist Ahmed Bassiouny who was killed on January 28, 2011 during the Friday of Wrath in Tahrir Square.There will be two adjacent exhibitions in Sharjah Art Gallery and Darb 1718

Opening March 31 in Sharjah Art GalleryMarch 31 – May 10

Sharjah Art GalleryAUC Center for the ArtsThe American University in Cairo

Gallery HoursSunday, Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, 11 am – 5 pmTuesday, Friday, Saturday, Closedwww.sharjahgallery.orgwww.aucegypt.edu/huss/pva

Opening April 7 in Darb 1718April 7 – May 1Darb 1718 (Egyptian Contemporary Art and Culture Center)Kasr el-Shama’ StreetFustat, Old CairoNext to Mar Guirguis metro station

March 28Music Concert: Nathan Fischer (guitar), Neveen Allouba (soprano), Ines Ab-deldaiem (flute)

1 pmMalak Gabr Arts TheaterAUC Center for the ArtsAUC New Cairo

For more information on both concerts, contact the Department of Performing and Visual Arts at 20.2.2615.1221 or pva@aucegypt.edu.

This lecture highlights the role and function of life experience in the life cycle. It also discusses the phenomenon of intuition, providing a value-added dimension of epistemological value independent of formal methodology. The real world is defined as the one we happen to live in, experienced by common sense and enhanced by life experience, as well as intuition. The three concepts combined provide a basis for making sense of this world.

Please feel free to bring your lunch with you. Refreshments will be served.

For more information contact Safinaz Saad, Department of Philosophy at 20.2.2615.3646 or safinaz.saad@aucegypt.edu.

Psi Chi is the honors society of the American Psychological Association. After a rigorous application process, AUC recently received approval to open a chapter of the society. It will be the first Psi Chi chapter in Egypt. Members will include psychology faculty, alumni, as well as graduate and undergraduate students, who have demonstrated academic excellence.

The guest of honor at the ceremony will be Nasser Loza, esteemed psychiatrist and chief mental health secretariat. Loza has been at the forefront of the fight to change Egyptian laws to provide better protection for the rights of the mentally ill. He will lead the ceremony and induct the charter members of the society’s new chapter. The ceremony is open to the public.

For more information, contact Iman Shehata, Department of Sociology, Anthro-pology, Psychology and Egyptology at 20.2.2615.1837 or imansh@aucegypt.edu.

1 - 2 pmPrince Alwaleed Bin Talal Bin Abdulaziz Alsaud Hall, Room C140AUC New Cairo

This talk will discuss how media can enhance teaching and how film can serve as a metaphysical laboratory to test traditional philosophical assumptions.

Please feel free to bring your lunch with you. Refreshments will be served.

For more information, contact Safinaz Saad, Department of Philosophy at 20.2.2615.3646 or safinaz.saad@aucegypt.edu.

Art lectures and discussion panels (full schedule will be published soon)

1 – 2 pmAlwaleed bin Talal bin Abdulaziz Alsaud Hall, Room CP74 , AUC New Cairo

The talk will be followed by discussion. Pizza will be served.

For more information, contact the Philosophy Department at 20.2.2615.3646 or safinaz.saad@aucegypt.edu

CP74 , AUC New Cairo

The lecture will discuss framework conditions, challenges bottleneck and solu-tion to address energy efficiency in the Built Environment. The talk will be followed by discussion. Pizza will be served.

For more information, contact the Philosophy Department at 20.2.2615.3646 or safinaz.saad@aucegypt.edu