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SEPTEMBER NEWSLETTER 2011
School of Humanities and
Social Sciences
October Events
MusicThe PrimadonasOctober 3, 2011Ewart Hall, AUC Tahrir Square
MusicGuitar FestivalOctober 8, 15 and 29, 2011AUC Tahrir Square
Rhetoric DeptBrooke Comer, October 10, 2011 Creative Writing in the Composition Classroom.
MusicGeorges Kazazian, oudOctober 12, 2011Ewart Memorial Hall, AUC Tahrir Square
MusicLions Of CairoOctober 17, 2011Oriental Hall, AUC Tahrir Square
TheaterTouqous Al Asharat Waal Tahawalat (Rituals of Signs and Transformations)By Saadallah WannousOctober 20-27, 2011Gerhart Theatre, AUC New Cairo
English &Comparative Literature Dept
DVP John Carlos Rowe will give 2 lectures
October 31, 2011 at 5pm Waleed Building PO71, AUC New Cairo
November 1, 2011 at 5pm Oriental Hall, AUC Tahrir Square
[email protected] 20.2.2615.1993
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Can a conventional argument, supported by facts and expert opin-ion, truly change a reader’s perspective? What if the reader is armed with opposing evidence? “Creative Persuasion” explores an alternative to traditional argument strategies typically taught in college classrooms. It suggests, instead, that in an era of
Wednesday Sept 14, 2011 from 1:00 -2:00 pm , The Sullivan Lounge, AUC New CairoCreative Persuasion: Rhetorical Strategies for Speaking Across Borders lecture by Melanie Carter.
Tuesday Sept 13, 2011 from 7:00 pm, Diwan Bookstore, 26th of July Street. Zamalek.
Fred M. Donner has been on the faculty of the Uni-versity of Chicago since 1982. An early interest in the relationship between pastoral nomads and the Islamic state resulted in his first book, The Early Islamic Conquests (1981). Work on the early Islamic period for his first book raised questions about the sources for that history, and led him to investigate more deeply the early development of Islamic historical writing, resulting in his second book, Narratives of Islamic Origins (1997).
Sunday, Monday Sept 18, 19, 2011. Distinguished Visiting professor Fred Donner will be giving two lectures.
He has translated a volume of the medieval Arabic chronicle of al–Tabari (1993), written over forty scholarly articles, numerous encyclopedia entries, and scores of reviews, and has received research fellowships from the National Endowment for the Humanities and the John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation. He is currently (2011) President–Elect of the Middle East Studies Association of North America, and in 2008 received MESA's Jere L. Bacharach Award for Ser-vice to the Profession of Middle Eastern Studies.
To check out this unique Professor’s views on Islam and Dimocracy click on the bellow youtube URL http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4L5FZ6m8XD8&feature=youtu.be
- Sunday Sept 18, 2011 at 6:00 pm Oriental Hall, AUC Tahrir Square “News Views of How Islam Began”- Monday Sept 19, 2011 at 3:30pm Waleed Building PO71, AUC New Cairo“The Development of Early Islamic Political Vocabulary”
The event is hosted by Aarab and Islamic Civilizations Department
Contact: [email protected]: 20.2.2615.1787
Celebration of English Language Institute (ELI) on its five year accreditation by The Commission on English Language Program Accreditation.
Contact: [email protected]: 20.2.2615 .1678
Wednesday Sept 21, 2011 from 1:00pm -2:00pm, Waleed Building PO71, AUC New Cairo
735 Falaki building, AUC Tahrir SquareFrom 6:30pm -8:00pm
This Event is hosted by SAPE Department
Contact: [email protected]: 20.2.2615 .1837
Tuesday Sept 27, 2011 lecture by Dr. Elena Pischikova. Titled “Kushite Tombs of South Asasif: Season 2011”
School of Humanites invites you to the book signing of Rhetoric and Composition Department’s Professor Gretchen McCullough's "Three Stories From Cairo". This bilingual publication is a collection of short stories in English, translated into Arabic by the Egyptian poet, Mohamed Metwalli and the author.
Contact: [email protected]: 20.2.2615-2033
contradictory facts and opposing versions of the truth, creative writing may offer non-Western students and educators greater persuasive potential. The presenta-tion will introduce a model for the approach, offer examples of student work, and consider possibilities for the use of this in other courses.
The event is hosted by Rhetoric and Composition Department Contact: [email protected]: 20.2.2615-2033
