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AUC English and Comparative Literature Department This program provides students with an understanding of the role of literature in presenting individuals with images of themselves, their society and cultu

The program in English and Comparative Literature provides the undergraduate student with an understanding of the role which literature plays in presenting men and women with images of themselves, their society, and their culture and introduces them to the different questions and answers which literature has given to the central problems of human experience.

Those who couldn't attend Professor Joseph Massad's lecture can now watch it on YouTube using the link below!
15/10/2026

Those who couldn't attend Professor Joseph Massad's lecture can now watch it on YouTube using the link below!

Speaker: Joseph Massad, Distinguished Visiting Professor, Departmen...

Join ๐‰๐จ๐ฌ๐ž๐ฉ๐ก ๐Œ๐š๐ฌ๐ฌ๐š๐, AUC's distinguished visiting professor in the Department of English and Comparative Literature, as h...
16/09/2026

Join ๐‰๐จ๐ฌ๐ž๐ฉ๐ก ๐Œ๐š๐ฌ๐ฌ๐š๐, AUC's distinguished visiting professor in the Department of English and Comparative Literature, as he examines the colonial origins of independence, self-determination and national liberation โ€” notions often presented as anti-colonial, yet invented by European colonial settlers. The lecture traces the genealogy of these concepts, the centrality of settler-colonialism to their emergence, and how they came to be adopted by indigenous struggles against colonialism and settler-colonialism.

๐ด๐‘™๐‘–๐‘“: Journal of Comparative Poetics is pleased to announce that its 48th issue (2028) will be dedicated as a festschrif...
30/04/2026

๐ด๐‘™๐‘–๐‘“: Journal of Comparative Poetics is pleased to announce that its 48th issue (2028) will be dedicated as a festschrift in honor of ๐—ฃ๐—ฟ๐—ผ๐—ณ๐—ฒ๐˜€๐˜€๐—ผ๐—ฟ ๐—™๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐—ถ๐—ฎ๐—น ๐—š๐—ต๐—ฎ๐˜‡๐—ผ๐˜‚๐—น. We warmly invite contributions in both English and Arabic from scholars, colleagues, and students whose work engages with fields and themes relevant to her scholarship as well as testimonials and reflective pieces.

The deadline for submitting an abstract or concept proposal is October 1, 2026. Completed articles will be due in May 2027.

We hope you will consider contributing to this special issue celebrating ๐—ฃ๐—ฟ๐—ผ๐—ณ๐—ฒ๐˜€๐˜€๐—ผ๐—ฟ ๐—™๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐—ถ๐—ฎ๐—น ๐—š๐—ต๐—ฎ๐˜‡๐—ผ๐˜‚๐—นโ€™s scholarly legacy.

For Arabic cfp:
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1cOKTl2exbladfXs17sr_qze3L6pVlacZ/view
For English cfp: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1yVDh711RM5ymKq05Ha4pHN1Esc-7Coj3/view

26/04/2026

๐๐š๐ฌ๐ฌ๐ž๐ซ๐ข๐ฌ๐ฆ, ๐†๐ฅ๐จ๐›๐š๐ฅ ๐Œ๐ž๐ฑ๐ข๐œ๐จ, ๐š๐ง๐ ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐๐ข๐ซ๐ญ๐ก ๐จ๐Ÿ ๐š ๐‹๐š๐ญ๐ข๐ง- ๐€๐Ÿ๐ซ๐ข๐œ๐š๐ง ๐๐จ๐ฅ๐ข๐ญ๐ข๐œ๐ฌ
๐ŸŽค Speaker: Dr. Sarah Quesada
๐Ÿ“† April 27, 2026
๐Ÿ•‘ 1 pm
๐Ÿ“The Sullivan Lounge, AUC New Cairo Campus

14/04/2026

The Women and Memory Forum cordially invites you to its upcoming book discussion:
โ€œI Can Image It For Us: A Palestinian Daughterโ€™s Memoirโ€.
Dr. Tahia Abdel Nasser will lead the discussion with the award-winning author Mai Serhan.

Date: Tuesday, 14 April, 2026.
Time: 06:00 PM
Place: 12, Soliman Abaza, Dokki - 1st Floor.


14/04/2026

๐Ÿ“ฃ ู†ุฏูˆุฉ ุญูˆู„ ุฃุฏุจ ุงู„ุณุฌูˆู† ุงู„ูู„ุณุทูŠู†ูŠ

ูŠู†ุธู… ุจุฑู†ุงู…ุฌ ุงู„ู…ูˆุณู… ุงู„ุซู‚ุงููŠ ุงู„ุนุฑุจูŠ ุจู‚ุณู… ุงู„ุดูŠุฎ ุญุณู† ุนุจุงุณ ุดุฑุจุชู„ูŠ ู„ู„ุญุถุงุฑุงุช ุงู„ุนุฑุจูŠุฉ ูˆุงู„ุฅุณู„ุงู…ูŠุฉ ู†ุฏูˆุฉ ุญูˆู„ ุฃุฏุจ ุงู„ุณุฌูˆู† ุงู„ูู„ุณุทูŠู†ูŠุŒ ุจู…ุดุงุฑูƒุฉ ุงู„ุฃุณูŠุฑูŠู† ุงู„ู…ุญุฑุฑูŠู† ุจุงุณู… ุฎู†ุฏู‚ุฌูŠ ูˆู†ุงุตุฑ ุฃุจูˆ ุณุฑูˆุฑ.

ุญุตู„ ุจุงุณู… ุฎู†ุฏู‚ุฌูŠ ุนู„ู‰ ุงู„ุฌุงุฆุฒุฉ ุงู„ุนุงู„ู…ูŠุฉ ู„ู„ุฑูˆุงูŠุฉ ุงู„ุนุฑุจูŠุฉ ู„ุนุงู… 2024 ุนู† ุฑูˆุงูŠุชู‡ "ู‚ู†ุงุน ุจู„ูˆู† ุงู„ุณู…ุงุก" (ุฏุงุฑ ุงู„ุขุฏุงุจ)ุŒ ูƒู…ุง ุญุตู„ ู†ุงุตุฑ ุฃุจูˆ ุณุฑูˆุฑ ุนู„ู‰ ุฌุงุฆุฒุฉ ุงู„ุฃุฏุจ ุงู„ุนุฑุจูŠ ู…ู† ุงู„ู…ุนู‡ุฏ ุงู„ุนุฑุจูŠ ููŠ ุจุงุฑูŠุณ ู„ุนุงู… 2025 ุนู† ุฑูˆุงูŠุชู‡ "ุญูƒุงูŠุฉ ุฌุฏุงุฑ" (ุฏุงุฑ ุงู„ุขุฏุงุจ).

ุชุฏูŠุฑ ุงู„ู†ู‚ุงุด ุฏ. ุฏูŠู†ุง ุญุดู…ุชุŒ ุฃุณุชุงุฐุฉ ุงู„ุฃุฏุจ ุงู„ุนุฑุจูŠ ุจุงู„ู‚ุณู….

๐Ÿ“… ุงู„ุณุจุช 18 ุฃุจุฑูŠู„ 2026
โฐ 6:00 ู…ุณุงุกู‹ (ุจุชูˆู‚ูŠุช ุงู„ู‚ุงู‡ุฑุฉ)
๐Ÿ“ ุงู„ู‚ุงุนุฉ ุงู„ุดุฑู‚ูŠุฉุŒ ุงู„ุฌุงู…ุนุฉ ุงู„ุฃู…ุฑูŠูƒูŠุฉ ุจุงู„ู‚ุงู‡ุฑุฉ โ€“ ู…ูŠุฏุงู† ุงู„ุชุญุฑูŠุฑ
โœจ ุชูู‚ุฏูŽู‘ู… ุงู„ู…ุฑุทุจุงุช ุจุนุฏ ุงู„ู†ุฏูˆุฉ
ุงู„ุฏุนูˆุฉ ุนุงู…ุฉุŒ ูˆู†ุชุทู„ุน ู„ุญุถูˆุฑูƒู….

๐Œ๐ž๐ž๐ญ ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐€๐ฎ๐ญ๐ก๐จ๐ซ: ๐€๐ก๐๐š๐Ÿ ๐’๐จ๐ฎ๐ž๐ข๐Ÿ ๐ข๐ง ๐‚๐จ๐ง๐ฏ๐ž๐ซ๐ฌ๐š๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง ๐ฐ๐ข๐ญ๐ก ๐๐ข๐ง๐š ๐„๐ฅ๐ฅ๐ข๐ฌ๐ŸŽค Speaker: Dr. Ahdaf Soueif๐Ÿ“… April 23, 2026โฐ 1 pm๐Ÿ“ The Sull...
08/04/2026

๐Œ๐ž๐ž๐ญ ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐€๐ฎ๐ญ๐ก๐จ๐ซ: ๐€๐ก๐๐š๐Ÿ ๐’๐จ๐ฎ๐ž๐ข๐Ÿ ๐ข๐ง ๐‚๐จ๐ง๐ฏ๐ž๐ซ๐ฌ๐š๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง ๐ฐ๐ข๐ญ๐ก ๐๐ข๐ง๐š ๐„๐ฅ๐ฅ๐ข๐ฌ
๐ŸŽค Speaker: Dr. Ahdaf Soueif
๐Ÿ“… April 23, 2026
โฐ 1 pm
๐Ÿ“ The Sullivan Lounge, AUC New Cairo Campus

TOMORROW at 1 pm๐‚๐จ๐ง๐ญ๐ž๐ฌ๐ญ๐ข๐ง๐  ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐’๐ญ๐š๐ญ๐ž: ๐๐จ๐ฅ๐ข๐ญ๐ข๐œ๐š๐ฅ ๐“๐ก๐ž๐จ๐ฅ๐จ๐ ๐ฒ ๐ข๐ง ๐Œ๐จ๐๐ž๐ซ๐ง ๐„๐ ๐ฒ๐ฉ๐ญJoin ๐’๐š๐ซ๐š๐ก ๐„๐ฅ๐ญ๐š๐ง๐ญ๐š๐ฐ๐ข of Fordham University as sh...
29/03/2026

TOMORROW at 1 pm
๐‚๐จ๐ง๐ญ๐ž๐ฌ๐ญ๐ข๐ง๐  ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐’๐ญ๐š๐ญ๐ž: ๐๐จ๐ฅ๐ข๐ญ๐ข๐œ๐š๐ฅ ๐“๐ก๐ž๐จ๐ฅ๐จ๐ ๐ฒ ๐ข๐ง ๐Œ๐จ๐๐ž๐ซ๐ง ๐„๐ ๐ฒ๐ฉ๐ญ

Join ๐’๐š๐ซ๐š๐ก ๐„๐ฅ๐ญ๐š๐ง๐ญ๐š๐ฐ๐ข of Fordham University as she examines how shifting ideas about religion and the state since the end of the Ottoman Empire and the Khedivate have shaped political theology in modern Egypt.

๐“๐Ž๐ƒ๐€๐˜ ๐š๐ญ ๐Ÿ ๐ฉ๐ฆ.Join us for the Madalyn Lamont Literary Award Ceremony! Enjoy a special talk by Professor Emerita Samia Me...
18/03/2026

๐“๐Ž๐ƒ๐€๐˜ ๐š๐ญ ๐Ÿ ๐ฉ๐ฆ.
Join us for the Madalyn Lamont Literary Award Ceremony!

Enjoy a special talk by Professor Emerita Samia Mehrez.

Donโ€™t miss this inspiring event!

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