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Gaza War Tests Biden’s Foreign Policy New Article by CASAR Distinguished Visiting Scholar David Dumke
By granting Israel unconditional support, US President Joe Biden has allowed it to pursue a course that promises neither security nor peace for Israel, more suffering for the Palestinians, and a growing likelihood of a multifront war.'
DiaMiGo Project- Joint Exchange Program between CMRS and the University of Cologne
Ten AUC students and six AUC faculty and staff participated in the Dialogue on Migration Governance in the Euro-Mediterranean (DiaMiGo) Fall Academy held at the University of Cologne, Germany. The DiaMiGo Project is a joint exchange program between CMRS and the University of Cologne, from October 16-20, 2023.
Should cultural artifacts be returned to their country of origin?
The Center of American Studies and Research (CASAR) Student Discussion Series for the fall 2023 semester event is a student-led debate on whether cultural artifacts should be returned to their country of origin or not. The debate began with a welcome remark by CASAR Director Professor Mark W. Deets and CASAR Assistant Director and Adjunct Faculty Yasmeen El-Ghazaly, who explained to the students that CASAR was created in 2003 to promote the United States and Middle East understanding.
Current Gender Scholars, Future Change Agents
The Tomorrow’s Leaders Gender Scholars (TLS) program welcomed its third cohort of students from various academic backgrounds. Through the program, the students apply a gender lens to their areas of study, engage in civic engagement activities, pursue professional development opportunities and give back to their communities.
Gaza Crisis: What’s Next?
A week into the most recent conflict in Gaza, News@AUC spoke with Bahgat Korany, political science professor, and Ibrahim Awad, professor of practice in global affairs and director of the Center for Migration and Refugee Studies, to gain insight into what the future may hold.
Yousef Jameel GAPP Public Leadership Program Welcomes A New Cohort
The Yousef Jameel Public Leadership Program welcomed its 12th cohort of scholars from across Egypt who will pursue a master's degree at AUC, in addition to studying abroad for a semester and working at public, private and nonprofit organizations.
Does Social Media do More Harm Than Good?
Launching the Center of American Studies and Research (CASAR) Student Discussion Series for the Fall 2023 semester, a student-led debate event took place on "Whether social media does more harm than good?"
Meet 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.
AUC witnesses the graduation of two cohorts of the Digital Media Diploma
AUC witnesses the graduation of two cohorts of the Digital Media Diploma (DMD). On Tuesday, September 19, The Kamal Adham Center for Television and Digital Journalism in the School of Global Affairs and Public Policy (GAPP) at The American University in Cairo (AUC) celebrated the graduation of the fifth and sixth cohorts of the Digital Media Diploma.
Shahjahan Bhuiyan has been appointed as a Commissioner of NASPAA
Shahjahan Bhuiyan, professor at the Department of Public Policy and Administration and GAPP's associate dean for Undergraduate Studies and Administration, has been appointed as a Commissioner of the Network of Schools of Public Policy, Affairs, and Administration's (NASPAA) Commission on Peer Review and Accreditation (COPRA) for three-year terms.
A Country of Defiance; Mapping the Casamance in Senegal. New Book by Mark W. Deets
A historiographical analysis of human geography and a social history of nationalist separatism and cultural identity in southern Senegal.
'Say More with Threads': What's Next?
Threads, Meta’s newest addition to the social media platform, has received both praise and criticism since its launch a few weeks ago. Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg said in a Threads post following the launch: “The vision for Threads is to create an option and friendly public space for conversation. We hope to take what Instagram does best and create a new experience around text, ideas and discussing what’s on your mind.”
Graduate Student Research Wins Awards at International Conference
Whether studying mental health or disaster relief campaigns, understanding social media is key to navigating our modern world. Laila Abbas and Menna Elhosary, journalism and mass communication graduate students, have conducted four studies using social media data, all of which were accepted for paper presentations at the upcoming annual Association for Education in Journalism and Mass Communication (AEJMC) conference to be held in Washington, D.C. in August. In addition, one paper is set to receive two awards at the conference.
Cooperation between GAPP and the Institute for Diplomatic Studies of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Egypt
As part of the ongoing cooperation between the Institute for Diplomatic Studies of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Egypt and the School of Global Affairs and Public Policy, the Institute held a summer workshop program for a group of 38 AUC students from June 11-13, 2023.