Organization: American University in Cairo
Registration deadline: 05 Jan 2018
Starting date: 20 Jan 2018
Ending date: 24 Jan 2018
Cairo with its’ currently assumed 18 million inhabitants is and has always been in the past one of Africa´s most vibrant metropolises. According to the urban historian Nezar AlSayyad the city for millennia already is a cosmopolitan global city. However, in the last centuries, from the Ottoman Empire until present Cairo has witnessed large migratory movements, both internally and transnational, which have shaped its urban life, development and dynamics in many ways.
This short course will focus on the importance of Cairo as a junction for transnational networks, migration and cultural and religious diversity, as well as an important home for tremendous refugee movements from the neighboring Arabian and Sub-Saharan countries focusing on current and previous migrant movements and its legacy. In this way the course intends to challenge myths on Cairo´s urban realities and questions western-universalistic concepts of Cosmopolitanism and Modernity. The short course will consist of a mixture of seminars and lectures as well as guided tours by local experts and practitioners (academics, NGOs, migrant-(self)organizations).
About the Instructors:** Gerda Heck is assistant professor in the Department of Sociology, Egyptology and Anthropology and the Center for Migration and Refugee Studies (CMRS) at The American University in Cairo. Her academic work and research focus on migration and border regimes, urban studies, transnational migration, migrant networks and self-organizing, religion and new concepts of citizenship. She has conducted research in Germany, Brazil, China, Democratic Republic of Congo, France, Morocco, Turkey and the USA. Apart from her own research projects, she has participated in various international research projects.
Stephan Lanz, Dr. Phil., is an Urbanist and a Senior Lecturer in Cultural Studies at the Europa-Universität Viadrina Frankfurt/Oder (Germany). His main research interests are urban governance, urban cultures, migration and urban development. Between 2010 and 2014, he was academic director of the international research project Global Prayers – Redemption and Liberation in the City. Lanz is a founding member of metroZones – Center for Urban Affairs.
How to register:
Eligibility for all courses
Requirements: These courses are offered for graduate and postgraduate students, and researchers as well as practitioners working with migrants and refugees. A minimum knowledge of displacement and migration terminologies and context is a requirement for participation in any of the three courses.
All courses are conducted in English and no translation facilities are provided. Participants should have a very good command of the English language. Each course will run from 9.30 am till 4pm for five days.
Interested applicants can apply for one course or for all courses.
Number of Participants: minimum of 12 in each course
NB: Non- Egyptian applicants are strongly encouraged to apply early because it takes more than one month to obtain Egyptian visa.
Application Information:
To apply for the courses:
Fill out the application form. The form is available on CMRS website: http://www.aucegypt.edu/GAPP/cmrs/outreach/Pages/ShortCourses.aspx
Send the application form to cmrscourses@aucegypt.edu with your most recent C.V; Att. Naseem Hashim
Applicants may apply to and be accepted in more than one course. Please do not hesitate to contact cmrscourses@aucegypt.edu if you have any difficulty with the application process.
Applicants accepted for the course will be notified by email within a week after the deadline for submitting the application.