Hunger for the Desert: Food, Agri-Capitalism and the Environment in Egypt Roundtable convened and hosted by CEDEJ (Cairo, Egypt) 18 April 2023, 3-5pm Cairo time Invited speakers Marion Dixon, Assistant Professor of Sociology, Point Park University Yomna El Sharony, PhD Student in Sociology, Cornell University Jeannie Sowers, Professor of Political Sciences and International Affairs, University…
Urban Ecologies of the Lower Nile Valley June 11-12-13, 2023, Cairo A conference organized by the American University in Cairo (AUC) and the Center for Economic, Legal, and Social Studies and Documentation (CEDEJ) and convened by Noura Wahby (AUC) and Pascal Menoret (CEDEJ) with the support of the Friedrich-Ebert-Stiftung, the French Institute in Egypt (IFE),…
Dust and the City By Aya Nassar BA Postdoctoral Fellow, Warwick University Discussant: Jerry C. Zee, Princeton University February 28, 2023 4pm-6pm at the CEDEJ Abstract: How can dust be instructive of creative politics and knowledges? This seminar is based on a chapter I am writing that aims to explore Cairo as a fragmentary archive of…
Book launch: Middle Eastern Cities In A Time of Climate Crisis February 27, 2023 at Consoleya 6pm – 9pm 5 El-Fadl, Bab Al Louq, Abdeen, Cairo The Center for Economic, Legal, and Social Studies and Documentation (CEDEJ) and the Friedrich-Ebert-Stiftung (FES) will launch the book Middle Eastern Cities in a Time of Climate Crisis, published…
“Informal Settlements: Climate Champions, Urban Recyclers, and Waste Managers” Sunday, January 29, 2023 at 6:00 p.m. (Cairo time), at the French Institute of Egypt Abstract Informal settlements in megacities have become home to millions of informal recyclers. The connection between public health, clean cities and the places where these people live have become inextricably intertwined.…