[Frameworks] Faculty Position at American University of Cairo

[Samirah Alkassim]

quite the gem

On Wed, Aug 18, 2021 at 8:13 PM Eliseo Ortiz <eliseoortizmenchaca at gmail.com>
wrote:

> Well sounds like a real gem!
>
> On Tue, Aug 17, 2021 at 8:47 AM Samirah Alkassim <deristea at gmail.com>
> wrote:
>
>>  Teaching at AUC is an opportunity to live near Cairo, which is a very
>> rich and interesting city with many problems and a vast socio-economic gap
>> between rich and poor.  But, the campus is in a suburb, far from the actual
>> city, the university is viewed as an outpost of an American democratization
>> project which is not much appreciated by the real
>> artists/intellectuals/activists in the region, and the department which
>> houses this position is problematic.  The line is advertised as TT, but you
>> will probably not get tenure unless you are sympatico with the neo-liberal
>> project of the university.
>>
>> On Mon, Aug 16, 2021 at 12:16 PM Mike Morris <m_alex_morris at yahoo.com>
>> wrote:
>>
>>> Hello frameworkers,
>>>
>>> I just wanted to share that the institution I've been teaching at for
>>> the past year, American University of Cairo, is hiring for a tenure track
>>> position beginning in the spring semester. This is a film studies/theory
>>> position. If this looks like an interesting position, please apply before
>>> September 1st.
>>>
>>> I am happy to talk with anyone one on one about the institution, as well
>>> as living in Egypt. I know it's a big move, if you're based in the US as I
>>> was, especially during the pandemic, but if you have questions or concerns
>>> I'll do my best to emphasize how much I LOVE living in Cairo. Come teach
>>> with me!
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> https://www.higheredjobs.com/search/details.cfm?JobCode=177515320&Title=ARTS%3A%20Assistant%2FAssociate%2FFull%20Professor%20of%20Film%20%2D%20Tenure%20Track
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