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Dan Tschirgi Oral History
No full textDan Tschirgi was a political science faculty member at the American University in Cairo from the mid-1980s though 2017. An American (born in Puerto Rico), he tells of Swiss family origins and recalls his childhood and young adult years, higher education, and early academic career in Latin America, North America, and the Middle East. Tschirgi tells of coming to AUC in 1980. He describes the Political Science Department throughout his years at AUC (including its earlier combination with Economics and Mass Communications), with a focus on the personalities and contributions of departmental colleagues in various periods. The curriculum of and enrollment in the Political Science program are covered, with the development of related programs at AUC over the years. Tschirgi traces changes in AUC students over the years, including in their political consciousness and expression. The style of various AUC Presidents, Provosts, and Deans of the School of Humanities and Social Sciences are addressed throughout, along with the role of the Board of Trustees. Attention is given to the assignment of Political Science Department Chairmen from outside AUC from 2009-2014, and the impact of the emergence of the School of Global Affairs and Public Policy. Tschirgi discusses faculty issues, like their changing role in university governance, compensation and retention issues, and a controversial Political Science tenure case. Tschirgi sketches the evolution of his research interests, and the personality and vocation of his wife Conchita Añorve-Tschirgi as an artist, architect, and librarian at AUC. He also relates their experiences living in various Cairo neighborhoods, in apartments provided by the AUC Housing Office. In speaking of major developments at AUC, like the the move to its new campus, Tschirgi offers a critique of the changes in AUC’s mission in culture
Saad Gadalla Oral History
No full textSaad Gadalla was Assistant Director and Director of the American University in Cairo’s Social Research Center from 1962 until the mid-1980s. Gadalla recalls his childhood and the dedication of his father, a political party and parliament employee, to the education of his son, daughters, and wife, advocating for a school in their Delta village, then moving the family to Cairo for better schooling opportunities. His own school experiences, and involvement in student political activism, are mentioned. Gadalla speaks of his attending the College of Agriculture in Cairo, where he became close to later Minister of Social Affairs Ahmed Hussein and his wife Aziza Hussein, and was a founder of a national farmer benefit association. His participation in the 1950s in an exchange program to live with American farm families is recounted, along with his study toward MA and PhD degrees with the Sociology Department at the University of Missouri. He tells about marrying an American Catholic woman, and their move to Egypt and living in the home of his parents, outlining their interrelated home lives through the years. Gadalla explains how he came to work for AUC’s Social Research Center in 1962, coming from the Ministry of Agricultural Reform, discussing his close relationship with Director Laila El Hamamsy. He discusses his role as Assistant Director in managing Social Research Center personnel and projects, such as the family planning initiatives in Menoufia Governorate (location of his home village), funded by USAID. He addresses SRC administrative issues and relationships with AUC administrators. Developments at AUC are described, from the role of Gadalla and other Egyptians in administering the university after the 1967 War, to matters of university governance and conditions for faculty (taxes, benefits, and differences in salary between Egyptians and foreign faculty) in which he was involved. Gadalla’s departure from the SRC after over 20 years is discussed, along with his successors and the projects and positions he pursued afterward, in the United States and the United Arab Emirates
Ted Purington Oral History
No full textTed Purington was a faculty member in the American University in Cairo’s Graduate School of Education from 2011 to 2017, and served a term as Dean. He outlines his upbringing in the U.S., and unconventional educational background, and tells of coming to AUC in the aftermath of the 2011 revolution. Purington describes the Graduate School of Education including its curriculum, degree programs, faculty, founding Dean Samiha Peterson, and discusses its place at AUC as compared with faculties of education elsewhere. He provides a portrait of GSE students, and points to factors in GSE’s enrollment trends, such as changes in Egyptian private schools. Purington discusses developments at AUC including the faculty’s and Senate’s relationship with the President and Board of Trustees, institutional bureaucracy, university finances, and AUC’s mission with respect to research vs. the classroom experience. He addresses the 2012 student tuition strike and its implications, other student demands, and the context of the higher education market in Egypt. Purington also speaks about his family’s life in faculty housing in Maadi, and the AUC faculty community
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No full textBriefing To The Security Council By Staffan De Mistura, Special Envoy Of The Secretary-general For Syri
Implementation Of The Resolution Establishing The International, Impartial And Independent Mechanism To Assist In The Investigation And Prosecution Of Persons Responsible For The Most Serious Crimes Under International Law Committed In The Syrian Arab Republic Since March 2011 : Report Of The Secretary-general
No full textImplementation Of The Resolution Establishing The International, Impartial And Independent Mechanism To Assist In The Investigation And Prosecution Of Persons Responsible For The Most Serious Crimes Under International Law Committed In The Syrian Arab Republic Since March 2011 : Report Of The Secretary-genera
Under-secretary-general For Humanitarian Affairs And Emergency Relief Coordinator, Stephen O’brien Statement To The Security Council On Syria
No full textUnder-secretary-general For Humanitarian Affairs And Emergency Relief Coordinator, Stephen O’brien Statement To The Security Council On Syri
Statement By Mr. Paulo Sérgio Pinheiro, Chair Of The Independent International Commission Of Inquiry On The Syrian Arab Republic
No full textStatement By Mr. Paulo Sérgio Pinheiro, Chair Of The Independent International Commission Of Inquiry On The Syrian Arab Republi
Letter Dated 4 May 2017 From The Secretary-general Addressed To The President Of The Security Council
No full textLetter Dated 4 May 2017 From The Secretary-general Addressed To The President Of The Security Counci