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This event was part of a series of events centered around women since November is the United Nations month dedicated to awareness about the Elimination of Violence against Women. Director of CASAR Professor Mark W. Deets introduced the speaker, Jilllian Campana, Professor and Associate Dean for Undergraduate Studies in the School of Humanities and Social Sciences. Campana has given a TEDx talk in Mumbai, Created a film titled The Puzzle Club, and written several books including Western Theatre in Global Contexts: directing and teaching culturally inclusive drama around the world (Routledge, 2020) and It’s Not My Fault: five new plays on sexual harassment in Egypt, which she discusses in the context of this CASAR event, this book has also received the Times Higher Education’s Arts Humanities and Social Sciences Research Project of the Year for the Middle East - North Africa region. In her talk, Campana compares the nature of sexual harassment education in Egypt and the US by focusing on categories such as policies, training, whether this training is mandatory, and compares reactions to famous cases of sexual harrassment in Egyptian universities versus American universities. Through her presentation, she ran three short films that attempted to showcase to Egyptian students what harassment looks like, and how it can be dealt with in different contexts, AUC campus included. AUC theater students participated in making these movies, which Campana directed.

Date of Performance/Event

Fall 11-19-2023

Venue

Tim Sullivan Lounge - Alwaleed Building

Faculty Performer(s)/Contributor(s)

Mark Deets (CASAR Director - Host)

Jillian Campana (Speaker)

Student Performer(s)/Contributor(s)

Maha Muehlhaeusler (CASAR Research Assistant)

Department

Prince Alwaleed Bin Talal Alsaud Center for American Studies and Research

Other Unit/Department/Organization

School of GAPP - The American University in Cairo

Associated Event/Series Name

CASAR Lecture Series

Keywords

Sexual, Harassment, Education, US, Egypt, feminism, human, rights

Disciplines

Education | Feminist, Gender, and Sexuality Studies | Social and Behavioral Sciences

Content Type

Lecture/Talk/Speech

File Type

Video

Extent

1 hour

Language

eng

CASAR Public lecture: 'How Different Are We? Sexual Harassment Education in the US and Egypt'

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