Records of the American University in Cairo Dean of the School of Humanities and Social Sciences Cynthia Nelson, 1991-2002: A Preliminary Inventory of the Collection

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Descriptive Summary
Restrictions
Subject Headings
Administrative Information
Preliminary File List
Descriptive Summary
Repository: University Archives, Rare Books and Special Collections Library, American University in Cairo, Phone: 2797-5060
Creator: American University in Cairo. Office of the Dean of the School of Humanities and Social Sciences. Nelson, Cynthia.
Title: Records of the American University in Cairo Dean of the School of Humanities and Social Sciences Cynthia Nelson
Dates: 1991-2002
Quantity: 15 linear feet (30 boxes)
Biographical/Historical Abstract: "AUC's School of Humanities and Social Sciences (HUSS) focuses on enhancing its students' ability to analyze opinions and assumptions, become more aware of the past while open to new ways of thinking, and develop a capacity for critical thinking and creative approaches to problem solving." Cynthia Nelson was the dean of HUSS from 1992-2000. (source: AUC Website "Humanities and Social Sciences" http://www.aucegypt.edu/academics/schools/huss/Pages/default.aspx, 7 September 2008.)
Scope and Content Abstract: Materials may include correspondence, reports, memoranda, and/or other forms of documentation pertaining to department operations and governance, course or instruction materials, personnel records, and correspondence with other AUC departments or offices.
Call Number: **See Archives Staff**
Language: Collection materials are in English .

Restrictions

Access and Restrictions

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Use of Materials

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Subject Headings

American University in Cairo. Office of the Dean of the School of Humanities and Social Sciences.
American University in Cairo--History.
Nelson, Cynthia.
Universities and Colleges--Egypt--Cairo.

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Administrative Information

Citation

The preferred citation for quoting material from this collection is: Records of the American University in Cairo Dean of the School of Humanities and Social Sciences Cynthia Nelson, 1991-2002, [Box/Folder #], [Folder Title], University Archives, Rare Books and Special Collections Library, The American University in Cairo.

Acquisition Information

The records were transferred to the University Archives by the Office of the Dean of the School of Humanities and Social Sciences.

Processing Information

The collection is not processed.

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Preliminary File List

< 2000 tr> < 2000 tr> African Studies, Office of-Conferences, Letters, Visitors
Box 1
Academic Calendar
Academic Integrity/ Academic Honesty/ Plagiarism
Including Academic Honesty Committee
Accreditation-Middle States Association of Colleges and Schools Commission on Higher Education
Admissions and Registration (2 folders)
Admission and Registrar-Student Information System (SIS), 1994
All-African Human Rights Moot Court Competition, 1998
Alumni
American Association of University Professors (AAUP)
American Center for Oriental Research
Amideast
Arabic Language Requirement
Assessment
Including Accreditation Reports, Ad Hoe Committee for Academic Planning, Task Force on Academic Excellence
Association of African Universities
AUC New York Office, 1997-1999
AUC Press, 1994-1997
Including Press Publication Committee, Denys Johnson-Davies, Naguib Mahfouz Medal, Book Assessments
AUC 75th Anniversary, AUC History Book Supplement by Thomas Lamont
Box 2
Awards-King Faisal Awards-Hamdi Sakkut , 1994
Awards-Tewfik Doss Award, 1997
Awards-Wisner Award for Scholarly Excellence (Thesis), 1994-2000
Books Controversies/ Censorship , 1998-1999
Books Controversies/ Censorship-For Bread Alone, by Mohamed Shokri
Books Controversies/ Censorship-Mohamed by Maxime Rodinson
Bookstore
Including Books Reviewed by Egyptian Government Censors
British Government Foreign and Commonwealth Scholarships for post-Graduate Study in United Kingdom, 1993
Building and Grounds, Office of
Business, Economics and Communication, School of, 1994-1999
Catalog
Center for Adult and Continuing Education (CACE), 1993-1999
Century Committee
Including Responses from HUSS Department Members
Clinic, 1997
Including Medical Emergency Cases
Box 3
Commencement , 1998-1999
Committees (HUSS, AUC)
Controller, 1996-1998
Computing-Academic Computing Services, 1996-2000
Including Computer, Interdisciplinary Computer Symposium
Computing-Academic Computing Services, 1993-1995
Computing-Academic Computing Services, 1996-2000
Computing-HUSS Computer Lab, 1993-2000
Core Curriculum, 1999-2000
Courses-"F" Repeat Policy
Courses Repeat Policy, 1997-1999
Courses
Including Auditing, Required Reading, Syllabi, Infrequent Offerings
Box 4
Computing-Information System Council, 1999-2000
Computing-Web Site/ Web Development, 1998-1999
Core Curriculum, 1993-1994
Core Curriculum, 1995
Core Curriculum, 1996-1998
Day Care Center
Department-By-Laws
Departments-Chairs, 1993-1998
Box 5
Department-Chairs-Development Trips, 1999-2001
Department-Chairs-Development Trips, 1994-1998
Departments-Unit Heads, 1994-1999
Desert Development Center, 1991-1999
Development Office, 1994-1999
Including Donors, Awards (Tewfick Doss Pasha), Parents' Association
Distinguished Visiting Professors, 1994-2000
Including Lists
Emergency Management Team, 1993
Equal Opportunity & Affirmative Action Office, 1998-2000
Enrollment
Enrollment-Low Enrollment, 1995-2000
Enrollment-Statistics-1994-2000, 1996-2000
Events-Arts
Examinations, 1993-1998
Facilities, 1993-2000
Including Classrooms, Falaki Center Sculpture Computer, Safety
Facilities-Department Space Requirements, Allocations, 1993-2000
Box 6
Facilities-New Campus Planning, 1998-1999
Facilities-New Campus Planning-Department Space Requirements, 1998-1999
Facilities Planning, 1993-1998
Faculty-Absence Policy, 1996-1999
Faculty-Assessment/ Evaluation, 1992-1998
Including Annual Faculty Report Process, Peer Review
Faculty-Assessment/ Evaluation-Student Evaluation of Instruction , 1994-1999
Faculty-Contact Renewals
Faculty-Emeritus Professor Status, 1997
Faculty-General
Faculty-Home Leave, 1993-2000
Box 7
Faculty-Instructors, 1996-1998
Faculty-Leaves, 1994-2000
Including Sabbaticals, Leaves Without Pay, Professional Development Leave
Faculty-Lines, New Positions, 1993-2001
Faculty-Meeting Minutes and Notes,
Faculty-Orientation for New Faculty, 1995-2000
Faculty-Part-time, 1992-2000
Including Lists, Policies, Salary Adjunct
Faculty-Part-time/-Affiliate Status Adjunct, 1994-1998
Faculty-Personnel Policies and Procedures (PPP) Committee, Document, 1992-1995
Faculty-Promotion and Tenure , 1993-1998
Faculty-Recruiting and Hiring, 1993-2000
Including Vacancies
Faculty-Recruiting and Hiring-Procedures
Faculty-Release Time
Box 8
Faculty-Retirement and Continued Employment, 1992-1999
Faculty-Retreat, 1996-1997
Including Liberal Education Retreat
Faculty-Salaries, 1994-2000
Faculty-Salaries-Overload Compensation, 1992-1998
Faculty-Salaries-Merit Bonus/ Increase, 1993-1998
Faculty-Seconded/ Secondment, 1993-2000
Faculty-Support Grants-Conferences, Research, Mini, Teaching Enhancement, 1992-1998
Faculty-Support Grants-Conference, Research, Mini, 1995-2000
Box 9
Faculty-Teaching Award, 1995-2000
Faculty-Teaching Load/ Workload, 1995-2000
Faculty-Tutorials/ Tutoring by Faculty, 1995-1998
Including CACE Faculty Tutoring
Financial Affairs, Vice President for Andrew W. Snaith, 1993-2000
Freshman Advising Office, 1993-1999
Including Declaration of Majors
Fulbright Commission Fellowships, Seminars, 1993-1997
Fundraising, 1999
Grades, 1993-1996
Grades, Chang of
Grades-Pass and No Pass Option, 1997-1998
Graduate Committee, 1993-2000
Including Student Cases (HUSS)
Graduate Council (AUC), 1994
Graduate Studies & Research, Office of, 1993-2000
Box 10
Grant Projects-Ford Foundation, 1993-2000
Grant Projects-Ford Foundation-Preparation of a Critical Edition of Yusuf al-Shirbinis' Hazz al-Quhut Bi-sharh Qasid Abi Shaduf, by Humphrey Davies, 1997-2000
Grant Project-Social Science Research Council (SSRC)-NMERTA Fellowship Program, 1994-2000
Grant Projects-United states Department of Education Fund for the Improvement of Secondary Education (FIPSE) 1997
Honorary Degree Committee, 1995-2000
Human Resources Office, 1993-2000
Including Staff Position Requests, Staff Salaries/ Merit Bonus, HUSS Dean Office Staff
HUSS Administrative Procedures/ Functions, 1996-1997
HUSS Faculty Luncheons, 1996
HUSS Organization Chart-HUSS and Departments
Information Literacy, 1999
Institute for Gender & Women's Studies (IGWS), 1996-2000
International Workshop on Development and Culture in Asian Societies
Lectures, 1994-1999
Including Donald Brown Lecture Series and Conferences
Liberal Arts Education, 1995-1999
Including Provost's Commission Degree Proposal
Library, 1994-1999
Including Egyptian Government Censorship, Library Advisory Committee
Box 11
Long Range Planning, 1992-2000
Middle East Research Competition (Ford Foundation), 1996-1997
Middle East Studies Association of North America (MESA), 1995-1999
Open University Forum/ Round table on The Idea and Role of University, 1999
Planning and Institutional Research (OPIR)-Enrollment, Student and Alumni Studies and Surveys, Research, Security, 1993-1999
Population Council, 1997-1998
Purchasing and Support Services Office, 1995-1999
Including Relocated Faculty Shipping
President Donald Macdonald, Frank Vandiver, 1994-2000
Including Search and Selection
Programs (Proposed-Arab and International Studies Center, 1997-2000
Programs (Proposed and New)-International and Comparative Law MA/ LLM Program, 2000
Programs (Proposed and New)-New Academic Programs-Procedures for Establishing, 2000
Programs (proposed and New)-Reading Center, 1998
Provost Andrew Kerek, 1993
Provost Andrew Kerek, 1994
Box 12
Provost Andrew Kerek, 1995
Provost Andrew Kerek, 1996
Provost Andrew Kerek, 1997-1998
Provost Andrew Kerek-HUSS Dean Goals Systems, Report, 1994-1997
Provost Earl (Tim) Sullivan, 1998-2000
Including Censorship Faculty Leaves and Sabbaticals, Faculty Support Grants, Visitors
Public Relations, Office of, 1994-1997
Rare Books Library, 1994-1999
Research Guidelines, 1997
Including Institutional Review Board for Protection of Human Subjects in Research
Science and Engineering, School of, 1996-1997
Security, 1993-1999
Self Study, 1996-1997
Social Research Center, 1995-2000
Box 13
Sponsored Programs, Office of, 1997-1999
Including CASA, PVA Grants, Middle East Research Competition Proposal
Student Affairs, Office of, 1993-2000
Including International Students, Financial Aid, Examinations, Academic Honesty, Student Protests, Supplemental Instruction/ Peer Tutoring
Student Counselor Samira Abdel Hamid Shehata, 1998
Student Financial Aid-Fellowships, Scholarships, Assistantships, 1993-1999
Student Financial Aid-Fellowships, Scholarships, Assistantships-Graduate Merit Fellowship, 1994-2000
Student Financial Aid-Fellowships, Scholarships, Assistantships-Internships/ Study Grant Agreements, 1994
Student Financial Aid-Fellowships, Scholarships, Assistantships-Thomas Lamont Scholarship, 1998-2000
Student Financial Aid-Fellowships, Scholarships, Assistantships-Sasakawa Young Leaders Graduate Fellowship/ Scholarship, 1992-2000
Student Financial Aid-Fellowships, Scholarships, Assistantships - Young Scholars Forum for Saskawa, Merit Fellows, 1994
Student Union, 1994-1998
Students-Graduate Students-Advising, 1993-1997
Students-Honors Program, 1994-1996
Students-Honor Society
Students-International Students, 1995-1997
Students-Learning Disabilities, 1999
Box 14
Students-Model United Nations, Cairo International (CIMUN)/ Model Arab League, Cairo International (CIMAL), 1993-2000
Students-Orientation for New Students, 1995-1999
Students-Student Cases, Complaints, Petitions, 1992-1999
Including Procedures
Study Abroad Program/ Students/ Student Exchange, 1995
See also Universities-Collaboration with American Universities
Summer Session, 1994
Theban Mapping Project, 1994
Theses-Guidelines and Procedures, 1992-1997
Transfer Credits Policy, 1996-1998
Including Admissions
Box 15
Trustees, Board of-Meetings with HUSS, 1995-2000
Undergraduate Committee (HUSS), 1993-2000
Including Student Cases
Universities-Al Akhwayn Universities Collaboration, 1996-1997
Including Faculty and Student Exchange
Universities-American Universities (American University, Arizona, California, Clarke, Columbus, Connecticut College, Emory)-Collaborative Agreements, 1995-1998
Including Students Exchange
Universities-East London, University of (UK), 1995-2000
Including Student Exchange
Universities-Eastern Mediterranean University, Republic of Northern Cyprus, 1999
Universities-Hitotsubashi University (Tokyo, Japan)-Collaborative Agreement, 1996-1997
Including Faculty and Exchange
Box 16
Universities-Hitotsubashi University, Japan-Cooperative Agreement-International Workshops on Development and Culture in Asian Societies, 1997-1998
Universities-Manchester, University of, 1996-1997
Including Student Exchange, Conference
Universities-Queen Arwa University, Sanaa', Yemen, 1994-1996
University Senate
University Senate-Admission Committee, 1993-1995
Vice Provost Mahmoud Farag, 1995-2000 (3 folders)
Including Faculty Research, Graduate Program, Summer Session, Tuition and Financial Aid
Box 17
Visiting Research Scholars and Fellows-Lists, 1996-2000
Visiting Research Scholars and Fellows, 1991-1999
Including Arabic Studies, Arab Language Institute, African Studies
Visiting Research Scholars and Fellows-Political Science Dept, 1994-1998
Visiting Research Scholars and Fellows, 1997-2000 (2 folders)
Including SSRC-NMERTA Predoctoral Fellow
Visiting Research Scholars and Fellows-Sociology, Anthropology, psychology and Egyptology, 1993-1999 (2 folders)
Box 18
African Studies, Office of-Curriculum and Courses
African Studies, Office of-Facilities, Finances, Publications
African Studies, Office of-Faculty and Staff
African Studies, Office of-Governance and Structure
African Studies, Office of-Research and Grants
African Studies, Office of-Students
Including African Fellowship
African Studies, Office of-Faculty & Staff-African Studies Advisory Committee/ Dean's Advisory Committee on African Studies
Box 19
Arabic Language Institute-Center for Arabic Study Abroad (CASA)
Arabic Language Institute - Conferences, Visits, Lectures
Arabic Language Institute-Curriculum and Courses
Including Scheduling, Enrollment
Arabic Language Institute - Facilities, Finances, Publications
Arabic Language Institute - Faculty and Staff (2 folders)
Arabic Language Institute - Governance, 1997
Arabic Language Institute - Students
Including Theses
Arabic Language Institute - Research Scholar without Stipend, 1993-1999
Box 20
Arabic Language Institute/ Teaching Arabic as a Foreign Language Program
Arabic Studies, Department of-Conferences and Visits
Including Lectures, Distinguished Visiting Professors
Arabic Studies, Department of-Curriculum and Courses
Including Arabic Language Requirement, Censorship of Books
Arabic Studies, Department of-Faculties, Finances, Publications
Arabic Studies, Department of-Faculty and Staff
Including Receipt of King Faisal International Prize for Arabic Literature by Hamdi Sakkut
Arabic Studies, Department of-Faculty and Staff-Teaching Loads
Arabic Studies, Department of-Governance and Structure
Arabic Studies, Department of-Meeting Minutes
Arabic Studies, Department of-Research and Grant Projects
Arabic Studies, Department of-Students
Including Graduate Program, Fellowships, Nadia Niazi Mostafa Fellowship/ Award for Islamic Art and Architecture
Alif Journal
Box 21
Cairo Papers in Social Science
Coptic Studies Program (Proposed), 1999
English and Comparative Literature, Department of (ECL)-Department Meeting Minuets
English and Comparative Literature, Department of (ECL) -Conferences and Visits
Including Distinguished Visiting Professors, Lectures
English and Comparative Literature, Department of (ECL)-Research & Grant Project
English and Comparative Literature, Department of (ECL)-Curriculum and Courses
Including American Studies, Department Committee on the Liberal Arts at AUC
English and Comparative Literature, Department of (ECL)-Facilities, Finances, Publications
English and Comparative Literature, Department of (ECL)-Faculty and Staff
Including Western History Position
English and Comparative Literature, Department of (ECL)-Governance and Structure
English and Comparative Literature, Department of (ECL)-Madelyn Lamont Award, Thomas Lamont Scholarship
English and Comparative Literature, Department of (ECL)-Students
English and Comparative Literature, Department of (ECL)-Philosophy Unit
Box 22
English Language Institute (ELI)-Conferences, Lectures, Visitors
English Language Institute (ELI)-Curriculum and Courses (2 folders)
Including Courses Syllabi
English Language Institute (ELI)-Facilities, Finances, Publications
English Language Institute (ELI)-Faculty and Staff-Teaching Loads
English Language Institute (ELI)-Research and Grant Projects
English Language Institute (ELI)-English Language Seminar on Language Skills of AUC Students
English Language Institute (ELI)-Governance and Structure
Including Department Meetings
Box 23
English Language Institute (ELI)-Students (2 folders)
Including TEFL Fellowships, Failure and Disqualification Polices
English Language Institute (ELI)-Computer Assisted Language Learning (CALL) Laboratory
English Language Institute (ELI)-Testing
Box 23-24
English Language Institute (ELI)-Faculty and Staff (3 folders)
Box 24
Forced Migration and Refugee Studies Program-Conferences, Lectures, Visitors
Forced Migration and Refugee Studies Program-Faculty and Staff
Forced Migration and Refugee Studies Program-Governance and Structure
Forced Migration and Refugee Studies Program-Meeting Minutes, 2002
Forced Migration and Refugee Studies Program-Research and Grants
Including Proposals
History-Department of-Conferences, Lectures, Visitors
History-Department of-Curriculum and Courses
History-Department of-Facilities, Finances, Publications
History-Department of-Faculty and Staff
Box 25
History-Department of-Governance and Structure
History-Department of- History Task Force
Histo 2000 ry-Department of-Meeting Minutes
History-Department of-Students
Middle East Studies-Facilities, Finances, Publications
Including Banned Books Issue
Middle East Studies-Curriculum and Courses
Including Arabic Language Requirement
Middle East Studies-Conferences, Lectures, Visitors
Middle East Studies-Students
Including Assistantships and Fellowships
Middle East Studies- Faculty and Staff
Middle East Studies-Governance and Structure
Middle East Studies-Interdisciplinary Advisory Committee
Box 26
Performing and Visual Arts, Department of-Governance and Structure
Including Successor Search for Walter Eysselinck
Performing and Visual Arts, Department of-Faculty
Performing and Visual Arts, Department of-Facilities, Finances, Publications
Including Film Library, Fundraising, Karnack Art Purchase, Ewart Hall, Howard Theater, Wallace Theater
Performing and Visual Arts, Department of-Conferences, Lectures, Visitors
Including Performances
Performing and Visual Arts, Department of-Curriculum and Courses
Performing and Visual Arts, Department of-Faculty-Teaching Loads
Performing and Visual Arts, Department of-Staff
Performing and Visual Arts, Department of-Students
Box 27
Political Science, Department of-Faculty and Staff-Teaching Loads
Political Science, Department of-Governance and Structure
Political Science, Department of-Graduate Law Programs
Political Science, Department of-Students
Political Science, Department of-Students-Theses
Political Science, Department of-Conferences, Lectures, and Visitors
Including Research Grants and Distinguished Visiting Professors (DVPs)
Box 28
Political Science, Department of-Curriculum and Courses
Political Science, Department of-Faculty and Staff (2 folders)
Political Science, Department of-Facilities, Finances, Publications
Sociology, Anthropology, Psychology and Egyptology, Department of-Conferences, Lectures Research, Visitors
Sociology, Anthropology, Psychology and Egyptology, Department of-Curriculum and Courses
Sociology, Anthropology, Psychology and Egyptology, Department of-Facilities, Finances, Publications
Box 29
Sociology, Anthropology, Psychology and Egyptology, Department of-Faculty & Staff-Teaching Loads
Sociology, Anthropology, Psychology and Egyptology, Department of-Faculty and Staff
Sociology, Anthropology, Psychology and Egyptology, Department of-Students
Sociology, Anthropology, Psychology and Egyptology, Department of-Governance and Structure
Sociology, Anthropology, Psychology and Egyptology, Department of-Meeting Minutes
Writing program-Advisory Committee on English
Writing program-Conferences, Lectures, Visitors
Including Distinguished Visiting Professors
Writing program-Curriculum and Courses
Box 30
Writing program-Governance and Structure
Writing program-Faculty and Staff-Teaching Loads
Writing program-Faculty and Staff (2 folders)
Including Six-year Contract Limit
Writing program-Facilities, Finances, Publications
Writing program-Reading level/ Nelson-Denny Testing
Writing program-Students
Writing program-Writing Center

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