# Event Details

- **Event Name**: Steven Salaita - An Honest Living:  Stories from Inside and Out of Academe
- **Event Start and End Date**: Thu, 29 Jan, 2026 at 06:00 pm – Thu, 29 Jan, 2026 at 07:00 pm
- **Event Description**: This talk will explore the various challenges facing academe today through reference to Salaita's memoir An Honest Living. Having been fired from a tenured position at the University of Illinois in 2014, Salaita found himself unemployed before eventually taking up work as a school bus driver. After five years away from the classroom, he accepted a job at AUC. He will discuss this unusual journey and highlight the new challenges he encountered upon returning to the field of higher education.  

Steven Salaita is professor and chair of English and Comparative Literature at AUC. He has authored numerous books, most recently two novels, "Daughter, Son, Assassin," and "Jerry and Rodrigo Go to War," due out next month.

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The lecture starts at 6 pm. We work on a first-come, first-served basis as the number of seats is limited. We open our doors at 5:30 and close them at 6:15 or earlier when the lecture room reaches its full capacity.
- **Event URL**: https://allevents.in/cairo/steven-salaita-an-honest-living-stories-from-inside-and-out-of-academe/200029555685322
- **Event Categories**: art, literary-art
- **Interested Audience**: 
  - total_interested_count: 63

## Ticket Details


## Event venue details

- **city**: Cairo
- **state**: QH
- **country**: Egypt
- **location**: NVIC - Netherlands-Flemish Institute in Cairo
- **lat**: 30.056690055425
- **long**: 31.222203892899
- **full address**: NVIC - Netherlands-Flemish Institute in Cairo, Cairo, Egypt

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## FAQs

- **Q**: When and where is Steven Salaita - An Honest Living:  Stories from Inside and Out of Academe being held?
  - **A:** Steven Salaita - An Honest Living:  Stories from Inside and Out of Academe takes place on Thu, 29 Jan, 2026 at 06:00 pm to Thu, 29 Jan, 2026 at 07:00 pm at NVIC - Netherlands-Flemish Institute in Cairo, Cairo, Egypt.
- **Q**: Who is organizing Steven Salaita - An Honest Living:  Stories from Inside and Out of Academe?
  - **A:** Steven Salaita - An Honest Living:  Stories from Inside and Out of Academe is organized by NVIC - Netherlands-Flemish Institute in Cairo.

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