The Center for Arts and Humanities (CAH) at the American University of Beirut aims to foster interdisciplinary exchange and collaboration across the arts and humanities as well as with other fields of knowledge, be they housed in the social or natural sciences, engineering and architecture, medicine, or law. It advances a nuanced understanding of the fields of artistic and humanistic inquiry and the creative and critical roles they have played across time and space as well as in the specific communities and societies we live in across the Arab region today.
CAH's mission has three core components:
- Research, promoting interdisciplinary projects across the arts and humanities.
 - Teaching, supporting collaboration and innovation in arts and humanities curricula.
 - Outreach, engaging colleagues and students in other academic fields, cultural practitioners, political activists, and broader publics both locally and globally.