English Language Teaching Summer Institute, 2019 Tangier

Congratulations to all participants and trainers, and thanks to the Moroccan Ministry of Education and to the US Embassy in Rabat’s Regional English Language Office for organizing a splendid English Language Teaching Summer Institute in Tangier. All of us from TALIM were honored to assist you. We hope that you all enjoy your summer holidays … Read more English Language Teaching Summer Institute, 2019 Tangier


Reportage de 2M, “Les Coutumes et Costumes du Maroc Séfarad”

La chaîne marocaine 2M a présenté un reportage sur notre exposition à la Légation, “Les Coutumes et Costumes du Maroc Séfarad.” Nous esperons que vous pourrez la visiter en personne, si vous viendrez à Tanger avant le 1er juillet. Merci mille fois. [The Moroccan channel 2M presented a report in French on our exhibition at … Read more Reportage de 2M, “Les Coutumes et Costumes du Maroc Séfarad”


“Customs and Costumes of Sephardic Morocco.”

Please take at look at this video of the April Opening of the Legation Museum’s exhibition,”Customs and Costumes of Sephardic Morocco .” The exhibit, which will continue until July, truly represents a  TALIM team labor of love — our Curator Mohammed Jadidi and Associate Director Yhtimad Bouziane were in charge of the whole process of soliciting … Read more “Customs and Costumes of Sephardic Morocco.”


Conference Announcement and Call for Presentations Jews and Muslims of Morocco: Uncommon Commonalities

Conference Announcement and Call for Presentations Jews and Muslims of Morocco: Uncommon Commonalities June 17-19, 2019 Center for Jewish History, 15 W 16th St., New York, NY 10011 The American Sephardi Federation’s Institute of Jewish Experience in conjunction with Association Mimouna and the Institute of Semitic Studies, Princeton, NJ announce our second annual scholarly and … Read more Conference Announcement and Call for Presentations Jews and Muslims of Morocco: Uncommon Commonalities


Historic marker honoring WWII Legation Chief Rives-Childs

  The News and Advance of Lynchburg, Va reports on a historic marker erected in Lynchburg to honor US Diplomat James Rives-Childs, who is featured in the Legation’s Museum permanent exhibit for his efforts as Chargé d’Affaires of the Legation during World War II to rescue over 1200 Jews from Hungary. To learn more about … Read more Historic marker honoring WWII Legation Chief Rives-Childs


Charles Sevigny, An American Abroad

An exhibition on the life and creations of internationally acclaimed interior designer and Tangier resident Charles Sevigny is being presented by the American Legation in Tangier from June 30 to September 8, 2018. To celebrate his 100th birthday in June, the American Legation has also published a book by the historian Charles Sevigny, An American Abroad.  

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Harland Eastman: The Rescue and Transformation of the Tangier American Legation

Retired U.S. Foreign Service Office Harland Eastman served as Consul-General in Tangier in 1976, the year that the Department of State agreed to allow the Tangier American Legation to be converted into a private museum honoring the historic U.S.-Moroccan friendship. In this podcast, Emily Albrecht of Dartmouth College interviews Mr. Eastman, who recounts the enormous efforts made to restore the Legation in time for the celebrations of the U.S. Bicentennial. Ms. Albrecht’s interviews form part of a series of oral histories she recorded for her senior honors thesis, entitled, “Mapping Memories, Creating History: The Tangier American Legation” (May 2016).

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Al-Boughaz Association Colloquium: Tangier’s New Face and the Struggle Against Amnesia

Here’s a nice article from the Spanish language Moroccan news site Info Marruecos on the Al Boughaz Association colloquium that was held at the Legation on February 23 on the theme: “Tangier’s New Face and the Struggle Against Amnesia.” Former Moroccan Foreign Minister (and Tangier native) Salaheddine Mezouar delivered opening remarks at this important event.


CAORC Grant Opportunities

CAORC funding opportunities are now available! NEH Senior Research Fellowship Program The CAORC National Endowment for the Humanities Senior Research Fellowship Program supports advanced research in the humanities for US postdoctoral scholars, and foreign national postdoctoral scholars who have been residents in the US for three or more years. Fellowship stipends are $4,200 per month … Read more CAORC Grant Opportunities