Tangier American Legation Museum

Historic marker honoring WWII Legation Chief Rives-Childs

July 15, 2018July 15, 2018 Leave a comment by John Davison

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

Cultural Diplomacy, Museum, Tangier, Uncategorized

Charles Sevigny, An American Abroad

July 11, 2018July 4, 2018 Leave a comment by John Davison

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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AIMS Graduate Student Writing Workshop

May 26, 2018May 26, 2018 Leave a comment by John Davison

Annual Dissertation Workshop

Books, Events, Maghrib, Morocco, Podcasts

Eric Calderwood: Colonial Andalus

July 11, 2018May 26, 2018 Leave a comment by Abdelbaar Mounadi Idrissi

In this episode, Eric Calderwood (University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign) speaks about his recently published book Colonial al-Andalus: Spain and the Making of Modern Moroccan Culture (Harvard University Press, 2018). Calderwood offers an overview of his book and also reflects on how the time he has spent in Morocco (especially in Tetouan) has shaped his research topic and his understanding of Moroccan history and literature.

Events, Morocco, Podcasts

Tánger Segunda Patria por Rocío Rojas-Marcos

July 11, 2018May 17, 2018 Leave a comment by Abdelbaar Mounadi Idrissi

Presentación del último trabajo de investigación de Rocío Rojas Marcos a cargo de la profesora e investigadora Randa Jebrouni.

Events, Fulbright, Morocco, Podcasts, TALIM

“Gunpowder Women: A Generation Galloping Past the Mudawana”: Lecture by Gwyneth Talley, UCLA

July 11, 2018May 10, 2018 Leave a comment by Abdelbaar Mounadi Idrissi

Morocco’s little known tradition of women troupes who perform the famous Fantasia (“tbourida”) equestrian ceremony is the doctoral focus of Fulbright scholar Gwyneth Talley from the University of California at Los Angeles, who discussed her research findings at TALIM on Monday, April 23. Gwyneth shared insights into the culture of tbourida and how the revival in women’s equestrian sports, in particular the tbourida, coincided with the 2004 passage of Morocco’s new personal status code, the Mudawana.

April Seminars, Events, Historic Preservation, TALIM

2018 April Seminar

November 13, 2020April 16, 2018 1 Comment by Abdelbaar Mounadi Idrissi

TALIM hosted its annual April Seminar this week on the theme, “Documenting the Cultural Heritage of Northern Morocco,” in partnership with the Office Cherifien de Phosphates and the Aga Khan Documentation Center @ MIT.

Caitlyn Olson – عقائد السنوسي و اختلافاتها عن العقائد الفلسفية المعاصرة في المشرق

July 11, 2018March 16, 2018 Leave a comment by Abdelbaar Mounadi Idrissi

قد تغير فهم الباحثين للتاريخ المتأخر للفلسفة وعلم الكلام تغيراً كبيراً. بينما افترض الباحثون السابقون أن الفلسفة اختفت بعد وفاء ابن رشد في القرن السابع ه / الثاني عشر م وأن علم الكلام انحط، فالدراسات الحالية تشير إلى مسلك آخر وهو اندماج الفلسفة إلى علم الكلام.

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Salaheddine Mezouar – “Le nouveau visage de Tanger.. lutte contre l’amnésie”

July 11, 2018March 9, 2018 Leave a comment by Abdelbaar Mounadi Idrissi

Cet épisode a été enregistré le 23 Février 2018, au TALIM, le Tangier American Legation Institut for Moroccan Studies, et présenté dans le cadre du colloque international organisé par l’association Al Boughaz de Tanger, intitulé “Le nouveau visage de Tanger.. lutte contre l’amnésie”.

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Samuel Metz: Sub-Saharan Migrant Networks in Tangier

July 11, 2018February 27, 2018 Leave a comment by Abdelbaar Mounadi Idrissi

Following up on his presentation at the 2017 Annual Fulbright Symposium, “Spreading Awareness or Stealing Stories? How Sub-Saharan Migrant Networks in Tangier Perceive and Act Toward Outsiders Who Rely on Them for Information,” Tangier-based Fulbright Scholar Sam Metz, of the University of California at Berkeley, spoke with TALIM Director John Davison to share some of his findings following his year in Morocco. Having spent the final months of his fellowship in the peripheral Tangier neighborhood of Masnana, living with migrant communities, Sam offers unique insights into this timely and important theme.