The American Institute for Maghrib Studies (AIMS) is pleased to announce that it continues its annual awards for student members and for North African-based scholars presenting at MESA. While MESA 2020 may be all-virtual, the disturbances and difficulties placed on our lives by the coronavirus pandemic have not stopped scholars of the Maghrib from showing … Read more AIMS at MESA: The I. William Zartman North African Award
A rare treasure — in 2018, then-100 years old famed interior designer, Battle of the Bulge veteran, and dear friend Charles Sevigny (1918-2019) revisited the Legation’s retrospective in his honor, which turned into an impromptu tour guided by the artist himself! Film by Ayoub El Jamal, special thanks to Jamie Creel and Marco Scarani for their support with Charles’ unforgettable visit.
Let’s please make this our most shared video ever!
“Museum of the American Legation in Tangier: every last Friday of the month, the Museum of the American Legation in Tangier organizes eclectic concerts as part of the ‘Chi Stage’ project founded by the film director and cultural actor Ayoub El Jamal, produced by him and supported by the American Language Center. The concerts aim to encourage … Read more Legation among Top Live Music Venues in Morocco!
For US Independence Day, 4 July, the Board of Directors of the Tangier American Legation Institute for Moroccan Studies (TALIM) have issued this statement: Black Lives Matter The Tangier American Legation Institute for Moroccan Studies (TALIM) aims to promote friendship between the people of the United States of America and of Morocco, both in Morocco … Read more TALIM Statement on Black Lives Matter
On the Eve of Juneteenth, we share with you a copy of the 1865 diplomatic note that hangs in the Legation’s Museum (a gift of the Forbes family): Consulate General of the United States of America, Tangier28 April, 1865. Gentlemen: — The lamentable news of the death by assassination of Abraham Lincoln, President of the … Read more Diplomatic note on the “Lamentable News of Death by Assassination of Abraham Lincoln”
Lawrence Peskin, a history professor at Morgan State University in Baltimore, is in Tangier to research the life of James Simpson, America’s first consul to Morocco (1797-1820). He is doing so as part of a larger book project that traces the development of the Early National American community in the Mediterranean region by studying the lives and networks of three consuls. In addition to Simpson, he is studying Robert Montgomery of Alicante, Spain and Thomas Appleton of Livorno, Italy.
In addition to the many sources in the library at TALIM, he has benefitted from the opportunity to be able to walk around Tangier and understand the local geography. In doing so he has struggled to identify the remains of the 18th and early 19th century town and, particularly, the various consular houses in which members of the roughly 150-member European community resided.
In the pod cast and in a more detailed blog post he discusses his efforts to find the location of the first American consular house (before the current American Legation) and Simpson’s country villa, “Mount Washington.”
Read moreLawrence Peskin Podcast: James Simpson — The First American Consul to Tangier
Johanna Sluiter is a PhD Candidate at the Institute of Fine Arts, NYU where she is writing a dissertation on the Atelier des Bâtisseurs and the development of habitat in post-war architecture. She is currently an associate researcher at the École Normale Supérieure d’Architecture Belleville in Paris and a Chester Dale Fellow at the National Gallery of Art in Washington, D.C.
By Lawrence Peskin, AIMS Fellow/Morgan State University Most discussions of the U.S. presence in Tangier do not really go back before 1821. This is readily understandable. Everyone wants to know about the interzone years and the fascinating flock of “accidentals” (Elena Prentice’s term) who arrived here in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. Additionally, … Read more My Search for the First American Consulate and the Original Mount Washington
“Anthropology in China and Morocco Today: What We Learn from Zheng He and Ibn Battuta.” Wednesday morning, February 12, at 9h30, TALIM’s Annual Seminar, sponsored by L’Office Chérifien des Phosphates, will address the theme, “Anthropology in China and Morocco Today: What We Learn from Zheng He and Ibn Battuta.” TALIM President and noted anthropologist Dr. … Read more “Anthropology in China and Morocco Today: What We Learn from Zheng He and Ibn Battuta.”
TALIM Associate Director Yhtimad Bouziane and I had the pleasure to be interviewed by producer Saīd Kadiri as part of his arts program ” أهل الفن,” which features the Tangier American Legation Museum and our collection. We hope you enjoy this short tour of the Legation.
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