When Tangier & Gibraltar Were “Tan-Gib”
Gibraltar and Tangier once shared regular shipping and air connections, and were a much bigger feature in each others’ lives.
Research Center
The Ed Wood School of Museology
When your museum is funded on a shoestring, your approach to curating exhibits has to be, shall we say, eclectic?
Building MASA, the “Moroccan American Studies Association”
At the Legation, the place where the Morocco – US dialogue started more than two centuries ago, scholars establish the Moroccan American Studies Association (MASA).
TALIM’s Magical Microfilm Machine
Thanks to multiple acts of kindness, TALIM now has a tool to allow research into more than two centuries of American diplomacy in Morocco.
When Americans Bombed Chefchaouen: L’Escadrille Chérifienne
Rare account by American volunteer Colonel Paul Rockwell who fought Moroccan rebels for the cause of France in the Rif War of the 1920s.
The Man in the Bicorne
Man in bicorne hat, in the days when Tangier’s “diplomatists” would go pig-sticking in the “Diplomatic Forest.”
Moroccans Got Rhythm?
Modern dance in Morocco must overcome cultural taboos, but it doesn’t stop young Moroccans from competing in “break dance battles” and “Arabs Got Talent,” according to AIMS researcher Karima Abidine.
Performing Tangier 2013
Performing Tangier 2013 was launched at the Legation, with oud concert and book presentation by Dr. Carol Malt.
Re-Mapping Tangier: National Geographic Workshop
“Re-Mapping Tangier” gathered European, American, and Moroccan scholars at TALIM to discuss an inter-disciplinary approach to understanding the complex space that is Tangier: African, European, Atlantic, Mediterranean, International, Moroccan.
Morocco – US Strategic Dialogue at TALIM April Seminar
TALIM’s annual April Seminar 2013 had a decidedly strategic angle: the Strategic Dialogue between Morocco and the United States, one of the oldest diplomatic relationships for the US, sometimes strained – as recently over the UN role in the Moroccan Sahara – by regional political events.
