April 17, 2025
The Maghrib Studies Initiative, a joint venture of the Centers for African Studies and Middle Eastern Studies, aims to bring together faculty and students at Berkeley with an interest in North Africa. The initiative aims to organize academic events and help develop teaching materials on the Maghrib that are tailored for the needs of professors, instructors, researchers and students at UC Berkeley to teach and learn about the region.
Events
- 2 May 2025, Arabic and Berber Manuscripts: A Maghribi Written Tradition. This panel brings together scholars and specialists to explore an Arabic and Berber (Amazigh) manuscript tradition, with a focus on codicology and cataloguing.
- 1 May 2025, Arabic Manuscript Workshop, focused on the particularities of pre-colonial Algerian and manuscripts with Djamel-eddine Mechehed.
- 25 April 2025. Launch Event | Maghrib Studies Initiative. A half-day event examined existing syllabi, teaching modules, language resources, and research strategies – the first deposit of a rich repository
Center for Middle Eastern Studies