April 11, 2025
The Maghrib Studies Initiative, a joint venture with CMES and the Center for African Studies, is an active effort to forge a network of faculty members and students who work on or have an interest in North Africa. It aims more generally to encourage the study of the Maghrib as a distinct geo-cultural space and its connections to other parts of the world. The initiative will be a venue for workshops, conferences, panels, public-facing exhibitions, film screenings, guest lectures and other meeting formats where we can have rich interdisciplinary conversations.
Research residencies
The New Medina in Sousse, Tunisia
Language programs
Taa Marbouta in La Marsa, Tunisia (Modern Standard Arabic and Tunisian Arabic available)
Arab American Language Institute in Morocco (AALIM) through CASA in Meknes, Morocco
Journals
Guides to archives
Summer programs
Critical Amazigh Studies Summer Institute
Mediterranean Summer Skills Program (Reading Arabic Manuscripts course covers Maghribi paleography)
Center for Middle Eastern Studies