From the Tangier American Legation

This episode was recorded at the Moroccan-American Commission for Educational and Cultural Exchange (MACECE) in Rabat on September 18, 2019. In this podcast, Emma Snowden, a PhD candidate at the University of Minnesota, discusses how medieval Almohad chronicles understood the role of the caliphate in the Iberian Peninsula. The swift takeover of North Africa and al-Andalus by the Almohads in the tw...

Grâce au soutien du Musée de la Légation Américain, le festival Youmein a pu inviter le conteur et artiste pluridisciplinaire algérien Fayçal Belattar à participer à sa 5ème édition autour de la thématique du « Désir ». Dans cette conversation enregistré le 25 Juillet 2019, avec Zakaria Alilech, un des cofondateurs du festival, l’artiste parle de son parcours, son rapport avec le conte du point de...

Le 23 Mai 2019 à 21h30 nous avons accueilli une conférence organisée par Business étiquette sous le thème: l’image de la femme dans l’Islam et la culture contemporaine. Mme Chamsdoha Al Boraki, experte en communication avance le questionnement suivant: la représentation que l’on se fait actuellement de la femme musulmane découle t’elle du texte fondateur de l’Islam, du Coran où est elle le résulta...

This episode was recorded on August 23rd 2019, at the Tangier American Legation Institute for Moroccan Studies. In this podcast, we welcome David Balgley, Masters candidate in Arab Studies at Georgetown University, discussing his research project entitled: Land, Labor, and Youth Aspirations in the Gharb, Morocco. In this podcast episode, David discusses some of the factors impacting the labor deci...

This episode was recorded on July 25th 2019, at the Tangier American Legation Institute for Moroccan Studies. In this podcast, we welcome Ari Schriber, PhD Candidate in the Department of Near Eastern Languages and Civilizations at Harvard University, discussing his research project entitled: Moroccan Shari’a In The Age Of Colonialism Ari Schriber is a PhD Candidate in the Department of Near Easter...

This episode was recorded on March 8th, 2019, at the Tangier American Legation Institute for Moroccan Studies. In this podcast, Carole Blankenship, Soprano, and Irene Herrmann on the piano, performed a lecture as well as a musical performance entitled; Paul Bowles: A Musical Portrait.

This podcast featuring Ian VanderMeulen, doctoral candidate in Middle Eastern and Islamic Studies at New York University, and TALIM resident director John Davison, was recorded February 7, 2019. According to some religious leaders and other intellectuals, Morocco is in the midst of a “recitational revival” (sahwa tajwidiyya). Though its scope and effectiveness are not yet clear, the intention is a...

Retired U.S. Ambassador Carleton Coon, Jr. served as Deputy Chief of Mission in Rabat in 1976, the year that the Department of State agreed to allow the Tangier American Legation to be converted into a private museum honoring the historic U.S.-Moroccan friendship. In this podcast, Emily Albrecht of Dartmouth College interviews Amb. Coon, who recounts the efforts made to restore the Legation in tim...

Ce podcast a été enregistré le samedi 2 Février au TALIM, le Tangier American Legation Institute for Maghreb Studies, dans le cadre d'une conférence animée par Dr Hassan Aourid, éminent politilogue, chercheur, écrivain ayant pour thème : les fondements institutionnels du Maroc traditionnel : Makhzen,Zaouias, Tribus. Dr Hassan Aourid a souligné le rôle de ces 3 composantes et leur pouvoir temporel...

Peter Kitlas: Moroccan and Ottoman Contributions to 18th c. Diplomatic Developments by TALIM

This podcast, featuring Dr. Mike Turner of the University of North Carolina Wilmington and TALIM resident director John Davison, was recorded on January 4, 2019. Traditional approaches to teaching Arabic in American Universities have focused on bringing students to proficiency in Modern Standard Arabic, a formal register of the language that is used throughout the Arabic-speaking world. In recent...

This podcast featuring American doctoral candidate in the department of Arabic and Islamic Studies at Georgetown University Anny Gaul and TALIM resident Director John Davison was recorded in October 24, 2018. The historical record suggests that during the early modern period, culinary cultures in Egypt and Morocco had far more in common than not. But in the nineteenth century, the way Egyptians an...

This podcast featuring Jordanian architect Firas Hamdan and Columbia University anthropologist Audi George Bajalia was recorded as part of Tangier's fourth annual Youmein Creative Media Festival in August, 2018. Born in Kuwait in 1989, Firas Hamdan lives and works in Amman. Hamdan is a researcher interested in urbanism and in exploring his relationship to different cities. His works focuses on und...

La Résilience Architecturale en Mauritanie Professeur Franklin Graham de South Florida University, nous a joint le 26 juin pour discuter du thème suivant: de la résilience architecturale en Mauritanie. Traditionnellement le peuple sédentarisé en Mauritanie construisait leurs édifices et murs à base de pierres et d`argile. Le mot « toqleedi » en Arabe et en Hassaniyya, explique cette maçonnerie tra...

This episode was recorded on August 3 at a roundtable held at the Old American Legation as part of the 4th edition of Tangier's annual Youmein Festival. In a conversation moderated by Youmein Festival Artistic Director and anthropologist A. George Bajalia, curators Myriam Amroun (coordinator of DJART '14, Algiers, and founder of RHIZOME) and Laila Hida (founding director of Le 18, Marrakech), disc...

This episode was recorded on April 12, 2018 at the Tangier American Institut of Moroccan Studies, as part of TALIM’s annual April Seminar on the theme “Documenting the Cultural Heritage of Northern Morocco”, which is organized in partnership with the Office Chérifien des Phosphates. In this podcast, we welcome Sharon C. Smith​, AKDC Program Head, presents a lecture entitled "Documenting the Built...

This episode was recorded on April 12, 2018 at the Tangier American Institut of Moroccan Studies, as part of TALIM’s annual April Seminar on the theme “Documenting the Cultural Heritage of Northern Morocco”, which is organized in partnership with the Office Chérifien des Phosphates. In this podcast, we welcome Dr. Michael A. Toler​, Archnet Content Manager, Aga Khan Documentation Center at MIT, pr...

This series was recorded on April 12, 2018 at the Tangier American Legation Institute for Moroccan Studies, as part of TALIM’s annual April Seminar, organized annually in partnership with the Office Chérifien des Phosphates. This year’s seminar program was organized in collaboration with the Aga Khan Documentation Center at MIT (AKDC@MIT). In the first podcast, we welcome Dr. Mhammad Benaboud, Vic...

This series was recorded on April 12, 2018 at the Tangier American Institut of Moroccan Studies, as part of TALIM's annual April Seminar on the theme "Documenting the Cultural Heritage of Northern Morocco", which is organized in partnership with the Office Chérifien des Phosphates. In the first podcast, we welcome Dr. Mhammad Benaboud, Vice President of the Tetouan Asmir and the General Secretary...

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...

Presentación del último trabajo de investigación de Rocío Rojas Marcos a cargo de la profesora e investigadora Randa Jebrouni. «¿Qué tiene Tánger?» Se preguntaba Mick Jagger al regresar de una estancia en las entrañas de la ciudad imantada para atraer a artistas. Quizá sea porque "posa altiva como una vedette en la puerta de África" -como decía Perre Lotti- o, tal vez, que produce "hermosos vértig...

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 parti...

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. مع ذلك، فحتى الآن ركز معظم هذه الدراسات على التيارات في الشرق الأوسط وبلد الفرس. في هذه المحاضرة، أتناول السؤال من وجهة نظر شمال إفريقيا وأ...

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”. Sur cet épisode, vous écoutez l’intervention de Mr. Salaheddine Mezouar, l’ex ministre Des Affaires Etrangères et d...

Following up on his presentation at 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 i...