Moroccan Studies Forum

The Moroccan Studies Forum is a speaker series which concentrates on contemporary topics, including economic development, regional cooperation, and Maghrebi leadership in Arab and African politics. Harvard students, faculty and the general public are invited to these events.

Chair: William Granara (granara@fas.harvard.edu)

2011–2012 Events

Events are listed in reverse chronological order.

April 19, 2012 - 5:00pm - 6:30pm
Political Reform and the Recent Rise of the Islamists: Morocco in the Arab Spring
April 13, 2012 - 2:00pm - 3:45pm
The Politics of Portrayal: Abdallah Laroui, Abdelkebir Khatibi, and the Issue of Representing Morocco [DATE/TIME/LOCATION CHANGE]
March 22, 2012 - 5:00pm - 6:45pm
Muslim Princes and Catholic Sisters: Missionaries in 19th-Century North Africa
March 1, 2012 - 5:00pm - 6:45pm
CANCELLED: Morocco's Role as a Transit State: Climate Change and Sub-Sahara African Migration to Europe
February 9, 2012 - 5:00pm - 6:45pm
Ethnography and Photography in Morocco's High Atlas
December 5, 2011 - 5:00pm - 6:45pm
Difficult Heritage, Transitional Justice, and Communal Reparations: Transforming Moroccan Torture Centers into Museums
November 17, 2011 - 5:00pm - 6:45pm
The Making of "Diwan Ifrikiya," or How to Put 2500 Years of Maghrebian Literature into One Book
November 10, 2011 - 5:30pm - 6:30pm
Hisham Matar: "Men Who Tiptoe Into Their Marital Bedroom: The Novelist in a Revolution"
October 27, 2011 - 5:00pm - 6:45pm
Social, Religious, and Political Dimensions of Language and Writing in Contemporary Morocco
October 20, 2011 (All day) - October 21, 2011 (All day)
Popular Protests, Governance and Political Transitions in the Maghreb: Algeria, Libya, Morocco and Tunisia

Event Archive

Moroccan Studies Forum Archive, 2007–2010

Moroccan Studies Forum Archive, 2002–2006