Just published in open access: Early Modern Narratives of Islam across Europe: A Connected Memory: brill.com/display/titl...

Excited to speak at The Alwaleed Islamic Studies Program at Harvard University next Thursday, Sept 25 (12–1:30 pm) at Harvard, CMES I’ll be sharing the story of Morisco diplomacy !

📅 Tuesday, June 24, 2025
🕒 18:30 (GMT+1)
📍 Dar Ben-Gacem Kahia
📩 RSVP by email for physical attendance: [email protected]
🔗 Zoom registration link:
us02web.zoom.us/meeting/regi...

Website: www.nadwaseminar.org
Podcast: m.soundcloud.com/contact-1160...

My new article "‘Powerful Moriscos’ in Tunisia" has been selected to appear in the Brill Showcase on Kudos 😇
link.growkudos.com/1p1qu6tj0u8

Contents includes chapters (in order) by Bruno Pomara, @barbarabejarano.bsky.social, myself, Luis Bernabé Pons, @hchachia.bsky.social, Hossain Bouzineb, Amine Oulab Lmaroudia, Catherine Infante, Gerard Wiegers, Mercedes García-Arenal and Tijana Kristic on various aspects of the Morisco diaspora

@gerardwiegers.bsky.social and Mercedes García-Arenal's new edited volume on Moriscos is *finally* advertised 🥳

Contributors include @hchachia.bsky.social @barbarabejarano.bsky.social, Luis F. Bernabé Pons, Tijana Krstić, myself and many others 👇

Out next July!

brill.com/display/titl...

We were thrilled to have Prof. Augustin Jomier as our speaker in the Nadwa Seminar. Prof. Jomier's lecture on the creation of the Zaytuna's Ahmadiyya Library was absolutely incredible, and the discussion was so enriching! The lecture will soon be available on our podcast!

Don't miss the lecture by Prof. Augustin Jomier, (IRMC - INALCO )
Title: Public Libraries in Ottoman Tunis: The Creation of the Zaytuna’s Ahmadiyya Library (1840)
April 16, 2025, 15:00 (GMT+1), Dar Ben-Gacem Kahia
RSVP: [email protected]
Zoom registration link: us02web.zoom.us/meeting/regi...

Images of several book covers and Spanish documents used in my book, "The Morisco Landscape: Narratives of Expulsion in Modern Spanish Thought." The book can be browsed and read for free on the publisher's website.
Link: crik.sa/bookread/202...

I received my Christmas gift! :) Finally, it’s possible to download the diary and all the works of Francisco Jiménez from his stay in Tunisia between 1720 and 1735.
bibliotecadigital.rah.es/es/consulta/...

It was a pleasure to have Prof. Peter Kitlas as our speaker in the Nadwa Seminar series of hybrid talks. Thank you Prof. Kitlas for the magnificent lecture and thanks to the participants, both in person and on Zoom, for enriching the discussion!

Podcast: m.soundcloud.com/contact-1160...

Thrilled to share two exciting pieces of news! I’ve been promoted to Associate Professor in Early Modern History at the University of Tunis and have been selected to join the board of The Mediterranean Seminar!

Title: Maghariba across the Maghreb
Speaker: Peter Kitlas (American University of Beirut)
Register for the Zoom session via this link: us02web.zoom.us/meeting/regi...
More details: nadwaseminar.org