The Tangier American Legation Institute for Moroccan Studies (TALIM) (formerly known as TALM), a thriving cultural center, museum, conference center and library in the heart of the old medina in Tangier, is housed in the only historic landmark of the United States located abroad. Saved from destruction by a small but dedicated group now known as the Tangier American Legation Museum Society (TALMS), the Institute now operates with a locally-hired staff under the leadership of the Museum Director, Thor Kuniholm.

As the representative of The American Institute for Maghrib Studies, TALIM has hosted many AIMS conferences on a wide variety of subjects – the status of women in North Africa, the walled Arab city in history, environmental issues, language in North Africa, North African literature, and in 2004 a conference on Rethinking the Jewish Presence in North Africa . Through these periodic AIMS conferences, TALIM encourages communication among North African scholars introducing them to the resources of the TALIM research library. The AIMS Maghribi scholar program administered in Morocco by TALIM compliments this objective by offering short term grants to Tunisian and Algerian scholars to conduct research in Morocco.

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TALIM Research Clearance Form (PDF)

Learn more about TALIM by visiting its website.