Morocco

Maghrib Studies Initiative

April 17, 2025

The Maghrib Studies Initiative, a joint venture of the Centers for African Studies and Middle Eastern Studies, aims to bring together faculty and students at Berkeley with an interest in North Africa. The initiative aims to organize academic events and help develop teaching materials on the Maghrib that are tailored for the needs of professors, instructors, researchers and students at UC Berkeley to teach and learn about the region.

Events 2 May 2025,...

African Languages Spring 2025

December 6, 2024

Studying a language is an immediate way to immerse oneself in African knowledge systems.

Why study language and culture
Why study language and culture at Berkeley

Learn more: African languages at UC Berkeley

Options for UC Berkeley Students In the Department of African American Studies AFRICAM 18B...

Study Abroad

UC Berkeley Summer Abroad offers a summer program in Ghana "Pan Afrikan Social Movements: Past, Present and Future." Through the University of California Education Abroad Program, there are options in Botswana, Ghana, Morocco and South Africa.

Financial assistance is available. Visit the...

Mohamed Wajdi Ben Hammed

Assistant Professor of Arabic Literature and Islamic Culture
Comparative Literature

Paola Bacchetta

Professor
Gender & Women's Studies