The Maghrib Studies Initiative, a joint venture with CMES and the Center for African 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.

Faculty Associates
Bruce Hall (Professor, History)
Sarah Levin (Lecturer, JewishStudies)
Emily Gottreich (Adjunct Professor, GlobalStudies)
Soraya Tlatli (Associate Professor, French)
Adam Benkato (Associate Professor, Middle Eastern Languages and Cultures)
Mia Fuller (Professor, ItalianStudies)
Stefania Pandolfo (Professor, Anthropology)
Mohamed Wajdi Ben Hammed (Assistant Professor, Comparative Literature)