H.M. Mohamed VI Fellowship in Moroccan and Mediterranean Studies

St Antony’s College
Oxford University

The Moroccan British Society

About the Fellowship

The King Mohammed VI Fellowship in Moroccan and Mediterranean Studies was established in 2004 as the fruit of an agreement between the Moroccan British Society (MBS) and St Antony’s College, Oxford University. As well as strengthening and promoting Moroccan-British ties, the new Fellowship aimed to promote study of Morocco in Britain through the endowment by the MBS of an academic position at Oxford.

In October 2004 the formal agreement between St Antony’s College and the MBS was signed at a ceremony in Rabat by Her Highness Princess Lalla Joumala, President of the MBS, and Sir Marrack Goulding, Warden of St Antony’s. The same month the first holder of the Fellowship, Dr Michael Willis, began work at in the Middle East Centre at St Antony’s.

The Work of the Fellowship

Since its establishment, the main focus of the Fellowship’s work has been on developing study of Morocco and the Mediterranean through the introduction of academic programmes, the fostering of research and the organisation of conferences, seminar series and lectures.

Academic Programmes
Several new academic courses related to Morocco and the Mediterranean have now been introduced at Oxford;

North African Politics (pdf file)

The History of the Maghreb Since 1830 (pdf file)

International Relations of the Maghreb (pdf file)

Research
Research has been conducted by both the Fellow and graduate students working under the supervision of the fellow.

Research and publications by Dr Michael Willis

Graduate student theses and dissertations