Lectures

Since its foundation, the Society for the History of the Jews of Tunisia and North Africa has organised six to eight lectures each year for an ever-growing audience that includes students and researchers but above all people originally from Tunisia eager to rediscover their history.

These lectures are given by witnesses and, above all, by historians.

Find our lectures and materials online

STUDY DAY 2026: THE ITALIAN JEWS IN THE CONTEXT OF COLONIAL TUNISIA (19TH–20TH CENTURIES) – A HISTORY TO BE RETHOUGHT?

4 May 20264 May 2026Lecture, Events

The SHJT, in partnership with the Commission française des Archives juives (CFAJ) and the library of the Alliance israélite universelle (AIU), is pleased to invite you to its next study day, to be held on Sunday 7 June in the auditorium of the Alliance library. Doors open at 9:30 am...Continue reading

Study Day 2026: The History of the Jews of Tunisia Today

24 February 202624 February 2026Conferences, Lecture

The Society for the History of the Jews of Tunisia is pleased to invite you to its study day on the history of the Jews of Tunisia today. We will present recent work and new research on the history of the Jews of Tunisia.

Lecture by Claude Nataf on 27 January 2026: The Dreyfus Affair Seen from Tunisia

12 January 20264 February 2026Lecture, Events

As part of its lecture series, the SHJT is pleased to welcome Claude Nataf, president of the SHJT. The lecture will take place on Tuesday 27 January 2026 at 6:30 pm at the Mairie du 9e arrondissement, 6 rue Drouot. Claude Nataf will speak on the following topic: The opening of the first Alliance school...Continue reading

Lecture by Claude Nataf on 10 November 2025: The Opening of the First Alliance Israélite Universelle School in Tunisia (1878) and the Educational Revolution of Tunisian Judaism

26 October 202512 January 2026Lecture, Events, Uncategorised

As part of its lecture series, the SHJT is pleased to welcome Claude Nataf, president of the SHJT. The lecture will take place on Monday 10 November 2025 at 6:30 pm at the Mairie du 9e arrondissement, 6 rue Drouot. Claude Nataf will speak on the following topic: The opening of the first Alliance school...Continue reading

Ceremony and Round Table of 7 December 2025: The Day of 9 December 1942 in Tunis

9 October 202526 January 20269 December Ceremony, Lecture

As part of the commemoration of the round-up of the Jews of Tunis, the SHJT is holding a ceremony at the Mémorial de la Shoah on Sunday 7 December 2025, from 10:45 am (free admission).

Lecture by Florence Renucci on 27 January 2026: From Juliette Smaja-Zérah to Gisèle Halimi – Committed Jewish Women Lawyers from Tunisia

9 October 202526 October 2025Lecture

As part of its lecture series, the SHJT is pleased to welcome Florence Renucci, Senior Lecturer at Aix-Marseille University and Research Director at the CNRS

Lecture by Jean-Marcel Nataf on 5 May 2025: On a Neglected Heritage of the Jews of Tunisia – Rabbinic Literature

7 May 20257 May 2025Lecture

On 5 May 2025, Jean-Marcel Nataf gave a lecture on a neglected heritage of the Jews of Tunisia: rabbinic literature.  

Study Day: The History of the Jews of Tunisia Today

24 February 202524 February 2026Lecture, Events

The Society for the History of the Jews of Tunisia is pleased to invite you to its study day on the history of the Jews of Tunisia today. Registration and bookings via this link: https://bit.ly/shjt-journee-etude-2025

Lecture by Nathalie Cohen and Stéphanie Binder on 5 February 2025: Jews, Pagans and Christians in Roman Carthage

1 February 202513 February 2025Lecture

On 5 February, a lecture was held under the chairmanship of Mr Yann Le Bohec, Professor Emeritus at the Sorbonne: Jews, Pagans and Christians in Roman Carthage. Lecture and discussion between Stéphanie É. Binder, lecturer and researcher in the Department of Classics at Bar-Ilan University, and Nathalie Cohen, specialist in the history of religions and writer. Below you will find the complete...Continue reading

Lecture by Claude Nataf on 19 Nov 2024: The Public Authorities and the Community Facing the Clandestine Aliyah of the Jews of Tunisia and the Tragic Episode of the Oslo Air Disaster

21 November 202421 November 2024Lecture, Events

On the 75th anniversary of the Oslo air disaster (20 November 1949), in which 27 children travelling clandestinely to Israel lost their lives, Claude Nataf, President of the Society for the History of the Jews of Tunisia, gave a lecture on 19 November 2024 entitled: The Public Authorities and the Community Facing...Continue reading

1
2
3
→