Conferences 2019-2020

Since its foundation in 1997, the Society for the History of the Jews of Tunisia has organised, at more or less regular intervals, scholarly meetings between European, Maghrebi and Israeli researchers, enabling them to meet, to exchange work and knowledge, and to study together a theme defined according to the state and needs of research.

The first three conferences focused on the history of the Jews of Tunisia, although some additional papers ventured into neighbouring territories (Algeria, Morocco and Libya) and room was also made for other disciplines (social sciences, literature).

• March 1999: Jewish-Muslim relations in Tunisia from the Middle Ages to the present day: cross perspectives
• April 2003: Between East and West, Jews and Muslims in Tunisia: histories and historiographies revisited (18th and 19th centuries)
• April 2005: The Alliance Israélite Universelle in Tunisia (1860-1967) and the socio-cultural transformations of the Jewish community.
• November 2008: The Jews of the Maghreb from the colonial era to the present day: history, memory and writings of the past.
• December 2019: The Jews of the Maghreb protectorates and France from the end of the 17th century to the present day
• April 2023: The Jews and the law in Tunisia - from the protectorate to independence (1881-1956) - Between historical progress and religious resilience

The conferences listed above gave rise to exchanges between researchers and also to a boom in research on North African Judaism, which until relatively recently was regarded as the poor relation of Jewish studies. They brought together Israeli, Maghrebi, North American and French researchers recognised in the field of Jewish studies and of research on the history of the Jews of North Africa or related disciplines.

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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.

Report on the SHJT 2023 International Conference

24 April 20235 June 2023Conferences, events, Young Researchers' Day

The international conference organised by the Society for the History of the Jews of Tunisia (SHJT) in collaboration with the Centre français du judaïsme tunisien (Paris), entitled "The Jews and the law in Tunisia – From the protectorate to independence (1881-1956): between historical progress and religious resilience", was held from 16 to 18 April 2023 at...Continue reading

Programme of the SHJT International Conference, 16 to 18 April 2023

10 March 20235 June 2023Conferences, events

SHJT International Conference The Jews and the law in Tunisia – from the protectorate to independence (1881-1956) – Between historical progress and religious resilience Monday 17 April 2023 9:45 am OPENING OF THE CONFERENCE First session 10 am – 12 pm GENERAL PERSPECTIVES: THE LEGAL AND RELIGIOUS STATUS OF THE JEWS OF TUNISIA THROUGH THE PRESS, JOURNALS AND...Continue reading

Tribute to Albert Memmi (1920-2020)

18 November 202013 July 2022articles, Conferences

TRIBUTE TO ALBERT MEMMI (December 1920 - May 2020) Video conference Sunday 6 December 2020: 2:00 pm – 5:30 pm PROGRAMME 2:00 pm-2:10 pm: ...Continue reading

Review of the SHJT International Conference of 17 to 19 December 2019

14 January 20203 March 2020Conferences, events

The conference organised by the SHJT, devoted to the relationship of the Jews of the Maghreb Protectorates with France from the end of the 18th century to the present day, was held from Tuesday 17 to Thursday 19 December 2019 in the auditorium of the MAHJ, with a large number of participants despite access being made difficult by the transport strikes. The conference...Continue reading

Tuesday 17, Wednesday 18 and Thursday 19 December 2019 – International Conference "The Jews of the Maghreb Protectorates and France from the end of the 17th century to the present day"

28 October 201912 December 2019Conferences, events

The Society for the History of the Jews of Tunisia (SHJT) is pleased to invite you to the International Conference taking place from Tuesday 17 December at 6:30 pm to Thursday 19 December at 6:30 pm at the Musée d’Art et d’Histoire du Judaïsme, Hôtel Saint Aignan, 71 Rue du Temple 75003 Paris, on the theme: "The Jews of the Protectorates of the...Continue reading

Tunis, May 2019 – Trip organised by the SHJT

11 June 201911 June 2019Conferences, events

A four-day stay in Tunis organised by our Society, in which 25 of our members took part, took place from Monday 27 May to Thursday 30 May 2019. The trip had a twofold aim: to take part in a research seminar with Tunisian historians and students, and to discover or revisit certain places...Continue reading

CALL FOR PAPERS – International Conference 12-14 Nov 2019 – "The Jews of the Maghreb protectorates and France from the end of the 18th century to the present day"

30 January 201921 February 2019Conferences, events

Conference organised by the Society for the History of the Jews of Tunisia and North Africa, in partnership with various research centres. The meeting, to be held in Paris from 12 to 14 November 2019, focuses on the situation of the Jews in the French Protectorates in Morocco and Tunisia. As part of...Continue reading

Lionel LEVY’s report on the conference of 22 to 25 March 1999

5 January 20035 December 2018Conferences, events

It was a fine achievement to bring together at the Sorbonne, from 22 to 25 March 1999, so many researchers, Jewish or non-Jewish, from Tunisia or elsewhere, Muslim Tunisians and Israelis, and to draw a collective work from a sum of individual contributions.1 The fusion of all these papers managed to avoid cacophony but also, through...Continue reading