1975
Education
Ph.D. in History
University of Mohammed V, Rabat
Thesis: "Commercial and Cultural Relations Between Morocco and Andalusia"
Historian and researcher in the modern history of Northern Morocco
Dr. Abdelaziz Khallouk Temsamani
A scholarly path devoted to documents and archives for understanding the history of Tangier and Northern Morocco, and rereading historical memory with critical method.
Abdelaziz Khallouk Temsamani was not simply a historian concerned with recording events; his scholarly project made the document an entry point for questioning memory and reconstructing the history of Northern Morocco.
From Tangier, and specifically Hay Al-Mesalla, his early intellectual awareness was shaped by reading and knowledge before expanding through a self-directed formation across languages and sources.
Intellectual Formation and the Beginnings of Critical Awareness
Temsamani's intellectual formation was shaped by wide reading, encouraged from childhood and pursued independently across Arabic, French, and Spanish sources.
This early culture of reading connected literature, thought, history, and politics, and later informed his documentary method and his attention to the archives of Tangier and Northern Morocco.
Self-Education and Reading
His formation relied on sustained personal reading and a disciplined search for knowledge beyond narrow cultural routines.
Languages and Sources
Arabic, French, and Spanish opened multiple documentary and intellectual horizons across history, literature, thought, and politics.
Critical Inquiry
His work gradually moved toward independent questioning and a documentary approach to historical memory.
I read widely, and in a self-directed way, major works in Arabic, French, and Spanish.
Academic Biography
- 1968
Education
Licence in History
University of Mohammed V, Rabat
- 1985-2010
Academic Career
Professor of Modern History
University of Abdelmalek Essaâdi
Led groundbreaking research in North African urban history and cultural heritage preservation.
- 1990-2005
Academic Career
Director
Center for Historical and Social Studies, Tetouan
Established innovative methodologies for archival research and community engagement.
- 1995-2010
Academic Career
Advisor to the Ministry of Culture
Kingdom of Morocco
Provided expertise on heritage preservation and cultural documentation policies.
Scholarly Works and Publications
For Abdelaziz Khallouk Temsamani, authorship was a direct extension of his historical method: the book remained a space for questioning documents, organizing historical material, and revisiting issues long shaped by reduction or ready-made readings.
Pays Jbala : Makhzen, Espagne et Ahmed Raissouniطنجة، الطبعة الأولى 1995؛ الطبعة الثانية 1996
بحوث ونصوص حول تاريخ المغرب المعاصرطنجة، 1996
حفريات في تاريخ المغرب المعاصرطنجة، 1996
ملامح من تاريخ طنجة المعاصر (1792-1947)طنجة، 1996
دراسات في تاريخ شمال المغرب المعاصرطنجة، 1996
مقالات ووثائق حول تاريخ المغرب المعاصرطنجة، 1997
الحركة الريسونية من خلال الوثائق المغربيةجزآن، طنجة، 1997
العلاقات الإسبانية المغربية في نهاية القرن 19 من خلال الأرشيف الديبلوماسي (1884-1898)المحمدية، 1997
تقديم ونشر كتاب: رحلة الجلالة المحمدية إلى طنجة عاصمتها الديبلوماسيةلأحمد بن محمد الكردودي الكلالي، طنجة، 1997
تأملات في تاريخ المغرب المعاصر من خلال التقاييد والرؤىطنجة، 1998
تقديم ونشر كتاب: الرحلة الطنجوية الممزوجة بالمناسك المالكيةللمحسن بن محمد الغسال، طنجة، 1998
طنجة الدولية من خلال الوثائقدراسة بدعم من وزارة الثقافة، 2000؛ لم يكتب لها النشر
The Memory Cabinet: Documents and Images from a Scholarly Path
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