Michel Abitbol
Moroccan-Israeli historian
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Michel Abitbol (Hebrew: מיכאל אביטבול; born 14 April 1943 in Casablanca, Morocco) is a Moroccan-Israeli historian.
BornApril 14, 1943
Casablanca, Morocco
KnownforExpert on the history of Morocco and the history of the Jews of North Africa
FieldsHistory
InstitutionsHebrew University of Jerusalem
Michel Abitbol | |
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מיכאל אביטבול | |
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| Born | April 14, 1943 Casablanca, Morocco |
| Known for | Expert on the history of Morocco and the history of the Jews of North Africa |
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| Fields | History |
| Institutions | Hebrew University of Jerusalem |
He is considered an expert on the history of Morocco and the history the Jews of North Africa.[1] In the 80s, he gave courses at Université Paris VIII and Yale University. He is currently professor and chair of the Department of African Studies at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem.[2] He is the scientific director of the Center for Research on Moroccan Jewry, founded in Jerusalem in 1994.[3]
He writes his books and monographs in French.
From 1978 until 1981 and from 1987 until 1994 he was the director of the Ben-Zvi Institute in Jerusalem.[4]
Books
- Témoins et Acteurs – Les Cor cos et l'histoire du Maroc contemporain, Ben-Zvi Institute, Jerusalem, (1978)
- Tombouctou et les Arma, Paris, Maisonneuve et Larose, (1979).
- Tombouctou au milieu du XVIIIème siècle, Union Académique Internationale, Fontes Historiae Africanae, series Arabica VII, Paris, Maisonneuve et Larose, (1982), XII+85+18pp.
- Les Juifs d'Afrique du Nord sous Vichy, Paris, Maisonneuve et Larose, (1983), 220pp. Translated to Hebrew (Ben Zvi Institute, 1985) and to English at Wayne State University Press (1989)
- Les Deux Terres Promises – Les Juifs de France et le Sionisme (1897–1945), Paris, Olivier Orban, (1989)
- De Crémieux à Pétain – Antisémitisme et Colonialisme en Algérie [in Hebrew],Jerusalem,Shazar Center, (1993)
- Tujjar al-Sultan – Une élite économique judéo-marocaine au XIXème siècle Jerusalem, Ben Zvi Institute, (1994)
- Tujjar al-Sultan – Les commerçants du Roi, Paris, Maisonneuve et Larose, (1998)
- Le passé d'une discorde – Juifs et Arabes du VIIème siècle à nos jours, Paris, Editions Perrin, (1999)
- Reedition: Le passé d'une discorde – Juifs et Arabes depuis le VIIème siècle, Paris, Tempus, (2003)
- Les Amnésiques – Juifs et Arabes depuis 1967 – Perrin (2005)
- Histore du Maroc – Perrin (2009)
- Histoire des Juifs de la Genèse à nos jours, collection Pour l'histoire, Paris, Perrin (2013)
- Histoire d'Israël, Perrin, 2018, 868 p.
