Dr. Susan
Gilson Miller, Head of Moroccan Studies at Harvard
University, spent several weeks as scholar-in-residence at
the Tangier American Legation Museum (TALM; part of the American
Institute for Maghreb Studies). She is the recipient of a
multi-year Fulbright grant to study the nature of cosmopolitanism
in Tangier. An Arabist with long ties to Morocco and with
the academic community, Dr. Miller was a recipient of the
Council of American Overseas Research Centers’ Multi-Country
Research Fellowship in 1998 with her project entitled: The
Jewish Quarter of the Mediterranean City: An Architectural
and Historical Study. During her most recent stay, she
provided useful advice on research library operations, providing
a list of materials and books that she recommended TALM purchase.
Dr. Miller was joined by her husband, Mr. David Miller,
a specialist on micro credit programs, who assisted Mr. Thor
Kuniholm, director of TALM, in developing a grant
proposal to provide training to the staff of the Rotary Club’s
Micro Credit Foundation of the North. Mr. Miller also met
with Embassy and United States Agency for International Development
(USAID) officials in Rabat regarding TALM’s grant submission.
TALM invited USAID micro credit specialist, Greta
Greathouse, to Tangier where Mr. Kuniholm arranged
a meeting with Micro Credit Foundation officials to discuss
possible areas of cooperation. During their stay, the Millers
have contributed greatly to the Tangier American Legation
Museum. |