Houssem Eddine Chachia is an Associate Professor of Early Modern History at the University of Tunis, Tunisia. A specialist in Morisco history, he was awarded the 2024 Sheikh Zayed Book Award for his book The Morisco Landscape . As co-founder of The Nadwa Seminar: Tunisia, Mediterranean, and Beyond , he actively engages in international research initiatives like the COST Action Islamic Legacy (CA18129) and the CSIC project Intercultural Mediterranean Diplomacy. Academic Affiliation: University of Tunis (Tunisia) Visiting Positions: Harvard University, University of Murcia His research focuses on: Historical trajectories of Moriscos and Sephardic Jews Mediterranean exile communities and identity formation Interfaith migration patterns (15th-18th centuries) Diplomatic negotiations between European and North African powers Archival analysis of Hafsid-Ottoman-Spanish relations Cultural adaptation in post-expulsion settlements Recent publications analyze: Morisco power structures in 17th-century Tunisia Cross-Mediterranean manuscript circulation Comparative diaspora integration (Albanians vs. Roma) Arabic historiography of Iberian religious conflicts Portuguese-Jewish-Maghreb interactions Memory construction in post-Reconquista identity Scientific Distinctions: 2024 Sheikh Zayed Book Award 2020 Best Young Researcher in History (Beit al-Hikma, Tunisia) He has organized multiple academic conferences including: 2022 Training School on Mediterranean Migration Routes 2019 International Conference on Tunisia & Mediterranean Identities 2016 Spanish-Tunisian Doctoral Symposium 2016 Second Meeting of Young Tunisian Historians









