Reese W. Hollister · North Africa / Digital Research
Historian · Educator · Research Builder
Decks, datasets, maps, and teaching work from a historian of North Africa and postcolonial institutions.
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A digital history project tracing how newly independent African states used civil aviation to project sovereignty, establish national identity, and build postcolonial institutions — with a case study on Royal Air Maroc.
A reconstructed dataset of early postcolonial African civil aviation, built from fragmentary archival records — with a case study on Royal Air Maroc.
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The strongest work samples: decks, artifacts, research, and teaching tools.
Tactile Arabic puzzle system that turns early script learning into a hands-on classroom routine.
Research on how highways, logistics corridors, and territorial administration helped Morocco convert claims over Western Sahara into durable control.
Research on Tazmamart, Morocco's Equity and Reconciliation Commission, and the political limits of truth-seeking when accountability remains constrained.
Fieldwork and language-study archive from a Fulbright year in Morocco — connecting archival research practice, Arabic and Darija study, and public historical interpretation.
An immersive Arabic program in Manah, Oman — language study carried into the mountains and markets of the interior.
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