Interdisciplinary symposium on the work of Mohamed Salah Mzali

On 14 and 15 December, an interdisciplinary symposium will be held at Beït al-Hikma, with a number of speakers including Noureddine Dougui, Kmar Bendana, Slaheddine Larguèche, Khelifa Chater, Samia Charfi-Kassab, M'hamed Oualdi, Samia El Mechat, Anis Marrakchi, Youssef Ben Ismaïl, ...

Mohamed-Salah Mzali published his memoirs in 1972. They were republished in 2023 by Cérès éditions, Beït al-Hikma and the IRMC, in a version compiled and annotated by Elyès Jouini, and supplemented by a monograph by the latter on the subject of Mohamed-Salah Mzali, l'intellectuel et l'homme d'Etat (Mohamed-Salah Mzali, the intellectual and the statesman). This symposium is being held around this work, with a parallel exhibition of photographs to explore the evolution of Tunisia in the aftermath of independence.

Mohamed-Salah Mzali is a Tunisian scholar, historian, economist, teacher, man of letters and politician. He was born in 1896 and was appointed Grand Vizier-President of the Council on 4 March 1954. Mohamed-Salah Mzali died on 22 November 1984.