Reese W. Hollister · North Africa / Digital Research
Decks, datasets, maps, teaching tools, and AI-assisted workflows from a historian of North Africa — built so complex research becomes something people can see, test, teach, and use.
Applied AI
I use Claude and other AI tools to turn research, teaching, and communication problems into documented workflows — with explicit human judgment, review steps, and clear limits on what should not be automated.
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Featured project
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.
Explore the project →Selected work
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.
Documented AI-assisted systems for research, teaching, and knowledge work — built so a human user can understand, verify, and maintain every step.
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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