Professor Eric Calderwood’s book, “Colonial al-Andalus: Spain and the Making of Modern Moroccan Culture” (Harvard University Press 2018), has been awarded the 2019 L. Carl Brown American Institute for Maghrib Studies (AIMS) Book Prize in North African Studies. Established in 2013, the L. Carl Brown Book Prize is awarded annually to the outstanding book in the area of North African studies. The winning work reflects the innovative intellectual achievements in North African studies exemplified by Garrett Professor in Foreign Affairs and Professor Emeritus at Princeton University, L. Carl Brown.

Professor Calderwood's research areas include North African literature and film, modern Spanish literature and film, al-Andalus (Medieval Muslim Iberia), modern Arabic literature, Mediterranean studies, postcolonial studies, and travel writing.

He is a Conrad Humanities Scholar, from 2018-2023.