This article expands the category of “reform” to encompass a key area of urban infrastructure in colonial Tunis—the housing for students at the Zaytūna Mosque-University. Focusing on the French protectorate in Tunisia (1881–1956), I use documents from the Tunisian National Archives to frame housing as an intra-Zaytūna matter from which French officials withdrew during the interwar period. The housing sector saw Zaytūna students mobilize against their own professors, including prominent reformist intellectuals, who used evictions and other disciplinary tactics to manage and police students. This social history clarifies the praxis of reform, a topic usually studied in terms of intellectual history.

本文将“改革”的范畴扩大到包括突尼斯殖民时期城市基础设施的一个关键领域——宰图纳清真寺大学的学生宿舍。关注突尼斯的法国保护国（1881-1956），我使用突尼斯国家档案馆的文件将住房框定为 Zaytūna 内部事务，法国官员在两次世界大战期间退出了该事务。在住房部门，Zaytūna 学生动员起来反对他们自己的教授，包括著名的改革派知识分子，他们使用驱逐和其他纪律手段来管理和监督学生。这部社会史阐明了改革的实践，这是一个通常从思想史的角度研究的话题。