TEACHING AND RESEARCH INTERESTS
Islamic Art and Architecture (With a focus on Islamic Calligraphy)
The Patronage of Art in Islamic Lands
The traditional music in Iran
TEACHING EXPERIENCE
October 2013- August
2014 Visiting Associate Supervisor, Islamic School of Art, Qom (Philosophy of Art, MA)
October 2012-
Present Instructor, Sooreh University, Tehran (Islamic Art, BA)
February-June
2005 Instructor, University of Applied Science and Technology, Tehran (Graphic Design, AA)
2004- 2006 Instructor, Inqilab Islami Technical Institute, Tehran (Graphic Design, AA)
RESEARCH and Editing EXPERIENCE
Summer 2013 Editor for Shahkar-hayi Honari dar Astan-i Qods-i Razavi: Katiba-hayi Masjid-i Goharshad (Masterpieces of Astan Quds Razavi: Inscriptions of Goharshad Mosque), By: Mehdi Sahragard (Mashhad: Astan Quds Razavi)
April 2012-present Editor for Ganjnama: Farhang-i Asar-i Me’mari-i Iran (Cyclopedia of Iranian Islamic Architecture), vol.1-5 (Tehran: Shahid Beheshti University, reprinted, forthcoming)
Supervisor: Kambiz Haj Qasemi
Winter 2008-
Summer 2009 Co-editor for Soffeh: Journal of the School of Architecture and Urban Planning, no.47-48 (Tehran: Shahid Beheshti University)
2006- present Cooperator for “Iranian Academy of Art” in the fields of Research,
Translation, and Editing
2006-2009 Co-editor for Farhang-nama-yi Me’mari-i Iran dar Maraje’-i Farsi (Dictionary of Iranian Architecture in Persian Reference Book), (Tehran: Iranshahr Encyclopedia of the Iranian Architectural History, 2009) Supervisors: Dr. Mehrdad Qayyoomi, Sayyed Mohhamad Beheshti Shirazi
2006-2009 Editor and consultant for Golestan-e Honar: Quarterly on the History of Iranian Art and Architecture, no. 3-16 (Tehran: Iranian Academy of Art)
Autumn 2009 Editor for
Majmu’a Maqalat-i Ihya’ va Bahri-bardari az Amakin-i Tarikhi va Farhangi (Conference Proceedings of the First Congress on Studying and Presenting the Privileges and Potentialities of Adaption and Utilization of Historic and Cultural Places), (Tehran:
Iranian Cultural Heritage Organization, Spring 2009)
May 2008 Editor for Zaban-i tasviri-yi Shahnnama (Tehran: Intisharat-i farhangistan-i hunar, 1387), Translation of: Shahnama: The Visual Language of the Persian Book of Kings, ed. Robert Hillenbrand (Edinburgh: Edinburgh University Press and VARIE, 2004)
May 2007 Editor for Majmu’a Maqalat-I Nigargari (Conference Proceedings on Persian Painting), Congress of Isfahan School (Tehran: The Iranian Academy of Art, December 2006)
August 2007 Editor for Majmu’a Maqalat-i Mi’mari (Conference Proceedings on Architecture), Congress of Isfahan School (Tehran: The Iranian Academy of Art, December 2006)
