Razieh Ghorbani joins us for a two-year residency. Her research addresses a critical gap in how Islamic art is theorized, displayed, and taught in Western and Middle Eastern institutions. She examines how curatorial visions and spatial practices can bridge this gap through creative dialogues between the past and the present.
Razieh holds a Ph.D. in Architectural History and Theory from UC Berkeley and Master’s degrees in Architectural Design and Critical Conservation from the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor. Her research unfolds across art, architecture, and anthropology, exploring questions about contemporary perspectives on Islamic art and the dialectics of tradition and modernity in architecture. Razieh’s dissertation was funded by the Carter Manny Award from the Graham Foundation and the Al-Falah Fellowship in Islamic Studies and has culminated in her current book project, An Architecture of Uncertainty: Narratives of the Built Environment under Economic Sanctions in Tehran.
Razieh has taught at UC Berkeley, University of Chicago, and Sooreh Art University in Tehran.
Areas of Expertise: Islamic Art and Visual Culture; Contemporary Art and Architecture in the Middle East; Postcolonial Discourse on Tradition and Modernity; Architectural and Urban Anthropology.
