Aga Khan Professor of Islamic Architecture
Director, Aga Khan Program for Islamic Architecture (AKPIA)
Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), Cambridge, MA
Current Position
- Academic Appointments
- Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA
- History, Theory and Criticism of Architecture Program, Department of Architecture
- Assistant Professor 1991-1995
- Aga Khan Career Development Professor 1991-1999
- Associate Professor 1995-2006
- Director, Aga Khan Program for Islamic Architecture 1999-present
- Full Professor 2007-present
- La Chaire de L’Institut du Monde Arabe (IMA), Paris Jan-Feb 2003
- Allianz Guest Professor for Islamic Studies Spring/Summer 2007
- Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität, Munich, Germany
- Visiting Professor, chaire sécable de l’Institut d’études
- de l’Islam et des sociétés du monde musulman
- École des hautes etudes en sciences sociales (EHESS), Paris Summer2009
- Visiting Professor, J-Term
- New York University in Abu Dhabi, UAE January 2019 / January 2020 / January 2023
Principal Fields of Research
- Islamic Art and Architecture
- Urban History
- Heritage Studies
- Arabic/Islamic Studies
- Orientalism/Colonial/Post-Colonial Studies
- Arab History
- Contemporary Arab Art