ISLAMIC ART, ARCHITECTURE, AND CULTURE

Aesthetics of Uneven Development
Cornell University, Near Eastern Studies Department
Instructor: Professor Talinn Grigor

African Art and Culture Art, Architecture and Tradition; Building Identity in West Africa
Wesleyan University, Department of Art History
Instructor: Professor Peter Mark

The Age of Sultan Suleyman the Magnificent: Art, Architecture, and Ceremonial at the Ottoman Court
Harvard University, Department of History of Art and Architecture
Instructor: Professor Gülru Necipoglu

The Architecture of Cairo
Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Department of Architecture
Instructor: Professor Nasser Rabbat

Architecture of the Islamic World
Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Department of Architecture
Instructor: Melanie Michailidis, Ph.D. Candidate

The Architecture of Power: Palaces and Palatial Spaces in Islam
The University of Texas at Austin, Center for Middle Eastern Studies
Instructor: Professor Carel Bertram

The Art of the Islamic Book, ca 1250-1600
Harvard University, Department of History of Art and Architecture
Instructor: Professor David J. Roxburgh

Art in the Wake of the Mongol Conquests: Genghis Khan and his Successors
Harvard University, Department of History of Art and Architecture
Instructor: Professor David J. Roxburgh

Cultural Constructions of Asian Cities
Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Department of Architecture
Instrutor: Professor Robert Cowherd

Design Experimenting in Knowledge Building
University of Toronto
Instrutor: Zahra Punja, 4th Year PhD Candidate

Domestic Architecture in Islam and the Poetics of Space
The University of Texas at Austin, Center for Middle Eastern Studies
Instructor: Professor Carel Bertram

Gender, Space, Architecture
Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Department of Architecture
Instructor: Professor Heghnar Watenpaugh

History and Culture of Cyprus: A Survey on its Cultural Heritage
Eastern Mediterranean University, Faculty of Architecture
Instructor: Professor Netice Yildiz

Islamic Art and Architecture: A Survey
Dartmouth College
Instructor: Professor Glaire Anderson

Islamic Architecture and the Environment
Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Department of Architecture
Instructor: Professor Nasser Rabbat

Islamic City
Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Department of Architecture
Instructor: Professor Nasser Rabbat

The Islamic City: Urban Form and Society
Oberlin College
Instructor: Professor Yasser Tabbaa

The Islamic Garden
History of Art Department, Bristol University
Instructor: Gillian Barker, BEd (Hons Cantab) MA

Islamic Palaces and Court Culture (8th-17th c.)
Dartmouth College
Instructor: Professor Glaire Anderson

Orientalism and Representation
Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Department of Architecture
Instructor: Professor Nasser Rabbat

The Politics of Public Space in Islamic Societies
Rhode Island School of Design, Department of Architecture
Instructor: Professor Talinn Grigor


Religious and Cultural Politics in Post-revolutionary Iran

University of Oxford, St. Anthony's College
Instructor: Pedram Khosronejad, Junior Research Fellow

Religious Architecture and Islamic Cultures
Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Department of Architecture
Instructor: Professor Nasser Rabbat

The Silk Road
University of Washington, Department of History and Jackson School of International Studies
Instructor: Professor Daniel C. Waugh

Theories and Histories of Architectural Preservation
Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Department of Architecture
Instructor: Professor Heghnar Watenpaugh

Topics in the Arabic Art and Culture: The Western Mediterranean
Harvard University, Department of History of Art and Architecture
Instructor: Professor David J. Roxburgh

Urban Renewal and Housing in Mardin
Middle East Technical University, Faculty of Architecture
Instructor: Professor Aydan Balamir

Resources:

Bibliography of Essential Studies of Islamic Architecture
Gulru Necipoglu, Department of the History of Art and Architecture, Harvard University

Resources for the Study of Islamic Architecture
Jarrar Sabri, András Riedlmayer and Jeffrey B. Spurr, Harvard University

Basic Reference Tools in Islamic Art & Architecture
Fine Arts Library, Harvard College Library

Architectural Drawings of Mughal Monuments in India
The Heritage, Agra, India


URBAN PLANNING

Developing Worlds: Planning and Design in Latin America and the Middle East after WWII
Graduate School of Design, Harvard University
Instructor: Professor Hashim Sarkis

The Global City: People, Production, and Planning in the Third World
Cornell University
Instructor: Professor Ben Kohl

Third World Urbanization
Cornell University
Instructor: Professor Ben Kohl

The Form of the City
Bryn Mawr College
Instructor: Proessor Carola Hein

History And Theory Of Urban Planning And Urban Design
American University at Beirut
Instructor: Proessor Joe Nasr


Other Resources:

A list of other related syllabi can be found at the H-Urban Teaching Center Syllabus Archive. See also the MIT Open CourseWare Website.

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