TalksBridging the Gap: Heritage Management for Sustainable Development On 13th April 2023, ArCHIAM co-director Dr Giamila Quattrone delivered the guest lecture Bridging the Gap: Heritage Management for Sustainable Development to the 5th Year students of the Architectural Conservation Studio, coordinated by architect Gianluca Bacci with Dr Stefania Landi, which is part of the Building Engineering-Architecture…
TalksHarat al-Bilad, Manah: Architecture and Social History of an Omani Oasis Settlement On 12th October 2022, ArCHIAM members were invited by the Anglo-Omani Society to deliver a talk as part of their monthly program of evening talks for members as well as the general public. Prof Soumyen Bandyopadhyay, who has extensively researched historic oasis settlements…
TalksThe Iran-Iraq war as Iraqi heritage On 25th May 2021, Dr Mary Shepperson was invited by the British Institute for the Study of Iraq to deliver a public lecture. Taking a modern conflict approach, her talk explored the material remains of the war, their interaction with more ancient heritage sites, and the potential significance of…
TalksConflict as heritage: remembering and forgetting war On 10th May 2022, Dr Mary Shepperson participated in the NTU Symposium Capturing Memories, Rebuilding Identities: Everyday Culture and Heritage of Post-War Iraq with a presentation that, using examples from Iraq’s previous conflicts and international comparisons, considered the case for a heritage approach to Mosul’s conflict remains. In…
TalksArchitecture and Energy SAHGB Podcast On 14th March 2022, Dr Mary Shepperson took part in the Architecture and Energy episode of the podcasts hosted by the Society of Architectural Historians of Great Britain (SAHGB), which focused on the relationship between architecture and energy and how architectural history can reveal new perspectives on buildings, energy use…
TalksUrban Development of Hooghly Heritage Landscape An online panel discussion on urban development around the heritage landscape of Hooghly river took place on 28th January 2022, moderated by Manish Chakraborti. Speakers and presenters included Dr. Frank Eckardt from Germany, Dr. Paul Meurs from the Netherlands, Dr. Siddhartha Sen from USA, Dr. Soumyen Bandyopadhyay from UK,…
Lecture SeriesArchitectural and Urban Forms of the Islamic World Lecture Series This series of lectures was prepared by ArCHIAM on behalf of the Education Programme of the Aga Khan Trust for Culture (AKTC). It aims to present a comparative picture of urban and architectural form across the vast geographical region commonly referred to as the Islamic World. Examples…
TalksMigration and cultural heritage: challenges and opportunities in the M’Hamid Oasis, Morocco On 16th July 2019, Dr Giamila Quattrone delivered a talk on the impact of migration on the cultural heritage of Ouled Youssef, one of the traditional settlements of the M’Hamid Oasis, Morocco. She talked about the challenges that Ouled Youssef faces as a…
Lecture SeriesDissemination of Architectural and Urban Forms of the Islamic World Lecture Series On Tuesday 2nd July 2019, ArCHIAM’s Director Prof Soumyen Bandyopadhyay presented the pedagogic material on Architectural and Urban Forms of the Islamic World produced in partnership with the Aga Khan Trust for Culture as part of his talk on “Omani Towns: Tradition of the Desert and the…
TalksOmani Towns: Tradition of the Desert and the Sea On Tuesday 2nd July 2019, ArCHIAM’s Director Prof Soumyen Bandyopadhyay lectured on “Omani Towns: Tradition of the Desert and the Sea” at the National Museum Oman. The history of the Arabian Peninsula has often been conceptualised in terms of a duality that once existed between a ‘cosmopolitan’…