Nader Sayadi October 2019
Department of Art and Art History 5305 Harmon Ave. College of Fine Arts Austin, TX 78751 University of Texas at Austin (214) 609-5012 2301 Trinity St. [email protected] Austin, TX 78705 (512) 471-3382
EDUCATION expected University of Texas at Austin summer 2020 Ph.D. Candidate in Art History, College of Fine Arts
Transferred from the Architecture Ph.D. program at University of Wisconsin- Milwaukee in September 2017.
2010 University of Tehran, Tehran M. Arch in Restoration and Conservation of Historical Buildings and Urban Fabrics (Historic Preservation), Faculty of Fine Arts.
2007 Tehran University of Art, Tehran B. Arch, Faculty of Urban Planning and Architecture
PUBLICATIONS
2019 ‘Architecture of Exclusion: The Savujbulagh-i Mukri Garrison, Border-Making, and the Transformation of the Ottoman-Qajar Frontier’, International Journal of Islamic Architecture, 8:2 (2019): 363–88.
AWARDS, GRANTS, HONORS
2018-2019 Travel and Summer Studies Awards, Department of Art and Art History and College of Fine Arts, University of Texas at Austin, spring and fall 2018, summer 2019.
2015 Barakat Trust Award 2015-16, spring & summer 2015.
2015 Travel grant(s), University of Wisconsin - Milwaukee Graduate School & School Of Architecture and Urban Planning, spring 2015, fall 2014, summer 2013
2013 Architecture General Scholarship, School Of Architecture and Urban Planning, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, summer 2013.
2013 Travel grant, Kogakuin University, Tokyo, summer 2013.
2011 Conference registration scholarship, Fondazione Romualdo Del Bianco, “Center for Heritage and Society, University of Massachusetts Amherst, spring 2011.
2011 Travel grant, Historians of Islamic Art Association, winter 2011.
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INVITED PRESENTATIONS
2017 “What’s Old is New,” Historic Water Tower Neighborhood (HWTN) Association, Monthly Meeting, Milwaukee, WI, April 2017.
2013 “Preservation of the Historic Architecture in Iran: The Kashan Historic City,” Department of Architectural Design lectures, Kogakuin University, Tokyo, June 19, 2013.
PEER-REVIEWED PRESENTATIONS
2018 “Sha’rbafi in Kashan: The Transformation of a Safavid Silk-Weaving Craft and the Continuity of its Terminology,” Iranian Studies Conference 12th Biennial, Irvine, CA, August 2018.
2016 “Risaleh-i Sha’rbafi and Kashan's Silk-weaving Practice: the Continuity of an Early Modern Craft's know-how in Iran since the Seventeenth Century,” buildings- landscapes-cultures PhD Program Lightning Talks, School of Architecture and Urban Planning, University of Wisconsin – Milwaukee, February 2016.
2015 “Madrasa-Mausoleum: Fusion of the Timurids' Legitimacy Quest and the Socio- Economics of the Charity,” The Central Eurasian Studies Society (CESS) 16th Annual Meeting, George Washington University. Washington DC, October 2015. [accepted]
2015 “Kashan's Pre-modern Silk Textile Workshops and Production Practice,” Graduate Student Lightning Talks, Society of Architectural Historians (SAH) 68th Annual Conference, Chicago, April 2015.
2014 “An Interpretation of the Medieval Islamic Geographical Representations: Two Types of Settlement Network in al-Istakhri's al-masalik wal-mamalik,” the 48th Annual Conference of the Middle East Studies Association (MESA), Washington, D.C., November 22-25, 2014.
2014 “Landscape as “Tangible Environment Shaped by Actors”: A Theoretical Re- Examination of the Term “Cultural Landscape,”” the 5th International Conference of Cultural Landscape (INCUL 2014), Iranian Society of Landscape Professionals (ISLAP) & International Federation of Landscape Architects Asia-Pacific Region (IFLA-APR), Tehran, Iran, November 17-18, 2014. [accepted]
2013 “The Sardar Mofakham Complex in Bojnord: The Lost Garden and Buildings of the Late Nineteenth Century in Iran,” the 32nd Deutscher Orientalistentag (the German Oriental Studies Conference), Deutsche Morgenländische Gesellschaft (the German Society for Oriental Studies), Münster, Germany, September 23-27, 2013. [accepted]
2012 “Kashan’s Sharbafi and Manufacturing in Central Iran,”, the 9th International Society of Iranian Studies (ISIS) Biennial conference, Istanbul, Turkey, August 1-5, 2012. [accepted]
2011 “Imagination of the Historic Complex of Sheikh Safi ad-Din Ardabili in the Fourteenth Century, Based on Safvat as-Safa,” the 7th European Conference of Iranian Studies, Institute of Oriental Philology, Jagiellonian University, Poland, September 7-10, 2011.
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2011 “Learning From the Past: Pigeon Towers, Agricultural Heritage of Zayanderud,” “Why Does the Past Matter?” International Conference, Center for Culture and Society, University of Massachusetts Amherst, May 4-7, 2011.
TEACHING EXPERIENCE
Department of Art and Art History University of Texas at Austin
2018-19 Assistant Instructor Introduction to Visual Arts
2017-18 Teaching Assistant Early Traditions in Art (from Palaeolithic to Gothic)
School Of Architecture and Urban Planning University of Wisconsin–Milwaukee
2016-17 Adjunct Instructor Architectural Design II (Core Design Studio) The Built Environment Reconsidered
2012-15 Teaching Assistant Introduction to Building Technologies Architecture and Human Behavior Architectural Structures and Construction
Department of Architecture Islamic Azad University (Tehran - Gharb Branch), Tehran, Iran
2011-12 Adjunct Professor Survey and Documentation of Historic Buildings Introduction to Historic Preservation
SERVICE to PROFESSION
2019 Journal Manuscript Review Sindh Antiquities Quarterly Journal
CERTIFICATIONS, PROFESSIONAL TRAININGS, INTERNSHIPS
2018 Professional Intensive Course in Textile Analysis, Milton Sonday, Brooklyn, New York, summer 2018.
2014-16 Internship at Historic Preservation Commission at City of Milwaukee (City Hall) and University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee and . Summer and Fall School Of Architecture and Urban Planning, summer and fall.
2013 Summer Internship, US/ICOMOS and Preservation Institute: Nantucket (PI:N), University of Florida, Nantucket Management Plan, summer 2013. [accepted]
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2010 Advanced workshop, “Cognition of Iranian Traditional Architecture,” in traditional architectural geometry practice by traditional master Ali-Asqar Sha’rbaf, The Iranian Academy of Arts, Tehran, Iran, spring and summer 2010.
2009 Summer Internship, Tehran University and Ardebil office of Iran Cultural Heritage, Handcrafts and Tourism Organization (ICHHTO), “Sheikh Safi-addin Ardebili complex” WHC/UNESCO nomination, Ardebil, Iran, summer 2009
2003-04 Photography and manual printing Certificate, Iran Photographers House, fall 2003-winter 2004.
UNIVERSITY SERVICE
2019-2020 Event Coordinator, Austin Historic Neighborhood Tours, Clarksville and East 12th Street, Antiquities Action, University of Texas at Austin, fall 2019 and spring 2020.
2008-2009 Co-founder and associate of Student Researching Committee of Restoration and Conservation of Historical Buildings and City Fabrics, Faculty of Urban Planning and Architecture, Faculty of Fine Arts, Tehran University, Tehran, Iran.
2003-2004 Co-founder and associate of Student Researching Committee of Architecture, Faculty of Urban Planning and Architecture, University of Art. Tehran, Iran.
2003-2004 Co-founder and associate of student Journal Mehraz, Faculty of Urban Planning and Architecture, University of Art. Tehran, Iran.
COMMUNITY INVOLVEMENT
2015-present Co- founder
Sarvsaan Cultural Heritage Participatory Documentation Program http://www.sarvsaan-padoc.com/
PROFESSIONAL ASSOCIATIONS
2019- present College Art Association (CAA)
2015- present Society of Architectural Historians (SAH)
2013- present Middle East Studies Association (MESA)
2012- present Association of Iranian Studies (AIS)
2010- present Historians of Islamic Art Association (HIAA)
2009-present International Council on Monuments and Sites – Iran National Committee (Iran/ICOMOS)
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
2011-2012 Conservation Architect and Researcher
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Emarat-e Khorshid Consultant Architects, Tehran, spring 2011-summer 2012.
2010-2011 Conservation Architect and Researcher
Matn Dar Matn Consultant Architects, Tehran, spring 2010 to spring 2011.
2007-2008 Architect/Designer I
P.A.R.C.E. Consulting Architects, Tehran, fall 2007-winter 2008.
ARCHITECTURAL PORTFOLIO
2007-2015 https://issuu.com/nader.sayadi/docs/work.sample.nader.sayadi
MEDIA COVERAGE
2011 One of three interviewees in a news report covering the 7th European Conference of Iranian Studies, Jagiellonian University, Krakow, Poland, September 2011.
“Four Days after Four Years: Krakow hosted the European Conference of Iranian Studies,” Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty (RFE/RL)
https://www.radiofarda.com/a/f7_cultural_town_crier_over_7th_european_conference _of_iranian_studies/24337931.html
SPECIFIC RESEARCH SKILLS
Textual Reading Knowledge of Historic Scripts: Nasta'liq, Shekasteh (Proficiency); Naskh, Kufic (Advanced) Reading Knowledge of Siyaq (Advanced) Material Historic Built Environment Analysis and Assessment (Advanced) Historic Built Environment Survey and Documentation (Proficiency) Historic Textiles Construction Analysis and Weave-type (Advanced) Digital AutoCAD, 2D & 3D Modeling (Proficiency) SketchUp (Proficiency) Adobe Photoshop, InDesign (Proficiency); Illustrator (Advanced) Google Maps [.kmz/.kml] (Proficiency) Knight Lab: StoryMap (Proficiency); Timeline JS, Storyline (Advanced) ArcMap/ArcGIS (Beginner) CARTO DB (Beginner) Pointcarré (Beginner) Oculus Rift VR (Beginner) Digital/Textual Acrobat Pro [Optical Character Recognition (OCR)] (Proficiency)
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LANGUAGES
Persian (Native Fluency) Arabic (Reading Proficiency) French (Reading Knowledge)
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