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NEZAR ALSAYYAD Curriculum Vitae As of June 2018 ______ARCHITECT, PLANNER, URBAN DESIGNER, URBAN HISTORIAN & EDUCATOR NEZAR ALSAYYAD Curriculum Vitae as of June 2018 ______________________________________________________________________________________ ARCHITECT, PLANNER, URBAN DESIGNER, URBAN HISTORIAN & EDUCATOR AREAS OF SPECIALIZATION Architectural and Urban History Cross-cultural Design Cities, Cinema, and Virtual Reality Cultural Studies of the Built Environment Environmental Design in Developing Countries Heritage Discourses Housing and Urban Development Islamic Architecture and Urbanism Middle Eastern Studies Traditional Dwelling and Settlements Urban Design & Physical Planning Urban History ______________________________________________________________________________________ CONTACT INFORMATION College of Environmental Design 232 Wurster Hall University of California, Berkeley Berkeley CA 94720-1800 Office (510) 642-4852 Fax (510) 643-5571 IASTE 390 Wurster Hall Berkeley, CA 94720-1839 Office (510) 642-6801 Fax (510) 643-5571 _____________________________________________________________________________________ EDUCATION 1988 UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, Berkeley ◊ Doctor of Philosophy in Architecture 1981 MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY, Cambridge ◊ Master of Science in Architecture 1979 CAIRO UNIVERSITY, Cairo, Egypt ◊ D.T.P., Diploma of Advanced Studies in Town Planning 1977 CAIRO UNIVERSITY, Cairo, Egypt ◊ Bachelor of Architectural Engineering 1 _____________________________________________________________________________________ ACADEMIC EXPERIENCE & POSITIONS 1998-present PROFESSOR ◊ Departments of Architecture & City and Regional Planning University of California, Berkeley Teaching and research on Architectural Design, Urban Design, housing, urbanism and Urban History of the Third World. 2015-present FACULTY DIRECTOR ◊ Center for Arab Societies and Environments Studies (CASES) University of California, Berkeley Establishment and administration of a new innovative Center concerned with teaching and research exchanges between U.C. Berkeley and Universities in Arab Countries, particularly Kuwait – funded by The Kuwait Foundation for the Advancement of Sciences (KFAS). 2014 – 2015 VISITING PROFESSOR (while on sabbatical from U.C. Berkeley) August 2014 – ◊ School of Design and Environment October 2014 & Institute of Middle Eastern Studies National University of Singapore, Singapore Taught Ph.D. workshop. October 2014 – ◊ Faculty of Architecture December 2014 University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong Taught a short seminar and a studio. June 2015 ◊ Melbourne School of Design University of Melbourne, Australia Taught a short seminar. 1995-2014 CHAIR ◊ Center for Middle Eastern Studies (CMES) University of California, Berkeley Tasks include administration of an organized research unit (ORU) within the International and Area Studies Division, coordination of academic programs, visiting faculty, lecture series, language instruction, graduate fellowships, regular faculty activities, and budget allocation. 2000-2014 PROGRAM CHAIR ◊ Middle Eastern Studies (MES) Undergraduate Program University of California, Berkeley 2009–2014 PROGRAM CHAIR & HEAD GRADUATE ADVISOR ◊ International and Area Studies (IAS) Graduate Program University of California, Berkeley Tasks include supervision of students and staff, coordination of admissions decisions, orientation programs, and grant programs. 2 1996-1999 & HEAD OF GRADUATE ADVISORS AND COMMITTEE CHAIR 2006-2011 ◊ M.S. – Ph.D. in Architecture Graduate Program University of California, Berkeley 2010-2011 INTERIM DIRECTOR ◊ International and Area Studies Academic Program (IAS) University of California, Berkeley Supervision of all activities of a teaching program offering five undergraduate degrees and one graduate program. 2003-2008 ASSOCIATE DEAN FOR INTERNATIONAL PROGRAMS ◊ College of Environmental Design (CED) University of California, Berkeley Mainstream and consolidate the several ad-hoc programs in the department with an international focus and bring them under the single umbrella of this new program. 2008-present PRESIDENT ◊ International Association for the Study of Traditional Environments (IASTE) Tasks include administering a non-profit academic association of interdisciplinary scholars whose research focuses on traditional built environments, including grant writing, administration, budgeting, paper review, supervising the publication program, directing all conferences, selecting regent speakers, and editing the IASTE Working Paper Series. 1988-2008 CO-FOUNDER & PRINCIPAL DIRECTOR ◊ International Association for the Study of Traditional Environments (IASTE) Tasks include administering a non-profit academic association of interdisciplinary scholars whose research focuses on traditional built environments, including grant writing, administration, budgeting, paper review, supervising the publication program, directing all conferences, selecting regent speakers, and editing the IASTE Working Paper Series. 1989-present EDITOR ◊ Traditional Dwellings and Settlement Review (TDSR) Responsibility includes management of all aspects of the journal including paper review, assignment of paper and book reviews, publication decision, design layout and budgeting. July 1985- ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR/ASSISTANT PROFESSOR/ADJUNCT June 1998 PROFESSOR/VISITING LECTURER/RESEARCH ASSOCIATE ◊ University of California, Berkeley College of Environmental Design Taught lecture courses, seminars and studios. January 1985 - ◊ University Extension, Interior Design Program 3 December 1987 Taught studios in residential and commercial design February 1982 - ASSISTANT PROFESSOR July 1984 ◊ University of Petroleum & Minerals, Dhahran, Saudi Arabia College of Environmental Design Taught courses in housing, urban design, and studios in architectural design, environmental design, physical planning and graphic communication; research in the areas of housing and building codes. September 1979 - FIELD RESEARCHER July 1981 ◊ Department of Architecture, Technology Adaptation Program (TAP), M.I.T., Cambridge, under the auspices of the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID), Washington, D. C. Prepared studies on the application of different housing concepts (site & services, upgrading, and core housing) and the use of landsat imagery to the Egyptian context; designing and preparing the final reports. September 1977 - RESEARCH ASSISTANT July 1979 ◊ Technology Planning Center, Cairo University Technology Adaptation Program, Joint Research Team on Housing (CU/MIT) Prepared studies on the application of different planning models to Egypt and conducting a field survey on the housing situation in Cairo. September 1977 - INSTRUCTOR/DEMONSTRATOR July 1979 ◊ Department of Architecture, Faculty of Engineering, Cairo University, Cairo, Egypt Assisted in the teaching of courses on housing, urban design, and architectural practice. 4 ______________________________________________________________________________________ PUBLIC SERVICE, ADMINISTRATION & CONSULTING 2009-2012 DIRECTOR 2003-2006 ◊ Board of Directors, The Society of Architectural Historians, Chicago 2003-present EDITORIAL BOARD MEMBER ◊ Encyclopedia of 20-th Century Architecture ◊ International Journal of Islamic Architecture ◊ Routledge book series: “Planning, History and the Environment.” ◊ Journal of Tourism and Cultural Change ◊ Prostor REVIEWER & EDITORIAL ADVISOR 1996 & 2001 ◊ Guest Editor, Built Environment, United Kingdom 1997-present ◊ Reviewer, Ashgate; Blackwell; Bloomsbury; Continuum Press; Harvard University Press; John Wiley & Sons; MIT Press; Routledge; University of Minnesota Press. 2001-present ◊ Book Series Editor, “Transnational Perspectives on Space and Place” Lexington Press, Lanham. Books in Series include Muslim Europe, 2002, Urban Informality, 2003 and Making Cairo Medieval, 2004. 1990–present ◊ Reviewer, Alam Al-Benaa, American Anthropologist, Annals of Tourism, Environment & Planning, Islamic Arts, International Journal of Urban and Regional Research, Journal of Architectural Education, The Journal of Architecture & Planning Research, The Journal of Tourism and Cultural Change, The Journal of Urban Geography, Journal of the American Planning Association, Journal of Historical Geography, Journal of King Saud University, Journal of Planning Literature, Journal of the Society of Architectural Historians, Middle East Review, Singapore Journal of Tropical Geography, Society & Space, Urban Design International, Urban Design Journal, Urban Studies. JUROR, PROFESSIONAL REFEREE & CONSULTANT April 2018 ◊ Kuwait Foundation for Advancement of Sciences (KFAS) Juror for an international competition to design the new headquarters of the foundation in Kuwait City. June 2016 & ◊ University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong June 2015 Juror for Master of Architecture Graducation Project. May 2015 ◊ Queens University of Belfast, Northern Ireland 5 Juror for Master of Architecture Graducation Project. 2012 ◊ King Abdullah University for Science and Technology (KAUST) and the American University in Cairo (AUC) Chair of review committee to integrate desert buildings technology project. 2012 ◊ Cornell University, School of Architecture, Art and Planning Member of review committee for the Department of City and Regional Planning. 2010-2011 ◊ Opera Square International Competition, Cairo Juror for the international competition to redesign Opera Square in Cairo, Egypt. Organized by the National Organization for Urban Harmony (NOUH). 2010 ◊ 14th Annual Arab Film Festival, San Francisco Consultant, jury selection 2009 ◊ 13th Annual Arab Film Festival, San Francisco Chair of the jury for the selection
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