Arfaa Lecture Series Presents Mohammad Gharipour
Monday, April 19, 2027
6:00 PM-7:30 PM
“The Project of Modernity: Iranian Architecture in the 1960s and 1970s”
BIO:Mohammad Gharipour is an ACSA Distinguished Professor and serves as professor, area chair, and director of the Architecture Program at the University of Maryland. He is an expert in historic Persian built environments. His work has been recognized with honors from the Society of Architectural Historians, the National Endowment for the Humanities, the Fulbright-Hays Program, the Foundation for Landscape Studies, the Council of Educators in Landscape Architecture, the American Institute of Architects, the Fulbright Program, the Architectural Research Centers Consortium, and the Big Ten Academic Alliance. He has published more than 140 articles, encyclopedia entries, and reviews, and has authored, edited, or co-edited sixteen books. Gharipour is the founding editor of the award-winning International Journal of Islamic Architecture, the co-founder and director of the Epidemic Urbanism Initiative, and the most recent president of the Society of Architectural Historians.
About:Drexel University's endowed
Farajollah and Maryam Badie Arfaa Lecture Series, which is hosted by the Westphal College Department of Architecture, Design & Urbanism, brings design professionals and scholars of the built environment to campus several times per year. Public presentations consider contemporary, historic, professional, and theoretical aspects of architecture, interior design, and urbanism, introducing the Drexel community and greater Philadelphia audience to issues of local, national, and global relevance.
Contact Information
Daniel Coslett
dec85@drexel.edu