IRCICA Heritage Talks program continues with panels addressing cultural heritage issues of concern for the Muslim world.
Dr. Hossam Mahdy, as the guest of IRCICA’s Heritage Talks programme in February 2025, will give a lecture titled “The built vernacular heritage in the Arab Region”. The lecture will take place on Thursday, 13 February 2025, at 14:00 İstanbul local time, via online connection with Dr. Hossam Mahdy.
Program Title: “The built vernacular heritage in the Arab Region”
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Panelist Biography
Dr. Hossam Mahdy
Independent consultant and researcher on the conservation of built heritage, based in Oxford, UK.
Hossam Mahdy is an independent consultant and researcher on the conservation of built heritage, based in Oxford, UK. He earned his PhD from Glasgow University, MSc from Raymond Lemaire International Centre for Conservation, Leuven and BSc from Ain Shams University, Cairo. He is a member of ICOMOS-UK and the president of ICOMOS International Scientific Committee on Vernacular Architecture (CIAV) and a member of the Board of Trustees for Paul Oliver Vernacular Architecture Library (POVAL) at Oxford Brookes University. Hossam has more than thirty years’ experience as an architect, researcher, consultant and lecturer on built heritage conservation. His previous functions included the following: Head of Conservation Section at the Department of Culture and Tourism, Abu Dhabi, UAE; Head of Heritage Section at the Alexandria Mediterranean Research Centre at the Bibliotheca Alexandrina; consultant to the Getty Conservation Institute for the preparation of a management plan for Queens Valley in Luxor; consultant to the Ministry of Culture in Egypt on urban conservation in Historic Cairo and staff member as lecturer on conservation at South Valley University and various Egyptian universities. His academic research focuses on culture-specific approaches, philosophy and practices of conservation in the Arab region. Hossam is the author of “Glossary of Arabic Terms for the Conservation of Cultural Heritage” and “Approaches to the Conservation of Islamic Cities: the case of Cairo”, both published by ICCROM.
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Zoom program link is below:
https://us06web.zoom.us/j/2024001980?pwd=1X0NrLosyAmUNTwIL2wdOq7F4S340V.1
Meeting ID: 2024 00 1980
Passcode: 2024
