nuha n. n. khoury, associate professor

specialization

Islamic architecture and urbanism: 7—9th century, 17th century; medieval Islamic Iconography; modern art of the Arab world; critiques of the field

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M 3:30-4:30
Arts 1137

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805 893 7584

B.A. Beirut University
M.A. University of Victoria
Ph.D. Harvard University

Nuha Khoury is a specialist in mediaeval and early modern Islamic architecture and urbanism (7—9th; 16—17th century); her work and teaching include critiques of the field, Islamic art and iconography, and modern art of the Arab world. She is the recipient of Aga Khan Fellowships, the University of California President's Fellowship, and a J.Paul Getty Fellowship for her Constructed Ideologies and Ideal Constructions: A Socio-Architectural History of the Mosque of the Prophet in Madina. Her work appears, among other places, in Muqarnas: An Annual on Islamic Art and Architecture, the Bulletin of Middle East Medievalists and the Journal of Near Eastern Studies.

Professor Khoury is currently in Cairo as Director of the University of Califonia's Education Abroad Program there.

undergraduate courses

graduate seminar

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