CV

EDUCATION

2015-present
PhD candidate: University of Bamberg, Bamberg, Germany.
• Islamic Art and Archaeology
• PhD dissertation working title: Ilkhanid Stucco and Tile Revetment in Iran; circa 1300. Function, Meaning and Aesthetic Principles.

2018
Isfahan University, Advanced Intensive course of Persian language, 106 hrs. (Sponsored by the Studienstiftung des Deutschen Volkes)

2017
Isfahan University, Advanced Intensive course of Persian language, 108 hrs. (Sponsored by the Studienstiftung des Deutschen Volkes)

2016
LSI Bochum. Intermediate/Advanced Intensive course of Modern Standard Arabic, 80 hrs. (Sponsored by the Studienstiftung des Deutschen Volkes)

2015
Institut Bourguiba des Langues Vivantes, Tunis, Tunisia. Intermediate course of Modern Standard Arabic, 80 hrs.

2014
Qalam wa Lawh language institute, Rabat, Morocco.  Intermediate course of Standard Modern Arabic, 80 hrs.

2013-2014
 MA: SOAS, School of Oriental and African Studies, London, UK.
• Taught MA in History of Art and Architecture of the Islamic Middle East.
• Modules taken (full time): Ottoman Art, Arab Painting, Art and Architecture of the Fatimids, Introduction to Modern Standard Arabic.
• MA dissertation: A re-examination of the Ilkhanid buq’a Pir-i Bakran’s decoration and its aesthetics. Supervisor: Prof. Doris Behrens-Abouseif.
• Graduation: distinction. Grade average (from the Transcript): 77.9.

2007-2011
BA: Università degli Studi di Udine, Italy.
• Three year Undergraduate course: Preservation of Artistic and Architectural Cultural Heritage.
• The BA also included courses of: History of Islamic Art, Archaeology and Architecture, History of Islamic Miniature, (Dr. Martina Rugiadi, Prof. Giovanni Curatola).
• BA dissertation (awarded all points): Some Bosnian Ottoman mosques. Supervisor: Prof. Giovanni Curatola.
• Graduation: 110 cum laude (equivalent to First Class Honours).

2005 - 2007
International High school: United World College of the Adriatic, Italy.

SCHOLARSHIPS, AWARDS

2016-2019
PhD studies scholarship awarded by Studienstiftung des Deutschen Volkes, Germany.

2019
Awarded Brill Prize for the best paper in History of Islamic Art and Architecture at the Symposia Iranica, University of St Andrews, April 2019.

2015
Awarded Brill honourable mention for the best paper in History of Islamic Art and Architecture at the Symposia Iranica, University of Cambridge, April 2015.

2014
Ralph Pinder Wilson research grant for the MA dissertation research travel to Iran, by the Department of the History of Art and Archaeology, SOAS.

2013
Commencement for the 2013 Photography Competition by the London Institute for the Middle East.

2007 - 2008
Awarded a scholarship for the BA studies. (Friuli-Venezia Giulia Region, Italy).

2005-2007
Awarded a scholarship for international high school education at the UWC of the Adriatic. (Ministry for Culture and Education, Italy)

2003-2011
Awarded Zoisova Štipendija, a scholarship for academically excellent students. (Ministry for Culture and Education, Slovenia).

PUBLICATIONS

202-
“The Sujas Friday Mosque Stuccos: Seljuk or Ilkhanid?” Submitted for publication for edited volume, Edinburgh University Press.

202-
 “The Oljeitu Mihrab (1310; Isfahan): the Ilkhanid Stucco chef-d’œuvre Re-Examined.” Article accepted for publication in the Proceedings of the Ernst Herzfeld Society Colloquium, University of Straßburg, July 5-7, 2018.

2020 
 “On the Origins of the Shrine of ‘Abd al-Samad in Natanz: The Case for a Revised Chronology.” In print for Journal of the Royal Asiatic Society. Co-authored with Richard Piran Mcclary

2020
 “Beyond the Stylistic Idiosyncrasies: Notes regarding Identity and Mobility of Ilkhanid Stucco Craftsmen in Central Iran c. 1300,” In Print for Proceedings of 11th International Congress on the Archaeology of the Ancient Near East, Harrassowitz Verlag.

2018
“Ottoman mosques in Bosnia-Herzegovina: some considerations on their architectural structures and builders,” Proceedings of Forschende Frauen Conference, Frauenbureau, University of Bamberg Press.

2018
“Islamic Stuccos made Digital. Digitality and Studies of Islamic Art and Architecture.” In: Zeitschrift für digitale Geisteswissenschaften. DOI: 10.17175/sb003_004

2017
“The Ilkhanid Revetment Aesthetics in the Buqʿa Pir-i Bakran: Chaotic Exuberance or a Cunningly Planned Architectural Revetment Repertoire?” Muqarnas An Annual on the Visual Cultures of the Islamic World 34(1), October 2017: (MIT and University of Harvard), 43-83. DOI: 10.1163/22118993_03401P004.

2017 
“Some Remarks Regarding the Preservation of Ilkhanid Architectural Heritage in Iran: History, Challenges and Perspectives,” Santos, Joaquim Rodrigues dos (ed.), Preserving Transcultural Heritage: Your Way or My Way? Questions on Authenticity, Identity and Patrimonial Proceedings in the Safeguarding of Architectural Heritage Created in the Meeting of Cultures, Casal de Cambra, Caleidoscópio, 2017, 799-810. DOI: 10.30618/978-989-658-467-2_74

2017 

Review of: Text and Image in Medieval Persian Art, Sheila S. Blair, Edinburgh Studies in Islamic Art, Edinburgh: Edinburgh University Press, 2014. Sehepunkte 17(3), [15.03.2017], URL: www.sehepunkte.de/2017/03/28701.html.

2016
 “Ilkhanid Art and Architecture,” Timeline. www.archnet.org (Aga Khan Trust for Culture and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology).

TEACHING

2018
 “Architecture in Iran 13-14th centuries: Ilkhanid Architecture and Architectural Decoration,” University of Bamberg, Summer Term 2018, Oriental Institute, Islamic Art and Archaeology, BA and MA course.

2017
 “A History of Ottoman Architecture,” University of Bamberg, Summer Term 2017, Oriental Institute, Islamic Art and Archaeology, BA and MA course.

INVITED LECTURES

2019
“Some Notes on Medieval Iranian Monuments and their Architectural Revetments.” American University in Beirut, October 4, 2019.

2019
 “The Mausoleum of Pir-i Bakran and its Architectural Revetments: an Art Historical Perspective.” Art University Isfahan. April 9, 2019.

CONFERENCE ORGANIZATION

2018
International Symposium of Islamic Art and Archaeology at the University of Bamberg. “I Love Persian Stucco. Lectures and Practical Workshop.” Otto Friedrich University Bamberg, April 10-12, 2018.

2016
International Symposium of the Bamberg Graduate School of Near and Middle Eastern Studies. “The Orient(s) - Diversity of a Region and Dangers of its Scholarly Representations.” Otto Friedrich University Bamberg, November 25-26, 2016.
         
CONFERENCE PAPERS

2021    
“Taxonomy of Ilkhanid Stucco Artistic Techniques,” The 12th International Congress on the Archaeology of the Ancient Near East - ICAANE, University of Bologna, Bologna, Italy, April 6-10, 2021 (forthcoming).  

2019
“Carved Letters, Designs and Ornaments: Ilkhanid Stuccos and “Signatures” of their Craftsmen” Paper to be presented at the conference, Inscriptions from the Islamic World, September 6-9, 2019, American University in Cairo.

2019
“Ilkhanid Architectural Interiors and their Re-decoration Interventions: Obscurum per Obscurius?” Symposia Iranica 2019, April 13-14, University of St. Andrews. Awarded: Brill First Prize for the best paper in History of Islamic Art and Architecture.

2019
“The Mausoleum of Pir-i Bakran and its Architectural Revetments: an Art Historical Perspective.” Art University Isfahan. April 9, 2019.

2019
“The (In)Tangible: Ilkhanid Stucco Revetments and their Creative Genii.” HIAA Majlis at Silsila, NYU, February 15, 2019.

2018
 “The Oljeitu Mihrab (1310; Isfahan): the Ilkhanid Stucco Chef-d’œuvre Re-Examined.” Ernst Herzfeld Society Annual Colloquium, Main Panel, University of Straßburg, July 5-7, 2018.

2018
 “Interdisciplinary Approach for Understanding of 16th century Bosnian Ottoman mosque Architecture and Builders' Identity and Migration.” Forsche(nde) Frauen 2018. Kolloqium zum Thema Beziehungen, University of Bamberg, June 12, 2018.

2018   
“Stucco Revetment Research for Cultural Heritage Preservation: The Haftshuyeh Friday mosque.” International Symposium, I Love Persian Stucco, Lectures and Practical Workshop, University of Bamberg, Bamberg, Germany, April 10-12, 2018.

2018
“Beyond the Stylistic Idiosyncrasies: Identity and Mobility of Ilkhanid Stucco Craftsmen in the Isfahan region circa 1300.” The 11th International Congress on the Archaeology of the Ancient Near East - ICAANE, Ludwig Maximilian University, Munich, Germany, April 3-7, 2018.

2017
“Silk Routes Cosmopolitanism of the Iranian Ilkhanid Architecture and its Preservation: History, Challenges and Perspectives,” International Congress, Preserving Transcultural Heritage: My Way or Your Way?, University of Lisbon, July 5-8, 2017.

2017
“Some Considerations Regarding the Study Approaches to Polychrome Aesthetics of the Stucco Revetments: The Case of the Pir-i Bakran Mausoleum,” (presented in Persian) University of Kashan Conference Stucco Revetment in Iranian Architecture of the Islamic Period, April 22-23, 2017, Kashan, Iran.

2017
“Lessons Learned from the Oljeitu’s Mihrab for the Understanding of Ilkhanid Stucco Revetment Craftsmanship, Polychromy and Aesthetics,” Symposia Iranica, University of Cambridge, April, 11-12, 2017.

2017
“Islamic Stuccos made Digital,” DFG funded Conference: Neue Forschungsgegenstände und Methoden? Wie Digitalität die Geisteswissenschaften verändert, University of Bayreuth, March 23-24, 2017.

2016 
“The Role of Stucco Polychromy in the Ilkhanid Aesthetics of Architectural Revetment: The Stucco Mihrab of the Pir-i Bakran mausoleum (1299-1313; Linjan; Esfahan; Iran),” Ernst Herzfeld Society Annual Colloquium, Graduate meeting, Berlin, June 2016.

2015
“A re-examination of the Ilkhanid buq’a Pir-i Bakran’s decoration and its aesthetics,” Symposia Iranica, University of Cambridge, April 8-9, 2017. Awarded: Brill honourable mention for the best paper in History of Islamic Art and Architecture.  

POSTER PRESENTATIONS

2021
Lorenz Korn, Ana Marija Grbanovic, Iman Aghajani, “Aesthetics of Stucco and Tiles. Archaeometric and Art Historical Perspectives on Architectural Decoration in Iran, 11th-14th centuries,” Poster presentation, The 12th International Congress on the Archaeology of the Ancient Near East - ICAANE, University of Bologna, Bologna, Italy, April 6-10, 2021. (forthcoming)

PRESERVATION OF CULTURAL HERITAGE AND PROFESSIONAL QUALIFICATIONS

January 2020
Training School “Islamic Heritage in Europe,” IS-LE CA 18129 Islamic Legacy: Narratives East, West, South, North of the Mediterranean (1350-1750); University of Granada; January 14-16, 2020.

October 2018
 European Research Infrastructure for Heritage Science Training Camp 2018 – Innovazione e Archaeologia il Sito e i Reperti di Monte Sannace conservati al museo di Gioia del Colle. Innovative Techniques for Diagnostics, Conservation and Valorisation of Cultural Heritage (XRF, LIBS, Raman, 3D reconstruction, Colorimetry, LIF). Corso di Alta Formazione con Concorso per Partecipazione – Advanced Training Course with Competition for Participation.

Winter 2016
Saint Laurentius Chapel, Bamberg. Monitoring, research and documentation of the state of preservation of architectural revetments, Otto Friedrich University, Bamberg.

Winter 2016 
Kapuziner Strasse 24, Bamberg. Research, soundings and cleaning of Baroque stuccos and wall painting revetments. Private Commission.

Winter 2015
Saint Martin Church, Bamberg. Statues, Altars and Furniture protections Installation for Restoration Interventions. Private Commission.

Autumn 2015
Bamberg Dominican church Wall paintings Restoration Interventions. tto Friedrich University, Bamberg.