Occupation
Independent Scholar
Contact
Fax: (514) 398-7372
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ABOUT
Negin Djavaherian holds a professional M.Arch. from Azad University (Tehran, Iran), received a Post-Professional M.Arch. and, recently, a Ph.D. in the History and Theory of Architecture form McGill University. Her doctoral thesis explored architectural potential and experience in the theatre of Peter Brook. Her research interests focus on exploring theatre as a suggestive source of inspiration for architects: a ground for exploring the ethical and poetic dimensions of architecture. During her studies she conducted a series of personal interviews with Peter Brook, Arby Ovanessian, Jean-Claude Carrière, and Jean-Guy Lecat. She contributed papers to a number of international conferences and was the recipient of the Canadian Centre for Architecture-McGill Research Grant. She (along with Marc J Neveu) is a co-editor of a book “Architecture’s Appeal” dedicated to Alberto Pérez-Gómez, a leading architectural historian and theorist. In Iran, she practiced architecture working on residential, cultural, and art centers. Her long-held interest in Persian mystical poetry and Sufi mysticism led her to be part of a team that won the grand prize for a design/research project dedicated to Molãnã, a 13th century Persian mystical poet.
Discipline
Architecture & Urban Planning
Sub Areas
History Of Architecture
Iranian Studies
Theater
Modern
19th-21st Centuries
Mysticism/Sufi Studies
Geographic Areas of Interest
Europe
Iran
Specialties
History And Theory Of Architecture/ Modern Theatre
Pesian Desert Architecture/ Iranian Studies
Classical Persian Mystical Poetry/ Mysticism
Languages
Persian (native)
English (fluent)
French (intermediate)
Arabic (advanced)
Education
PhD
| 2013
| School of Architecture/ History and Theory Program
| McGill University
MA
| 2005
| School of Architecture
| McGill University
MA
| 2001
| School of Art and Architecture
| Islamic Azad University/ Central Tehran
BA
| 1999
| School of Art and Architecture
| Islamic Aazad University/ Central Tehran
Abstracts
Persian Desert Architecture: The Narrative and Poetics of Space in the City of Kashan
Nurturing Ties Between Arby Ovanessian’s Theatre and Architecture: Staging 'Vis and Ramin' at the Ruins of Persepolis (1970)
