Supervisor:听Professor Sussan Babaie
Advisor: Professor Stephen Whiteman
Funded by: The Courtauld Scholarship
Zahra Khademi is a Doctoral Researcher in art history with a particular interest in histories of collecting, the art of endowment (waqf), and the endowment of art in late medieval and early modern Iran.
Previously, Zahra worked as a Curator cum Researcher at the Islamic Arts Museum Malaysia and tenured as an Advisor and Cultural Heritage Expert at Iran鈥檚 Ministry of Cultural Heritage, Tourism and Handicrafts. She has curated, written and managed several exhibitions, catalogues and research projects, among them, are 鈥楴owruz: Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity in Twelve Nations鈥 (MCTH 2016), ‘Islamic Bookbinding’ (IAMM, 2017) and 鈥楺ajar Ceramics – Bridging Tradition and Modernity鈥 (IAMM, 2019).
Education
PhD student, History of Art, The Courtauld, University of London (2023 – present)
MA History of Art, The Courtauld, University of London
MA听International Contemporary Art & Design Practice
Experience
- Research Assistant, The Courtauld, University of London
- Researcher cum Curator for听Art of the Persianate World, Islamic Arts Museum Malaysia
- Advisor and Cultural Heritage Expert, Iran鈥檚 Ministry of Cultural Heritage, Tourism and Handicrafts
Publications and conference papers
- 鈥.鈥澨鼸ssay in The Emamzadeh Yahya at Varamin: An Online Exhibition of an Iranian Shrine, directed and edited by Keelan Overton, 33 Arches, 2024. Host:听Khamseen: Islamic Art History Online.
- 鈥Shahpour Pouyan: My Place is the Placeless鈥, exhibition review, in Immediations 20 (2023), pp. 118-12.
- , Safavid Majm奴鈥榓(s) and Jung(s): History, Philology, and Arts of the Book Conference (University of Oxford 3 December 2022)
- . Islamic Arts Museum Malaysia, 2019. Project manager,听Co-author of Chapter 1: Introduction and Chapter Two: Pottery; sole author of 63 catalogue entries.
- . Islamic Arts Museum Malaysia, 2018. Researcher.
- . Islamic Arts Museum Malaysia, 2017.听Co-Project manager, sole author of 25 catalogue entries.
- Nowruz: Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity in Twelve Nations. Iran鈥檚 Ministry of Cultural Heritage, Handicrafts and Tourism, 2016.听Co-author.
- . Islamic Arts Museum Malaysia, 2014. Researcher.
Exhibitions
- (Islamic Arts Museum Malaysia,听March – December 2019)听Curator and Project Manager
- 听A collaborative event between IAMM and the Cultural Center,听Embassy of the Islamic Republic of Iran (Islamic Arts Museum Malaysia,14th -22nd June 2017)听Coordinator
- (Islamic Arts Museum Malaysia,May 鈥 December 2017)听Co-curator
- 听(Islamic Arts Museum Malaysia,听October 2014 鈥 January 2015)听Co-curator
- 听(Islamic Arts Museum Malaysia,听December 2014 鈥 January 2015)听Co-curator
- (Islamic Arts Museum Malaysia,听December 2013 鈥 May 2014)听Translator
Grants and Awards
- The Courtauld Scholarship, United Kingdom
- The Iranica Prize for Best MA Dissertation on a Persian or Iranian Topic
- Barakat Trust Grantee, United Kingdom
- Fifth International Kharazmi Youth Festival Award, Iran
