Renata
Holod is Professor of the History
of Art, and Curator, Near
East Section, Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology.
She received her BA in Islamic Studies from the University
of Toronto, MA in the History of Art from University of
Michigan and Ph.D. in Fine Arts from Harvard University.
Her primary interests include Islamic Art and archaeology.
She has done archaeological and architectural fieldwork
in Syria, Iran, Morocco, Central Asia and Turkey, and completed
an archaeological/ethno-historical survey on the island
of Jerba, Tunisia. She has co-authored and edited the following
works: City in the Desert: an account of the archaeological
expedition to Qasr al-Hayr al-Sharqi, Syria; Architecture
and Community: Building in the Islamic World Today; Modern
Turkish Architecture,The Mosque and the Modern World, London-New
York, 1997. Jerba Studies is forthcoming.
Professor Holod has served as Convenor, Steering Committee
Member, and Master Jury Chair of the Aga Khan Award for
Architecture. She also served as consultant to Skidmore,
Owings and Merrill (SOM), Arthur Ericson Architects, and
Venturi Scott-Brown Architects. In 2004, the Islamic Environmental
Research Centre honored her with an Award for outstanding
work in Islamic Architectural Studies.
