FACULTY BIOGRAPHIES
Dr. M. Tarek Swelim (PhD)
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Biography
Dr. M. Tarek Swelim is Associate Professor of Islamic Art and Architecture at CIS. He obtained his PhD from Harvard University and a Master of Arts degree from the American University in Cairo. Dr. Swelim is the author of Ibn Tulun: His Lost City and Great Mosque (AUC Press, 2015). He is currently completing his new book on Mamluk history.
Dr. Swelim has recently contributed to the new exhibition catalogue, ‘The Arabesque: An Introduction’ (IAMM Publications, 2018), which was launched at the British Museum in London.
Research Interests
- Islamic Cairo
- Mamluk Period (1250–1517)
- Early Period of Islamic Egypt
- Bilad al-Sham
- Ancient Egypt and Egyptology
Experience
Program Coordinator of MS in Islamic Art, Architecture, and Urbanism
CIS, HBKU
2018 – PresentAssociate Professor of Islamic Art and Architecture
CIS, HBKU
2014 – PresentVisiting Scholar
Oxford University
May 2019Visiting Professor
Ain Shams University, Egypt
2012 – 2013
Fellow
American Research Center in Egypt (ARCE), Cairo
2000 – 2001Assistant Director
Bayt Al-Suhaymi Documentation and Restoration Project, Bayt al-Suhaymi (17th century home in Cairo)
1994 – 2000Part-Time Faculty
American University in Cairo
1991 – 1997
Education
PhD in Islamic Art and Architecture (Fine Arts)
Harvard University
1994MA in Islamic Art
American University in Cairo
1986
BSc in Tour Guiding and Egyptology
Helwan University, Cairo
1979
Selected Publications
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BOOKS
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Swelim, M.T. (Forthcoming). Mamluk History and Architecture.
Cairo: AUC Press.
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Swelim, M.T. (2015). Ibn Tulun: His Lost City and Great Mosque.
Cairo: AUC Press. http://www.aucpress.com/p-4949-ibn-tulun.aspx
2015 -
BOOK CHAPTERS
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Swelim, M.T. (2018). The Arabesque in the Mamluk Architecture of Cairo.
In Barakat, H.N. (Ed.), The Arabesque: An Introduction. London & Malaysia: Islamic Art Museum Malaysia.
2018 -
Swelim, M.T., Gabra, G., Van Loon, F.J.M., & Reif, S.C. (2013). The History and Religious Heritage of Old Cairo: Its Fortress, Churches, Synagogue and Mosque.
Cairo: Ludwig Publishing and AUC Press. http://www.aucpress.com/p-4228-the-history-and-religious-heritage-of-old...
2013 -
JOURNAL ARTICLES
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Swelim, M.T. (1993). An Interpretation of the Mosque of Sinan Pasha in Cairo.
Muqarnas X: An Annual on Islamic Art and Architecture. Leiden: E.J. Brill.
1993 -
OTHERS
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Swelim, M.T. (2000). The Minaret of Ibn Tulun: Reconsidered.
Cairo Heritage in Honor of Laila ‘Ali, Cairo: AUC Press.
2000 -
Swelim, M.T. (1999). Antinopolis. Encyclopedia of the Archaeology of Ancient Egypt.
London & New York: Routledge.
1999 -
Swelim, N. (1987). The Brick Pyramid at Abu Rawash Number 'I' by Lepsius: A Preliminary Study. [Photography by Tarek Swelim].
Archaeological Society of Alexandria.
1987
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