Kamyar Salavati

I am an architectural and urban historian and theorist, musicologist, and a PhD student at the University of Exeter. I also teach (Southern Urbanisms, Introduction to Persian Culture and History) as a Postgraduate Teaching Assistant. Having a backrgound in architectural practice, I earned my master’s degree in Architectural Studies from the University of Tehran. Currently, I am researching how epidemics contributed to the emergence and shaping of modern architecture and urbanism in Iran during the period from the 1850s to the 1950s, as well as its socio-cultural implications.

My research and writings have been published in edited volumes, journals, and magazines such as The Handbook of Iranian Cinema, Music, Politics, and Aesthetics in the 20th Century, Le Regards, Mahoor, Journal of Iranian Architectural Studies, The Quietus, Wire, Songlines, Hamshahri Me'mari, Fine Arts Journal, and The Labyrinth, among others.

I was also the editor-in-chief of the multidisciplinary urban magazine Dalan in Tehran, which focused on a multifaceted reading of one street per issue. I am currently an editorial member of Labyrinth Magazine, a specialized biquarterly publication on contemporary urban and architectural theory published in Tehran, and of HarmonyTalk, the oldest online Iranian music magazine.

I also collaborate with RILM (Répertoire International de Littérature Musicale) as an assistant editor, in addition to working as one of the Research Cultural Assistants at the University of Exeter.