Curriculum Vitae | Seyed Arshia Eghbali
EDUCATION
Nov 2020–Present (submission due 31 Jan 2024)
Double-Degree Doctor of Philosophy (PhD in Cotutelle)
University of Bologna, Department of Architecture – Bologna, Italy
University of Copenhagen, Department of Arts & Cultural Studies – Copenhagen, Denmark
Dissertation Title: “The Infra-ordinary of Home: A Perecquian Study of Temporary Living. Student Rooms in Bologna and Copenhagen.”
Supervisors: Annalisa Trentin (University of Bologna - Architecture), Andrea Borsari (University of Bologna - Aesthetics), Henrik Reeh (University of Copenhagen – Modern Culture)
Sep 2017–Sep 2019
Joint Master in Urban Studies (4CITIES)
Erasmus Mundus Joint Master Program in social and human sciences by a consortium of six universities
Vrije Universiteit Brussel & Université Libre de Bruxelles – Brussels, Belgium
University of Vienna – Vienna, Austria
University of Copenhagen – Copenhagen, Denmark
Universidad Autónoma de Madrid & Universidad Complutense de Madrid – Madrid, Spain
Thesis Title: “From the Bed to the City: Microgeographies of Home-Making on the Run”
Supervisor: Henrik Reeh (Univ. Copenhagen); Second Reader: Walter Matznetter (Univ. Vienna)
Graduated with the Greatest Distinction (Thesis Grade: 20/20, GPA: 90%)
Sep 2012–Jun 2017
Bachelor in Architecture
Faculty of Fine Arts, University of Tehran – Tehran, Iran
Graduated with the Greatest Distinction (GPA: 18.05/20)
LANGUAGES
Persian. Native language.
English. Excellent professional and academic proficiency and experience.
Italian. Good working and academic proficiency and experience.
French. Good working and academic proficiency and experience.
Danish, Spanish, Arabic. Basic knowledge and limited skills.
TEACHING EXPERIENCE: LECTURES & TUTORING
Oct 2022. Lecture entitled “Collecting Rooms: Georges Perec and Temporary Personal Spaces” in the “Urban Culture and Cultural Theory” course for master’s students at the University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen, Denmark.
Jul 2022. Two lectures entitled “Studenti e abitare temporaneo nella città.” and workshop tutoring in “City Lab Summer School – Corso di Alta Formazione: Sperimentare la città delle persone 4.0” for city planners, architects, and administrative workers of the Emilia-Romagna Region, Bologna, Italy.
May 2022. Lecture entitled “Students and Temporary Home-Making” in the “Cultural Theory: Walter Benjamin and Private Interiors and the Other Life of the City” course for undergraduate students at the University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen, Denmark.
Oct 2021. Sessions of lecture & workshop entitled “The Infra-ordinary Gaze” in the “Aesthetics for the City and the Landscape” course for master’s students at the University of Bologna, Bologna, Italy.
Mar 2021. Lecture entitled “Homes Made and Unmade: Georges Perec and Temporary Homes” in the “Estetiche per la città” course for master’s students at the University of Bologna, Bologna, Italy.
Sep 2018. Lecturer in the “Workshop on Rural Regeneration: Project TAAR” at the University of Tehran, Tehran, Iran.
CONFERENCES: PRESENTATIONS & ORGANIZATION
Conference Presentations
“The City of Students: Forms of Living and Dwelling in Bologna”, at the 10th AISU (Italian Association of Urban History) Congress “Adaptive Cities through the Post-Pandemic Lens”, Polytechnic University of Turin, Turin, Italy. 7 Sep 2022.
“Art of Temporary Living: Looking inside Student Rooms”, at “Temporary Citizenship, Architecture and City” International Conference, University of Bologna, Bologna, Italy. 12 Nov 2021.
Conference Organization
Session Chair, Member of the Scientific Secretariat and the Organizing Team of “The Historical City. A Critical Reference and Role Model for Innovative Urban and Metropolitan Development” International Conference, University of Bologna, Bologna, Italy. 26-27 Jan 2023.
Session Chair and Member of the Organizing Team of “Envisioning Transitions: Bodies, Buildings, and Boundaries” International Conference, University of Bologna, Bologna, Italy. 16 Dec 2022.
Interpreter and Junior Member of the Secretariat of “Roots and Bonds in Art and Architecture of the East” International Conference, University of Tehran, Art University of Isfahan, Tehran–Isfahan–Kashan, Iran. Oct 2014.
EXHIBITIONS
Dec 2018–Jan 2019 | “To all the beds I loved…” art project in the group exhibition “The Everyday as a Generator of Art”, Magasin Lotus, Copenhagen, Denmark.
Nov 2017–Dec 2017 | Invited for NAAM Magazine to the exhibition “A-Print Stockholm”, ArkDes, Stockholm, Sweden.
May 2016–Jul 2016 | Curator of “Architecture Print is Dead, Long Live Architecture Print!” exhibition at the 1st Tehran Architecture Biennial, Tehran, Iran.
EDITORIAL WORK EXPERIENCE
Feb 2020–Aug 2020 | Copenhagen, Denmark
Communications Intern at UNDP - United Nations Development Programme
Jan 2015–Aug 2017 | Tehran, Iran
Desk Editor & Writer at “Hamshahri Memari” Architecture and Urbanism Magazine
Professional Iranian architecture and urbanism quarterly with nationwide circulation
Oct 2014–Aug 2017 | Tehran, Iran
Editor-in-Chief & Co-Founder at “NAAM”
Independent, bilingual magazine about architecture and culture
AWARDS
Jun 2020 | Full PhD Scholarship (Borsa di studio)
Selected with rank 1 among 135 applicants globally – University of Bologna.
Funded by Fondazione Cassa di Risparmio in Bologna (Carisbo).
May 2017 | Erasmus Mundus EMMC Scholarship
Selected with rank 1 among 600 applicants globally for 4CITIES Joint Master in Urban Studies.
Funded by the European Commission, EU.
PEER-REVIEWED PUBLICATIONS
Eghbali, Arshia. [Forthcoming] La città degli studenti: forme dell’abitare a Bologna. In Adaptive Cities Through the Post-Pandemic Lens (Insights, AISU International, Turin).
—. [Forthcoming 2023]. Art of Temporary Living: Looking inside student rooms. In Temporary. Citizenship, Architecture, and the City. Ascari, P., Borsari, A. & Trentin, A. (Eds.), pp. xx-xx., New York: Springer.
—. [Forthcoming 2023]. Exhausting the home interior: A Perecquian methodology for the study of temporary homemaking. Space and Culture.
—. 2022. Inhabiting the Anthropocene. Aesthetics of Everyday Life in Times of Crisis. European Journal of Creative Practices in Cities and Landscapes, 5(1), pp. 50–63. https://doi.org/10.6092/issn.2612-0496/14803
SELECTION OF OTHER PUBLICATIONS
Essays and Articles
Eghbali, Arshia. 2022. A Mind Palace of Lost Homes. EYESORE, 5, pp. 100-101. (London).
—. 2020. Hjem er noget, man samler på. ARKITEKTEN, 122(8), pp. 81-83. (Copenhagen).
—. 2020. To all the beds I loved… In Sarmad Book Five: Home, Abbasy, A., Abbasi, G. & Pourabbasi, A. (Eds.), pp. 1-45., Sarmad (Rotterdam).
—. 2017. Luis Barragán: The Eye Embodied (An interview with Wim van den Berg), Hamshahri Memari, 34, pp. 106-114. (Tehran). Originally published in Persian.
—. 2017. More than Words: Talking Zines with Mimi Zeiger, NAAM, 4. (Tehran).
—. 2016. Three Sketches for Three Essays, NAAM, 3. (Tehran).
. 2016. ریچارد راجرز: رویاپرداز واقعنگر. فصلنامه همشهری معماری، ۳۲.—
. 2016. زاهای آهنین: معماری امروز، پس از حدید، به کدام سو می رود؟ فصلنامه همشهری معماری، ۳۱.—
. 2015. چارلز کورئا: معمار شرقی. فصلنامه همشهری معماری، ۳۰.—
. 2015. تزئینات و مکافات. فصلنامه همشهری معماری، ۳۰.—
. 2015. فرزند خلف مدرنیسم: نگاهی به زندگی و آثار فرای اوتو. فصلنامه همشهری معماری، ۲۹.—
. 2015. معماری خوب یک موضوع فرهنگی. روزنامه «ایران»، یکشنبه ۲۴ اسفند ۱۳۹۳، شماره ۵۸۹۱.—
. 2014. ترسهای خندهدار: ادوارد گوری. نوا، ۱۰.—
Fiction and Creative Non-Fiction
—. 2022. The Invisible Girl. Sarmad Fiction Writing Club, 4. (Rotterdam).
—. 2022. Bigger/Smaller. Sarmad Fiction Writing Club, 3. (Rotterdam).
—. 2021. Penguin. Sarmad Fiction Writing Club, 2. (Rotterdam).
—. 2016. God. Intrinsick, 2.2. (Northern California).
—. 2015. The Island. NAAM, 2 (Tehran).
Appearances on Podcasts and Radio Programs
Feb 2023. ArkBooks Talks podcast, episode “Crimson” by Niviaq Korneliussen. (Copenhagen).
Sep 2022. Montez Press Radio, episode “Eyesore: Lost Spaces” (New York).
