International Fellows Program

The SAAHP International Fellows Program (IFP) focuses broadly on issues and practices dealing with the contemporary built environment. Led by RWU Distinguished Professor of Architecture and Historic Preservation Hasan-Uddin Khan, the IFP roundtable sessions are aimed at mid-career and senior professionals, who work with distinguished international faculty and practitioners. Fellows are drawn from the public and private sector, as well as from academic institutions. The program is intentionally multidisciplinary and intensive, held over a two day period in mid-summer. On some occasions, the IFP is conducted in conjunction with other institutions, adding even greater diversity to the offerings.

Some recent International Fellows Program gatherings include:

• Extreme Architecture: Conservation and Revitalization in the Face of Globalization, War and Terrorism
• Building the Future: Needs and Directions in Conservation and Heritage Planning
• Difference in International and Local Urban Conservation and Development
• Values and Vision: International Scenarios for Urban Conservation and Development
• Iconic Architecture and Places: Building the New and Revitalizing the Old
• Stewardship of the Built Environment: Culturally and Ecologically Sustainable Urban Conservation & Development

Leading participants to date include: Charles Correa, Architect, Mumbai; Suha Ozkan, Former Secretary-General, the Aga Khan Award for Architecture, Geneva; Sherban Cantucuzino, President Emeritus, ICOMOS, London; Pamela Hawkes, FAIA, Ann Beha Architects, Boston; Emily Wadhams, National Trust for Historic Preservation; Tom Payette, Architect, Payette Associates, Boston; Mark Treib, UC Berkeley; Tim Whalen, Director, the Getty Conservation Institute, Los Angeles; Nezar AlSayyad, Center for Middle Eastern Studies, University of California-Berkeley; Gianne Conrad, Chief Architect's Office, the General Services Administration, Washington; Donald Insall, Conservation Architect, London; Farokh Afshar, University of Guelph, Ontario; Bonnie Burnham, President, World Monuments Fund; Clifford Pearson, Senior Editor, Architectural Record; Mildred Schmertz, architectural critic, New York; Mozhan Kadhem, Boston Design Collaborative; Anuraag Chowfla, Stein Mani Chowfla Architects, New Delhi.

The next International Fellows Program will be held in summer 2012. More information will be posted as it becomes available.