Chercheurs
Dina Bakhoum
dbakhoum at ifao dot egnet dot net
Art history & Cultural heritage conservation and management
Postdoctorante, boursière IFAO - CEDEJ (2022-2023)
1) Director of the action spécifique: “Abu Yuhannis. The documentation and study of the 5th century church of St. John the Short/Little in the village of Deir Abū Ḥinnis, Middle Egypt”
2) Member of the programme La Fabrique du Caire moderne, directed by Mercedes Volait (CNRS, INHA, InVisu) and Adam Mestyan (Duke University)
3) Member of the Groupe action éco-responsables de l’Ifao
2) Member of the programme La Fabrique du Caire moderne, directed by Mercedes Volait (CNRS, INHA, InVisu) and Adam Mestyan (Duke University)
3) Member of the Groupe action éco-responsables de l’Ifao
PhD in Art history and Islamic studies, Université Paris 1 Panthéon-Sorbonne and Universiteit Leiden
The Restorations of the Comité de Conservation des Monuments de l’Art Arabe in Egypt: “Conservation” or “Reinvention” of monuments? / Les restaurations du Comité de conservation des monuments de l’art arabe en Égypte : « conservation » ou « réinvention » des monuments ?
Thesis supervisors: Mercedes Volait and Léon Buskens
The Restorations of the Comité de Conservation des Monuments de l’Art Arabe in Egypt: “Conservation” or “Reinvention” of monuments? / Les restaurations du Comité de conservation des monuments de l’art arabe en Égypte : « conservation » ou « réinvention » des monuments ?
Thesis supervisors: Mercedes Volait and Léon Buskens
- Egypt’s Islamic, Coptic and modern architecture
- History and policies of heritage conservation in Egypt [through the waqf system and the works of the Comité de conservation des monuments de l’art arabe (1880s-1950s)]
- The dialogue between art history, photography and restoration
- History and policies of heritage conservation in Egypt [through the waqf system and the works of the Comité de conservation des monuments de l’art arabe (1880s-1950s)]
- The dialogue between art history, photography and restoration
Scholarly
“L’engagement d’un savant dans la politique de ‘conservation des monuments de l’art arabe’ عالم يشارك في فلسفة وسياسات "حفظ الآثار العربية"”, in Juvin, Carine (ed.), Gaston Wiet et les arts de l’Islam جاستون فييت والفن الإسلامي, Louvre Musée & l’Institut français de l’archéologie orientale, 2021, pp. 93-124.
“Egypt’s Coptic Museum: From Patriarchal to National”, in Rey, Virginie (ed.), The Art of Minorities. Cultural Representation in Museums of the Middle East and North Africa, Edinburgh University Press, 2020, pp. 181-204.
“Recreating the Façade of a Fatimid Mosque at the Coptic Patriarchal Museum, a Step Towards its Nationalization?”, in Bowes, Kim and Tronzo, William (eds), The Memoirs of the American Academy in Rome 62, 2017, pp. 99-118.
“Mamluk Minarets in Modern Egypt: Tracing Restoration Decisions and Interventions,” in Volait, Mercedes (ed.), Annales Islamologiques 50, 2016, pp. 147-198.
“The Waqf System: Maintenance, Repair and Upkeep”, in Ghazaleh, Pascale (ed.), Held in Trust: Waqf in the Islamic World, The American University in Cairo Press, Cairo, New York, 2011, pp. 179-196.
“The Madrasa of Umm al-Sultan Sha‘ban Before and After Creswell”, in O’Kane, Bernard (ed.), Creswell Photographs Re-examined, New Perspectives on Islamic Architecture, The American University in Cairo Press, Cairo, New York, 2009, pp. 89-109.
Professional
“Implementing the World Heritage Sustainable Development Policy in Egypt: An Opportunity for Collective Engagement in Heritage Conservation”, in Logan, William and Larsen, Peter (eds.), World Heritage and Sustainable Development: New Directions in World Heritage Management, Routledge, 2018, pp. 199-213.
“Capacity Building at the Red Monastery: A long-term Outreach Program for Safeguarding its Historic, Spiritual, Artistic and Architectural Value”, in the Online Newsletter of the American Research Center in Egypt, December 2016.
“Awqaf Properties Maintenance and Management”, Report produced in the framework of the Urban Regeneration project for Historic Cairo (URHC) – UNESCO, World Heritage Centre, 2014.
“Increasing World Heritage Capacity in Egypt”, in Leitão, Leticia (ed.), World Heritage Capacity Building Newsletter 4, 2014, pp. 30-32.
“The Initiative of the Aga Khan Trust for Culture in al-Darb al-Ahmar (Historic Cairo), A Rehabilitation Model for Historic Urban Landscapes”, in The Proceedings of XII International Forum UNESCO-University and Heritage Seminar, Hanoi, Vietnam, 5-10 April 2009.
Contributions in
Weeks, Kent and Hetherington, Nigel J., The Valley of the Kings: A Site Management Handbook, The American University in Cairo Press, Cairo, New York, 2014.
Fanfoni, Giuseppe, The Restoration of the Mawlawi Samakhana in Cairo, 2006.
“L’engagement d’un savant dans la politique de ‘conservation des monuments de l’art arabe’ عالم يشارك في فلسفة وسياسات "حفظ الآثار العربية"”, in Juvin, Carine (ed.), Gaston Wiet et les arts de l’Islam جاستون فييت والفن الإسلامي, Louvre Musée & l’Institut français de l’archéologie orientale, 2021, pp. 93-124.
“Egypt’s Coptic Museum: From Patriarchal to National”, in Rey, Virginie (ed.), The Art of Minorities. Cultural Representation in Museums of the Middle East and North Africa, Edinburgh University Press, 2020, pp. 181-204.
“Recreating the Façade of a Fatimid Mosque at the Coptic Patriarchal Museum, a Step Towards its Nationalization?”, in Bowes, Kim and Tronzo, William (eds), The Memoirs of the American Academy in Rome 62, 2017, pp. 99-118.
“Mamluk Minarets in Modern Egypt: Tracing Restoration Decisions and Interventions,” in Volait, Mercedes (ed.), Annales Islamologiques 50, 2016, pp. 147-198.
“The Waqf System: Maintenance, Repair and Upkeep”, in Ghazaleh, Pascale (ed.), Held in Trust: Waqf in the Islamic World, The American University in Cairo Press, Cairo, New York, 2011, pp. 179-196.
“The Madrasa of Umm al-Sultan Sha‘ban Before and After Creswell”, in O’Kane, Bernard (ed.), Creswell Photographs Re-examined, New Perspectives on Islamic Architecture, The American University in Cairo Press, Cairo, New York, 2009, pp. 89-109.
Professional
“Implementing the World Heritage Sustainable Development Policy in Egypt: An Opportunity for Collective Engagement in Heritage Conservation”, in Logan, William and Larsen, Peter (eds.), World Heritage and Sustainable Development: New Directions in World Heritage Management, Routledge, 2018, pp. 199-213.
“Capacity Building at the Red Monastery: A long-term Outreach Program for Safeguarding its Historic, Spiritual, Artistic and Architectural Value”, in the Online Newsletter of the American Research Center in Egypt, December 2016.
“Awqaf Properties Maintenance and Management”, Report produced in the framework of the Urban Regeneration project for Historic Cairo (URHC) – UNESCO, World Heritage Centre, 2014.
“Increasing World Heritage Capacity in Egypt”, in Leitão, Leticia (ed.), World Heritage Capacity Building Newsletter 4, 2014, pp. 30-32.
“The Initiative of the Aga Khan Trust for Culture in al-Darb al-Ahmar (Historic Cairo), A Rehabilitation Model for Historic Urban Landscapes”, in The Proceedings of XII International Forum UNESCO-University and Heritage Seminar, Hanoi, Vietnam, 5-10 April 2009.
Contributions in
Weeks, Kent and Hetherington, Nigel J., The Valley of the Kings: A Site Management Handbook, The American University in Cairo Press, Cairo, New York, 2014.
Fanfoni, Giuseppe, The Restoration of the Mawlawi Samakhana in Cairo, 2006.
16 April 2024, Keynote address at the Award Ceremony for “The George T. Scanlon Graduate Student Award in Arab and Islamic Civilizations”, The American University in Cairo
Title of presentation: “Heritage Conservation in Dialogue with Art History: Case Studies from Historic Cairo”
6-8 February 2024, Workshop: “Water Management in Premodern Middle East: Forces from ‘above’ and ‘below’”, Netherlands Flemish Institute in Cairo. Organized by the Radboud University.
Title of presentation: “The Conservation of Sābīl-kuttābs in Egypt. Reflections on their past, present and future lives”
3 December 2023, Ifao and DAIK joint seminar: “Exploring Egypt: History and Historiographies”
Title of presentation: “The Comité de conservation des monuments de l’art arabe (Egypt, 1881-1950s): Re-addressing post-colonial narratives”
11-13 November 2023, ARCE conference: “Egyptian Cultural Heritage Now”
Title of presentation: “Living Religious Heritage Places in Egypt: Maintaining, Restoring and Conserving their Diverse Values and Significance”
Title of joint presentation with Ralph Bodenstein and Omar Kassab: “Dayr Anba Hadra at Aswan: Preventive Conservation and Site Management”
30 Oct – 2 Nov 2023, Ifao symposium: “Reading Reuse: Image Recycling in Egyt and Beyond”
Title of presentation: “Reuse in the context of restoration, reconstruction and destruction: Examples from Islamic and Coptic Monuments”
24-25 July 2023, Conference: “Collaborations and Contestations: Interfaith Architectural Encounters in Middle Eastern and North African Societies”. Organized by AUC and Michigan State University, AUC and hybrid.
Title of presentation: “Restoring and Conserving Islamic and Coptic Heritage in Egypt: Cases form the Archives and Stories from the Field”
15 March 2023, Cedej Seminar: “Cement, Concrete and Bricks in Egypt and Sudan”
Title of presentation: “Contextualizing the early use of reinforced concrete for the reconstruction of missing historic domes in Cairo”
3-4 March 2023, Annual History Seminar: “Cities in Context(s)”, The American University in Cairo, Egypt
Title of presentation: “Modernized? Medievalized? And more… Interpreting Cairo’s transformations (19th century- present)”
6 December 2022, Cedej Seminar. Title of presentation: “Cairo and cultural heritage in Egypt”
24-25 June 202, Netwood online conference: “Wood Networks in Egypt from Antiquity to Islamic Times”
Co-organized by: L’institut français d’archéologie orientale (Ifao) in partnership with UCL (Institute of Archaeology), Marie Curie Actions, IAS Octagon Small Grants Fund, Umr 8167 / Orient & Méditerranée and Friends of the Petrie Museum
Title of presentation: “New Insights on Egypt’s Mamluk Wooden Minbars through the Works of the Comité de conservation des monuments de l’art arabe (1881-1950s)”
Title of presentation: “Heritage Conservation in Dialogue with Art History: Case Studies from Historic Cairo”
6-8 February 2024, Workshop: “Water Management in Premodern Middle East: Forces from ‘above’ and ‘below’”, Netherlands Flemish Institute in Cairo. Organized by the Radboud University.
Title of presentation: “The Conservation of Sābīl-kuttābs in Egypt. Reflections on their past, present and future lives”
3 December 2023, Ifao and DAIK joint seminar: “Exploring Egypt: History and Historiographies”
Title of presentation: “The Comité de conservation des monuments de l’art arabe (Egypt, 1881-1950s): Re-addressing post-colonial narratives”
11-13 November 2023, ARCE conference: “Egyptian Cultural Heritage Now”
Title of presentation: “Living Religious Heritage Places in Egypt: Maintaining, Restoring and Conserving their Diverse Values and Significance”
Title of joint presentation with Ralph Bodenstein and Omar Kassab: “Dayr Anba Hadra at Aswan: Preventive Conservation and Site Management”
30 Oct – 2 Nov 2023, Ifao symposium: “Reading Reuse: Image Recycling in Egyt and Beyond”
Title of presentation: “Reuse in the context of restoration, reconstruction and destruction: Examples from Islamic and Coptic Monuments”
24-25 July 2023, Conference: “Collaborations and Contestations: Interfaith Architectural Encounters in Middle Eastern and North African Societies”. Organized by AUC and Michigan State University, AUC and hybrid.
Title of presentation: “Restoring and Conserving Islamic and Coptic Heritage in Egypt: Cases form the Archives and Stories from the Field”
15 March 2023, Cedej Seminar: “Cement, Concrete and Bricks in Egypt and Sudan”
Title of presentation: “Contextualizing the early use of reinforced concrete for the reconstruction of missing historic domes in Cairo”
3-4 March 2023, Annual History Seminar: “Cities in Context(s)”, The American University in Cairo, Egypt
Title of presentation: “Modernized? Medievalized? And more… Interpreting Cairo’s transformations (19th century- present)”
6 December 2022, Cedej Seminar. Title of presentation: “Cairo and cultural heritage in Egypt”
24-25 June 202, Netwood online conference: “Wood Networks in Egypt from Antiquity to Islamic Times”
Co-organized by: L’institut français d’archéologie orientale (Ifao) in partnership with UCL (Institute of Archaeology), Marie Curie Actions, IAS Octagon Small Grants Fund, Umr 8167 / Orient & Méditerranée and Friends of the Petrie Museum
Title of presentation: “New Insights on Egypt’s Mamluk Wooden Minbars through the Works of the Comité de conservation des monuments de l’art arabe (1881-1950s)”
28 May 2022, Ifao seminar co-organized by Dina Bakhoum and Mercedes Volait as part of the programme La fabrique du Caire moderne: “Manzil al-Sadat al-Wafa’iyya: One place, several perspectives”