Hussein Keshani

Dr. Keshani initially studied architecture and design at the University of Manitoba, as well as urban planning. Troubled by the endemic Eurocentricism in his required art history coursework, he decided to pursue studies in art history with a focus on the Islamic World and South Asia at the University of Victoria (UVic), where he completed his MA thesis on the Delhi’s Dargah of Nizamuddin and his PhD dissertation on Lucknow’s Bara Imambara complex. He went on to complete postdoctoral fellowships at UVic, Stanford (IHUM), and MIT (AKPIA). He has been an invited to speak in the UK, Australia, and Algeria and has presented his scholarship at major international scholarly gatherings, which include the Association for Art History, Modern Language Association, College Art Association, and American Historical Association.

As a scholar and a teacher, Keshani’s work crosses multiple disciplines including history, religious and gender studies, digital art history/humanities, world literature, interpretation and art and architectural history. His diverse research practices include, archival and museum research, fieldwork at architectural sites and botanic gardens, coding, and analytical renderings of architectural drawings and digital models.