The editorial board of the Journal of Islamic Art Studies is one of the distinctive features of this journal in regard to similar periodicals of history, art and architecture. The board consists of many renowned national and international scholars; many whom are pioneers in the field and are globally distinguished. Special meetings are hold each month for journal analyzing; furthermore, a general assembly is also held each year. Member of the editorial board are reachable via the link below.
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Dr. Mahnaz Shayestehfar is the Managing Director of the Institute of Islamic Art Studies. She holds a Ph.D. in Islamic Art from the University of Birmingham, UK, is an Associate Professor at Tarbiat Modares University, and is the Director of Islamic Culture, and Art Studies. She has been as director of the Department of Islamic Art at Tarbiat Modares University and has supervised more than 30 master's theses. Dr. Shayestehfar has been the managing director and editor-in-chief of two science-research quarterly journals on Islamic art studies since 2004. She has published more than 200 articles in domestic and foreign journals and has participated in dozens of domestic and foreign conferences. Membership on the editorial board of 4 scientific-research journals, editor and managing director of two journals, scientific secretary of the Quranic Art Conference, managing director of the Center for Islamic Art Research, drawing, translating and writing 16 books can be mentioned in his research record. Also, during the last two decades, about 20 projects in the field of management, Iranian-Islamic art and culture and handicrafts, culture, and civilization of Iran and the Islamic world have been completed.
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Adel T. Adamova received her Ph.D. from the Institute of Painting, Sculpture, and Architecture (The Academy of Fine Arts) in Saint Petersburg, Russia. She is currently curator of Persian Art in the Oriental Department of the State Hermitage Museum. She is the author of three monographs and more than thirty articles, mainly on Persian painting
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Bernard O'Kane is Professor of Islamic Art and Architecture at The American University in Cairo, where he has been teaching since 1980. He has also been a visiting professor at Harvard University and the University of California at Berkeley. He has authored several books including The Mosques of Egypt, The Illustrated Guide to the Museum of Islamic Art in Cairo, Timurid Architecture in Khurasan and The Ultimate Book of Mosques
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Research fields
History of Art in Iran-Central Asia; ceramic and architectural decor; Timurid and Turkmen arts (qarâ qoyunlu & q qoyunlu).
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Professor Blair teaches about all aspects of Islamic art from the seventh century to modern times. She offers surveys on Islamic art, architecture, and urbanism, as well as research seminars on the Silk Road, the Islamic book, and the arts of the object. Her research is equally broad: she has written or co-written 17 books, including several international award winners, and more than 200 articles in journals, encyclopedias, colloquia, and festschriften. Several of her books were written with her husband and co-holder of the Calderwood Chair, Jonathan Bloom
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Professor Bloom teaches courses on the history of Islamic art and architecture. He also offers undergraduate seminars on such subjects as the arts of medieval Spain and the history of Cairo. His research has explored the history and development of the minaret, the history of paper, and the art of the Fatimid dynasty in North Africa and Egypt.
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