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Asma Mehan

Postdoctoral Research Fellow at Leiden University

Areas of expertise

  • - Architectural Humanities
  • - Urban History
  • - Cultural Geographies
  • - Critical Urban Studies

Major works

Kozlowski M., Mehan, A. , Nawratek, K., 2020. Kuala Lumpur: community, infrastructure and urban inclusivity , ‘The Built Environment City Studies-Focus Series’, London: Routledge, Taylor and Francis Group, 1st Edition, 142 pages.

Nawratek, K. Mehan, A. , 2020. De-Colonising Public Spaces in Malaysia: Dating in Kuala Lumpur, Cultural Geographies 27(2), SAGE Journals ISSN: 14744740

Mehan, A. , 2019. The Challenges of Comparative Urbanism in Post-Fordist Cities: The Case of Turin and Detroit, Contour Journal , (4) Special issue ‘Comparing Habitats’, published by EPFL University, pp. 1-14. ISSN: 2297 6906

Zamani, F., Mehan, A. , 2019.” The Abstract Space and the Alienation of Political Public Space in the Middle East”, ArchNet-IJAR: International Journal of Architectural Research / Selected for the special issue “The City (Re)Shaped: Exploring the Nexus Between Politics, Memory and Urbanism in the Built Environment” edited by Gehan Selim, 13 (3), Emerald Publishing, pp 483-493.

Mehan, A. , Behzadfar, M., 2018. The Forgotten Legacy: Oil Heritage Sites in Iran, In ‘CONGRESO XVII TICCIH —CHILE (Patrimonio Industrial: Entendiendo el pasado, haciendo el futuro sostenible)’, Universidad Central de Chile, Santiago, Chile. pp. 897-900.

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About me

Dr. Asma Mehan is the current Postdoc fellow affiliated both at the Leiden Institute of Cultural Anthropology and Development Sociology (CADS) and the Leiden-Delft-Erasmus (LDE) program for Port City Futures (PCF).

Courses and Programs taught by Asma Mehan