FACULTY OF CONSERVATION & RESTORATION

Dean: Samad Samanian, Ph.D

samanian@art.ac.ir

Changing of University of Farabi to University of Art, and formation of the country’s Cultural Heritage Organization was among the most important factors that made the University of Art as the only institute at the postgraduate level for studying on renovation of cultural & historical artifacts and buildings for more than four decades.

In 2015, the Faculty of Conservation and Restoration was officially established as a specialized faculty in postgraduate level in Bagh- Melli campus.

 

History of Faculty:

The Faculty of Conservation and Restoration was established in 2014 (1394) as a specialized faculty at the postgraduate level and with the four Educational Departments of Conservation & Restoration of Cultural & Historical Objects, Restoration and Revival of Historical Buildings and Textures, Museum Studies and Islamic Arts at the master's level, and doctorate in Conservation and Restoration of Objects.

The record of the master's degree in the restoration of ancient monuments at the University of Art in 1976 (1355) is considered as a turning point in the history of higher education in the Restoration and Revival of Historical Buildings and Textures and the Conservation & Restoration of Historical Cultural Objects in Iran. In 1977 (1356), an educational agreement was drawn up between Dr. Jamshid Behnam, the then president of Farabi University, and Nosratullah Mojtabaei, Managing director of the National Organization for the conservation of Iran's ancient monuments, in order to provide technical staff and manpower, it has been the beginning of accepting students in the restoration master's degree of Farabi University (University of Art).

After the Islamic revolution and with a gap of several years, the admission of students in the master's degree in restoration was pursued again in this university. Despite the separation of the two master's courses" Restoration and Revival of Historical Buildings and Textures" and "Restoration of Cultural-Historical Objects" and the corresponding change in the content of their educational program, the transformation of Farbi University and the establishment of the University of Art, and the formation of the country's cultural heritage organization. It was the most important factors that during these years caused the University of Art to teach the Restoration and Revival of Historical Buildings and Textures and the conservation and restoration of cultural and historical objects for nearly two decades as the only institution of higher education at the post-graduate level.

After the separation of the Isfahan Campus Faculty from the University of Art and the formation of Isfahan University of Art, there was a break in the admission of students in fields related to restoration at the University of Art in Tehran for a while. In 2015, the Faculty of Conservation and Restoration was officially established as a specialized faculty in postgraduate level in Bagh- Melli campus. The Department of Restoration of Objects has been accepting PhD students since 2013. The Departments of Museum Studies and Islamic art have been accepting students since 2013. Department of Islamic art has been accepting students in field of Persian Painting since 2019.

Department of Restoration and Revival of Historical Buildings and Textures has been accepting students since 2013, and since 2016, students with two majors have been studying in this department. This department has been accepting students since 2018.

 

The Educational Departments:

General introduction of the Educational Departments of the Faculty of Conservation and Restoration:

• The Educational Department of Conservation and Restoration of Cultural and Historical Objects accepts students in both Master's and Doctorate levels. Faculty members: Dr. Somayeh Noghani (director of the department); Dr. Kouros Samanian
• The Educational Department of Restoration and Revival of Historical Buildings and Textures accepts students in two master's degrees (Urban Heritage & Architectural Heritage) and a doctorate in this field. Faculty members: Dr. Alireza Razeghi (director of the department); Dr. Ali Zamani Fard
• The Educational Department of Museum Studies accepts students at the master's level. Faculty members: Dr. Kouros Samanian (director of the department); Dr. Said Khoddari Naini
• The Educational Department of Islamic Art accepts students in the master's degree with a focus on Persian painting. Faculty members: Dr. Hanieh Nikkhah (director of the department); Dr. Negar Kafili

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• Department of Conservation & Restoration of Cultural & Historical Objects
• The Department of Conservation and Restoration Historic Architecture and urban Fabrics
• Department of Museum Studies
• Department of Islamic Art

 

Faculty facilities:

With the improvement of facilities and analysis devices in the conservation and restoration laboratory of the University of Art, conditions have been provided to specialized laboratory services suitable for the field of conservation and restoration to the students of this field and other related and unrelated fields who need analysis with the existing devices. The conservation and restoration laboratory, which is currently the only laboratory of the conservation and restoration faculty, has various laboratory activities, including chemical analysis methods, instrumental analyses, physical and microscopic laboratory activities, as well as various workshop activities. For more information please click here.

 

Faculty Members:

Name	The Department	Position	academic Rank	Email
Prof. Samad Samanian	conservation and restoration of cultural and historical objects	Dean of the faculty	professor	samanian@art.ac.ir
Dr. Somayeh Noghani	conservation and restoration of cultural and historical objects	director of the department	Assistant Professor	s.noghani@art.ac.ir
Dr. Kouros Samanian	conservation and restoration of cultural and historical objects	Faculty member	Associate Professor	k.samanian@art.ac.ir
Dr. Kouros Samanian	Museum Studies	director of the department	Assistant Professor	k.samanian@art.ac.ir
Dr. Said Khoddari Naini	Museum Studies	Faculty member	Associate Professor	s.khoddari@art.ac.ir
Dr. Alireza Razeghi	Restoration and Revival of Historical Buildings and Textures	director of the department	Associate Professor	razeghi@art.ac.ir
Dr. Ali Zamani Fard	Restoration and Revival of Historical Buildings and Textures	Faculty member	Associate Professor	zamanifard@art.ac.ir
Dr. Hanieh Nikkhah	Islamic art	director of the department	Assistant Professor	h.nikkhah@art.ac.ir
Dr. Negar Kafili	Islamic art	Faculty member	Assistant Professor

 

Now Faculty of Conservation and Restoration offers these programs:

 

Museum Association, Protection and Restoration of Historical Monuments of Iran:

The Association of Museums, Preservation and Restoration of Historical Monuments of Iran, under the supervision of the Ministry of Science, Research and Technology, under the leadership of the University of Art, in 2012, succeeded in receiving the license to establish the association in Tehran. The association aims to expand, promote and promote science in the fields of science related to the museum, protection and restoration of cultural, historical, artistic works and other related fields, and on the other hand, the qualitative development of expert forces, improving educational and research matters in the fields of museum studies. , protection and restoration of cultural, historical and artistic works was able to assemble its founding board from among the faculty members of Iranian universities. Then, the members of the board of directors have been elected through the holding of the general assembly and elections.

The board members of the association in each period include 7 main members, 3 alternate members, one main inspector and one alternate inspector, who are currently working on the fourth term of the board of the association.

Some of the activities of the association since its establishment until now include:

• Licensee of Iran's Museum, Preservation and Restoration of Historical Artifacts magazine (the only specialized magazine in the field of museum and preservation and restoration of historical-cultural objects in Iran)
• Holding workshops, meetings, book launch and review sessions, and specialized seminars (especially on the occasion of World Museum Day and Cultural Heritage Week in the last week of May every year, as well as research week).
• Planning and setting up scientific trips
• Planning and setting up art exhibitions for students
• Publication of three issues of the news magazine
• Planning and setting up of the moral heritage ceremony

 

The Moral Heritage:

For more than 7 years, the Moral Heritage of The Faculty of Conservation and Restoration has been continuously covering vulnerable groups in two separate programs and will try to provide assistance in order to pay attention to the intangible dimensions of heritage, which is the spiritual heritage of charity throughout history. Iran is the land to reach the needy and vulnerable groups and orphaned children. The first group is to equip disadvantaged children from different regions of the country for education and learning and to continue their academic and intellectual growth in the deprived regions of the country, and the second group is to feed the weak sections of different regions of Tehran, which with the help of God, the 14th gathering of spiritual heritage was held with the participation and companionship of teachers, students, and colleagues, graduates of University of Art, interested parties and also the cooperation of the Museum Association, Protection & Restoration of Historical Monuments of Iran, which succeeded in preparing and distributing nearly 1400 meals in care centers for orphaned and badly cared for children, as well as the homeless and those in need of help.

 

Contact Information:

Address: # 56, Sakhai St., Hafez ave., Tehran 1136813518, Iran

Tel: +98 (21) 66725686

Email: Conservation.restoration@art.ac.ir