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2026 Professor Hasan-Uddin Khan Article Award

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Contact: Dr. Mehreen Chida-Razvi

Email: HUKaward@gmail.com

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The International Journal of Islamic Architecture is pleased to announce the 2026 Professor Hasan-Uddin Khan Article Award

In honour of Professor Hasan-Uddin Khan’s contributions to the field of Islamic architecture, the International Journal of Islamic Architecture (IJIA) offers this award in recognition of ground-breaking scholarship on the subject published in peer-reviewed journals. The criteria on which papers will be judged are: innovation in approach(es) to posed research question(s), originality, written clarity and style, and the overall impact on research in the field. Articles should provide new insights into the field, making a distinct or significant scholarly contribution to the understanding of architecture, architectural heritage, and the built environment in the Islamic world (both historic and contemporary), especially in marginalized geographies. This award, offered every two years, is judged by a jury that includes three members of the academic community. The third award will be given in 2026 and we are delighted that Professors Doris Behrens-Abouseif, Finbarr Barry Flood, and Attilio Petruccioli will serve on the jury. Papers published in English in a peer reviewed journal in 2024 or 2025 will be eligible for this round of the award.

Nominations should be submitted by scholars or journal editors to the chair of the award, IJIA Associate Editor Dr Mehreen Chida-Razvi, at HUKaward@gmail.com by 16 November 2025. Self-nominations are permitted, of a single article. The nominations should include a PDF of the published paper, full details of publication, and the author’s affiliation and contact information. The winner and runner-up will be announced in March 2026 on the IJIA website, social media platforms, and in the journal’s July issue. The winner will receive a cash prize of $1000 and a two-year subscription to IJIA; the runner-up will receive a two-year subscription to IJIA. 

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Academic Editor of IJIA from 2012–21, Professor Hasan-Uddin Khan is an architect trained at the AA in London and a writer who has worked and lived all over the globe. He considers himself a modern nomad who believes in crossing boundaries – both geographic and disciplinary. Professor Khan was founder and Editor-in-Chief of the  international journal Mimar: Architecture in Development. He helped form the Aga Khan Award for Architecture  in 1977 and was its second Convenor and a Steering Committee member. He coordinated His Highness the Aga Khan’s worldwide architectural activities between 1984 and 1994. After being a Visiting Associate Professor at MIT, he joined Roger Williams University in 1999 as Distinguished Professor of Architecture and Historic Preservation and twice was a Visiting Professor at Berkeley during his sabbaticals. He is now Distinguished Professor Emeritus at Roger Williams University. Professor Khan has served as on several international architecture juries, lectures widely and is the editor/author of nine books and over sixty published articles.