Curriculum Vitae
Mounir Sabeh Affaki
Identification
Personal identification
- Full name
- Mounir Sabeh Affaki
Citation names
- Affaki, Mounir
- Sabeh Affaki, Mounir
- Affaki, Mounir Sabeh
Author identifiers
- Ciência ID
- D51B-DC51-77BF
- ORCID iD
- 0000-0001-8487-2065
Telephones
- Mobile phone
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- (+420) 604765638 (Personal)
Addresses
- Šestidomí 986/2, 16000, Prague 6 - Bubenec , Prague, Czech Republic (Personal)
Languages
| Language | Speaking | Reading | Writing | Listening | Peer-review |
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| Arab | Proficiency (C2) | Proficiency (C2) | Proficiency (C2) | Proficiency (C2) | |
| English | Proficiency (C2) | Proficiency (C2) | Proficiency (C2) | Proficiency (C2) | |
| Portuguese | Intermediate (B1) | Advanced (C1) | Elementary (A2) | Upper intermediate (B2) | |
| French | Beginner (A1) | Intermediate (B1) | Beginner (A1) | Beginner (A1) |
Education
| Degree | Classification | |
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2016/11/21 - 2021/05/26
Concluded
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PhD in Architecture (Doutoramento)
Universidade de Coimbra Faculdade de Ciencias e Tecnologia, Portugal
"Architecture of Peace: Staging Reconciliation in Post-War Aleppo " (THESIS/DISSERTATION)
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Distinction |
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2016/07/12
Concluded
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Integrated Master in Architecture (Mestrado integrado)
Universidade de Coimbra Faculdade de Ciencias e Tecnologia, Portugal
"Thesis title: The Adaptation of Historical Buildings And Sites As Museums - Case Study In Old Aleppo" (THESIS/DISSERTATION)
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2014/11/10
Concluded
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Bachelor in Architectural Engineering (Bachelor)
University of Aleppo, Syria
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Affiliation
Science
| Category Host institution |
Employer | |
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| 2022/01/01 - 2023/12/31 | Postdoc (Research) | Ceské vysoké ucení technické v Praze Fakulta architektury, Czech Republic |
| 2021/04 - 2022/12 | Researcher (Research) | Brandenburgische Technische Universität Cottbus-Senftenberg, Germany |
| 2021/11/01 - 2021/12/01 | Visiting Researcher (Research) | Brandenburgische Technische Universität Cottbus-Senftenberg, Germany |
Teaching in Higher Education
| Category Host institution |
Employer | |
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| 2023/09/25 - 2023/12/29 | Tutor (University Teacher) | Ceské vysoké ucení technické v Praze Fakulta architektury, Czech Republic |
| 2022/09/19 - 2023/02/19 | Tutor (University Teacher) | Ceské vysoké ucení technické v Praze Fakulta architektury, Czech Republic |
| 2018/07/18 - 2018/07/28 | Tutor (University Teacher) | Universidade do Minho - Campus de Azurém, Portugal |
| 2017/06/26 - 2017/07/14 | Tutor (University Teacher) | Università Iuav di Venezia, Italy |
Others
| Category Host institution |
Employer | |
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| 2015/08/17 - 2015/09/04 | Internship at Divisão Municipal de Planeamento e Ordenamento do Território | Câmara Municipal do Porto, Portugal |
Projects
Grant
| Designation | Funders | |
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| 2023/03 - 2023/04 | Unclaimed Heritage: Tracing Cultural Exchanges and Socio-Urban Values in Syrian Modern Architecture
24-12437S
Principal investigator
Grantová agentura Ceské republiky, Czech Republic
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Not funded
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| 2021/11/01 - 2021/12/01 | The Rehabilitation, Revitalisation and Post-conflict Reconstruction of German Cities
NON-FUNDED
Research Fellow
Brandenburgische Technische Universität Cottbus-Senftenberg, Germany
Deutscher Akademischer Austauschdienst, Germany |
Concluded
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Contract
| Designation | Funders | |
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| 2022/01/01 - 2023/12/31 | Postwar Architecture in Central/Eastern Europe
NON-FUNDED
Post-doc Fellow
Ceské vysoké ucení technické v Praze Fakulta architektury, Czech Republic
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Ceské vysoké uceni technické v Praze
Concluded
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Other
| Designation | Funders | |
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| 2021/04 - 2022/12 | Rehabilitation and Reconstruction of Historic Districts and Preservation of Architectural Heritage after Armed Conflicts
NON-FUNDED
Researcher
Brandenburgische Technische Universität Cottbus-Senftenberg, Germany
American University of Beirut, Lebanon German Jordanian University, Jordan |
Concluded
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Outputs
Publications
| Book chapter |
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| Conference paper |
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| Conference poster |
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Activities
Oral presentation
| Presentation title | Event name Host (Event location) |
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| 2023/11/11 | Unethical Development: The Socio-Urban Impacts of Reconstruction Projects in Syria | Architecture and Constructions in Development Projects
International Center for World Development of the Czech Technical University in Prague (ICWD CTU) (Prague, Czech Republic)
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| 2023/11/07 | Placemaking as a Catalyst for Reconciliation: Connecting Wounded Aleppo through its Built Environment | International Conference ‘Architecture: War and Peace’
University of Lisbon. Lisbon School of Architecture (Lisbon, Portugal)
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| 2023/06/28 | Visual Integrity at Risk: A Retrospective Reading of Prague’s Urban and Heritage Management | Amps Conference ‘Prague – Heritages Past and Present - Built and Social’
Czech Technical University in Prague (Prague, Czech Republic)
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| 2023/06/02 | Safeguarding Heritage or Serving Political Interests? An Ethical Examination of Heritage Reconstruction in Syria | Ethics and De-colonising in Post-conflict Archaeology and Heritage: Focus on Syria
University of Leicester. Centre for Endangered Heritage and Archaeology (Leicester, United Kingdom)
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| 2023/03/23 | Conflict, Urban Space, and Resilience: Reflections on Post-conflict Spatial Requalification Practices in the Syrian City of Raqqa | Repurposing Places for Social and Environmental Resilience’ International Conference
Counterarchitecture, the University of East London and Arup (London, United Kingdom)
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| 2023/03/07 | Memories, Collective yet Divided: The Potentials of Post-War Memorial Architecture in Aleppo | Post-Conflict Reconstruction of Cultural Heritage in the Middle East and North Africa
Doha Institute for Graduate Studies. Center for Conflict and Humanitarian Studies. (Doha, Qatar)
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| 2022/09/19 | Conservation of Post-War Modern Architecture in Prague: Legislative Issues and Contesting Views | Crises, Heritage and Urbanity: QUESTIONS OF REHABILITATION, RECONSTRUCTION AND RECOVERY: Reflections on contextual and morphological
dynamics
BTU Cottbus – Senftenberg, American University Beirut (AUB), German Jordanian University (GJU)
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| 2022/06/08 | The Dilemma of the Post-War Architecture: Experiences from Central Europe | Rehabilitation and Reconstruction of Historic Districts and Preservation of Architectural Heritage after Armed Conflicts
BTU Cottbus – Senftenberg, American University Beirut (AUB)
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| 2022/04/29 | Urban Visualisation in Times of Uncertainty and Instability: Mapping the Post-war Image of Syrian Al-Raqqa | AESOP Congress 2022: 'Space for Species: Redefining Spatial Justice’
Association of European Schools of Planning (AESOP) (Tartu, Estonia)
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| 2021/12/07 | Sense of Place between the Memory of War, Modernisation, and Recovery: Insights from the Reconstruction of German Cities | The Situation of Historic Districts and Architectural Heritage after Armed Conflicts, Case Studies: Aleppo, Homs, Al-Raqqa,
Bosra
BTU Cottbus – Senftenberg, American University Beirut (AUB) (Cottbus, Germany)
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| 2021/11/16 | The Syrian Intangible Heritage: Post-war Attempts for Preservation, Continuity, and Recovery | Towards Mobilising Intangible Heritage for Recovery and Resilience
University College London, SilkCities, et. al.
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| 2019/07/11 | Reconstruction of Heritage and Spirit Mending the Scars of Aleppo | Silk Cities 2019: Reconstruction, Recovery and Resilience of Historic Cities and Societies
Silk Cities & Università degli Studi dell'Aquila & University College London Development Planning Unit (l'Aquila, Italy)
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| 2018/05/23 | Post-war Reconstruction: What about Syria? | Post-war Cities' Reconstruction and Gender Questions
Universidade da Beira Interior & Mulheres na Arquitectura (Covilhã, Portugal)
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| 2017/07 | The Urban History of Aleppo | The Red line of Aleppo - Gaeta-Springall Architects
IUAV University of Venice (Venice, Italy)
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| 2017/07 | The Urban Development of Aleppo during the Last Century | How Can We Turn Aleppo’s Conflicting Narratives into Strategies to Build the Common? - UNLAB
IUAV University of Venice (Venice, Italy)
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| 2017/07 | The Ancient Suqs of Aleppo | WAR Heritage vs. RAW Heritage? – Paredes y Pedrosa
IUAV University of Venice (Venice, Italy)
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| 2017/07 | Housing Typologies in Aleppo between the Formal and the Informal. Case Study: Karm al-Jabal Neighbourhood | Out of focus: The Aleppo's scars – Fernanda De Maio
IUAV University of Venice (Venice, Italy)
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| 2017/07 | On the Old City of Aleppo and its Remarkable Monuments | Aleppo: Traces of the future - Armando Dal Fabbro
IUAV University of Venice (Venice, Italy)
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| 2017/07 | Documentation of the Modern Buffer Zone in Aleppo | Learning from Aleppo – Patrizia Montini Zimolo
IUAV University of Venice (Venice, Italy)
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Event organisation
| Event name Type of event (Role) |
Institution / Organization | |
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| 2018/07/18 - 2018/07/28 | Teacher Assistant at Aleppo Studio – Rethinking Public Squares, Rebuilding Syria from Within Summer School (2018/07/18 - 2018/07/28)
Workshop (Member of the Scientific Committee)
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Universidade do Minho Escola de Arquitetura, Portugal Global Platform for Syrian Students, Portugal |
| 2017/06/26 - 2017/07/04 | Lecturer and guest tutor at W.A.Ve 2017 | Syria: The Making of the Future, Venice, Italy (2017/06/26 - 2017/07/04)
Workshop (Member of the Scientific Committee)
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Università Iuav di Venezia, Italy |
Event participation
| Activity description Type of event |
Event name Institution / Organization |
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| 2023/06/12 - 2023/06/13 | Training School on Storytelling and Ethnographic Research
Workshop
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Training School on Storytelling and Ethnographic Research
Aarhus Universitet, Denmark
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| 2022/11/19 - 2022/11/27 | Urban Design Workshop: Crises, Heritage and Urbanity
Workshop
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Urban Design Workshop: Crises, Heritage and Urbanity
Brandenburgische Technische Universität Cottbus-Senftenberg, Germany
American University of Beirut, Lebanon German Jordanian University, Jordan |
| 2022/09/16 - 2022/09/17 | Transferable Skills for Early-Career Researchers: Research Project Management, Career Management, Leadership in Research
Workshop
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Transferable Skills for Early-Career Researchers: Research Project Management, Career Management, Leadership in Research
Národní technická knihovna, Czech Republic
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| 2021/11/29 - 2021/12/08 | The Situation of Historic Districts and Architectural Heritage after Armed Conflicts, Case Studies: Aleppo, Homs, Al-Raqqa,
Bosra
Workshop
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The Situation of Historic Districts and Architectural Heritage after Armed Conflicts, Case Studies: Aleppo, Homs, Al-Raqqa,
Bosra
Brandenburgische Technische Universität Cottbus-Senftenberg, Germany
American University of Beirut, Lebanon |
| 2019/07/10 - 2019/07/12 | Silk Cities 2019: Reconstruction, Recovery and Resilience of Historic Cities and Societies
Conference
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Silk Cities 2019: Reconstruction, Recovery and Resilience of Historic Cities and Societies
Università degli Studi dell'Aquila, Italy
University College London Development Planning Unit, United Kingdom |
| 2017/10/23 - 2017/10/27 | Workshop in Architectural Documentation
Workshop
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Workshop in Architectural Documentation
Technische Universität Berlin Fakultät VI Planen Bauen Umwelt, Germany
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| 2016/07/20 - 2016/07/27 | Porto Academy 2016 Studio Tatiana Bilbao: Exquisite corpse as vertical densification
Workshop
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Porto Academy 2016
Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Arquitectura, Portugal
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| 2015/08/17 - 2015/09/04 | Revitalizing Porto's Aliados Quarter: Building Assessment and Walkability
Workshop
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Internship | Urban Regeneration of the Aliados Area
Câmara Municipal do Porto, Portugal
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| 2013/08/26 - 2013/08/29 | Formation Workshop: Rehabilitating New Buildings and Structures & Restoration of Historical Buildings
Workshop
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Rehabilitating New Buildings and Structures & Restoration of Historical Buildings
Order of Engineers, Syria
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Ad Hoc journal article review
| Journal title (ISSN) | Publisher | |
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| 2024/04/14 - 2024/04/14 | International Journal of Heritage Studies (1470-3610) | Routledge |
Association member
| Society Organization name | Role | |
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| 2019/12 - 2021/12 | ReThink Housing Studio - Syria | Leader of the Research Team, research planning, management, and proofreading |
Conference scientific committee
| Conference name | Conference host | |
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| 2023/06/28 - 2023/06/30 | Amps 2023 ‘Prague: Heritages Past and Present - Built and Social’ | Czech Technical University in Prague |
Course / Discipline taught
| Academic session | Degree Subject (Type) | Institution / Organization | |
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| 2023/09/25 - 2033/12/29 | History and Theory of Architecture V – Practical Exercise Post-War Architecture in Use: Capturing Present Socio-Urban Values through Inquiry and Observation | History and Theory of Architecture V (Bachelor (1st cycle)) | Ceské vysoké ucení technické v Praze Fakulta architektury, Czech Republic |
| 2022/09/19 - 2023/02/19 | History and Theory of Architecture V – Practical Exercise Modern Movement and Post-war Heritage in Europe and in the Czech Republic | History and Theory of Architecture V (Bachelor (1st cycle)) | Ceské vysoké ucení technické v Praze Fakulta architektury, Czech Republic |
Interview (newspaper / magazine)
| Activity description | Newspaper / Forum | |
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| 2021/09/22 | Coimbra Capital de Cultura - Mounir Affaki | Municipality of Coimbra, Department of Culture |
| 2021/09/05 | Refugiado sírio imagina a reconstrução de Alepo a partir de Portugal | Lusa News Agency |
Distinctions
Award
| 2019 | Grant to Attend SilkCities Conference, 2019
University College London Development Planning Unit, United Kingdom
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| 2017 | Grant to attend Workshop in Architectural Documentation
Technische Universität Berlin Fakultät VI Planen Bauen Umwelt, Germany
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| 2016 | Full scholarship to do a Ph.D. in Architecture at the University of Coimbra
Global Platform for Syrian Students, Portugal
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| 2014 | Full scholarship to study the Integrated Master in Architecture course at the University of Coimbra
Fundação Calouste Gulbenkian, Portugal
Universidade de Coimbra, Portugal Global Platform for Syrian Students, Portugal |
Other distinction
| 2015 | Certificate of Appreciation for the Bachelor Degree's Graduation Project - The Museum of the Syrian memory.
Order of Engineers, Syria
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