Dr Sahar Basil Mahmood Al-Qaisi from the Department of Architectural Engineering, and the director of the Heritage Conservation Research Program (HCRP) at the Research Center of the Faculty of Engineering at Koya University, has participated in the European Architectural History Network (EAHN) annual business meeting and the research poster session that took place in Aversa/Caserta (Naples) in Italy on January 24. 2020 as a councillor for the EAHN.
The meeting was hosted by the Dipartimento di Architettura e Disegno industrial at the Università degli studi della Campania Luigi Vanvitelli in Aversa. More information about the EAHN business meeting and the research poster session is available here, and the EAHN two-day program for Aversa/Caserta (Naples) Jan. 24-25.2020.
Dr. Al-Qaisi has been elected to be a councillor for the EAHN starting from its 2019 business meeting in Zaragoza in Spain on February 16. 2019.
Established in 2005, the European Architectural History Network supports research and education by providing a public forum for the exchange and dissemination of knowledge of the histories of architecture. Based in Europe, it is open to architectural historians and scholars in allied fields from all countries. EAHN has members from more than 30 countries, and working in many different fields and disciplines. The Network is proud to represent a broad and multidisciplinary constituency with a diverse approach to the built environment.
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Koya University (KOU) is located in the city of Koya (Koy Sanjaq) which is 1.0 hr drive to the East of the Kurdistan Region capital Erbil (Arbil, Hewlér) in Kurdistan Region of F.R. Iraq. It is on the foothills of beautiful high mountain. Its campus has been carefully laid out to embrace the beautiful mountainous nature. . There are 4 Faculties and 2 Schools in KOU; Faculty of Engineering (FENG), Faculty of Science and Health (FSCH), Faculty of Education (FEDU), Faculty of Humanities and Social Silences (FHSS), Shcool of Physical Education (SPHE) and School of Medicine (SMED). Also, there are two research centers; Genome Center and Malai Gawra Center. Moreover, at KOU there is an English Language Center (BELC) at KOU has been opened with the sponsorship of IREX and American embassy in Baghdad as well as with the support of Spring International Language Center of The University of Arkansas. KOU has two Scientific Journals; ARO-The Scientific Journal of Koya University, which is indexed by Clarivate Analytics (ESCI), and Koya University Journal of Humanities and Social Sciences (KUJHSS). KOU is a proactive member of Erasmus/ Marhaba Project and Erasmus+. KOU signed many Memorandum of Understandings (MoU) with many International Universities, e.g., The University of Arkansas (June 2015). The Lulea University in Sweden (April 2014), The University of Nottingham in the UK, The University of Buckingham in the UK (Oct 2008), Belkin University in Turkey (Sep 2009) and The University of Greenwich in the UK.
