
Solmaz Yadollahi
Coordinator-PhD candidate, IGS Heritage Studies,BTU-Cottbus
Participates in 1 Session
Solmaz Yadollahi is an urban heritage conservationist. She is the coordinator of the IGS Heritage Studies PhD program at BTU Cottbus-Senftenberg in Germany. During her PhD studies, she has been active as teaching assistant at the Urban Management Chair- Faculty of Architecture and Urban Planning- BTU Cottbus. Currently, she is doing her PhD on ‘Iranian bazaar as public place’ at IGS Heritage Studies, BTU Cottbus.
Her research area is living urban heritage management with a focus on public space, social sustainability and gender issues in historic urban areas.
From 2008 to 2012 she collaborated with the World Heritage Inscription Bureau at the Iranian Cultural Heritage Handicrafts and Tourism Organization (ICHHTO) in preparing four successful World Heritage nominations. She has involved in several urban revitalization projects in Iran since 2005.
Recent publications:
In process of publication (in 2016): Yadollahi, Weidner, Integrating the factor of culture into the methodological framework for studying social sustainability in a historic public place, in: Going Beyond – Perceptions of Sustainability in Heritage Studies No. 2, Springer • Yadollahi Solmaz (2015) A reflection on methodological approaches of assessing and implementing social sustainability in historical public spaces, in: Perceptions of Sustainable Development of Sustainability in Heritage Studies, De Gruyter . • Yadollahi, S. Weidner, S. (2014) The influence of commercial modernization on public life in Iranian bazaars, Case study: Tabriz bazaar, in: proceedings of the City and Retail international conference at the Institute of Urban Development and Construction Management, University of Leipzig • Yadollahi, S. Weidner, S. (2014) Iranian bazaar as public space, case study of Tabriz bazaar, in: Rehab 2014 – Proceedings of the International Conference on Preservation, Maintenance and Rehabilitation of Historic Buildings and Structures, Portugal, Green Lines Institute, PP: 873-883 • Hanachi, Pirooz, and Yadollahi, Solmaz (2011) Tabriz Historical Bazaar in the context of change. In: proceedings of the 17th ICOMOS General Assembly Scientific Symposium on Heritage, driver of development, Paris, France, Dec. 2011, PP. 1024-1035
Her research area is living urban heritage management with a focus on public space, social sustainability and gender issues in historic urban areas.
From 2008 to 2012 she collaborated with the World Heritage Inscription Bureau at the Iranian Cultural Heritage Handicrafts and Tourism Organization (ICHHTO) in preparing four successful World Heritage nominations. She has involved in several urban revitalization projects in Iran since 2005.
Recent publications:
In process of publication (in 2016): Yadollahi, Weidner, Integrating the factor of culture into the methodological framework for studying social sustainability in a historic public place, in: Going Beyond – Perceptions of Sustainability in Heritage Studies No. 2, Springer • Yadollahi Solmaz (2015) A reflection on methodological approaches of assessing and implementing social sustainability in historical public spaces, in: Perceptions of Sustainable Development of Sustainability in Heritage Studies, De Gruyter . • Yadollahi, S. Weidner, S. (2014) The influence of commercial modernization on public life in Iranian bazaars, Case study: Tabriz bazaar, in: proceedings of the City and Retail international conference at the Institute of Urban Development and Construction Management, University of Leipzig • Yadollahi, S. Weidner, S. (2014) Iranian bazaar as public space, case study of Tabriz bazaar, in: Rehab 2014 – Proceedings of the International Conference on Preservation, Maintenance and Rehabilitation of Historic Buildings and Structures, Portugal, Green Lines Institute, PP: 873-883 • Hanachi, Pirooz, and Yadollahi, Solmaz (2011) Tabriz Historical Bazaar in the context of change. In: proceedings of the 17th ICOMOS General Assembly Scientific Symposium on Heritage, driver of development, Paris, France, Dec. 2011, PP. 1024-1035
Sessions in which Solmaz Yadollahi participates
9:00
9:00
- 09.00 Social Resilience Building, a Strategy for Reintegrating Historic City Centres to the Modern Cities: The Case of Tabriz Bazaar, Iran
- Participant Solmaz Yadollahi (Coordinator-PhD candidate, IGS Heritage Studies,BTU-Cottbus) | Participant Prof. Dr. Silke Weidner (BTU Cottbus-Senftenberg) |
- 9:00 - 9:30 | 30 minutes Part of: La conservation des quartiers anciens et le problème de la gentrification
- Paper
Sessions in which Solmaz Yadollahi attends
12:30
12:30
- Research Development Seminar with Michael Herzfeld
- Signup required UQAM, pavillon Hubert-Aquin (A) - A-1875
- 12:30 - 15:30 | 3 hours
- Workshop
17:00
17:00
- Opening Ceremony and Cocktail
- Signup required Concordia, Grey Nuns Motherhouse (GN) - Former Chapel
- 17:00 - 19:30 | 2 hours 30 minutes
- Cocktail
9:00
9:00
- Keynote : What does heritage change? Le patrimoine, ça change quoi? (Lucie K. Morisset)
- Signup required UQAM, pavillon Judith-Jasmin (J) - Salle Alfred-Laliberté
- 9:00 - 10:00 | 1 hour
- Keynote with simultaneous translation / Conférence avec traduction simultanée

11:00
11:00
- Current Research I UQAM, pavillon J.-A. De Sève (DS) - DS-1570
- 11:00 - 15:00 | 4 hours
- Regular session
- Heritage and the Late Modern State I UQAM, pavillon J.-A. De Sève (DS) - DS-R520
- 11:00 - 15:00 | 4 hours
- Regular session
- Changing Places, Changing People? Critical Heritage(s) of Diaspora, Migration and Belonging I UQAM, pavillon J.-A. De Sève (DS) - DS-M560
- 11:00 - 15:00 | 4 hours
- Regular session
- Religion as Heritage - Heritage as Religion? UQAM, pavillon J.-A. De Sève (DS) - DS-M320
- 11:00 - 17:00 | 6 hours
- Regular session
13:30
13:30
- At the UNESCO Feast: Foodways across Global Heritage Governance I UQAM, pavillon J.-A. De Sève (DS) - DS-R510
- 13:30 - 17:00 | 3 hours 30 minutes
- Session with simultaneous translation / Session avec traduction simultanée
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15:30
15:30
- Politics of Scale: A New Approach to Heritage Studies I UQAM, pavillon J.-A. De Sève (DS) - DS-R520
- 15:30 - 17:00 | 1 hour 30 minutes
- Regular session
7:00
7:00
- Canal: Walking the Post-Industrial Lachine Canal
- Signup required UQAM, pavillon J.-A. De Sève (DS) - DS Registration table (meeting point)
- 7:00 - 9:00 | 2 hours
- Tour
9:00
9:00
- Changing Places, Changing People? Critical Heritage(s) of Diaspora, Migration and Belonging II UQAM, pavillon J.-A. De Sève (DS) - DS-M560
- 9:00 - 12:30 | 3 hours 30 minutes
- Regular session
- At the UNESCO Feast: Foodways across Global Heritage Governance II UQAM, pavillon J.-A. De Sève (DS) - DS-R510
- 9:00 - 12:30 | 3 hours 30 minutes
- Session with simultaneous translation / Session avec traduction simultanée
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- Heritage and the Late Modern State II UQAM, pavillon J.-A. De Sève (DS) - DS-R520
- 9:00 - 12:30 | 3 hours 30 minutes
- Regular session
- The Cultural Politics of New Built Heritage in Emerging Economies UQAM, pavillon J.-A. De Sève (DS) - DS-M460
- 9:00 - 12:30 | 3 hours 30 minutes
- Regular session
- Re-Writing History in the Time of Late Capitalism : Uses and Abuses of Built Heritage UQAM, pavillon J.-A. De Sève (DS) - DS-R525
- 9:00 - 12:30 | 3 hours 30 minutes
- Regular session
14:00
14:00
- Keynote: Renaming, Removal, Recontextualization of Heritage: Purging History, Claiming the Present, Imagining the Future? (What Change-Role for Heritage Professionals?) (James Count Early)
- Signup required Musée des Beaux-Ars de Montréal - Cummings Auditorium
- 14:00 - 15:30 | 1 hour 30 minutes
- Keynote with simultaneous translation / Conférence avec traduction simultanée

7:00
7:00
- La Pointe: L’autre bord de la track / The Other Side of the Tracks
- Signup required Concordia, Engineering, Computer Science and Visual Arts Integrated Complex Building (EV) - EV Atrium (meeting point)
- 7:00 - 9:00 | 2 hours
- Tour
7:30
7:30
- Beyond Re-uses: The Future of Church Monuments in a Secular Society | Au-delà de la conversion: l'avenir des églises monumentales dans une société sécularisée
- Signup required Église Saint-Michel - Église Saint-Michel
- 7:30 - 15:30 | 8 hours
- Regular session
9:00
9:00
- Current Research III Concordia, John Molson School of Business Building (MB) - MB 1.301
- 9:00 - 12:30 | 3 hours 30 minutes
- Regular session
- Flexible Scales and Relational Territoriality in the Meaning-Making of Cultural Heritage Concordia, John Molson School of Business Building (MB) - MB 3.445
- 9:00 - 15:00 | 6 hours
- Regular session
- How do Rights Change Heritage? Concordia, John Molson School of Business Building (MB) - MB S1.235
- 9:00 - 15:00 | 6 hours
- Regular session
- Activism, Civil Society and Heritage Concordia, John Molson School of Business Building (MB) - MB 5.215
- 9:00 - 15:00 | 6 hours
- Regular session
- Urban Heritage: Critical Theoretical and Methodological Perspectives I Concordia, John Molson School of Business Building (MB) - MB S2.115
- 9:00 - 15:00 | 6 hours
- Regular session
- Contested Pasts: Urban Heritage in Divided Cities Concordia, John Molson School of Business Building (MB) - MB 3.285
- 9:00 - 15:00 | 6 hours
- Regular session
- Critical Heritage Theory: Foundational Cores and Innovative Edges Concordia, John Molson School of Business Building (MB) - MB 3.435
- 9:00 - 15:00 | 6 hours
- Regular session
13:30
13:30
- The Future of Heritage in Ontario Concordia, John Molson School of Business Building (MB) - MB S1.401
- 13:30 - 15:00 | 1 hour 30 minutes
- Roundtable
- The Critical Turn in Perspectives on Public Housing as Heritage Concordia, John Molson School of Business Building (MB) - MB S1.435
- 13:30 - 15:00 | 1 hour 30 minutes
- Regular session
7:30
7:30
- Film Series: Citizen Lambert: Joan of Architecture Concordia, Engineering, Computer Science and Visual Arts Integrated Complex Building (EV) - EV 1.605
- 7:30 - 8:30 | 1 hour
- Event
- Autour de Concordia. Au cœur du Golden Square Mile : explorations de luttes patrimoniales | Around Concordia. In the Heart of Golden Square Mile: Explorations of Heritage Struggles
- Signup required Concordia, Engineering, Computer Science and Visual Arts Integrated Complex Building (EV) - EV Atrium (meeting point)
- 7:30 - 8:45 | 1 hour 15 minutes
- Tour
9:00
9:00
- Critical Creation Series : Ethical Fashion Concordia, Engineering, Computer Science and Visual Arts Integrated Complex Building (EV) - EV Atrium
- 9:00 - 17:00 | 8 hours
- Event
- Current Research IV Concordia, John Molson School of Business Building (MB) - MB 1.301
- 9:00 - 12:30 | 3 hours 30 minutes
- Regular session
- Urban Heritage: Critical Theoretical and Methodological Perspectives II Concordia, John Molson School of Business Building (MB) - MB S2.115
- 9:00 - 17:00 | 8 hours
- Regular session
- “For People Then and for People Now”: Approaches to Heritage and Shared Authority Concordia, John Molson School of Business Building (MB) - MB S1.115
- 9:00 - 15:00 | 6 hours
- Regular session
- Connecting to the Critical Heritage Studies Movement in the Americas: Theoretical and Practical Considerations, Case Studies, and Dialogue Concordia, John Molson School of Business Building (MB) - MB 3.285
- 9:00 - 12:30 | 3 hours 30 minutes
- Regular session
- Sustainable Urban Heritage Conservation in Questions Concordia, John Molson School of Business Building (MB) - MB 3.265
- 9:00 - 15:00 | 6 hours
- Regular session
13:00
13:00
- A Public-Panel-Relay (Moving Memory: Difficult Histories in Dialogue) Concordia, Engineering, Computer Science and Visual Arts Integrated Complex Building (EV) - EV Atrium
- 13:00 - 14:30 | 1 hour 30 minutes
- Research-Creation
13:30
13:30
- Rights-Based Approaches to Heritage Management: Possibilities and Limitations Concordia, John Molson School of Business Building (MB) - MB 3.285
- 13:30 - 17:00 | 3 hours 30 minutes
- Regular session
15:30
15:30
- Critical Heritage Studies in the UK: Future Directions Concordia, John Molson School of Business Building (MB) - MB 5.215
- 15:30 - 17:00 | 1 hour 30 minutes
- Roundtable