
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
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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
- The social and economic disintegration and isolation of historical centres of cities from the modern areas is an important cause of their declin...
- 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
- The Research Development Seminars gathers young scholars who will informally present and discuss their research with one of the conference's keynot...
- 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
- Welcome addresses and cocktail, followed by the Concordia Signature Event "The Garden of the Grey Nuns". As the opening ceremony and cocktail...
- 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
- What if we changed our views on heritage? And if heritage has already changed? While, on the global scene, s...
- 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
- This session explores the different ways late modern states control and translate heritage, both their own and that of others. While modern governm...
- 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
- Much is being made of the perceived breakdown of the nation-state, which was historically configured as a “container” of heritage formations, adopt...
- Regular session
- Religion as Heritage - Heritage as Religion? UQAM, pavillon J.-A. De Sève (DS) - DS-M320
- 11:00 - 17:00 | 6 hours
- Since the beginning of the 19th century religious buildings and artefacts of the West have been involved in a continuous process of musealization. ...
- 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
- With sustainable development gaining momentum as a priority of UNESCO heritage policies, an increasing number of food-related nominations are being...
- 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
- In recent decades, the growth of the World Heritage industry has necessitated the reconsideration of scale. Formerly dominated by nation-states, so...
- 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
- Canal: Walking the Post-Industrial Lachine Canal (COHDS, 2013 - bilingual) is an audio-walk and booklet ...
- 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
- Much is being made of the perceived breakdown of the nation-state, which was historically configured as a “container” of heritage formations, adopt...
- 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
- With sustainable development gaining momentum as a priority of UNESCO heritage policies, an increasing number of food-related nominations are being...
- 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
- This session explores the different ways late modern states control and translate heritage, both their own and that of others. While modern governm...
- 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
- In many emerging economies of the Global South, new urban mega-projects are strategically reviving heritage into simulacra, copies without original...
- 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
- With his expression "ceci tuera cela," Hugo established almost two centuries ago a strong link between words and stones as transmission vehicles of...
- 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
- "What does heritage change?" is a multifaceted question to which the answer(s) are in primary respects related to real-life negotiations among dif...
- 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
- La Pointe: L’autre bord de la track / The Other Side of the Tracks (COHDS /Public History Students, 2015 - bilin...
- 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
- __ Please note that this session is scheduled in a distant location from the main conference; transportation will be provided to regi...
- 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
- Space plays a crucial role in the production and meaning-making of cultural heritage. Although space has often been discussed in heritage studies, ...
- Regular session
- How do Rights Change Heritage? Concordia, John Molson School of Business Building (MB) - MB S1.235
- 9:00 - 15:00 | 6 hours
- Questions about the repatriation of cultural property, issues of access and exclusion in the World Heritage system, intangible heritage practices i...
- Regular session
- Activism, Civil Society and Heritage Concordia, John Molson School of Business Building (MB) - MB 5.215
- 9:00 - 15:00 | 6 hours
- Heritage processes vary according to cultural, national, geographical and historical contexts. Since the late 1980s, the phenomenon of contestation...
- 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
- Cities are growingly being faced by social, economic, cultural and environmental challenges imposing health and social risks. Rapid urbanization, p...
- 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
- This session seeks to explore the role of urban heritage in mediating and contesting political conflict in the context of divided cities. We take u...
- 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
- The field of heritage has emerged as a key site of reflection. Influenced by shifts in the academy (e.g., post-colonial, post-structural and femini...
- 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
- Private sector cultural heritage evaluation, protection, and management in Ontario exists at the nexus of academic theory, legislative direction...
- 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
- This session discusses the ways in which early public housing from the 1950s to 1960s in Hong Kong, China, and Singapore have emerged recently as a...
- 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
- (in English, subtitled in French) The documentary Citizen Lambert: Joan of Architecture directed in 2007 by Teri Wehn-Damisch offers a lively...
- 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
- (en français) Le centre-ville a été au cœur de nombreuses luttes depuis les années 1970. Le parcours proposé par Martin Drouin, historien, pr...
- 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
- Milan Tanedjikov (Concordia University) and six LaSalle College students. A Material Culture & Fashion Exhibit June 6...
- 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
- Cities are growingly being faced by social, economic, cultural and environmental challenges imposing health and social risks. Rapid urbanization, p...
- 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
- In exploring the broader question “What does heritage change?” this session presents work that is extending heritage policies and practices beyond ...
- 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
- Among other aims, the Critical Heritage Studies (CHS) Movement, most exemplified by the promotional efforts of the Association of Critical Heritage...
- 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
- This session proposes a critical and epistemological reflection on sustainable urban heritage conservation. Recent research on the management of ur...
- 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
- An experiment in moving memory, this live event bridges public and academic space to re-imagine knowledge exchange, creation and impact...
- 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
- State dominance in heritage management has been a key area of attention in critical heritage studies. There is now a large body of work discussing ...
- 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
- What is the future of the UK and what is the role of heritage in this shifting political landscape? How have debates on heritage in the UK chang...
- Roundtable