Razieh Ghorbani holds a Ph.D. in Architectural History from UC Berkeley and master’s degrees in Architectural Design and Critical Conservation from the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor. Working across architecture, art history, and anthropology, her research explores the discourse of Islamic design through Islamic frameworks of self-cultivation and re-orientation. Drawing especially on niyya (intentionality) and dhikr (remembrance), she asks how space can be curated intentionally through Qur’anic spatial imaginaries, everyday rituals of remembering, and creative dialogue with intellectual/artistic traditions. Rather than treating “Islamic” as a label that authenticates objects or fixes them in time, she studies concepts and practices that shape how the Islamic can be lived and performed ethically, aesthetically, and spatially. Razieh is a recipient of the Carter Manny Award from the Graham Foundation and the Al-Falah Fellowship in Islamic Studies from UC Berkeley. She has taught at UC Berkeley and the University of Chicago and is currently a Resident Scholar at the Seldon Institute.