SHORT CURRICULUM VITAE Dr
PETER ALFORD ANDREWS
1955-58 Cambridge
University, St John&s College. B.A. in architecture.
1958-61 Polytechnic, Regent
Street, London. Diploma in architecture.
1960 Architectural
Association, London. Lecture course in tropical design.
1961-70 Qualified as registered
architect. Architectural practice.
1964 Cambridge University
M.A. in architecture.
1969-80 Postgraduate studies at University of London,
School of Oriental and African Studies. Studied Ottoman Turkish, Persian, and
Russian.
1970-80 Taught architecture at
Oxford Polytechnic.
1980 University of London,
School of Oriental and African Studies, Faculty of Arts, Ph.D.
1980-05 Continued
specialisation in Islamic architecture with a series of articles on India and
Pakistan, with
reference to influences from
Iran and central Asia; also with work on symbolism in seminars.
1981-86 University of Cologne,
Institute of Ethnology: work for Tübingen Atlas of the Middle East.
1987-89 University of Heidelberg,
South Asia Institute: village survey in northern Pakistan.
1989-90 University of Cologne:
resumed work for Tübingen Atlas of the Middle East.
1990-91 University of Bamberg.
Endowed professorship for Islamic Art and Archaeology, grade C 4.
1991-92 University of Cologne:
continued work for Tübingen Atlas of the Middle East.
1992-97 University of Bonn,
Central Asian Seminar ¿ University of Bamberg, Turkology: research.
1984-05 University of Cologne: seminars on
ethno-architecture, material culture, minorities in Middle East, nomadism,
symbolism.
1999-01 University of Bamberg: Project part II as
comparative study of Central Asian tent vocabularies,
2001 Operation and
convalescence, 27.6. - 17.8. Studied Qazaq for vocabulary work.
Continued project
while unemployed.
2002-03
University of Bamberg: Renewal of project on Central Asian tents: typology,
comparison and formal
relationships.
2004-5
University
of Bamberg: Renewal of project on Central Asian tents: typology, comparison and
formal
relationships.
2005-6 Barakat Truist, Oxford University,
continuation of work for Tübingen Atlas of the Middle East.
Fieldwork:
1966 Morocco 6 weeks
1967-68 Turkey 9 months
1968 Morocco 6 months
1969 Turkey 6
weeks
1970 Turkey 3 weeks
1970 Iran 10
months
1972 Turkey 1 month
1973 Europ. museums 6 weeks
1974 Iran 6 months
1974 Qatar 1
week
1980-81 India 3
months
1982 Turkey 3
months
1985 Turkey 1
month
1986 Turkey 6
weeks
1987 Pakistan 5
months
1988 Mongolia 1 month
1988 Turkey 5
weeks
1989 Turkey 3
weeks
1993 Russ. museums 1 month
1993 Europ. museums 4 weeks
1994 Germ.
museums 1 week
1995 Germany:
studied E\rsa%r+ Türkmen collection at Stuttgart. 1 day.
1999 Germany:
studied Ottoman tent, Helmstedt restoration workshops. 2 days.
1999 Turkey:
studied carpets and flatweaves, Mu$la and Tokat, 1 week.
2001 Germany:
Ottoman tent, Helmstedt restoration workshops. 2 days, further research.
Germany: Ottoman tent, Schloß
Friedrichstein, Bad-Wildungen, 2 days.
2002 Q+rg|+zstan:
studied museum collections at Bishkek, and tent-making techniques in Iss+q Köl
province,
2 weeks.
2003 Turkey:
manufacture of reed-screens, Isparta and Bolvadin, Yörük tents, 1 week.
2004 Turkey:
nomad tents and weaving Kürtün Yaylas+, Pontic Mountains, Turkey, 3 days.
Short CV 05 3.05.05