bio
ayesha usman shaikh (b. 1993) is a doctoral candidate of islamic architecture and art at harvard university. her research focuses on indian ocean maritime connectivity in relation to visual and architectural material attributed to gujarat, india during the early modern period.
education
doctoral candidate
history of art and architecture
harvard university
2022 to present
master of science in architecture studies
history, theory and criticism &
aga khan program for islamic architecture
massachusetts institute of technology
2018 to 2020
bachelor of arts
history of art
university of california, berkeley
2015 to 2017
fellowships and awards
frederick sheldon traveling fellowship for dissertation research
harvard univeristy
2025 to 2026
junior fellowship for dissertation research
council of american overseas research
american institute of indian studies
2025 to 2026
pre-dissertational research grant
aga khan program for islamic art and architecture
harvard university
2023 and 2024
international science and technology initiatives grant
museum für islamische kunst, pergamon museum, berlin
massachusetts institute of technology
2022 to 2023
adrienne arsht graduate internship and
solow art and architecture graduate intership
the metropolitan museum of art in new york
2021 to 2022
school of architecture and urban planning academic scholarship
massachusetts institute of technology
2018 to 2020
languages
urdu (speaking only)
german (intermediate)
persian (elementary)
and arabic (elementary)