Fatema Tasmia

Fatema Tasmia is a PhD candidate at the Department of History of Art and Architecture, Boston University. She is an Assistant Professor (now on study leave) in the Department of Architecture, Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology (BUET). Her PhD research focuses on the History of Tropical Modernism in Post-colonial South Asia. She completed her Bachelor of Architecture from BUET. She has received her Master of Architecture degree from BUET in 2020 with a thesis focused on the Modern Architectural History of Bangladesh. She received the prestigious Vrooman Memorial Postgraduate Scholarship Award, the highest recognition in postgraduate level from the department for her outstanding thesis. She has received the Dean’s Fellowship for pursuing her PhD at Boston University. Her research interest focuses on Tropical Modernism in Global South/South Asia, Critical Regionalism and Modern Architectural History. She has several conference, journal and newspaper publications in this research field. She has seven years of teaching experience in the field of architectural design, history, conservation and art history. She is currently working as a core member of the Heritage Education, Awareness & Research Committee of 24th EC of Institute of Architects Bangladesh (IAB). She has also worked on the proposal script of Contemporary Heritage Sites of Bangladesh for Inclusion in the UNESCO World Heritage Tentative List. In her leisure, she loves to travel, doodle and practice visual storytelling.

Research Interests

• Modern Architectural History
• Tropical Modernism in Global South/South Asia
• History of Climate Responsive Architecture