Dr. Mandana Barkeshli is a professor at the Institute of Creative Arts and Design at
UCSI University in Malaysia, specializing in conservation science, particularly in the
materials technology of manuscripts and miniature paintings. She serves as an
Honorary Principal Fellow at the University of Melbourne, engaging in collaborative
projects at the Grimwade Centre for Cultural Materials Conservation.
With a rich academic background, she has held senior positions at the Art Universities
of Tehran and Isfahan, the International Islamic University in Malaysia, and was the
inaugural Head Curator at the Islamic Arts Museum Malaysia. She was also the founder
and chairman of the Islamic Manuscript Association in Cambridge and a Board Member
of Directors. Her distinguished research has garnered numerous fellowships, including
the Petra Kappert Fellowship at the University of Hamburg and the Barakat Trust in the
UK.