Dr Hamid Khalili is a Senior Lecturer in Architecture (Inscriptive Practices & Future Processes) at the Manchester School of Architecture (MSA). Hamid’s teaching and research lie in the common ground between the theory and practice of architecture and digital narrative practices such as cinema, animation, video games, VR and immersive environments. Hamid has practised both design and filmmaking and has taught, developed and coordinated courses across three continents in both architecture and film schools. Prior to his current role MSA, he taught and researched at the University of Edinburgh, the University of Liverpool and the University of Melbourne. He has given guest lectures, directed workshops, and has been a visiting critic at several architecture and film schools in Europe, Asia and Australia.
Other Positions
- 2024-2027 Visiting Associate Professor, University of Applied Sciences and Arts of Western Switzerland, Switzerland.
Employment History
- 2022-2023 Edinburgh School of Architecture and Landscape Architecture, University of Edinburgh, UK.
- 2020-2022 Liverpool School of Architecture, University of Liverpool, Liverpool, UK.
- 2016-2020 Melbourne School of Design, University of Melbourne, Melbourne, Australia.
Languages
English, Italian and Farsi.
Postgraduate supervision
Current PhD Students:
- Rui Ma, ‘Cinematic-Architectural Comedy: Buster Keaton as an Architect’ (Role: Co-Supervisor).
- Gang Pan, ‘Architecture of Interactive Moving Images: Videogame Spatial Cinematics’ (Role: Principal Supervisor).
- Ziqiu Ren, ‘Filming Everyday Temporal-Spatial Patterns: Food Markets Nodes in China’ (Role: Co-Supervisor).
- Anil Yavuz, ‘Past & Future: Videogame Technologies and Culture Heritage’ (Role: Co-Supervisor).
- Yucheng Jia, ‘Crafting Cinematic Virtual Reality with Subtle Expressive Montages for Enhanced Immersion’ (Role: Principal Supervisor).
I am interested in supervising practice-based and theoretical PhD and MPhil theses in the fields of:
- Cinema, architecture and cities
- Architectural image-making and representation
- Architecture and/of video game
- Narrative XR, VR, AR practices
- Architecture and content-sharing social platforms (YouTube, Instagram, TikTok, etc)
- Design thinking & design Pedagogy
- Architecture and/of sport (football and horseracing in particular)
- Digital tangiable & intangible heritage
My other research interests include, but are not limited to material and visual culture, history of domesticity and interiors, architecture and literature, film theory, and Serbian and Balkan architecture.
Press and media appearances and contributions
- 2A Magazine: Special Edition of Expo 2020 Dubai – ‘Expo 2020 Dubai and Screen-walls; Towards a Digital Future’ (2022): https://2aincorp.com/2a-magazine-special-edition-of-expo-2020-dubai-feb…
- 2020
- Pirate Radio – A conversation on Melbourne Design Week and Urban Screening with Rob Cameron and Tim Moore (2020)
- Interview with Archdaily Editorial Team – ‘No Architectural Media Communicates Atmosphere and Ambiance as Compellingly as Film’ (2019): https://www.archdaily.com/920626/students-rethink-architecture-through-filmmaking-at-melbourne-school-of-design
- Medium- ‘Film School Roundup’. https://medium.com/@miniflixTV/film-school-roundup-july-week-two-2019-a…