BIO

Vajdon Sohaili is an Assistant Professor in the Division of Art History and Contemporary Culture. Vajdon specializes in the art and architecture of global modernism, including the history of film; his teaching and research practice are grounded in principles of decentring and decolonization. Vajdon completed his Ph.D. in Architectural History and Theory at Princeton University, with support from the Princeton Institute for International and Regional Studies (PIIRS) and Canada’s Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council (SSHRC). Thereafter, he served as a postdoctoral research fellow in Princeton University’s School of Architecture. In addition, Vajdon holds an MA in Art History from the University of Toronto, where he also earned a graduate certificate in Sexual Diversity Studies through the Bonham Centre. Prior to entering academia, Vajdon worked in non-profit communications for the HIV Legal Network, a health and human rights policy institute in Toronto, and as editorial consultant for an international roster of clients, including the International Human Rights Program at the University of Toronto Faculty of Law, the European Harm Reduction Network, and numerous UN-accredited agencies.