Dr. Shirly Bahar’s writing and curatorial work explores the relationships between representation, politics, and the body. Shirly’s first book,?Documentary Cinema in Israel-Palestine: Performance, the Body, the Home?is out in July 2021with Bloomsbury/IB Tauris. Shirly has published?articles?about film, performance art, literature, gender and queer representation from Israel/Palestine, Turkey, and the US. Since 2013, Shirly has been curating art shows, public programs, and community events in New York City and across the US. Shirly earned her PhD from New York University (2017), MA from Brandeis University (2010), and her BFA/Ed from Hamidrasha School of Arts (2006), where she specialized in sculpture and video installation.?
Adjunct Assistant Professor, Visual Arts