Shirly Bahar
Dr. Shirly Bahar’s writing and curatorial work explores the relationships between representation, politics, and the body, focusing on the Middle East. Shirly is the co-editor of the book series, Global South Perspectives in Jewish Studies, at Wayne State University Press. Shirly’s first book, Documentary Cinema in Israel-Palestine: Performance, the Body, the Home came out in July 2021. As a cultural organizer, Shirly has been curating numerous art shows, public programs, film series, and community gatherings in NYC and across the US since 2013.
Adjunct Professor of Visual Arts Shirly Bahar has been awarded a Frankel Institute for Advanced Judaic Studies Fellowship to be carried out at the University of Michigan.