Teaching
Kathy Zarur (a.k.a., Dr. Z) is a Lecturer in the department of Visual Studies at the California College of the Arts, San Francisco, where she has taught since 2015. She also teaches at San Francisco State University, San Francisco Art Institute, and Mills College in Oakland, California.
Her courses address modern and contemporary art in a global context, with a focus on the Arab world, Turkey and Iran. She also teaches an introductory survey to art history.
In her courses, she often directs student projects, including a student-curated exhibition called Home/Body at Mills College in 2020.
She has advised numerous theses projects for graduate and undergraduate students.
Her courses address modern and contemporary art in a global context, with a focus on the Arab world, Turkey and Iran. She also teaches an introductory survey to art history.
In her courses, she often directs student projects, including a student-curated exhibition called Home/Body at Mills College in 2020.
She has advised numerous theses projects for graduate and undergraduate students.
Publications
“Lahib Jaddo: Every Woman Knows Her Own Tree.” Exhibition Publication, CAAMFest, 2019.
“Teaching Art of the Middle East and Islamic World.” Conference Publication, de Young Museum and San Francisco State University School of Art, 2018.
“Wael Shawky: The Butterfly Effect,” Broadsheet 43, no. 1 (June 2014): 46-48.
“Hassan Sharif: Process and Materiality.” Broadsheet 41, no. 2 (June 2012): 120-23.
“Looking at the Levant.” Art in America 94, no. 8 (September 2006): 154-57.
“Teaching Art of the Middle East and Islamic World.” Conference Publication, de Young Museum and San Francisco State University School of Art, 2018.
“Wael Shawky: The Butterfly Effect,” Broadsheet 43, no. 1 (June 2014): 46-48.
“Hassan Sharif: Process and Materiality.” Broadsheet 41, no. 2 (June 2012): 120-23.
“Looking at the Levant.” Art in America 94, no. 8 (September 2006): 154-57.
Invited Conferences
Reading Group member, “Trinh T. Minh-ha is on our mind,” Wattis Institute, San Francisco, spring 2019
“side by side/in the world,” Creative Cities Working Group, Stanford University, April 2019
“Curating [in] the Arab World Between Global Biennials and Local Institutions,” Graduate Program in Visual and Critical Studies, California College of the Arts, November 2018
“About Place,” Institute for South Asia Studies, University of California, Berkeley, Oct 2018
“Translation as Research,” Arts Research Center, University of California, Berkeley, Feb 2018
“Challenging Institutions: Contemporary Art from SWANA and its Diasporas,” Association for Asian American Studies Annual Conference, San Francisco, April 2018
“Checkpoints, Panoramas and Darkness in Palestinian Landscape Photography,” College Art Association, New York, February 2017
“Photography as Concept and Form,“ Photography at the Arab Crossroads, New York University, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates, May 2012
“Imag[in]ing Cities,” March Meeting, Sharjah Art Foundation, United Arab Emirates, March 2011
“Building New Geographies of Practice,” March Meeting, Sharjah Art Foundation, United Arab Emirates, March 2011
“The Arab Women’s Panel Roundtable,” Radius of Arab American Writers, Ann Arbor, MI, June 2010
“Bin Laden As Odalisque: Hassan Musa’s Great American Nudes,” Middle East Studies Association, Boston, MA, November 2009
“side by side/in the world,” Creative Cities Working Group, Stanford University, April 2019
“Curating [in] the Arab World Between Global Biennials and Local Institutions,” Graduate Program in Visual and Critical Studies, California College of the Arts, November 2018
“About Place,” Institute for South Asia Studies, University of California, Berkeley, Oct 2018
“Translation as Research,” Arts Research Center, University of California, Berkeley, Feb 2018
“Challenging Institutions: Contemporary Art from SWANA and its Diasporas,” Association for Asian American Studies Annual Conference, San Francisco, April 2018
“Checkpoints, Panoramas and Darkness in Palestinian Landscape Photography,” College Art Association, New York, February 2017
“Photography as Concept and Form,“ Photography at the Arab Crossroads, New York University, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates, May 2012
“Imag[in]ing Cities,” March Meeting, Sharjah Art Foundation, United Arab Emirates, March 2011
“Building New Geographies of Practice,” March Meeting, Sharjah Art Foundation, United Arab Emirates, March 2011
“The Arab Women’s Panel Roundtable,” Radius of Arab American Writers, Ann Arbor, MI, June 2010
“Bin Laden As Odalisque: Hassan Musa’s Great American Nudes,” Middle East Studies Association, Boston, MA, November 2009