Why Draw Flowers? Botanical Art and Women's Contribution to Israeli Culture

Wednesday, November 30, 2016, 3:30 pm
Sepia tone photo of Marnin Distelfeld
Shahar Marnin-Distelfeld is an Israeli scholar from Zefat Academic College, where she teaches art history. She is the director of educational programs and curator at the Memorial Center, Kiryat Tivon. She holds a Ph.D. from University of Haifa (2012) in history and sociology with a doctoral dissertation on the representation of homemakers in manuals, women's magazines and advertisements for domestic products in Jewish publications in British Mandate Palestine. Marnin-Distelfeld works in women's history, art and gender, as well as art and education. Free.
Location: 
Humanities Building, Room 415
Directions: 
Sponsor: 
Department in Jewish Studies with School of Art, Women and Gender Studies Department, Middle East and Islamic Studies Program
Contact: 
Jewish Studies Department
Phone: 
415-338-6075