Sharon L. Parker
Sharon L. Parker received her M.A. in Medieval
Art History and Ph.D. in Comparative Cultural
and Literary Studies, with doctoral minors in 19th
Century Art History and Cultural Anthropology,
from the University of Arizona, U.S.A. She was
awarded First Prize for Best Theses on Contemporary
Iranian Society from the Iranian Studies Group,
M.I.T. and Alumni Association Sherif University
of Technology for her dissertation on contemporary
Iranian women artists (2005). She lived many
years in Iran and has strong appreciation for Iranian
art and culture. She has contributed articles to
several publications, as well as book chapters, and
encyclopedia entries on Iranian art and / or art of
the United Arab Emirates. Her research interests
include Modern and Contemporary Iranian Art,
Orientalism and Contemporary Post-Orientalism,
and Contemporary Art Theory. She currently resides
in Abu Dhabi where she teaches Art History and
Humanities courses to Emirati female university
students
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