Dr. shir kochavi

Dr. Shir Kochavi

Email
shir.kochavi@biu.ac.il
CV

Education

  • Bar  Ilan University: Postdoctoral position, 2024 - current
  • University of Leeds, UK, 2013-2017 Ph.D.: Center for Jewish Studies and the School of Fine Art History of Art and Cultural Studies. Thesis title: “Salvage to Restitution: "Heirless" Jewish cultural property in Post-World War II”
  • Bar-Ilan University, Master of Legal Studies: Law studies. 2010-2012
  • Institute D'Etudes Superieures Des Arts, Paris, France And London, UK, 2006-2008. Master of Arts: History And Business of Art And Collecting, Validated by the University of Warwick. Thesis title: The Implementation of Nazi Party Policy through the Confiscations of Visual Art.
  • The Open University of Israel, 1999-2004. Bachelor of Arts: Social Studies, Graduated with honors

Professional experience:

  • Education Department, Tel Aviv Museum of Art, February 2024- current.
  • Taube Family Szyk Collection, Assistant Curator, The Magnes Collection of Jewish Art and Life, University of Berkeley, California 2017 – 2022
  • Cultural Arts Director, Addison-Penzak Jewish Community Center of Silicon Valley, California 2016 - 2017
  • Research Assistant, The Contemporary Jewish Museum - San Francisco, California, 2015
  • Provenance Researcher, The Company for Location & Restitution of Holocaust Victims' Assets, Israel, 2010 - 2014
  • Dvir Gallery, Tel Aviv, Israel 2008-2010
  • Christie's Auction House, Tel Aviv, Israel 2007-2008 

Fellowships and Awards

  • The Jacob Rader Marcus Center of the American Jewish Archives Fellowship American Jewish Archives, Cincinnati, OH, 2024-25
  • Israel Institute for Advanced Studies, the Hebrew University, Jerusalem, 2024
  • World Congress of Jewish Studies book publication award, 2022

 

Last Updated Date : 29/04/2025