Alumna book talk: Dr Shir Kochavi, Museums in Israel after the Holocaust

You are invited to a talk by Dr Shir Kochavi, who will be in conversation with Dr Jay Prosser regarding her new book Museums in Israel after the Holocaust: A Multifaceted History of Cultural Heritage.

This event is organised by the Centre for Jewish Studies at the University of Leeds and is co-hosted by Professor Mark Westgarth, Professor of History of the Art Market and Director of Postgraduate Research in the School of Fine Art, History of Art and Cultural Studies.

About Shir Kochavi

Dr Shir Kochavi is an art historian with expertise in curatorial work and provenance research. She completed a PhD on ‘Salvage to restitution: 'heirless' Jewish cultural property in post-World War II’ in the School of Fine Art, History of Art and Cultural Studies (University of Leeds) in 2017. She is currently working as a Postdoctoral Researcher at Bar Ilan University.

Based on primary research, Museums in Israel after the Holocaust: A Multifaceted History of Cultural Heritage offers a new understanding of cultural practices after the Second World War, while analysing the role of key Jewish cultural representatives who shaped museum collections that emerged during this period.

Published by Routledge in June 2024, Kochavi’s monograph investigates the ways Israel has dealt with the complicated history of ‘heirless’ Jewish cultural objects and questions of ownership.

Find out more about Dr Shir Kochavi’s book in this news story.

About Jay Prosser

Dr Jay Prosser is Reader in Humanities in the School of English, University of Leeds. He currently researches the cultural heritage of Salonica’s Jews.

Book cover for Museums in Israel after the Holocaust: A Multifaceted History of Cultural Heritage by Dr Shir Kochavi (Routledge, June 2024).

Attend the talk

This is a hybrid event, taking place at the University of Leeds and on Zoom.

For venue and Zoom link, please email Dr Eva Frojmovic at clsef@leeds.ac.uk.

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Dr Shir Kochavi.