Presentation

Je suis doctorante au Département d'Histoire de l'Université hébraïque. Ma thèse, provisoirement intitulée « La sexualité et les sens au siècle des Lumières, » analyse les nouvelles expériences sensorielles rendues possibles au XVIIIe siècle grâce à l'arrivée en France de biens exotiques et luxueux, interrogeant ainsi le lien entre les discours scientifiques et philosophiques sur les sens de l'époque et la perception de la sexualité. Travaillant dans les domaines de l'histoire de la sexualité et du corps, en tant que lieu d'expériences quotidiennes, ma recherche examine la manière dont la consommation de divers aliments et produits se traduit en distinctions sociales et culturelles ou en moyens de cohésion.

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Education

• 2018-2020 : B.A. History Department, Art History Department, and the Institute for History Honors Program, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem (Summa cum laude).

• 2021-2023 : M.A. History Department, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem.

• 2023- : Ph.D. History Department, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem.

• 2023-2024 : Études doctorales libres, EHESS, Paris.

Awards and Fellowships

2018

Dean's List (B.A. Humanities), The Hebrew University of Jerusalem.

2019

- The Dean's Prize for Excellent Students (B.A. Humanities),
- The Hebrew University of Jerusalem.
- The Jacob Talmon Prize for Excellence (B.A. History), The Hebrew University of Jerusalem.
- The Rector’s Prize for Excellent Students (B.A. Humanities), The Hebrew University of Jerusalem.

2020

- Dean's List (B.A. Humanities), The Hebrew University of Jerusalem.
- The Michael Heyd Award for Exceptional Seminar Papers, on the subject of “Point de vue: Diderot’s Letter on the Blind for the Use of Those Who Can See” (B.A. History), The Hebrew University of Jerusalem.

2021

- Dean's List (M.A. Humanities), The Hebrew University of Jerusalem.
- The History Department Scholarship for Excellence (M.A. History).
- The Rector’s Prize for Excellent Students (M.A. Humanities), The Hebrew University of Jerusalem.

2021-2022

Jack, Joseph, and Morton Mandel School for Advanced Studies in the Humanities M.A. Honors Program (M.A. Humanities), The Hebrew University of Jerusalem.

2022

The Gender Fairness Scholarship for Research Trips (M.A. Humanities), The Hebrew University of Jerusalem.

2023

The President’s Stipend for Doctoral Students (Ph.D. Humanities), The Hebrew University of Jerusalem.

Conferences

2021

• Shir Ventura and Lital Henig, “Migrating Images of the Holocaust in the Digital Age: New Methods for Digital Curation.” Digital Holocaust Memory from the Margins: Practices, Places, and Narratives. The Esther and Sidney Rabb Center for Holocaust and Revival Studies, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev. June 1-3, 2021.

2022

• Shir Ventura, “House of Tolerance: Prostitution and Enlightenment in Eighteenth-Century Paris.” The 45th Annual Conference of the Historical Society of Israel: Body, Gender, and Sexuality in History. The Hebrew University of Jerusalem. April 26, 2022.

• Shir Ventura, Lital Henig, and Tobias Ebbrecht-Hartmann, “The Visual Walkthrough Method: A Tool for the Analysis of Playful Images in Interactive Digital Media Ecologies.” The Hybrid 72nd Annual ICA Conference, Palais des congrès, Paris. May 26-30, 2022.

2023

• Shir Ventura, “Point de vue: Diderot’s Letter on the Blind.” The 22nd Annual Conference of the Israeli Society for the History, Philosophy, and Sociology of Science. Tel Aviv University. July 2, 2023.

Research Experience

2021-2023 : Research assistant, the EU Horizon 2020 project. Title: “Visual History of the Holocaust: Rethinking Curation in the Digital Age.” Head: Dr. Tobias Ebbrecht-Hartmann.
Research assistant, ISF project. Title: “Geometry and the Making of Utopian Knowledge in Early Modern Europe.” Head: Prof. Raz Chen Morris.

2022- : Research assistant. Prof. Dror Wahrman.
Research assistant. Prof. Guy G. Stroumsa.
Research assistant. Prof. Sarah Stroumsa.

Teaching Positions

2021-2023

• Teacher, “Trends in Historiography: Basics to Cutting Edge.” The Institute for History, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem.
• Teaching assistant, “The Laws of History.” Prof. Yuval Noah Harari, The Institute for History, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem.
• Teaching assistant, “Cultural Encounters between Judaism and Islam.” Prof. Miriam Frenkel, The Institute for History, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem.

2022-2023

• Teacher, “Methodological Training.” The History Department, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem.

• Teaching assistant, “Europe in the Early Modern Era.” Prof. Raz Chen-Morris, The History Department, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem.

•  Teaching assistant, “Introduction to the 20th Century History.” Prof. Moshe Sluhovsky, The History Department, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem.

•  Supervisor of high school theses in the humanities. The Israel Arts and Science Academy, Jerusalem.

2023

• Teaching assistant, “Eighteenth-Century Paris: From Absolutism to Revolution.” Prof. Moshe Sluhovsky, The History Department, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem.

Conference Organization

• 2022 First Fruits and Criticisms: The Mandel School Annual Conference for Outstanding Master Students. The Hebrew University of Jerusalem. June 22-23, 2022.

• VHH Conference in Jerusalem: Migrating Images and Image Migration – How Popular Culture Shapes the Visual History of the Holocaust. The Jerusalem Cinematheque and Mishkenot Shaananim, Jerusalem. September 12-14, 2022.

• 2024 The Politics of Imagination and the Making of Knowledge in Early-Modern Europe. The Hebrew University of Jerusalem. November 2024 (forthcoming).

Volunteer Experience

• 2017 : Assistant. The Israeli Art and Photography Departments, The Israel Museum, Jerusalem.
  Writer of the index for the exhibition catalogue Behold the Man: Jesus in Israeli Art. The Israeli Art Department, The Israel Museum, Jerusalem.

• 2021-2022 : Senior editor, Hayo Haya Journal. The Institute for History, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem.

• 2022-2023 : Co-founder and editor, Narkiss Journal. The Art History Department, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem.

Languages

• Hebrew – native proficiency.

• English – full professional proficiency.

• French – professional reading and conversational proficiency.

• German – intermediate proficiency.

• Latin – basic proficiency.