Curriculum Vitae Renard Gluzman Short Biography Born in Tel Aviv, I started my professional life by creating video games. I later was a teacher of design at the Bezalel Academy of Arts and Design, and the head of the Video Games Design Program at the Midrasha School of Arts for seven years. In 2011, I have decided to put my career aside and pursue maritime adventures. I dedicated myself fully to the study of maritime history in the Graduate School of Historical Studies in Tel-Aviv University. Besides theoretical work, I am also a skipper and owner of a sailing boat. My research is based on historical sources, as well as practical knowledge from sailing in these seas. Academic Education Current (2010) PhD in the Zvi Yavetz Graduate School of Historical Studies, the Faculty of Humanities, Tel-Aviv University, on the subject of Private Shipping in Renaissance Venice (1480-1550). Research held under the supervision of Prof. Benjamin Arbel. 2008 2010 Science, Technology and Society program, the Faculty of Social Science, Bar-Ilan University. 2006 2008 M.A (Cum Laude) in the Department of History, the Faculty of Humanities, Tel-Aviv University, on the subject of the Venetian Maritime Routes to the Levant and Back (fourteenth sixteenth century). Research held under the supervision of Prof. Benjamin Arbel. 1996 1998. B.A in the Department of History, the Faculty of Humanities, Tel-Aviv University. Scientific Publications 2014 Resurrection of a Sunken Ship: The Salvage of the Venetian Marciliana That Saved Cattaro from Barbarossa, Archivio Veneto, sesta serie, n. 8 (2014), 29-78. 2012 Review: Salariato della nave Girarda-San Nicolò per il viaggio da Venezia alla Sardegna (1594-1595), Mediterranean Historical Review, Volume 28, Issue 2, 2013, 234-237. 2010 Between Venice and the Levant: Re-evaluating Maritime Routes from the Fourteenth to the Sixteenth Century, The Mariner's Mirror Vol. 96, No. 3 (August, 2010), 262-292. 1
Presentations and Papers at Academic Conferences 2015 Ruling the Seas: Venetian Attempts to Control Navigation in its Territories as Reflected in Sea Laws; the years 1480-1514, Workshop: Venetian Rule in the Eastern Mediterranean, 1400-1700 (Venice, 10 11 July 2015). 2014 'The Life-Cycle of Venetian Round Ships in the Renaissance Period'. Paper presented at 4th Mediterranean Maritime History Network Conference, Barcelona, 7-9 of May 2014. 2011 Venice Overseas Afloat: Private Shipping in Renaissance Venice. Paper presented at Venice Overseas, 1400-1800: Second International Workshop for Young Scholars, Venice International University and The Goethe Institut di Venezia, Venice, 27-8 of May 2011. 2009 The Venetian Maritime Routes to the Levant and Back, from the 14th to the 16th Centuries. Paper presented at Ships, Saints and Sealore: Maritime Ethnography of the Mediterranean and the Red Sea, Maritime Museum, Malta, 19th of April 2009. Research Activities 2015 Research Project, Early Modern Shipwrecks: Historical Evidence of Venetian Shipwrecks around Cyprus and the Levantine Coast, 1474-1550, http://www.earlymodernshipwrecks.org/ (March-November, 2015). 2008 Research Assistant, The Jews of Crete under Venetian Rule, research conducted by Prof. Benjamin Arbel, Tel-Aviv University. Scholarships and Grants 2015 The Honor Frost Foundation, grant for the project Early Modern Shipwrecks: Historical Evidence of Venetian Shipwrecks around Cyprus and the Levantine Coast, 1474-1550 2015 Past & Present Society, Royal Historical Society, Funding towards research for students at universities outside the United Kingdom. 2015 The Society for Nautical Research, The Anderson Fund. 2013-2014 The Thomas Arthur Arnold Fund for Excellence in History, Tel-Aviv University. 2012 The Rector s Matching Grant, Morris E. Curiel Institute for European Studies, Tel-Aviv University. 2011 The President's Scholarship, Tel-Aviv University. 2
Teaching 2014 A presentation, Private Shipping in Renaissance Venice a work in progress, Doctoral Seminar, Tel-Aviv University. 2014 A lecture, Venice and the Sea, presented before students of St. Lawrence University, NY, coordinator Juraj Kittler, Venice, 25 May 2014. 2004 2011 Head of the Video Games Design Program at the Midrasha School of Arts, Beit-Berl College. Teaching courses in Game Design, Project Development. 2010 2011 Teacher in Bezalel Academy of Arts and Design, The Hebrew University Jerusalem. Teaching courses in Video Games History, The Culture of Video Games, Design Workshops. Educational Projects 2011 Coordinator of Video Games Design Course, in Gymnasia Hertzelia high-school, Tel-Aviv. 2008 2010 Coordinator and teacher in 3D Game Design Program, the technological unit, Rothberg High School, Ramat Hasharon. 2008 2010 Coordinator of Video Games and The Community, Dorot Secondary School, Rishon Lezion. Extracurricular Activities 2009 2012 Co-initiator and ship captain, Exterritory - an Art Project. Exterritory is a platform for knowledge production and exchange in an autonomous space, temporarily free from grounding national restraints. The project was initiated by artists, curators and scholars, and wishes to become a platform in transit, sailing on exterritorial waters and providing space for critical thinking and production in various fields of art and culture. 2010 2011 Curator of the video games content for ICON Festival for Fantasy and Role-play, Tel-Aviv Cinematheque. 2010 Exhibition curator, Vertigo Video games and Psychedelics, Mess Media IV, The Midrasha School of Arts, Beit-Berl College. 2009 Exhibition curator, Agenda Games games for a change, Mess Media III, The Midrasha School of Arts, Beit-Berl College. 3
2000-2002 Presenter and lecturer in the International Comics and Animation Festival, Cinematheque Tel-Aviv. Extracurricular Publications and Other Occupational Background 2011 Designer, Weeds, a Facebook Game, MyTopia. 2010 Designer, Bingo Island, a Facebook Game, MyTopia. 2010-2011 Designer of Hunting Trails, interactive TV game, Oberon Media. 2009 The Proctologist, comics column, Ha ir newspaper, Tel-Aviv. 2009 Designer of Shobo, a strategic internet game, Roshambo. 2008 The Proctologist, comics strip, Ha Meavrer fanzine, Tel-Aviv. 2007 Designer, 3D Environment, Vyond. 2007 Designer and producer, The Eight, a video game based on the TV- Series Hed- Arzi Publisher. 2005 Writer and initiator, Makat Medina, a comic wrestling TV show, BIP channel - Keshet Productions. 2004 2006 Lead game designer, PixelPlay. 1996 2003 Co-Founder, Guillotine Ltd. - Production of video games. 2003 Moab, short TV Animation Series, BIP channel - Keshet Productions. 2001 Piposh and Vegetables, comics book, Hed-Arzi publisher. 2000-2002 Sequels to Piposh, video games, Infogrames Entertainment - Atari publisher. 1999 Piposh, interactive fiction detective game, Hed-Arzi publisher. 1998 Rating Intrigues, interactive fiction detective game, Hed-Arzi publisher. 1993-1996 Army service, graphic designer, at the Computer-Training Department, Intelligence, IDF. Lectures and Presentations 2010 The Video Game Industry an overview, Communication Studies, Sapir College; Video Games and Learning, supplementary training for teachers, The MOFET institute; The World of Video Games, a Guest's Lecturer, Bezalel Academy of Arts and Design. 4
2009 The Army Plays Video Games, Military Designs & Esthetics, Shenkar College of Engineering and Design; Serious Games Games and Learning, Interactive Media Studies, Shenkar College of Engineering and Design; Conflicts in Game Design, Communication Studies, Hasiffa School for Arts and Media Studies; Learning Curves in Video Games, GAMEIS Summit; Playing Video Games in School, Conference held for educators and the ministry of education inspectors, Israeli Internet Association. 2008 Self Improvement Games. GAMEIS Summit; Video Games and the Emerging Self Help Market, guest lecturer, Shenkar College of Engineering and Design. 2007 The Addictive Factor in Video Games, Games and Culture Conference, Beit-Berl College. Languages Hebrew, English, Italian, Reads texts in French and Latin. Dissertation abstract Although it is widely accepted the round ships constituted the bulk of the Venetian merchant fleet in any period, and despite the fact that during the sixteenth century the spectrum of activity of Venetian round ships was further extended and restrictions on their movements were loosened, most of the studies on Venice's merchant fleet still concern merchants galleys. Based on new archival evidence, this research attempt to reconstruct the biography of large round ships, from the moment one was launched until it was declared unseaworthy, against the background of political changes, military conflicts and economic turmoil at that time. 5