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With the new term commencing, take a look at our Michaelmas 2025 Term Programme!
Here you'll find activities sponsored by the OCHJS, the Centre of Hebrew and Jewish Studies (AMES, University of Oxford) and the Faculty of Theology and Religion!
www.ochjs.ac.uk/news/term-pr...
#oxford
Here you'll find activities sponsored by the OCHJS, the Centre of Hebrew and Jewish Studies (AMES, University of Oxford) and the Faculty of Theology and Religion!
www.ochjs.ac.uk/news/term-pr...
#oxford
Applications are now open for the 2026 Oxford Summer Institute on Modern & Contemporary Judaism, which will take place from June 28-July 2 2026!
The deadline to apply is 2 Feb., 2026. For more information, visit the following page:
www.ochjs.ac.uk/call-for-app...
#oxford #summer2026
The deadline to apply is 2 Feb., 2026. For more information, visit the following page:
www.ochjs.ac.uk/call-for-app...
#oxford #summer2026
January 12, 2026 at 1:34 PM
Applications are now open for the 2026 Oxford Summer Institute on Modern & Contemporary Judaism, which will take place from June 28-July 2 2026!
The deadline to apply is 2 Feb., 2026. For more information, visit the following page:
www.ochjs.ac.uk/call-for-app...
#oxford #summer2026
The deadline to apply is 2 Feb., 2026. For more information, visit the following page:
www.ochjs.ac.uk/call-for-app...
#oxford #summer2026
Reminder that applications for our 2026/27 Visiting Fellowships close on January 16th! Don't forget to apply!
#fellowship #oxford
#fellowship #oxford
CALL FOR APPLICATIONS: We are delighted to announce our Visiting Fellowships for 2026/2027!
The deadline to apply for each of the Visiting Fellowships is 16 January 2026 at 12 noon UK Time.
For more information, see the following page:
www.ochjs.ac.uk/call-for-app...
#fellowship #oxford
The deadline to apply for each of the Visiting Fellowships is 16 January 2026 at 12 noon UK Time.
For more information, see the following page:
www.ochjs.ac.uk/call-for-app...
#fellowship #oxford
January 8, 2026 at 7:56 PM
Reminder that applications for our 2026/27 Visiting Fellowships close on January 16th! Don't forget to apply!
#fellowship #oxford
#fellowship #oxford
Our 2024/25 Annual Report is now available on our website! You can find it, along with all previous annual reports, at the following link:
www.ochjs.ac.uk/publications...
#oxford #JewishStudies
www.ochjs.ac.uk/publications...
#oxford #JewishStudies
December 16, 2025 at 10:42 AM
Our 2024/25 Annual Report is now available on our website! You can find it, along with all previous annual reports, at the following link:
www.ochjs.ac.uk/publications...
#oxford #JewishStudies
www.ochjs.ac.uk/publications...
#oxford #JewishStudies
CALL FOR APPLICATIONS: We are delighted to announce our Visiting Fellowships for 2026/2027!
The deadline to apply for each of the Visiting Fellowships is 16 January 2026 at 12 noon UK Time.
For more information, see the following page:
www.ochjs.ac.uk/call-for-app...
#fellowship #oxford
The deadline to apply for each of the Visiting Fellowships is 16 January 2026 at 12 noon UK Time.
For more information, see the following page:
www.ochjs.ac.uk/call-for-app...
#fellowship #oxford
December 12, 2025 at 10:08 AM
CALL FOR APPLICATIONS: We are delighted to announce our Visiting Fellowships for 2026/2027!
The deadline to apply for each of the Visiting Fellowships is 16 January 2026 at 12 noon UK Time.
For more information, see the following page:
www.ochjs.ac.uk/call-for-app...
#fellowship #oxford
The deadline to apply for each of the Visiting Fellowships is 16 January 2026 at 12 noon UK Time.
For more information, see the following page:
www.ochjs.ac.uk/call-for-app...
#fellowship #oxford
Tomorrow Dr Amir Banbaji will give our final #davidpattersonlecture of the term: 'Beyond Ornament: The Shifting Role of Melitsah in Hebrew Thought from the Middle Ages to the Haskalah'.
Join us online or in person at 6pm tomorrow!
us02web.zoom.us/meeting/regi...
#lecture #oxford
Join us online or in person at 6pm tomorrow!
us02web.zoom.us/meeting/regi...
#lecture #oxford
December 3, 2025 at 11:08 AM
Tomorrow Dr Amir Banbaji will give our final #davidpattersonlecture of the term: 'Beyond Ornament: The Shifting Role of Melitsah in Hebrew Thought from the Middle Ages to the Haskalah'.
Join us online or in person at 6pm tomorrow!
us02web.zoom.us/meeting/regi...
#lecture #oxford
Join us online or in person at 6pm tomorrow!
us02web.zoom.us/meeting/regi...
#lecture #oxford
On Dec. 8th and 9th, speakers at the upcoming ERC-Synergy MiDRASH Conference will include our very own Prof. Judith Olszowy-Schlanger, Dr. Rahel Fronda, Dr. Joseph O’Hara, and Caleb Klein.
You can tune-in to the conference via zoom:
campus-condorcet.zoom.us/j/8346073641...
#conference #Oxford
You can tune-in to the conference via zoom:
campus-condorcet.zoom.us/j/8346073641...
#conference #Oxford
December 1, 2025 at 11:31 AM
On Dec. 8th and 9th, speakers at the upcoming ERC-Synergy MiDRASH Conference will include our very own Prof. Judith Olszowy-Schlanger, Dr. Rahel Fronda, Dr. Joseph O’Hara, and Caleb Klein.
You can tune-in to the conference via zoom:
campus-condorcet.zoom.us/j/8346073641...
#conference #Oxford
You can tune-in to the conference via zoom:
campus-condorcet.zoom.us/j/8346073641...
#conference #Oxford
Tonight at 6pm Susanne Marten-Finnis will give the #davidpattersonlecture, 'Zamość – an Experiment in Geopolitical Engineering. The Sephardic Community in Late-Sixteenth-Century Poland and the Interplay between Geography, Diasporic Agency, and Trade'.
us02web.zoom.us/meeting/regi...
us02web.zoom.us/meeting/regi...
November 27, 2025 at 11:45 AM
Tonight at 6pm Susanne Marten-Finnis will give the #davidpattersonlecture, 'Zamość – an Experiment in Geopolitical Engineering. The Sephardic Community in Late-Sixteenth-Century Poland and the Interplay between Geography, Diasporic Agency, and Trade'.
us02web.zoom.us/meeting/regi...
us02web.zoom.us/meeting/regi...
We are excited to announce that a one-term OSRJL class of Advanced Old #Yiddish taught by Dr Diana Matut will be offered in Hilary Term 2026!
You can find more information and the application (due Dec. 21) at the following link:
www.ochjs.ac.uk/language-cla...
#languagelearning #oxford
You can find more information and the application (due Dec. 21) at the following link:
www.ochjs.ac.uk/language-cla...
#languagelearning #oxford
November 25, 2025 at 11:23 AM
We are excited to announce that a one-term OSRJL class of Advanced Old #Yiddish taught by Dr Diana Matut will be offered in Hilary Term 2026!
You can find more information and the application (due Dec. 21) at the following link:
www.ochjs.ac.uk/language-cla...
#languagelearning #oxford
You can find more information and the application (due Dec. 21) at the following link:
www.ochjs.ac.uk/language-cla...
#languagelearning #oxford
Tune in at 5pm on Tues. Dec. 2nd for the Second Solomon Schonfeld Lecture! Professor Zoë Waxman will give a talk titled, '‘Packing for an Unknown Destination’: Possession and Dispossession in the Holocaust'.
For more information:
www.ochjs.ac.uk/public-lectu...
#oxford #JewishHistory
For more information:
www.ochjs.ac.uk/public-lectu...
#oxford #JewishHistory
November 24, 2025 at 4:23 PM
Tune in at 5pm on Tues. Dec. 2nd for the Second Solomon Schonfeld Lecture! Professor Zoë Waxman will give a talk titled, '‘Packing for an Unknown Destination’: Possession and Dispossession in the Holocaust'.
For more information:
www.ochjs.ac.uk/public-lectu...
#oxford #JewishHistory
For more information:
www.ochjs.ac.uk/public-lectu...
#oxford #JewishHistory
This Thursday Professor Patrick Koch will be giving the #davidpattersonlecture, 'Between Miracle Worker and Divine Agent: Isaac Luria and the Making of Lurianic Hagiography'.
Join us online or in person at 6pm on Nov. 20th!
us02web.zoom.us/meeting/regi...
#Mysticism #lectures #oxford
Join us online or in person at 6pm on Nov. 20th!
us02web.zoom.us/meeting/regi...
#Mysticism #lectures #oxford
November 19, 2025 at 1:27 PM
This Thursday Professor Patrick Koch will be giving the #davidpattersonlecture, 'Between Miracle Worker and Divine Agent: Isaac Luria and the Making of Lurianic Hagiography'.
Join us online or in person at 6pm on Nov. 20th!
us02web.zoom.us/meeting/regi...
#Mysticism #lectures #oxford
Join us online or in person at 6pm on Nov. 20th!
us02web.zoom.us/meeting/regi...
#Mysticism #lectures #oxford
Applications are now open for Hilary Term classes with our Oxford School of Rare Jewish Languages! This term we will begin our courses for Judeo-Greek, Kivruli, Judeo-French, and Classical Judeo-Arabic, so be sure to #apply by noon on Dec. 19th, UK time!
www.ochjs.ac.uk/osrjl-applic...
www.ochjs.ac.uk/osrjl-applic...
November 18, 2025 at 11:24 AM
Applications are now open for Hilary Term classes with our Oxford School of Rare Jewish Languages! This term we will begin our courses for Judeo-Greek, Kivruli, Judeo-French, and Classical Judeo-Arabic, so be sure to #apply by noon on Dec. 19th, UK time!
www.ochjs.ac.uk/osrjl-applic...
www.ochjs.ac.uk/osrjl-applic...
At 6pm on Nov. 13th Dr Miriam Feldmann-Kaye will be giving our fourth #davidpattersonlecture of the term: 'The Burning Bush in Modern Jewish Theology: Abraham Joshua Heschel’s Response to Paul Ricœur’s Critique'.
Join us online or in person!
us02web.zoom.us/meeting/regi...
#theology #oxford
Join us online or in person!
us02web.zoom.us/meeting/regi...
#theology #oxford
November 12, 2025 at 4:31 PM
At 6pm on Nov. 13th Dr Miriam Feldmann-Kaye will be giving our fourth #davidpattersonlecture of the term: 'The Burning Bush in Modern Jewish Theology: Abraham Joshua Heschel’s Response to Paul Ricœur’s Critique'.
Join us online or in person!
us02web.zoom.us/meeting/regi...
#theology #oxford
Join us online or in person!
us02web.zoom.us/meeting/regi...
#theology #oxford
The 'Impact Report' for the 2024/25 academic year at the OSRJL is now available on our website! View the following link to learn all about the OSRJL programme:
www.ochjs.ac.uk/language-cla...
#languagelearning #oxford #osrjl
www.ochjs.ac.uk/language-cla...
#languagelearning #oxford #osrjl
November 6, 2025 at 1:55 PM
The 'Impact Report' for the 2024/25 academic year at the OSRJL is now available on our website! View the following link to learn all about the OSRJL programme:
www.ochjs.ac.uk/language-cla...
#languagelearning #oxford #osrjl
www.ochjs.ac.uk/language-cla...
#languagelearning #oxford #osrjl
For our third #davidpattersonlecture of the term, Thursday @6pm Dr Emily Rose will be giving a lecture titled 'A Bleeding Corpse, A Grim Grimm Fairy Tale with Early Modern Shivers: The Dubious Margaret of Pforzheim (1267), A Singular Female Blood Libel'.
us02web.zoom.us/meeting/regi...
#lectures
us02web.zoom.us/meeting/regi...
#lectures
November 4, 2025 at 5:42 PM
For our third #davidpattersonlecture of the term, Thursday @6pm Dr Emily Rose will be giving a lecture titled 'A Bleeding Corpse, A Grim Grimm Fairy Tale with Early Modern Shivers: The Dubious Margaret of Pforzheim (1267), A Singular Female Blood Libel'.
us02web.zoom.us/meeting/regi...
#lectures
us02web.zoom.us/meeting/regi...
#lectures
Tomorrow, Wednesday, 5 November 2025 3:30pm (UK time), tune in for the Seminar in Modern Jewish Thought, where Prof. Hava Tirosh-Samuelson will discuss her forthcoming book and 'Writing about Judaism and Nature.'
Join us via zoom:
us02web.zoom.us/meeting/regi...
#oxford #seminar
Join us via zoom:
us02web.zoom.us/meeting/regi...
#oxford #seminar
November 4, 2025 at 2:49 PM
Tomorrow, Wednesday, 5 November 2025 3:30pm (UK time), tune in for the Seminar in Modern Jewish Thought, where Prof. Hava Tirosh-Samuelson will discuss her forthcoming book and 'Writing about Judaism and Nature.'
Join us via zoom:
us02web.zoom.us/meeting/regi...
#oxford #seminar
Join us via zoom:
us02web.zoom.us/meeting/regi...
#oxford #seminar
Nov 5th @6pm, tune in online or in person for our annual Ullendorff Lecture!
This year, Prof. Matthew Morgenstern will give a lecture titled, 'Theodor Nöldeke’s Mandäische Grammatik (1875) in Retrospect: 150 Years of Babylonian Aramaic Studies.'
www.ochjs.ac.uk/public-lectu...
#oxford #lectures
This year, Prof. Matthew Morgenstern will give a lecture titled, 'Theodor Nöldeke’s Mandäische Grammatik (1875) in Retrospect: 150 Years of Babylonian Aramaic Studies.'
www.ochjs.ac.uk/public-lectu...
#oxford #lectures
November 3, 2025 at 3:02 PM
Nov 5th @6pm, tune in online or in person for our annual Ullendorff Lecture!
This year, Prof. Matthew Morgenstern will give a lecture titled, 'Theodor Nöldeke’s Mandäische Grammatik (1875) in Retrospect: 150 Years of Babylonian Aramaic Studies.'
www.ochjs.ac.uk/public-lectu...
#oxford #lectures
This year, Prof. Matthew Morgenstern will give a lecture titled, 'Theodor Nöldeke’s Mandäische Grammatik (1875) in Retrospect: 150 Years of Babylonian Aramaic Studies.'
www.ochjs.ac.uk/public-lectu...
#oxford #lectures
Tonight, the 'Symposium in Honor of Academy Member Prof. Yaakov Kaduri,' by the Israel Academy of Sciences and Humanities, will feature a talk by our very own Prof Hindy Najman. The event will be available online at the following link at 2:30pm (UK time):
www.academy.ac.il/Index/Entry....
www.academy.ac.il/Index/Entry....
October 27, 2025 at 10:56 AM
Tonight, the 'Symposium in Honor of Academy Member Prof. Yaakov Kaduri,' by the Israel Academy of Sciences and Humanities, will feature a talk by our very own Prof Hindy Najman. The event will be available online at the following link at 2:30pm (UK time):
www.academy.ac.il/Index/Entry....
www.academy.ac.il/Index/Entry....
For our second #davidpattersonlecture of the term, Tonight at 6pm, Dr Aadel Shakkour will be giving a lecture titled 'Opting for Literalism: Foreignizing Arabic Idioms into Hebrew to Enhance the Prestige of Arab Culture'.
Join us online or in person!
us02web.zoom.us/meeting/regi...
Join us online or in person!
us02web.zoom.us/meeting/regi...
October 23, 2025 at 12:49 PM
For our second #davidpattersonlecture of the term, Tonight at 6pm, Dr Aadel Shakkour will be giving a lecture titled 'Opting for Literalism: Foreignizing Arabic Idioms into Hebrew to Enhance the Prestige of Arab Culture'.
Join us online or in person!
us02web.zoom.us/meeting/regi...
Join us online or in person!
us02web.zoom.us/meeting/regi...
Next Thursday, October 30th, we will be sponsoring the 'Music in Theresienstadt' concert at the Maison Française d'Oxford. Tickets are available for free at the link below!
www.eventbrite.co.uk/o/oxford-cen...
#concert #oxford #composers
www.eventbrite.co.uk/o/oxford-cen...
#concert #oxford #composers
October 22, 2025 at 12:37 PM
Next Thursday, October 30th, we will be sponsoring the 'Music in Theresienstadt' concert at the Maison Française d'Oxford. Tickets are available for free at the link below!
www.eventbrite.co.uk/o/oxford-cen...
#concert #oxford #composers
www.eventbrite.co.uk/o/oxford-cen...
#concert #oxford #composers
'Baghdadi Judeo-Arabic: An Introductory Textbook' by Assaf Bar-Moshe, the first Jewish language handbook published in a OSRJL / UCL series, has received a fantastic review in the Journal of Semitic Studies!
doi.org/10.1093/jss/...
#languagelearning #JewishStudies #bookreview
doi.org/10.1093/jss/...
#languagelearning #JewishStudies #bookreview
Assaf Bar-Moshe, Baghdadi Judeo-Arabic: An Introductory Textbook
Wiktor Gębski; Assaf Bar-Moshe, Baghdadi Judeo-Arabic: An Introductory Textbook, Journal of Semitic Studies, , fgaf027, https://doi.org/10.1093/jss/fgaf027
doi.org
October 20, 2025 at 9:50 AM
'Baghdadi Judeo-Arabic: An Introductory Textbook' by Assaf Bar-Moshe, the first Jewish language handbook published in a OSRJL / UCL series, has received a fantastic review in the Journal of Semitic Studies!
doi.org/10.1093/jss/...
#languagelearning #JewishStudies #bookreview
doi.org/10.1093/jss/...
#languagelearning #JewishStudies #bookreview
We are delighted to announce our first #davidpattersonlecture of the term! This Thursday Professor Yoram Meital will be giving the lecture, 'Beyond Bricks and Mortar: Synagogues and Jewish Life and Heritage in Cairo'.
Join online or in person!
us02web.zoom.us/meeting/regi...
#heritage
Join online or in person!
us02web.zoom.us/meeting/regi...
#heritage
October 15, 2025 at 11:29 AM
We are delighted to announce our first #davidpattersonlecture of the term! This Thursday Professor Yoram Meital will be giving the lecture, 'Beyond Bricks and Mortar: Synagogues and Jewish Life and Heritage in Cairo'.
Join online or in person!
us02web.zoom.us/meeting/regi...
#heritage
Join online or in person!
us02web.zoom.us/meeting/regi...
#heritage
NEW BOOK ANNOUNCEMENT: "Bridges of Knowledge: Jewish Languages in Cultural Context," edited by Jean Baumgarten, Ruth von Bernuth, and Moshe Lavee, came together through the collaboration of members of our very own Oxford Seminar in Advanced Jewish Studies!
#booklaunch #oxford #languages
#booklaunch #oxford #languages
October 11, 2025 at 10:10 AM
NEW BOOK ANNOUNCEMENT: "Bridges of Knowledge: Jewish Languages in Cultural Context," edited by Jean Baumgarten, Ruth von Bernuth, and Moshe Lavee, came together through the collaboration of members of our very own Oxford Seminar in Advanced Jewish Studies!
#booklaunch #oxford #languages
#booklaunch #oxford #languages
With the new term commencing, take a look at our Michaelmas 2025 Term Programme!
Here you'll find activities sponsored by the OCHJS, the Centre of Hebrew and Jewish Studies (AMES, University of Oxford) and the Faculty of Theology and Religion!
www.ochjs.ac.uk/news/term-pr...
#oxford
Here you'll find activities sponsored by the OCHJS, the Centre of Hebrew and Jewish Studies (AMES, University of Oxford) and the Faculty of Theology and Religion!
www.ochjs.ac.uk/news/term-pr...
#oxford
October 10, 2025 at 10:38 AM
With the new term commencing, take a look at our Michaelmas 2025 Term Programme!
Here you'll find activities sponsored by the OCHJS, the Centre of Hebrew and Jewish Studies (AMES, University of Oxford) and the Faculty of Theology and Religion!
www.ochjs.ac.uk/news/term-pr...
#oxford
Here you'll find activities sponsored by the OCHJS, the Centre of Hebrew and Jewish Studies (AMES, University of Oxford) and the Faculty of Theology and Religion!
www.ochjs.ac.uk/news/term-pr...
#oxford
Reminder: Applications close one week from today! Don't forget to submit by Wednesday, October 15th!
Call for Applications: OSRJL Jewish Music Class!
'The Sound of the kley zemer. Jewish Instrumental Music until 1800'
For more information, see the following link: www.ochjs.ac.uk/jewish-music...
Please submit your application by 17 October 2025 at 12 noon (UK).
#oxford #jewishhistory #music
'The Sound of the kley zemer. Jewish Instrumental Music until 1800'
For more information, see the following link: www.ochjs.ac.uk/jewish-music...
Please submit your application by 17 October 2025 at 12 noon (UK).
#oxford #jewishhistory #music
October 8, 2025 at 12:41 PM
Reminder: Applications close one week from today! Don't forget to submit by Wednesday, October 15th!
Call for Applications: OSRJL Jewish Music Class!
'The Sound of the kley zemer. Jewish Instrumental Music until 1800'
For more information, see the following link: www.ochjs.ac.uk/jewish-music...
Please submit your application by 17 October 2025 at 12 noon (UK).
#oxford #jewishhistory #music
'The Sound of the kley zemer. Jewish Instrumental Music until 1800'
For more information, see the following link: www.ochjs.ac.uk/jewish-music...
Please submit your application by 17 October 2025 at 12 noon (UK).
#oxford #jewishhistory #music
September 25, 2025 at 2:46 PM
Call for Applications: OSRJL Jewish Music Class!
'The Sound of the kley zemer. Jewish Instrumental Music until 1800'
For more information, see the following link: www.ochjs.ac.uk/jewish-music...
Please submit your application by 17 October 2025 at 12 noon (UK).
#oxford #jewishhistory #music
'The Sound of the kley zemer. Jewish Instrumental Music until 1800'
For more information, see the following link: www.ochjs.ac.uk/jewish-music...
Please submit your application by 17 October 2025 at 12 noon (UK).
#oxford #jewishhistory #music