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    • Reconsidering Early Jewish Nationalist Ideologies Seminar
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Funding Europe’s Leading Jewish Studies Research Centre

The Centre for Hebrew and Jewish Studies of the University of Oxford, fully funded by the Oxford Centre, is the leading research centre for academic Jewish Studies in Europe. Today, Hebrew and Jewish Studies at Oxford are more wide-ranging, more influential and more exciting than at any time in the history of the University.

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Teaching one of the
World’s Greatest Cultures

Undergraduate and graduate courses in Hebrew and Jewish Studies at the University of Oxford, taught by the Centre’s Fellows, cover the study of Jewish history, culture and relations with other traditions from antiquity to modern times, and the study of Hebrew of all periods, Aramaic and Yiddish. For information about these courses, please contact the Faculty of Asian and Middle Eastern Studies.

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Curating the Past,
Creating the Future

The Centre’s Leopold Muller Memorial Library holds unique collections of books, journals, archives, and pamphlets which constitute an irreplaceable resource for scholars, students, and visitors.

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OCHJS 50th-Anniversary Celebration

July 3, 2023

On Sunday 25 June 2023, the Oxford Centre for Hebrew & Jewish Studies was delighted to celebrate its 50th Anniversary at Worcester College, Oxford. The event’s programme was as follows: Welcome & Introduction by Professor Judith Olszowy-Schlanger FBA (President of the OCHJS) 50th-Anniversary Film of the Oxford Centre for Hebrew & Jewish Studies David Grossman…

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Hebrew Manuscript Studies Workshop 2023

June 27, 2023

This year’s Hebrew Manuscript Studies Workshop is under way! It is being led by Judith Olszowy-Schlanger (OCHJS and Corpus Christi College), Agata Paluch (Freie Universität Berlin) and César Merchán-Hamann (OCHJS and Bodleian Library) and takes place from 26 June-7 July 2023. The following topics will be explored: Part 1 Introduction to the Bodleian Judaica collections…

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King’s Birthday Honours List

June 19, 2023

The Oxford Centre for Hebrew & Jewish Studies congratulates two of its Governors—David Lewis, CBE, & Anne Webber, CBE—and one of its Emeritus Governors, who is also Chair of its Library Committee—Charles Sebag-Montefiore, CBE, FSA—on being recognised in King Charles the III’s first Birthday Honours List! To consult the full list, please see here.

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Call for Job Applications: Executive Editor, Journal of Jewish Studies

May 19, 2023

The Oxford Centre for Hebrew and Jewish Studies is seeking to fill the position of Journal of Jewish Studies (JJS) Executive Editor from 1st September 2023. The post, which is directly responsible to the Centre’s President, will coordinate a team and work in close collaboration with the Editors of the Journal. The role comprises the…

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Trinity Term Jewish Music Course

March 30, 2023

PLEASE NOTE THAT WE ARE NO LONGER ACCEPTING APPLICATIONS FOR THIS COURSE  We are happy to announce that Dr Diana Matut will be teaching a new music course in May 2023.  The Third Space: Interactions of Jewish and Black Music Cultures Mondays, 17:00-18:00 UK Time, Online via Zoom For centuries, music was a space that…

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Oxford Biblical Hebrew Summer School 2023

March 29, 2023

We are happy to announce that the Oxford Biblical Hebrew Summer School will take place online from August 29 – September 8, 2023. This year the school is being offered online (via Zoom). The school offers nine days of intensive teaching in Biblical Hebrew. Each weekday, there will be 3 hours of teaching, delivered in…

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