Announcements

We are pleased to share details of a book launch for Professor Yaacov Yadgar’s latest work.   Professor Yaacov Yadgar (Oxford) To Be a Jewish State: Zionism as the New Judaism   Week 7 4 March 2025, 17:00 St Anne’s College, Seminar Room 9 Woodstock Road OX2 6HS   During this event, Professor Amnon Raz-Krakotzkin…

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We are pleased to announce to our Term Programme for Hilary Term 2025 is now available. We do hope you will join us for our many activities this term!

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The OCHJS is delighted to announce calls for applications for 4 different forms of Visiting Fellowships as part of its Oxford Seminars in Advanced Jewish Studies programme: OSRJL Visiting Fellowships in Rare Jewish Languages, René and Susanne Braginsky Visiting Fellowships in Manuscript Studies, Salo and Jeannette Baron Visiting Fellowships in Jewish History and Yishai Shahar…

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We are delighted to announce that our President, Professor Judith Olszowy-Schlanger, has been elected a Corresponding Fellow of the Medieval Academy of America. To learn more about the academy, please visit their website.

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Applications are now open for the second part of the OSRJL Jewish Music Class for Hilary Term 2025 Hilary Term 2025 Yiddish Musics: The 20th and 21st Century (Second Part) Mondays, 18:15-19:15 UK Time, Online via Zoom This course will continue to explore the development of Yiddish musics mainly after Second World War. The entire…

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As part of the Oxford School of Rare Jewish Languages (OSRJL), applications for language classes beginning in Hilary Term 2025 are now open! The deadline to apply is 16 December at 12 noon UK time. Classes beginning in Hilary Term 2025 include those on the following languages: Advanced Beginners Judeo-French Advanced Judeo-Turkish Beginners Judeo-Persian Intermediate Baghdadi Judeo-Arabic (alumni…

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