Each year, the Oxford Centre hosts Oxford Seminars in Advanced Jewish Studies (OSAJS). Historically, up to ten scholars from around the world convened in Oxford for these Seminars during a dedicated period of several months to research a specific topic within Hebrew and Jewish Studies that had the potential to advance the field in an
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Previous European Seminars on Advanced Jewish Studies
The Centre hosted four European Seminars on Advanced Jewish Studies between 2009 and 2012 each comprising a series of seminars and workshops extending over a period of six months and culminating in a conference. The Centre’s academic community was enlivened by the presence of some twenty-five residential Visiting Fellows every two terms, as well as
Founder President
Dr David Patterson, Founding President of the Centre, died in Oxford on 10 December 2005 at the age of 83. As creator of one of the most prominent research institutes for Jewish Studies outside Israel, he played a key role in the emergence of Jewish Studies as an autonomous academic discipline. David was born in
Our Mission
The Centre’s mission is to support, at the highest level, the full scope of Hebrew and Jewish Studies from antiquity to the contemporary world. The Centre aims: 1. To fund education at undergraduate and graduate levels within the University of Oxford both by funding teaching for degrees in Jewish Studies and by bringing Hebrew and Jewish