The David Patterson Lectures, named in honour of the Centre’s Founder President, occur weekly during Oxford terms and are open to the public. Please find a list of this term’s lecture titles listed below.
To watch a selection of previously recorded David Patterson Lectures, please click here. If you have any queries about the lectures, please contact Ms Priscilla Lange at academic.administrator@ochjs.ac.uk.
Lectures will be presented in a hybrid format which will be accessible both online (see below) and in person in the Catherine Lewis Lecture Room (refreshments to follow). No need to register if attending in person.
Trinity Term 2026
Thursdays, 18:00-19:00 **unless otherwise stated
Catherine Lewis Lecture Theatre, Clarendon Institute, Walton Street, Oxford OX1 2HG
All lectures will be presented in a hybrid format, which will be accessible both online (see below) and in person in the Catherine Lewis Lecture Theatre. Refreshments to follow. All are welcome to attend.
Week 1, 30 April
Prof. Dr Maciej Motak (Politechnika Krakowska)
Jewish Architects and Builders in Krakow During the Second World War (1939–1945) – Professional Activity, Fate, Legacy
In order to participate in this lecture via Zoom, please register at this link: https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/n8pyWOcqQkmwSi_5-afv7g
Week 2, 7 May
Dr Dafna Ben Zvi (Sapir Academic College, Negev)
Returning Forward in Israeli Children’s Literature: A Philosophical-Psychoanalytic Contemplation
In order to participate in this lecture via Zoom, please register at this link: https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/6zku_FxUS7ipn1Wj3X9yPw
Week 3, 14 May
Dr Elly Moseson (Jewish Theological Seminary of America)
On the Vernacular in Jewish Magical Literature
In order to participate in this lecture via Zoom, please register at this link: https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/5ij7ZYsGTfqjvxKAwIwzeA
Week 4, 21 May
Dr Piergabriele Mancuso (The Medici Archive Project)
Between Ghetto and Court: The Life and Works of Jona Ostiglio in Seventeenth-Century Medici Florence
In order to participate in this lecture via Zoom, please register at this link: https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/LAR-57LNRnywb6wap-hXSQ
Week 5, 28 May
Dr Dear Irwin (University of Lincoln) and Natasha Jenman (Oxford)
Book launch: In the Footsteps the Lincoln Jewry: Walking Tour
In order to participate in this lecture via Zoom, please register at this link: https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/uhLVEArbTxGMqNZSEg4V0Q
**Week 6, Wednesday, 3 June, 5pm (PLEASE NOTE CHANGE TO USUAL DAY AND TIME)
Professor Elisheva Baumgarten (Hebrew University)
Shared Words: Jews, Christians and Prayer in Medieval Europe
In order to participate in this lecture via Zoom, please register at this link: https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/Kb3OztMcSt-Ly27G8tqmvw
Week 7, 11 June
Dr Camilla Recalcati (Hebrew University)
Book Launch: The Egyptian Background of the Septuagint: Evidence from Genesis, Exodus, and Leviticus
In order to participate in this lecture via Zoom, please register at this link: https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/J-RH7ueCQE6nwlSaYj1gEA
Week 8, 18 June
Dr Yogev Elbaz (Tel Aviv University)
The Forgotten Periphery: Israel and South Arabia, 1962–1976
In order to participate in this lecture via Zoom, please register at this link: https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/dMzGqY5ETC6djzzjW5vHBg