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 2024
Thursdays, 18:00-19:00 UK Time
Catherine Lewis Lecture Theatre, Clarendon Institute, Walton Street, Oxford OX1 2HG and online via Zoom
Week 1, 25 April
Professor Oystein LaBianca, ‘Biblical Archaeology at a Crossroads: Seeking a Sustainable Future’
In order to participate in this lecture via Zoom, please register at this link: https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZ0kfuGrrD8sG9QEKlAtCMBaAxXk_d5mGi30
Week 2, 2 May
Dr Miri Freud-Kandel, ‘Louis Jacobs & the Quest for a Contemporary Jewish Theology’
In order to participate in this lecture via Zoom, please register at this link: https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZEtfu-vqj8jGtJxa8B8bMwM6KQpK67cBCNG
Week 3, 9 May
Professor Meron M. Piotrkowski, ‘On the Birth of a Theory: Richard Laqueur, WWI, and Josephus’
In order to participate in this lecture via Zoom, please register at this link:
https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZMuc-GrqjwjHdO2aI5topsjtB0IyFZk3x2l
Week 4, 16 May
Professor Martin Goodman, ‘Herod the Great: Jewish King in a Roman World’
In order to participate in this lecture via Zoom, please register at this link: https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZAuceytqj4iG9RomUNe8sH2uMfRXAyTDCnG
Week 5, 23 May
Professor Hindy Najman, ‘Scriptural Vitality: Rethinking Philology and Hermeneutics’
In order to participate in this lecture via Zoom, please register at this link: https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZcvde6sqTorHdWZYsY2A2sHOvvJiuKgg-fG
Week 6, 30 May ***CANCELLED***
Dr Ilaria Briata, ‘Horror Therapy for the Hellbound Heart. Emotional Strategies of Spiritual Empowerment in Early Modern Judaism’
Week 7, 6 June
Dr Marci Freedman, ‘ “Where Do We Go From Here?”: Mapping Medieval Jewish Travel’
In order to participate in this lecture via Zoom, please register at this link:
https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZEpc-GspzgpHtEZZeotAHqeRHXM57AstgFg
Week 8, 13 June
Dr Ilana Wartenberg, ‘A Hebrew and Judeo-Italian astronomical glossary from Renaissance Italy (Bodleian Library, Ms. Opp. 696)’
In order to participate in this lecture via Zoom, please register at this link:
https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZUvdeCgqzwpHNMwozD4P2w_s4JwikLyf5Qc
ALL WELCOME