Oxford Centre for Hebrew & Jewish Studies

The Oxford Centre for Hebrew and Jewish Studies (OCHJS) is pleased to announce the opening of submissions for 2 Taube Prizes for Student Writing in Hebrew and Jewish Studies, generously funded by Taube Philanthropies. Current Master’s and DPhil students at the University of Oxford across Faculties working on any topic in Hebrew and/or Jewish Studies may each submit 1 written work—an essay, article, thesis/dissertation chapter, etc.—between 10,000-12,000 words to the OCHJS for consideration by the committee. The 2 candidates with the most original and promising written work each will be awarded a prize of £1,000.

For more information on how to apply, see here: https://www.ochjs.ac.uk/2024-taube-prizes-for-student-writing-in-hebrew-and-jewish-studies/

The deadline for submissions is Friday 20th September at 12 noon UK time. The results will be announced in 0th Week of Michaelmas Term.

2024 Taube Prizes for Student Writing in Hebrew and Jewish Studies - Oxford Centre for Hebrew & Jewish Studies The Oxford Centre for Hebrew and Jewish Studies (OCHJS) is pleased to announce the opening of submissions for 2 Taube Prizes for Student Writing in Hebrew and Jewish Studies, generously funded by Taube Philanthropies. Current Master’s and DPhil students at the University of Oxford across Faculties...

Join us tonight for our Wk 7 David Patterson Lecture. Dr Marci Freedman will speak on ‘"Where Do We Go From Here?": Mapping Medieval Jewish Travel’.

We look forward to seeing you there!

For more details and to get the zoom link, see our programme pinned above.

This concert is ONLY 4 DAYS away! There are only a few tickets left, so get yours TODAY!

Details can be found here: https://www.ochjs.ac.uk/concert-blind-far-out-at-sea.../

Reserve your spot here: https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/blind-far-out-at-sea-eran-tzur-in-conversation-and-concert-tickets-880691922247?aff=oddtdtcreator&fbclid=IwZXh0bgNhZW0CMTAAAR3kbRks5iAwJy8b8iMjA7ECV25_b_su7hj0IJYT2xhhjlTALrLkka9jiUM_aem_Afomj1GDWepIybh_kuPQYFPW2RCJFyRNlUp7ErcM-aY-uHaV2_GijgU4PfkJIHgnmItfrBx6Z4pqLV07PwLIahAp

Concert - Blind Far Out at Sea: Eran Tzur in Conversation and Concert - Oxford Centre for Hebrew & Jewish Studies Join us for an unforgettable evening of music and conversation with Eran Tzur, as he explores the connection between Hebrew texts and music. Blind Far Out at Sea: Eran Tzur in Conversation and Concert The Hebrew word has always been the driving force behind Eran Tzur’s artistic journey, painting v...

Join us this evening, online or in person, for our 8th Ullendorff Memorial Lecture. The lecture will begin at 6pm.

Professor Daniel Stokl Ben Ezra will speak on "Semitic Manuscripts Studies in the Computational Age".

We look forward to seeing some of you there!

Join us this afternoon at 2pm for our Seminar on Jewish History And Literature in the Graeco-Roman Period.
This will be a Joint Seminar with the Comparative Philology Graduate Seminar.

Sebastian Kenny (Corpus Christi) will speak on, “Language Contact in Ezekiel’s Exagoge: The Case for Pattern Replication”

Hope to see some of you there!
Further details in our programme pinned above.

Join us tonight for our Wk 5 David Patterson Lecture. Professor Hindy Najman will speak on ‘Scriptural Vitality: Rethinking Philology and Hermeneutics’.

Wk 5 is here! Check out some of the activities happening at this week.

Tuesday, 21 May
2-3:30pm
Seminar on Jewish History And Literature in the Graeco-Roman Period -- Dr. Thomas Nelson (Wolfson): “(Re)constructing Tradition in the Hellenistic Jewish Epics by Philo and Theodotus”

6-7pm
Oxford School of Rare Jewish Languages Lecture -- Dr Ilana Wartenberg (OSRJL Visiting Fellow): Judeo-Italian in Hebrew mathematical treatises from Renaissance Italy

Thursday, 23 May
10-11am
Medieval Hebrew Reading Group, Convened by Judith Olszowy-Schlanger and Joseph O’Hara



6-7pm
The David Patterson Lecture -- Professor Hindy Najman, ‘Scriptural Vitality: Rethinking Philology and Hermeneutics’

Join us (online or in person) for our Wk 4 David Patterson Lecture!
Emeritus Professor Martin Goodman will speak on ‘Herod the Great: Jewish King in a Roman World’.
The Zoom link may be found in our Term Programme, pinned above.

Zoom in for our Seminar in Modern Jewish Thought this evening at 5pm. Professor Yuval Jobani will discuss his book, "The First Jewish Environmentalist: The Green Philosophy of A.D. Gordon".

Join us this afternoon at 2pm for our Seminar on Jewish History And Literature in the Graeco-Roman Period.

Dr. David Friedman (Cambridge) will be speaking on “Asinaeus and Anilaeus in Josephus’ Jewish Antiquities”.

Hope to see some of you there!
Further details in our programme pinned above.

It's Week 4 at ! Check out some of the things we have going on at the Centre:

Tuesday May 14, 2pm-3:30pm
-Seminar on Jewish History And Literature in the Graeco-Roman Period: Dr. David Friedman (Cambridge), “Asinaeus and Anilaeus in Josephus’ Jewish Antiquities”


Wednesday, 15 May (online only) 5pm
-Modern Jewish Thought Seminar: Prof. Yuval Jobani on his book "The First Jewish Environmentalist: The Green Philosophy of A. D. Gordon"


Thursday, 16 May 10:00-11:00 am
-Medieval Hebrew Reading Group, Convened by Judith Olszowy-Schlanger and Joseph O’Hara



Thursday, 16 May 6:00-7:00 pm
-The David Patterson Lectures: Professor Martin Goodman, Herod the Great: Jewish King in a Roman World

Join us (online or in person) for our Wk 3 David Patterson Lecture!
Professor Meron Piotrkowski will speak on ‘On the Birth of a Theory: Richard Laqueue, WWI, and Josephus’.
The Zoom link may be found in our Term Programme, pinned above.

Happy Week 3 of Term! There are lots of interesting things happening at this week. Here are few highlights:

-Tuesday May 7, 2pm-3:30pm
Seminar on Jewish History And Literature in the Graeco-Roman Period: Prof. Martin Goodman, “Herod and his many Wives”



-Thursday, 9 May 10:00-11:00 am
Medieval Hebrew Reading Group, Convened by Judith Olszowy-Schlanger and Joseph O’Hara



-Thursday, 9 May 6:00-7:00 pm
David Patterson Lecture: Professor Meron M. Piotrkowski, ‘On the Birth of a Theory: Richard Laqueur, WWI, and Josephus’

Join us (online or in person) for our Wk 2 David Patterson Lecture!

Professor Miri Freud-Kandel will speak on ‘Louis Jacobs & the Quest for a Contemporary Jewish Theology’.

The Zoom link may be found in our Term Programme, pinned above.

There is still time to apply for our Introduction to the History of Yiddish Music: From Resistance to New Voices: Yiddish Music from Wartime to the 21st Century.

The deadline is on 5th of May 2024.

To apply or for more information, see here: https://www.ochjs.ac.uk/trinity-term-jewish-music-course-from-resistance-to-new-voices-yiddish-music-from-wartime-to-the-21st-century/

We're excited to announce this upcoming concert with Eran Tzur, Blind Far Out at Sea, in conversation with Elad Uzan!

Details can be found here: https://www.ochjs.ac.uk/concert-blind-far-out-at-sea-eran-tzur-in-conversation-and-concert/

The concert is free, but space is limited, so reserved your spot here: https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/blind-far-out-at-sea-eran-tzur-in-conversation-and-concert-tickets-880691922247?aff=oddtdtcreator

Blind Far Out at Sea: Eran Tzur in Conversation and Concert Join us for an unforgettable evening of music and conversation with Eran Tzur, as he explores the connection between Hebrew texts and music.

Check out some of the activities going on at this Week 2!

Wednesday, 1 May (online only) 5pm
Modern Jewish Thought Seminar – Prof. Martin Shuster, North Carolina University, will be discussing his book How to Measure a World? A Philosophy of Judaism



Thursday, 2 May 10:00-11:00 am
Medieval Hebrew Reading Group, Convened by Judith Olszowy-Schlanger and Joseph O’Hara



Thursday, 2 May 6:00-7:00 pm
David Patterson Lecture – Dr Miri Freud-Kandel, ‘Louis Jacobs & the Quest for a Contemporary Jewish Theology’

Join us (online or in person) for our first David Patterson Lecture of the Term!

Professor Oystein S. LaBianca will speak on ‘Biblical Archaeology at a Crossroads: Seeking a Sustainable Future’.

The Zoom link may be found in our Term Programme, pinned above.

It's Day 1 of Trinity Term -- Welcome back, Students!

We have an exciting programme lined up for this term at Oxford Centre for Hebrew & Jewish Studies. Take a look here:https://www.ochjs.ac.uk/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/OCHJS-Trinity-Term-2024-Programme-22_04_24-rev2-1.pdf for the list of seminars, classes, lectures and other activities.

PSL-University Call for Applications: Two Doctoral scholarships in Hebrew Palaeography and Manuscript Studies:

The École Pratique des Hautes Études, PSL-University in Paris, France, is inviting candidates for two Doctoral scholarships in the field of Hebrew Palaeography and Manuscript Studies. The successful candidates will prepare their doctorate at the EPHE, PSL, under the supervision of Professor Judith Olszowy-Schlanger and will join the team led by her in the framework of the ERC Synergy project MiDRASH (Migrations of Textual and Scribal Traditions via Large-Scale Computational Analysis of Medieval Manuscripts in Hebrew Script).

Application deadline: 30 May 2024 Midnight, Central European Summer Time

See here for all the necessary details: https://www.ochjs.ac.uk/psl-university-call-for-applications-two-doctoral-scholarships-in-hebrew-palaeography-and-manuscript-studies/

PSL-University Call for Applications: Two Doctoral scholarships in Hebrew Palaeography and Manuscript Studies - Oxford Centre for Hebrew & Jewish Studies The École Pratique des Hautes Études, PSL-University in Paris, France, is inviting candidates for two Doctoral scholarships in the field of Hebrew Palaeography and Manuscript Studies. The successful candidates will prepare their doctorate at the EPHE, PSL, under the supervision of Professor Judith...

Take a look at this colloquium, to be held in Paris tomorrow, on Jewish Language around the Mediterranean.

It is the FINAL day of our first Anglo-Jewry virtual conference.
See today's line up of speakers in our programme here:https://ochjs.ac.uk/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/Current-Program-Anglo-with-links-for-online-rev-27_02_2024.pdf

Register for today's talks here: https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZwrfuivrD4sGNN_d6mV0X9_UoVIM_I_aSOW
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Yesterday kicked off of our first Anglo-Jewry virtual conference, "Enterprise, Engagement, Integration: Jews of 17th-Century Britain and the Empire," with a great line-up of speakers and stimulating discussion.

See today's line up of speakers in our programme here:https://www.ochjs.ac.uk/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/Current-Program-Anglo-with-links-for-online-rev-27_02_2024.pdf

And, you can register for today's talks here: https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZEsd-6vpzotGNPqCUzB-CWvP5CgB5LQ5Fuv

We look forward to seeing some of you there!

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Catch up with our last David Patterson Lecture here: https://vimeo.com/917176041

DP Lecture: Prof Gideon Bohak, ‘The Pishra de-Rabbi Hanina ben Dosa: A Babylonian Jewish Anti-Witchcraft Spell...’ David Patterson Lecture, 27 February 2024: ‘The Pishra de-Rabbi Hanina ben Dosa: A Babylonian Jewish Anti-Witchcraft Spell and Its Historical Significance’

Join us for week 7 at :

Tuesday, 27 February
Seminar on Jewish History and Literature in the Graeco-Roman Period
– Professor Livia Capponi (University of Pavia) (Please note that the speaker will be not be in Oxford), ‘Sejanus and the Jews of Rome and Egypt’


Wednesday, 28 February
– Hebrew Movie Night, 6pm at OCHJS: “The Band’s Visit” will be showing. English subtitles included.

Thursday, 29 February
– Medieval Hebrew Reading Group with Joseph O’Hara and Judith Olszowy-Schlanger


– The David Patterson Lectures
Dr Danjing Ma, ‘The Rise and Decline of the Jewish Community in Kaifeng’

For a free, online semi-intensive course in Phoenician, offered by The Oxford Faculty of Linguistics, Philology and Phonetics, with and Institute of Classical Studies. It will take place on 8-13 April 2024.
For more information, see here: https://ochjs.ac.uk/call-for-applications-learn-phoenician-free-online-semi-intensive-course/

Call for Applications: Learn Phoenician - Free, online, semi-intensive course - Oxford Centre for Hebrew & Jewish Studies We are excited to announce that the Oxford Faculty of Linguistics, Philology and Phonetics, in association with the Oxford Centre for Hebrew and Jewish Studies (OCHJS) and the Institute for Classical Studies (ICS) is offering a free, online semi-intensive course in Phoenician, which will take place....

Join us tonight (online or in person) to hear Professor Gideon Bohak speak on ‘The Pishra de-Rabbi Hanina ben Dosa: A Babylonian Jewish Anti-Witchcraft Spell and Its Historical Significance’.

The Zoom link may be found in our Term Programme, pinned above.

Join us this evening (online) to hear Dr Miri Freud-Kandel (University of Oxford) discuss her new book "Louis Jacobs and the Quest for a Contemporary Jewish Theology".

Find details and the Zoom link in our term programme pinned above.

Did you miss our last two David Patterson Lectures?
You can catch up here: https://vimeo.com/911617891
And here: https://vimeo.com/913693321

DP Lecture: Dr Mei-Tal Nadler, “A Tale of Love and Darkness by Amos Oz” David Patterson Lecture, 15 February 2024: Dr Mei-Tal Nadler, “To grant a second chance to something which could never have had one”: A Tale of Love…

Our first Grinfield Lecture kicks off this afternoon at 2pm. We are looking forward to seeing you there.