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Funding Europe’s Leading Jewish Studies Research Centre

The Centre for Hebrew and Jewish Studies of the University of Oxford, fully funded by the Oxford Centre, is the leading research centre for academic Jewish Studies in Europe. Today, Hebrew and Jewish Studies at Oxford are more wide-ranging, more influential and more exciting than at any time in the history of the University.

Teaching one of the
World’s Greatest Cultures

Undergraduate and graduate courses in Hebrew and Jewish Studies at the University of Oxford, taught by the Centre’s Fellows, cover the study of Jewish history, culture and relations with other traditions from antiquity to modern times, and the study of Hebrew of all periods, Aramaic and Yiddish. For information about these courses, please contact the Faculty of Asian and Middle Eastern Studies.

Curating the Past,
Creating the Future

The Centre’s Leopold Muller Memorial Library holds unique collections of books, journals, archives, and pamphlets which constitute an irreplaceable resource for scholars, students, and visitors.

2026 Hebrew Manuscript Studies Workshop

June 25, 2026

This year’s Hebrew Manuscript Studies Workshop: Codicology, Palaeography, Art History is underway in the midst of the heatwave! It is being led by Judith Olszowy-Schlanger (OCHJS and Corpus Christi College) and César Merchán-Hamann (OCHJS and Bodleian Library) and runs from 22 June through 2 July 2026. More information about the workshop can be found here.

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King’s Birthday Honours List

June 25, 2026

The Oxford Centre for Hebrew & Jewish Studies congratulates its Senior Associate Rabbi Dr Norman Solomon for being recognised in King Charles the III’s Birthday Honours List this year! To consult the full list, please see here.

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Results of the Taube Prizes for Student Writing in Hebrew & Jewish Studies

June 19, 2026

Thanks to the generosity of Taube Philanthropies, the Taube Prizes for Student Writing in Hebrew & Jewish Studies were offered for the fourth time this year. We received many excellent submissions from postgraduate students across numerous areas of Hebrew and Jewish Studies, and the committee selected the following recipients for the prize: Maxwell Benster, ‘Between…

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Oxford Biblical Hebrew Summer School 2026

April 1, 2026

We are happy to announce that the Oxford Biblical Hebrew Summer School will take place online from August 24 – August 28 & September 1-4, 2026. The classes will be held online via Zoom. The school offers nine days of intensive teaching in Biblical Hebrew. Each weekday there will be three hours of teaching, delivered…

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Taube Prize for Student Writing in Hebrew & Jewish Studies

March 18, 2026

We are pleased to announce the opening of submissions for 1 Taube Prize for Student Writing in Hebrew & 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 one written work—an essay, article,…

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OSRJL Applications for Trinity Term 2026

March 6, 2026

As part of the Oxford School of Rare Jewish Languages (OSRJL), applications for language classes beginning in Trinity Term 2026 are now open! The deadline to apply is Friday, 10 April 2026 at 12 noon UK time. Classes beginning in Trinity Term 2026 include those on the following languages: Judeo-Italian Judeo-Tat Judeo-Turkish Kivruli Judeo-Greek Baghdadi…

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