News

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We are pleased to announce that a new music course will be offered in Hilary Term 2022. Applications are now closed for Yiddish Songs as Sources for the History of the Ashkenazim.

David Patterson Lecture, Week 7, 25 November, 6pm Week 7, 25 November Dr Jeremiah Coogan (Keble) ‘The Anxieties of Shared Books in Late Ancient Palestine’ Catherine Lewis Lecture Room Clarendon Institute Building, Walton Street ALL LECTURES ARE OPEN TO THE GENERAL PUBLIC Refreshments to follow Please find the poster for this lecture here

We are pleased to announce the second Oxford School of Rare Jewish Languages Lecture Week 7, Tuesday, 23rd November 2021 6.00 pm (UK time), online via Zoom Dr. Carlos Yebra López (New York University) ‘The Digital Revitalization of Ladino in the 21st Century’ For information on how to join the lectures online, please follow the link: https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZ0ofumhqTIpH9C0DmpAqooDHVexp6uTjmIm 

We are pleased to announce that all our recorded lectures from this past and current academic year are now in one place. Click here to view them via our new Vimeo account, and check back there for new recordings throughout the year.

We are pleased to introduce the new blog of the Oxford School of Rare Jewish Languages (OSRJL), entitled The Jewish Languages Bookshelf. The aim of the blog is to publish, on a regular basis, short and illustrated, scholarly but accessible articles on manuscripts, printed books, newspapers or documents in one of the numerous vernacular Jewish languages