Announcements

We are delighted to announce the final conference of this term’s Oxford Seminar in Advanced Jewish Studies: Towards the Study of Jewish-Buddhist Relations, convened by Boaz Huss, Sebastian Musch, & Lionel Obadia. The conference will take place on 10-11 March 2022 at the Clarendon Institute, Walton Street, Oxford, OX1 2HG as well as online via Zoom 

We are now accepting applications for the part-time role of Administrator of Oxford School of Rare Jewish Languages (OSRJL). The position will be one of remote and flexible working with part-time hours ranging throughout the year, but possibly averaging 12 hours per week, 40 weeks per year (with concentrated times of work during the academic 

UPDATE: 14/02/22 James K. Aitken Professor of Hebrew and Early Jewish Studies, University of Cambridge ‘The Septuagint and the History of the Book’ (Second Series)  5th and 6th Weeks, Hilary Term 2022   Monday 14th February, 5–6.30 p.m. (Online only) ‘The Septuagint within Egyptian Book Culture’ Please register on Eventbrite: https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/grinfield-lectures-the-septuagint-within-egyptian-book-culture-tickets-265019659937   Monday 21st February, 

Join us tomorrow night for the first Hilary Term 2022, OSRJL lecture by Professor Geoffrey Khan, 6pm via Zoom. Please register here: https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZ0qcOGtrzovHdaUbIXMmUIb7WBFmbM_geDW.   Week 4, Tuesday 8 February 6 pm (UK time), Online Via Zoom Professor Geoffrey Khan (Cambridge), ‘The Jewish Neo-Aramaic Dialects’ Please see the poster for this lecture here.

David Patterson Lecture Thursday, 3 February 2022, Week 3 6-7pm  (UK time) Dr Job Y. Jindo (Academy for Jewish Religion) ‘What Is Biblical Monotheism? One God, Two Jews, Three Opinions, and Many More’   This lecture will be a hybrid session which will be accessible both online (see below) and in person in the Catherine 

We are pleased to announce a call for applications for Visiting Fellowships as part of our autumn Oxford Seminar in Advanced Jewish Studies (OSAJS), entitled Books in Judeo-Languages: Popular Reading and Scholarship. This OSAJS will take place from 9 October to 3 December 2022 and will be led by Dr Jean Baumgarten (Research Director Emeritus