Announcements

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 

Week 5, 11 November Dr Daniel Waller (Oriel) ‘The Art of Magical Narrative: Persuasive Storytelling in Jewish Aramaic Spell Texts from Late Antique Babylonia’ Please see the poster of this lecture here  

The following lecture will be given by Professor Aaron Rubin (Penn State University) ‘Varieties of Judeo-Italian and their Characteristics’ Week 5, Wednesday, 10th November 6.00 pm (UK time) Online Via Zoom   Please register here: https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZUuc-2vpj8tEtCgdZpCvna-hMloWYEsEAPi   To view the poster, click here.   ALL ARE WELCOME

Week 4, 4 November 2021 Dr Lucy Pick (University of Chicago) ‘Encounter in Toledo? Maimonides, Samuel ibn Tibbon, and Michael Scot’ Catherine Lewis Lecture Room, Clarendon Institute Building, Walton Street, Oxford OX1 2HG Please find the poster for this lecture here All welcome and wine reception to follow

The OCHJS and its newly created OSRJL invites applications for a Visiting Fellowship from applicants who are current, established academics and/or postdoctoral researchers working on any aspect of Judeo-languages, including linguistics, literature, manuscript studies and book history. The successful applicant will become a Visiting Fellow of the OCHJS for at least one calendar month during