Announcements

We are delighted to invite applications for the Hebrew Manuscript Studies: Codicology, Palaeography, Art History summer workshop, taking place from 23 June to 4 July 2025 and led by Judith Olszowy-Schlanger (OCHJS and Corpus Christi College) and César Merchán-Hamann (OCHJS and Bodleian Library). To apply, please consult all of the materials below: Call for Applications 

We are pleased to share details of a book launch for Professor Yaacov Yadgar’s latest work.   Professor Yaacov Yadgar (Oxford) To Be a Jewish State: Zionism as the New Judaism   Week 7 4 March 2025, 17:00 St Anne’s College, Seminar Room 9 Woodstock Road OX2 6HS   During this event, Professor Amnon Raz-Krakotzkin 

We are pleased to announce to our Term Programme for Hilary Term 2025 is now available. We do hope you will join us for our many activities this term!

The OCHJS is delighted to announce calls for applications for 4 different forms of Visiting Fellowships as part of its Oxford Seminars in Advanced Jewish Studies programme: OSRJL Visiting Fellowships in Rare Jewish Languages, René and Susanne Braginsky Visiting Fellowships in Manuscript Studies, Salo and Jeannette Baron Visiting Fellowships in Jewish History and Yishai Shahar 

We are delighted to announce that our President, Professor Judith Olszowy-Schlanger, has been elected a Corresponding Fellow of the Medieval Academy of America. To learn more about the academy, please visit their website.

Applications are now open for the second part of the OSRJL Jewish Music Class for Hilary Term 2025 Hilary Term 2025 Yiddish Musics: The 20th and 21st Century (Second Part) Mondays, 18:15-19:15 UK Time, Online via Zoom This course will continue to explore the development of Yiddish musics mainly after Second World War. The entire