Announcements

Applications are now closed for this workshop. Applicants will know whether their applications have been successful by mid-late February. ******* We are delighted to invite applications for the Hebrew Manuscript Studies: Codicology, Palaeography, Art History summer workshop, taking place from 17-28 June 2024 and led by Judith Olszowy-Schlanger (OCHJS and Corpus Christi College), Agata Paluch 

We are happy to announce that Dr Diana Matut will be teaching the second part of her music class through the Oxford School of Rare Jewish Languages (OSRJL) in Hilary Term 2024. Hilary Term 2024: Yiddish Music as a Global Phenomenon, 1800-1933 Mondays, 18:15-19:15 UK Time, Online via Zoom This year-long academic course will span 

We are pleased to announce that applications for classes beginning in Hilary Term 2024 through our Oxford School of Rare Jewish Languages are now open! For more information and to apply, please consult this page. The deadline to apply is 4 December 2023 at 12 noon UK time.

The OCHJS is delighted to announce calls for applications for 3 different forms of Visiting Fellowships as part of its Oxford Seminars in Advanced Jewish Studies programme: 2 OSRJL Visiting Fellowships in Rare Jewish Languages, 3 Salo and Jeannette Baron Visiting Fellowships in Jewish History and 1 Yishai Shahar Visiting Fellowship in Jewish Art History. 

The OCHJS is saddened by the news of its Honorary Fellow Professor Malachi Beit-Arié’s passing away last night. Professor Beit-Arié (1937-2023), a Fellow of the Israel Academy of Sciences and Humanities, was the founder of the Hebrew Manuscript Studies discipline and formerly a Senior Associate, Visiting Fellow, Visiting Scholar, and lecturer at the OCHJS. He was 

The Oxford Centre for Hebrew & Jewish Studies is starting its academic year this week in tragic circumstances. We are all deeply affected by the war raging in Israel and Gaza, and we express our wishes of safety and peace to all. We have been and continue to be in touch with our colleagues and