Announcements

We are pleased to report that the tenth annual Oxford Summer Institute on Modern & Contemporary Judaism (OSI) is successfully in the books! This year’s programme took place from 2-6 July at Keble College’s H. B. Allen Centre, and its theme was ‘Authority and Leadership in Modern and Contemporary Judaism’. Please find the schedule for 

The Oxford Centre for Hebrew and Jewish Studies is looking to hire someone to fill its full-time Academic Registrar role for 7 months (with the possibility of extension) of maternity-leave cover beginning on Monday 13 November 2023. The post, which is directly responsible to the OCHJS’s President, encompasses coordination of our Visiting Fellows & Scholars 

This year’s Hebrew Manuscript Studies Workshop is under way! It is being led by Judith Olszowy-Schlanger (OCHJS and Corpus Christi College), Agata Paluch (Freie Universität Berlin) and César Merchán-Hamann (OCHJS and Bodleian Library) and takes place from 26 June-7 July 2023. The following topics will be explored: Part 1 Introduction to the Bodleian Judaica collections 

The Oxford Centre for Hebrew & Jewish Studies congratulates two of its Governors—David Lewis, CBE, & Anne Webber, CBE—and one of its Emeritus Governors, who is also Chair of its Library Committee—Charles Sebag-Montefiore, CBE, FSA—on being recognised in King Charles the III’s first Birthday Honours List! To consult the full list, please see here.

The Oxford Centre for Hebrew and Jewish Studies is seeking to fill the position of Journal of Jewish Studies (JJS) Executive Editor from 1st September 2023. The post, which is directly responsible to the Centre’s President, will coordinate a team and work in close collaboration with the Editors of the Journal. The role comprises the