The David Patterson Lectures, named in honour of the Centre’s Founder President, occur weekly during Oxford terms and are open to the public. Please find a list of this term’s lecture titles listed below.
To watch a selection of previously recorded David Patterson Lectures, please click here. If you have any queries about the lectures, please contact Ms Priscilla Lange at academic.administrator@ochjs.ac.uk.
Lectures will be presented in a hybrid format which will be accessible both online (see below) and in person in the Catherine Lewis Lecture Room (refreshments to follow). No need to register if attending in person.
Michaelmas Term 2024
Thursdays, 18:00-19:00 UK Time
Catherine Lewis Lecture Theatre, Clarendon Institute, Walton Street, Oxford OX1 2HG and online via Zoom
Week 1, 17 October
No lecture this week.
Week 2, 24 October
No lecture this week.
Week 3, 31 October
Dr Stephanie Dalley (AMES), The Assyrian God Anshar: Loyalty and Perjury
In order to participate in this lecture via Zoom, please register at this link: https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZcldeihrTIqG93rYCKRr2rWpm5H00Fr3vRm
Please find further information on the flyer for this lecture here
Week 4, 7 November
Dr Gabriela Benner (University of Porto), Camille Pissarro before Impressionism: Four birthplaces
In order to participate in this lecture via Zoom, please register at this link: https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZMkduisrjkpHNf2zexbgzD4UjgzQ1G7DEE6
Please find further information on the flyer for this lecture here
Week 5, 14 November POSTPONED to Trinity Term 2025
Professor Yoram Meital (Ben-Gurion University), Beyond Bricks and Mortar: Synagogues and Jewish Life and Heritage in Cairo
Week 6, 21 November
Dr Dean Irwin (University of Lincoln), Jews and Christians as Neighbours in Medieval English Towns
In order to participate in this lecture via Zoom, please register at this link: https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZUpc-ypqz0pHNc1allmITevP6QC0N6e6ixN
Please find further information on the flyer for this lecture here
Week 7, 28 November
Josua Walbrodt (Kurpfälzisches Museum, Heidelberg), The Studying of Oriental Languages in the Mirror of Frontispieces of Early Modern Printed Grammar Books
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Please find further information on the flyer for this lecture here
Week 8, 5 December
Dr Karen E. H. Skinazi (University of Bristol), Contemporary Mizrahi and Sephardi Literature in the Diaspora
In order to participate in this lecture via Zoom, please register at this link: https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZYqd-uorTMpH9fCo8zcIY6RWKyXF6Ql1Dub
Please find further information on the flyer for this lecture here
Please find the complete list of lectures for downloading here
ALL WELCOME