Oxford Centre for Hebrew & Jewish Studies

We are delighted to invite you to our eighth and final of the term!

This Thursday, June 18th, Dr. Yogev Elbaz (Tel Aviv University & Salo & Jeannette Baron Visiting Fellow in Jewish History) will give a lecture titled: 'The Forgotten Periphery: Israel and South Arabia, 1962–1976'.

Join us online or in person at 6pm on Thursday! https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/dMzGqY5ETC6djzzjW5vHBg

We are delighted to invite you to our seventh of the term!

This Thursday, June 11th, Dr. Camilla Recalcati (Hebrew University & Salo and Jeannette Baron Visiting Fellow in Jewish History) will give a lecture to launch her new book, 'The Egyptian Background of the Septuagint: Evidence from Genesis, Exodus, and Leviticus'.

Join us online or in person at 6pm on Thursday! https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/J-RH7ueCQE6nwlSaYj1gEA

CALL FOR APPLICATIONS: The Polonsky Academy for Advanced Study in the Humanities and Social Sciences at the Van Leer Jerusalem Institute is now accepting applications for short-term residencies for early-career academics.

Applications must be submitted via email to [email protected] by June 15th, 2026!

We are delighted to invite you to our sixth of the term!

This Wednesday, June 3rd, Professor Elisheva Baumgarten (Hebrew University) will give a lecture titled 'Shared Words: Jews, Christians and Prayer in Medieval Europe'.

Join us online or in person at 5pm on Wednesday! https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/Kb3OztMcSt-Ly27G8tqmvw

We are delighted to invite you to our fifth of the term!

This Thursday, May 28th, Natasha Jenman (St Edmund Hall) and Dean A. Irwin (Visiting Fellow in Anglo-Jewish Medieval History) will give a lecture titled 'In the Footsteps the Lincoln Jewry: Walking Tour/Book Launch'.

Join us online or in person at 6pm on Thursday! https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/uhLVEArbTxGMqNZSEg4V0Q

We are delighted to invite you to our fourth of the term!

Today, May 21st, Dr Piergabriele Mancuso (The Medici Archive Project & Yishai Shahar Visiting Fellowship in Jewish Art History) will give a lecture titled 'Between Ghetto and Court: The Life and Works of Jona Ostiglio in Seventeenth-Century Medici Florence'.

Join us online or in person at 6pm Today!
https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/LAR-57LNRnywb6wap-hXSQ

We are delighted to invite you to our Oxford School of Rare Jewish Languages Lecture!

Tonight, May 20th, Dr. Bernardino Pitocchelli (Università di Napoli Federico II) will be giving a lecture titled 'Textual and Material Investigations on the Judeo-Italian Bible of Oxford–New York'.

Join us online or in person at 6pm!
https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/nf1E5BYaTHaEH59JTleXxA

We are delighted to invite you to our third of the term!

Tomorrow, May 14th, Dr. Elly Moseson (Starr Fellow, Harvard University & OSRJL Visiting Fellow in Rare Jewish Languages) will be giving a lecture titled 'On the Vernacular in Jewish Magical Literature'.

Join us online or in person at 6pm on Thursday!
https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/5ij7ZYsGTfqjvxKAwIwzeA

We are delighted to invite you to a talk on 'Hebrew and Jewish Book Culture in Medieval and Early Modern England'!

This event will take place on Tuesday 9 June 17.00-18.00 as one of more than 100 events participating in Jewish Culture Month!

For more information and to register, use the following link:
https://visit.bodleian.ox.ac.uk/event/2026/jun/hebrew-and-jewish-book-culture

Don't forget to apply for the Taube Prize!

Taube Prize for Student Writing in Hebrew & Jewish Studies - Oxford Centre for Hebrew & Jewish Studies We are pleased to announce the opening of submissions for 1 Taube Prize for Student Writing in Hebrew & Jewish Studies, generously funded by Taube Philanthropies! Current Master’s and DPhil students at the University of Oxford across Faculties working on any topic in Hebrew and/or Jewish Studies m...