Hebrew Micrography: A uniquely Jewish art form?
Dr Joseph O’Hara is a Research Fellow of the Oxford Centre for Hebrew and Jewish Studies and a Junior Postdoctoral Researcher at the Faculty of Asian and Middle Eastern Studies, University of Oxford. He works on the international project The history of the Jewish book in the Islamicate world (Oxford–LMU Munich) and is a member of Hebrew Palaeography Album, a major new initiative to produce a large-scale online repository of specimens of medieval Hebrew handwritings. He has presented on digital palaeography and also convenes the OCHJS Medieval Hebrew reading group.
Buffet reception at 19:00 – RSVP for buffet to mailto:info@oxfordchabad.org
Join Zoom Meeting:
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Meeting ID: 820 5046 8950 / Passcode: 946597
Date:
31 October 2023, 20:00 (Tuesday, 4th week, Michaelmas 2023)
Venue:
Slager Jewish Student Centre, 61 George St, Oxford OX1 2BQ, and online via Zoom
Speaker:
Dr Joseph O'Hara
Part of:
Oxford Chabad Society
Booking required?:
Not required
Audience:
Members of the University only
Editor:
Belinda Clark
