Name: Oxford Centre for Hebrew and Jewish Studies

Events this person is hosting:

Monday 28 January 2019 (3rd Week, Hilary Term)

Jewish Icons of Modernity - Spinoza, Da Costa, Mendelssohn, Jesus and Herzl - creating a Jewish Pantheon
Date: 28 January 2019, 18:00 - 19:15 (Monday, 3rd week, Hilary 2019)
Speaker : Professor Richard Cohen (Hebrew University)
Venue: Clarendon Institute, Walton Street OX1 2HG
Venue Details: Catherine Lewis Lecture Room
Organisers: TBA
Host: Oxford Centre for Hebrew and Jewish Studies

Wednesday 6 November 2024 (4th Week, Michaelmas Term)

Arab-Jewish Film Screening - 'To Take a Wife'
Date: 6 November 2024, 18:00 - 19:00 (Wednesday, 4th week, Michaelmas 2024)
Speaker
Venue: Clarendon Institute, Walton Street OX1 2HG
Venue Details: Lecture Hall, Clarendon Institute Walton St, OX1 2HG
Organisers: Ya'el Nu'emah-Kremer (University of Oxford), Esther Yadgar (University of Oxford)
Host: Oxford Centre for Hebrew and Jewish Studies

Events this person is organising:

Monday 14 January 2019 (1st Week, Hilary Term)

Conflicting Intrapersonal Powers: A Study in Early Rabbinic and Pauline Anthropology and Hamartiology
Date: 14 January 2019, 18:00 - 19:15 (Monday, 1st week, Hilary 2019)
Speaker : Dr Daniel Schumann (University of Munster)
Venue: Clarendon Institute, Walton Street OX1 2HG
Venue Details: Catherine Lewis Lecture Room
Organiser: Oxford Centre for Hebrew and Jewish Studies
Hosts: TBA

Tuesday 30 April 2019 (1st Week, Trinity Term)

Paul as persecutor in the history of Judaism
Date: 30 April 2019, 14:15 - 15:45 (Tuesday, 1st week, Trinity 2019)
Speaker : Professor Martin Goodman (University of Oxford)
Venue: Clarendon Institute, Walton Street OX1 2HG
Venue Details: Centre for Hebrew and Jewish Studies
Organiser: Oxford Centre for Hebrew and Jewish Studies
Hosts: TBA

Monday 6 May 2019 (2nd Week, Trinity Term)

Ancient Synagogues in Judaea/Palaestina: Community and Language
Date: 6 May 2019, 18:00 - 19:15 (Monday, 2nd week, Trinity 2019)
Speaker : Professor Jonathan Price (Tel Aviv University)
Venue: Clarendon Institute, Walton Street OX1 2HG
Venue Details: Catherine Lewis Lecture Room
Organiser: Oxford Centre for Hebrew and Jewish Studies
Hosts: TBA

Tuesday 7 May 2019 (2nd Week, Trinity Term)

Beth She'arim: a congregation of cultures
Date: 7 May 2019, 14:15 - 15:45 (Tuesday, 2nd week, Trinity 2019)
Speaker : Professor Jonathan Price (Tel Aviv University)
Venue: Clarendon Institute, Walton Street OX1 2HG
Venue Details: Centre for Hebrew and Jewish Studies
Organiser: Oxford Centre for Hebrew and Jewish Studies
Hosts: TBA

Monday 13 May 2019 (3rd Week, Trinity Term)

Jewish Traditionality and Classical American Pragmatism: Venturing beyond the Atlantic Wall
Date: 13 May 2019, 18:00 - 19:15 (Monday, 3rd week, Trinity 2019)
Speaker : Dr Nadav Berman Shifman (Yale University)
Venue: Clarendon Institute, Walton Street OX1 2HG
Venue Details: Catherine Lewis Lecture Room
Organiser: Oxford Centre for Hebrew and Jewish Studies
Hosts: TBA

Tuesday 14 May 2019 (3rd Week, Trinity Term)

Why is it so hard to find women in Hebrew tours of hell? A history of a tradition
Date: 14 May 2019, 14:15 - 15:45 (Tuesday, 3rd week, Trinity 2019)
Speaker : Dr Tali Artman-Partok (KCL)
Venue: Clarendon Institute, Walton Street OX1 2HG
Venue Details: Centre for Hebrew and Jewish Studies
Organiser: Oxford Centre for Hebrew and Jewish Studies
Hosts: TBA

Monday 20 May 2019 (4th Week, Trinity Term)

There was no Hebrew Republic of Letters: Christian Hebraism, conceptual history and theory of citizenship
Date: 20 May 2019, 18:00 - 19:15 (Monday, 4th week, Trinity 2019)
Speaker : Dr Dirk van Miert (Utrecht University)
Venue: Clarendon Institute, Walton Street OX1 2HG
Venue Details: Catherine Lewis Lecture Room
Organiser: Oxford Centre for Hebrew and Jewish Studies
Hosts: TBA

Tuesday 21 May 2019 (4th Week, Trinity Term)

The representation of Arabs in late-antique apocalyptic literature
Date: 21 May 2019, 14:15 - 15:45 (Tuesday, 4th week, Trinity 2019)
Speaker : Dr Helen Spurling (Southampton)
Venue: Clarendon Institute, Walton Street OX1 2HG
Venue Details: Centre for Hebrew and Jewish Studies
Organiser: Oxford Centre for Hebrew and Jewish Studies
Hosts: TBA

Monday 27 May 2019 (5th Week, Trinity Term)

The Year 1700 and the Birth of the Jewish 18th Century
Date: 27 May 2019, 18:00 - 19:15 (Monday, 5th week, Trinity 2019)
Speaker : Professor Shmuel Feiner (Bar Ilan University)
Venue: Clarendon Institute, Walton Street OX1 2HG
Venue Details: Catherine Lewis Lecture Room
Organiser: Oxford Centre for Hebrew and Jewish Studies
Hosts: TBA

Tuesday 28 May 2019 (5th Week, Trinity Term)

The Accusation of Incest in Psalms of Solomon 8:9: apologetics, halakha and exegesis
Date: 28 May 2019, 14:15 - 15:45 (Tuesday, 5th week, Trinity 2019)
Speaker : Professor Jan Joosten (University of Oxford)
Venue: Clarendon Institute, Walton Street OX1 2HG
Venue Details: Centre for Hebrew and Jewish Studies
Organiser: Oxford Centre for Hebrew and Jewish Studies
Hosts: TBA

Monday 3 June 2019 (6th Week, Trinity Term)

What's love got to do with it? The emotional language of early Zionism
Date: 3 June 2019, 17:00 - 18:15 (Monday, 6th week, Trinity 2019)
Speaker : Professor Derek Penslar (Harvard University)
Venue: Clarendon Institute, Walton Street OX1 2HG
Venue Details: Catherine Lewis Lecture Room
Organiser: Oxford Centre for Hebrew and Jewish Studies
Hosts: TBA

Tuesday 4 June 2019 (6th Week, Trinity Term)

Aspects of the appropriation of Flavius Josephus in medieval Greek and Latin literature
Date: 4 June 2019, 14:15 - 15:45 (Tuesday, 6th week, Trinity 2019)
Speaker : Dr Theofili Kampianaki (University of Birmingham)
Venue: Clarendon Institute, Walton Street OX1 2HG
Venue Details: Centre for Hebrew and Jewish Studies
Organiser: Oxford Centre for Hebrew and Jewish Studies
Hosts: TBA

Tuesday 11 June 2019 (7th Week, Trinity Term)

The silence of the idols: the story of ἄλαλος from classical into medieval (Judaeo-) Greek (Septuagint Forum)
Date: 11 June 2019, 14:15 - 15:45 (Tuesday, 7th week, Trinity 2019)
Speaker : Dr Julia Krivovruchko (University of Cambridge)
Venue: Clarendon Institute, Walton Street OX1 2HG
Venue Details: Centre for Hebrew and Jewish Studies
Organiser: Oxford Centre for Hebrew and Jewish Studies
Hosts: TBA

Monday 17 June 2019 (8th Week, Trinity Term)

Moses Hayim Luzzatto's Pietistic Confraternity in Eighteenth-Century Padua
Date: 17 June 2019, 18:00 - 19:15 (Monday, 8th week, Trinity 2019)
Speaker : Dr David Sclar (Harvard University)
Venue: Clarendon Institute, Walton Street OX1 2HG
Venue Details: Catherine Lewis Lecture Room
Organiser: Oxford Centre for Hebrew and Jewish Studies
Hosts: TBA

Friday 21 June 2019 (8th Week, Trinity Term)

Postgraduate Workshop: 70 Years of the Dead Sea Scrolls
Date: 21 June 2019, 8:45 - 18:30 (Friday, 8th week, Trinity 2019)
Speaker Various Speakers
Venue: Clarendon Institute, Walton Street OX1 2HG
Venue Details: Centre for Hebrew and Jewish Studies
Organiser: Oxford Centre for Hebrew and Jewish Studies
Hosts: TBA

Thursday 17 October 2019 (1st Week, Michaelmas Term)

Thomas Wakefield (1500-75) and the Study of the Hebrew Bible in Tudor England
Date: 17 October 2019, 18:00 - 19:15 (Thursday, 1st week, Michaelmas 2019)
Speaker : Dr Benjamin Williams (University of Oxford)
Venue: Clarendon Institute, Walton Street OX1 2HG
Venue Details: Catherine Lewis Lecture Room
Organiser: Oxford Centre for Hebrew and Jewish Studies
Hosts: TBA

Thursday 24 October 2019 (2nd Week, Michaelmas Term)

The Conceptualization of Music in Hebrew Philosophical Texts around 1500
Date: 24 October 2019, 18:00 - 19:15 (Thursday, 2nd week, Michaelmas 2019)
Speaker : Dr Alexandre Cerveux (EPHE, Paris)
Venue: Clarendon Institute, Walton Street OX1 2HG
Venue Details: Catherine Lewis Lecture Room
Organiser: Oxford Centre for Hebrew and Jewish Studies
Hosts: TBA

Thursday 31 October 2019 (3rd Week, Michaelmas Term)

Ancient Architectural Descriptions of the Second Temple - History and Ideology
Date: 31 October 2019, 18:00 - 19:15 (Thursday, 3rd week, Michaelmas 2019)
Speaker : Dr Hallel Baitner (University of Oxford)
Venue: Clarendon Institute, Walton Street OX1 2HG
Venue Details: Catherine Lewis Lecture Room
Organiser: Oxford Centre for Hebrew and Jewish Studies
Hosts: TBA

Thursday 7 November 2019 (4th Week, Michaelmas Term)

How Many Benedictions in the 'Eighteen Benedictions'? Traditions of Babylonia and the land of Israel
Date: 7 November 2019, 18:00 - 19:15 (Thursday, 4th week, Michaelmas 2019)
Speaker : Dr Binyamin Katzoff (Bar Ilan University)
Venue: Clarendon Institute, Walton Street OX1 2HG
Venue Details: Catherine Lewis Lecture Room
Organiser: Oxford Centre for Hebrew and Jewish Studies
Hosts: TBA

Sunday 10 November 2019 (5th Week, Michaelmas Term)

JOINT SESSION: Modern Jewish History Seminar and Long 19c Seminar
Date: 10 November 2019, 11:10 - 12:10 (Sunday, 5th week, Michaelmas 2019)
Speaker : Sasha Goldstein-Sabbah (Leiden)
Venue: Oriel College, Oriel Square OX1 4EW
Venue Details: MacGregor Room
Organisers: Dr Jaclyn Granick, Dr Zoe Waxman, Professor David Rechter, Professor Abigail Green, Oxford Centre for Hebrew and Jewish Studies
Hosts: TBA

Thursday 14 November 2019 (5th Week, Michaelmas Term)

Muhammad's Jews: Arabian Judaism in the seventh century
Date: 14 November 2019, 18:00 - 19:00 (Thursday, 5th week, Michaelmas 2019)
Speaker : Professor Aaron Hughes (University of Rochester)
Venue: Clarendon Institute, Walton Street OX1 2HG
Organiser: Oxford Centre for Hebrew and Jewish Studies
Hosts: TBA

Muhammad's Jews: Arabian Judaism in the Seventh Century
Date: 14 November 2019, 18:00 - 19:15 (Thursday, 5th week, Michaelmas 2019)
Speaker : Professor Aaron Hughes (University of Rochester)
Venue: Clarendon Institute, Walton Street OX1 2HG
Venue Details: Catherine Lewis Lecture Room
Organiser: Oxford Centre for Hebrew and Jewish Studies
Hosts: TBA

Tuesday 19 November 2019 (6th Week, Michaelmas Term)

Multilingualism in Mediaeval Egypt: An exploration of inclusion and segregation
Date: 19 November 2019, 18:30 - 19:30 (Tuesday, 6th week, Michaelmas 2019)
Speaker : Dr Esther-Miriam Wagner (Woolf Institute and University of Cambridge)
Venue: Clarendon Institute, Walton Street OX1 2HG
Organiser: Oxford Centre for Hebrew and Jewish Studies
Hosts: TBA

4th ULLENDORFF MEMORIAL LECTURE - 'Multilingualism in Mediaeval Egypt: An Exploration of Inclusion and Segregation'
Date: 19 November 2019, 18:30 - 19:30 (Tuesday, 6th week, Michaelmas 2019)
Speaker : Professor Miriam Wagner (Cambridge)
Venue: Clarendon Institute, Walton Street OX1 2HG
Organiser: Oxford Centre for Hebrew and Jewish Studies
Hosts: TBA

Thursday 21 November 2019 (6th Week, Michaelmas Term)

A Nazi in the Holy Language? On the Translation of Martin Heidegger into Hebrew
Date: 21 November 2019, 18:00 - 19:15 (Thursday, 6th week, Michaelmas 2019)
Speaker : Dr Daniel Herskowitz (Wolfson College, Oxford)
Venue: Clarendon Institute, Walton Street OX1 2HG
Venue Details: Catherine Lewis Lecture Room
Organiser: Oxford Centre for Hebrew and Jewish Studies
Hosts: TBA

A Nazi in the Holy Language? On the translation of Martin Heidegger into Hebrew
Date: 21 November 2019, 18:00 - 19:00 (Thursday, 6th week, Michaelmas 2019)
Speaker : Dr Daniel Herskowitz (Wolfson College, Oxford)
Venue: Clarendon Institute, Walton Street OX1 2HG
Organiser: Oxford Centre for Hebrew and Jewish Studies
Hosts: TBA

Thursday 28 November 2019 (7th Week, Michaelmas Term)

Tehran Children: On the trail of WWII refugees in Central Asia
Date: 28 November 2019, 18:00 - 19:15 (Thursday, 7th week, Michaelmas 2019)
Speaker : Professor Mikhal Dekel (City College, CUNY)
Venue: Clarendon Institute, Walton Street OX1 2HG
Venue Details: Catherine Lewis Lecture Room
Organiser: Oxford Centre for Hebrew and Jewish Studies
Hosts: TBA

Thursday 5 December 2019 (8th Week, Michaelmas Term)

'With kind words lean towards her'... Singing for the Bride and Groom in Early Modern Ashkenaz
Date: 5 December 2019, 18:00 - 19:15 (Thursday, 8th week, Michaelmas 2019)
Speaker : Dr Diana Matut (University of Halle-Wittenberg)
Venue: Clarendon Institute, Walton Street OX1 2HG
Venue Details: Catherine Lewis Lecture Room
Organiser: Oxford Centre for Hebrew and Jewish Studies
Hosts: TBA

Thursday 6 February 2020 (3rd Week, Hilary Term)

How urgent is the immediate on-site treatment of psychological casualties (or shock victims) in traumatic events? Testimony from the field
Date: 6 February 2020, 17:15 - 18:45 (Thursday, 3rd week, Hilary 2020)
Speaker : Dr Zohar Rubinstein (Tel-Aviv University)
Venue: Worcester College, Walton Street OX1 2HB
Venue Details: Sultan Nazrin Shah Centre
Organiser: Oxford Centre for Hebrew and Jewish Studies
Hosts: TBA

Tuesday 25 February 2020 (6th Week, Hilary Term)

“From the Wells” A Jewish-Arab Educational Initiative Toward A Shared Society
Date: 25 February 2020, 17:00 - 18:30 (Tuesday, 6th week, Hilary 2020)
Speaker s: Professors Ayman Agbaria (Haifa University), Daniel Statman (Haifa University)
Venue: Worcester College, Walton Street OX1 2HB
Venue Details: Sultan Nazrin Shah Centre
Organiser: Oxford Centre for Hebrew and Jewish Studies
Hosts: TBA

Wednesday 26 January 2022 (2nd Week, Hilary Term)

Expanding the Palace of Torah - Orthodoxy and Feminism
Date: 26 January 2022, 17:00 - 18:30 (Wednesday, 2nd week, Hilary 2022)
Speaker : Prof. Tamar Ross (Bar-Ilan University)
Venue Details: Online
Organisers: Oriel Centre for the Study of the Bible, Oxford Centre for Hebrew and Jewish Studies
Hosts: TBA

Thursday 20 October 2022 (2nd Week, Michaelmas Term)

Exploring Intertextuality: Detection of Inter-religious Contacts in Jewish, Christian and Islamic Sources
Date: 20 October 2022, 18:00 - 19:00 (Thursday, 2nd week, Michaelmas 2022)
Speaker : Dr Moshe Lavee (University of Haifa)
Venue: Clarendon Institute, Walton Street OX1 2HG
Venue Details: Catherine Lewis Lecture Room
Organiser: Oxford Centre for Hebrew and Jewish Studies
Hosts: TBA

Thursday 27 October 2022 (3rd Week, Michaelmas Term)

An Impostor's Diary: David HaReuveni and the Complex Nature of 'Truth
Date: 27 October 2022, 18:00 - 19:00 (Thursday, 3rd week, Michaelmas 2022)
Speaker : Dr Ossnat Sharon Pinto (Ben Gurion University of the Negev)
Venue: Clarendon Institute, Walton Street OX1 2HG
Venue Details: Catherine Lewis Lecture Room
Organiser: Oxford Centre for Hebrew and Jewish Studies
Hosts: TBA

Thursday 3 November 2022 (4th Week, Michaelmas Term)

Medieval Hebrew Treatises on the Jewish Calendar: a Reflection of History, Culture, Religion and Science
Date: 3 November 2022, 18:00 - 19:00 (Thursday, 4th week, Michaelmas 2022)
Speaker : Dr Ilana Wartenberg (Tel Aviv University)
Venue: Clarendon Institute, Walton Street OX1 2HG
Venue Details: Catherine Lewis Lecture Room
Organiser: Oxford Centre for Hebrew and Jewish Studies
Hosts: TBA

Wednesday 9 November 2022 (5th Week, Michaelmas Term)

‘Beyond the Synagogue: Jewish Nostalgia as Religious Practice’
Date: 9 November 2022, 17:00 - 18:00 (Wednesday, 5th week, Michaelmas 2022)
Speaker : Professor Rachel B. Gross (San-Francisco State University)
Venue Details: Clarendon Institute, Walton Street
Organiser: Oxford Centre for Hebrew and Jewish Studies
Hosts: TBA

Thursday 10 November 2022 (5th Week, Michaelmas Term)

On Rabbis, Travellers and Amulets: Untold Stories from the Archive of the Jewish Community of Pisa
Date: 10 November 2022, 18:00 - 19:00 (Thursday, 5th week, Michaelmas 2022)
Speaker : Dr Francesca Valentina (University of Pisa)
Venue: Clarendon Institute, Walton Street OX1 2HG
Venue Details: Catherine Lewis Lecture Room
Organiser: Oxford Centre for Hebrew and Jewish Studies
Hosts: TBA

Thursday 17 November 2022 (6th Week, Michaelmas Term)

Identity and Alterity in Pre-War Judeo-Spanish Literature (Salonika, 1930-1945)
Date: 17 November 2022, 18:00 - 19:00 (Thursday, 6th week, Michaelmas 2022)
Speaker : Dr Sarah Gimenez (INALCO, Paris)
Venue: Clarendon Institute, Walton Street OX1 2HG
Venue Details: Catherine Lewis Lecture Room
Organiser: Oxford Centre for Hebrew and Jewish Studies
Hosts: TBA

Thursday 24 November 2022 (7th Week, Michaelmas Term)

The Book of Customs (Sefer ha-Minhagim) (Venice 1593) by Shimeon Guenzburg and Its Dissemination in the Ashkenazi World
Date: 24 November 2022, 18:00 - 19:00 (Thursday, 7th week, Michaelmas 2022)
Speaker : Dr Jean Baumgarten (CNRS-EHESS, Paris)
Venue: Clarendon Institute, Walton Street OX1 2HG
Venue Details: Catherine Lewis Lecture Room
Organiser: Oxford Centre for Hebrew and Jewish Studies
Hosts: TBA

Thursday 1 December 2022 (8th Week, Michaelmas Term)

Book launch: ‘Chess in the Jewish Community of Palestine and Israel: A History'
Date: 1 December 2022, 18:00 - 19:00 (Thursday, 8th week, Michaelmas 2022)
Speaker s: Dr Avital Pilpel (University of Haifa), Dr Shahar Gindi (Beit Berl College)
Venue: Clarendon Institute, Walton Street OX1 2HG
Venue Details: Catherine Lewis Lecture Room
Organiser: Oxford Centre for Hebrew and Jewish Studies
Hosts: TBA

Tuesday 20 February 2024 (6th Week, Hilary Term)

Sébastien Morlet’ (Sorbonne Université) - Textual plurality and manuscripts: the views of ancient commentators
Date: 20 February 2024, 14:00 - 15:00 (Tuesday, 6th week, Hilary 2024)
Speaker : Sébastien Morlet (Sorbonne Université)
Venue: Clarendon Institute, Walton Street OX1 2HG
Venue Details: Oxford Centre for Hebrew and Jewish Studies, Walton Street, Catherine Lewis Lecture Theatre
Organiser: Oxford Centre for Hebrew and Jewish Studies
Hosts: TBA

Wednesday 21 February 2024 (6th Week, Hilary Term)

Prof. Sébastien Morlet - The plurality inside the text: ancient views on the coherence or incoherence of the Biblical text
Date: 21 February 2024, 17:00 - 18:30 (Wednesday, 6th week, Hilary 2024)
Speaker : Sébastien Morlet (Sorbonne Université)
Venue: Clarendon Institute, Walton Street OX1 2HG
Venue Details: Oxford Centre for Hebrew and Jewish Studies, Walton Street, Catherine Lewis Lecture Theatre
Organiser: Oxford Centre for Hebrew and Jewish Studies
Hosts: TBA

Thursday 22 February 2024 (6th Week, Hilary Term)

The Bible inside the plurality of texts: its relation to other texts according to ancient commentators
Date: 22 February 2024, 16:00 - 18:00 (Thursday, 6th week, Hilary 2024)
Speaker : Sébastien Morlet (Sorbonne, Paris IV)
Venue: Oriel College, Oriel Square OX1 4EW
Venue Details: Oriel College, Harris Lecture Theatre (please consult at Porter’s lodge to gain 4-digit code for access)
Organiser: Oxford Centre for Hebrew and Jewish Studies
Hosts: TBA

Wednesday 1 May 2024 (2nd Week, Trinity Term)

Prof. Martin Shuster, North Carolina University, will be discussing his book How to Measure a World? A Philosophy of Judaism
Date: 1 May 2024, 17:00 - 18:00 (Wednesday, 2nd week, Trinity 2024)
Speaker : Prof Martin Shuster
Organiser: Oxford Centre for Hebrew and Jewish Studies
Hosts: TBA

Friday 3 May 2024 (2nd Week, Trinity Term)

Prof. Martin Goodman (Wolfson/OCHJS) “Herod and his many Wives”
Date: 3 May 2024, 14:00 - 15:30 (Friday, 2nd week, Trinity 2024)
Speaker : Professor Martin Goodman
Venue: Clarendon Institute, Walton Street OX1 2HG
Organisers: Prof Meron Piotrkowski (Oxford), Oxford Centre for Hebrew and Jewish Studies
Host: Prof Meron Piotrkowski (Oxford)