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Funding Europe’s Leading Jewish Studies Research Centre

The Centre for Hebrew and Jewish Studies of the University of Oxford, fully funded by the Oxford Centre, is the leading research centre for academic Jewish Studies in Europe. Today, Hebrew and Jewish Studies at Oxford are more wide-ranging, more influential and more exciting than at any time in the history of the University.

Teaching one of the

World’s Greatest Cultures

Undergraduate and graduate courses in Hebrew and Jewish Studies at the University of Oxford, taught by the Centre’s Fellows, cover the study of Jewish history, culture and relations with other traditions from antiquity to modern times, and the study of Hebrew of all periods, Aramaic and Yiddish. For information about these courses, please contact the Faculty of Asian and Middle Eastern Studies.

Curating the Past,

Creating the Future

The Centre’s Leopold Muller Memorial Library holds unique collections of books, journals, archives, and pamphlets which constitute an irreplaceable resource for scholars, students, and visitors.

Applications are now open for the second part of the OSRJL Jewish Music Class for Hilary Term 2025 Hilary Term 2025 Yiddish Musics: The 20th and 21st Century (Second Part) Mondays, 18:15-19:15 UK Time, Online via Zoom This course will continue to explore the development of Yiddish musics mainly after Second World War. The entire…

As part of the Oxford School of Rare Jewish Languages (OSRJL), applications for language classes beginning in Hilary Term 2025 are now open! The deadline to apply is 16 December at 12 noon UK time. Classes beginning in Hilary Term 2025 include those on the following languages: Advanced Beginners Judeo-French Advanced Judeo-Turkish Beginners Judeo-Persian Intermediate Baghdadi Judeo-Arabic (alumni…

Thanks to the generosity of Tad Taube and Taube Philanthropies, the Taube Prizes for Student Writing in Hebrew and Jewish Studies for postgraduate students were offered for the second time this year. We received eighteen excellent submissions across numerous areas of Hebrew and Jewish Studies, and the committee selected the following recipients for the prize:…

We are delighted to share the 2023-24 Impact Report for our Oxford School of Rare Jewish Languages (OSRJL). Not only does this report cover the OSRJL’s activities throughout the 2023-24 academic year, but it also provides an overview of the programme’s pilot phase (2021-24) and future goals. We hope you enjoy reading it! To learn…