Oxford Centre for Hebrew & Jewish Studies
Oxford School of Rare Jewish Languages
The new Oxford School of Rare Jewish Languages (OSRJL) of the Oxford Centre for Hebrew & Jewish Studies (OCHJS), in collaboration with other institutions in Europe and elsewhere, is pleased to announce its inaugural academic year, 2021-22.
Beginning in October 2021, OSRJL will offer a range of free online language classes on eleven vernacular languages, spoken and/or written by Jews from the Middle Ages until today, taught by leading academics at universities in Europe and elsewhere.
Languages taught will include:
Judeo-Arabic
Judeo-French
Judeo-Greek
Judeo-Italian
Judeo-Neo-Aramaic
Judeo-Persian
Judeo-Tat
Judeo-Turkish
Karaim
Ladino
Yiddish
Further details, including class timetables and applications forms, can be found on the OSRJL page of the Oxford Centre for Hebrew & Jewish Studies’ website (https://www.ochjs.ac.uk/). Please send any queries and submit all application materials by email to OCHJS Academic Registrar, Ms Madeleine Trivasse, at osrjl@ochjs.ac.uk.