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Call for Papers, BIAJS Conference 2024 Jews, Gender, and Sexuality Annual Conference, 8-10 July 2024 University of Bristol, Bristol, UK  Given both long-standing and recent debates about feminism, identity, equality, trans rights, women’s religious and political leadership, Queer representation, and reproductive rights, the 2024 British and Irish Association for Jewish Studies annual conference will focus … Continue reading CfP, BIAJS Conference 2024: Jews, Gender, and Sexuality (8-10 July, University of Bristol)

Between Self-Determination and Self-Censorship: Antisemitism and Interwar Jewish Politics Speaker: Marc Volovici, University of Haifa Date: 28 June 2023 Time: 1pm-2pm Booking: Free seminar for scholars. Please contact bisa@bbk.ac.uk for further information Event link: https://bisa.bbk.ac.uk/event/between-self-determination-and-self-censorship-antisemitism-and-interwar-jewish-politics/ In the wake of the First World War, antisemitic conspiracy theories concerning the allegedly pernicious political aspirations of “World Jewry” … Continue reading Seminar: Between Self-Determination and Self-Censorship: Antisemitism and Interwar Jewish Politics (28 June, 1-2pm)

Launch of the Sheffield Jewish Studies Research Network  Wed, 31 May 2023 13:00 - 17:00 BST Online and in-person Details and registration here: https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/launch-of-the-sheffield-jewish-studies-research-network-tickets-627162950267 The Jewish Studies theme serves as an umbrella for the diverse and interdisciplinary research and teaching taking place within the university pertaining to the widely defined field of Jewish Studies. The … Continue reading Launch of the Sheffield Jewish Studies Research Network (Online and in-person)

BIAJS 2023 Student Essay Prize Deadline: 19th June We are pleased to announce the launch of the 2023 BIAJS student essay prize. Two prizes of £400, ordinarily for one outstanding undergraduate and one postgraduate essay by students at institutions in the UK and Ireland, are awarded annually. Undergraduate submissions should be a final year dissertation … Continue reading BIAJS 2023 Student Essay Prize (Deadline, 19th June)

Sherman Conversation Application Extension 30 April The Centre for Jewish Studies at the University of Manchester is pleased to announce the Sherman Conversation 2023: ‘Encountering Others, Encountering Ourselves’: Reflexivity and the Jewish Studies Researcher, 4 September 2023. This workshop seeks to explore collaboratively and reflexively our positions as Jewish Studies researchers in relation to the … Continue reading Sherman Conversation 2023 Application Extension

Centre for Jewish Studies, University of Manchester and Manchester Reform Synagogue   Holocaust Memorial Day 2023: Jews, Gay People and the Holocaust   Online film series and live-streamed panel discussion with public Q&A, 2-8 February 2023   Chiming with the 25th anniversary of the release of the controversial landmark film Bent (UK / Japan 1997), the five films … Continue reading  Holocaust Memorial Day 2023: Jews, ‘Gay People and the Holocaust’:  Online film series and live-streamed panel discussion

STECA Spring Virtual Writing Retreat Second Temple Early Career Academy (STECA) is pleased to announce an upcoming virtual writing retreat aimed mostly at students and ECRs, but others more senior are also more than welcome to attend. When: Mon 27 March 2023 Start: 12pm GMT (1pm CET/8am EDT) End: flexible All are welcome: students, early … Continue reading Second Temple Early Career Academy (STECA) Spring Virtual Writing Retreat

Assistant Professor of New Testament and Early Judaism Radboud University Employment          0.8 FTE Gross monthly salary € 3,974 - € 5,439 Required background PhD Organizational unit Faculty of Philosophy, Theology and Religious Studies Application deadline 22 January 2023 Apply now Are you a researcher willing to use your expertise in theology to make a societal … Continue reading Vacancy: Assistant Professor of New Testament and Early Judaism (Radboud University)

Caen Colloquium     The Holocaust in Belarus: historical perspectives and methodological innovations Join us on the 16th December in Caen (Caen Memorial Museum) or on zoom for a one-day international colloquium on the Holocaust in Belarus. It is co-organised by the University of Caen, Caen Memorial Museum and Parkes Institute at the University of Southampton … Continue reading Online colloquium, ‘The Holocaust in Belarus: historical perspectives and methodological innovations’ (16th December, 2022)

2022 Sherman Community Lecture Rabba Dr Lindsey Taylor-Guthartz, 'The Jewel in the Crown of Anglo-Jewry? A History of Limmud' Rabba Dr Lindsey Taylor-Guthartz, author Challenge and Conformity: The Religious Lives of Orthodox Jewish Women (Littman, 2021), will present the 2022 Sherman Community Lecture on the topic, “The Jewel in the Crown of Anglo-Jewry? A History … Continue reading Lecture: Rabba Dr Lindsey Taylor-Guthartz, ‘The Jewel in the Crown of Anglo-Jewry? A History of Limmud’ (6 December, 2022)

Eighth Annual OXFORD SUMMER INSTITUTE ON MODERN & CONTEMPORARY JUDAISM (OSI) July 2-6, 2023 Oxford Centre for Hebrew and Jewish Studies, University of Oxford in conjunction with the Berman Center for Jewish Studies, Lehigh University Authority and Leadership in Modern and Contemporary Judaism   https://www.ochjs.ac.uk/call-for-applications-2023-oxford-summer-institute-on-modern-contemporary-judaism/ The Oxford Summer Institute on Modern and Contemporary Judaism (OSI) … Continue reading Interdisciplinary workshop: Authority and Leadership in Modern and Contemporary Judaism (Oxford Summer Institute on Modern and Contemporary Judaism)

The Litvak Diaspora University of Cape Town, 3-5 July 2023 The Parkes Institute and the Kaplan Centre (University of Cape Town) are pleased to share this call for papers for an upcoming conference 'The Litvak Diaspora' taking place at the University of Cape Town 3-5 July 2023. Litvaks formed a significant share of Jewish emigrants … Continue reading CfP: ‘The Litvak Diaspora’ (University of Cape Town, 3-5 July 2023)

Birkbeck Institute for the Study of Antisemitism – upcoming events Lunchtime Seminar The Politics of Memory and the Return of the Xenophobic Right Speaker: Valentina Pisanty, University of Bergamo Date: 20 October 2022 Time: 1:00pm – 2:00pm Venue: Online Book now: https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/the-politics-of-memory-and-the-return-of-the-xenophobic-right-tickets-424917789547 There are two facts for us all to see, Valentina Pisanty proposes. First, … Continue reading Birkbeck Institute for the Study of Antisemitism – upcoming events

Online lecture: Dr Sean Durbin, ‘Themes in Christian Zionism from 1948 to the Present’ Wednesday 12 October, 2.00-3.30pm via Zoom   Sean is the author of Righteous Gentiles: Religion, Identity, and Myth in John Hagee’s Christians United for Israel (Brill, 2018). The presentation is associated with the University of Exeter’s Network for Religion in Public … Continue reading Online lecture: Dr Sean Durbin, ‘Themes in Christian Zionism from 1948 to the Present’ (12 October, 2022)

Call for Papers, BIAJS Conference 2023 Race in Jewish Worlds, Antiquity to the Present Annual Conference, 10-12 July 2023  Edge Hill University, West Lancashire, UK   CALL FOR PAPERS  Since the explosion of Black Lives Matter in 2020, societies around the world are paying greater attention to the questions of race and racism, including their role … Continue reading CfP, BIAJS Conference 2023: ‘Race in Jewish Worlds, Antiquity to the Present’ (10-12 July, 2023)

BIAJS and LImmud Festival Limmud Festival (23rd-27th December 2022) is a prime opportunity for Jewish Studies scholars to present their research to an engaged lay audience, connect with religious and communal leaders from the British Jewish community, and sell books. We extend the following special offer to BIAJS members: complimentary single-day place(s) 30% discount on residential places (multi-days) Limmud … Continue reading BIAJS and Limmud Festival

                        CALL FOR ESSAY PROPOSALS: Jewish Film and New Media         “Visualizing ‘The Jewish Question’ 1933-Present:                  Anti-Nazi Resistance, the Holocaust, Collaboration, Ambivalence" We invite proposals for essay contributions to a special issue of the journal Jewish Film and New Media that will offer a range of critical responses to an urgent yet complicated issue:  … Continue reading CfP:  “Visualizing ‘The Jewish Question’ 1933-Present: Anti-Nazi Resistance, the Holocaust, Collaboration, Ambivalence” ( Jewish Film and New Media)

BIAJS: New domain name The British and Irish Association for Jewish Studies website can not be found at: biajs.co.uk    

BIAJS Annual Conference 2022: Two Round-Tables (Online) BIAJS members are warmly invited to two round-tables that form part of this year's BIAJS conference programme and are offered online (free and open to all): Time in the Plural: Why Time Studies Matter in Jewish Studies Tuesday, 5 July, 5.30pm (UTC+1:00). We are delighted to be able … Continue reading BIAJS Annual Conference 2022: Two Round-Tables (Online)

CFP,  Special issue on Jews in South Africa, Jewish Historical Studies First published in 1893, the journal Jewish Historical Studies aims “to serve as a leading forum for Anglo-Jewish historiography, as well as comparative and multi-site work that integrates English-speaking Jews.” Even as we continue to encourage and solicit research focused on the Jewish past … Continue reading CFP,  Special issue on Jews in South Africa, Jewish Historical Studies

Book Launch: The Mishnaic Moment: Jewish Law among Jews and Christians in Early Modern Europe Thursday, 23rd June 2022, 5pm Fitzhugh Auditorium, Cohen Quadrangle, Exeter College, Walton St Oxford OX1 2HG. Prof Philip Alexander (Manchester) will deliver a lecture to celebrate the launch of The Mishnaic Moment: Jewish Law among Jews and Christians in Early … Continue reading Book launch, ‘The Mishnaic Moment: Jewish Law among Jews and Christians in Early Modern Europe’ (23 June, 2022)

Virtual Symposium Reading Arendt Today: Migration and Prejudice 20 January 2023, hosted by Maynooth University Keynote speaker: Prof. Lyndsey Stonebridge (University of Birmingham, UK) It has almost become a truism that the work of Hannah Arendt is a powerful theoretical guide to contemporary culture and politics. “How could such a book speak so powerfully to … Continue reading CfP, Virtual Symposium Reading Arendt Today: Migration and Prejudice

Research training event in Jewish Studies for Post-doctoral and doctoral researchers, University of Manchester, 13-14 June 2022 (online via zoom) The Centre for Jewish Studies at Manchester University is pleased to announce the sixth doctoral and early career Jewish Studies research training event of the Northern UK and Dublin Jewish Studies Partnership. Advanced PhD students … Continue reading Research training event in Jewish Studies for Post-doctoral and doctoral researchers, University of Manchester (13-14 June 2022, online)

BIAJS Annual Conference (11-13 July 2022) Registration We are delighted to announce that registration for this year's BIAJS conference 'Unfolding Time: Texts - Practices - Politics' is open. The conference theme invites scholars to explore how Jews have shaped and shape their individual, familial and communal commitments, cultural and social lives, historical understandings and political … Continue reading BIAJS Annual Conference (11-13 July 2022) Registration Reminder

Call for Contributions  For a special issue of Holocaust Studies: A Journal of Culture and History  ‘Genocide/Ecocide: Culture, Public Debate, Language’  Issue Editors: Helena Duffy and David Tollerton Amidst the heated debate on building a new Holocaust memorial complex in London’s Victoria Tower Gardens were complaints about the destruction of green space and fears that … Continue reading Call for Contributions: Special issue of Holocaust Studies: A Journal of Culture and History

Centres and Margins in Postwar Jewish Worlds, University of Birmingham (UK) July 4-5, 2022  In a climate of rising secularism within some Jewish communities and increasing religiosity in others, amid significant struggles for social change within and beyond the Jewish world, the postwar period has witnessed substantial challenges relating to belonging, leadership, and participation in … Continue reading CfP: Centres and Margins in Postwar Jewish Worlds, University of Birmingham (UK) (July 4-5, 2022) 

BIAJS Annual Conference (11-13 July 2022): Registration open   We are delighted to announce that registration for this year's BIAJS conference 'Unfolding Time: Texts - Practices - Politics' is now open. The conference theme invites scholars to explore how Jews have shaped and shape their individual, familial and communal commitments, cultural and social lives, historical … Continue reading BIAJS Annual Conference (11-13 July, 2022): Registration open

 PhD and Early Career Researcher Workshop Topic: Imagined Jewishness and Jewish self-perception in Germany, Britain and Europe (1700 to 1948) Date: September 12, 2022 to September 13, 2022 Location/Venue: The Jewish Museum, Raymond Burton House London Subject fields: Jewish History/British History/German History/Religious Studies and Theology Mode of participation: Participation by invitation and via Call for … Continue reading CfP for  PhD and Early Career Researcher Workshop, ‘Imagined Jewishness and Jewish self-perception in Germany, Britain and Europe (1700 to 1948)’

'Space, Stuff and Sacrality: Everyday Engagements with Religion in Society' Call for Papers: 16th to 17th June 2022 Online   University of Leeds We are excited to open our call for papers on the topic of 'Space, Stuff and Sacrality: Everyday Engagements with Religion in Society.' By focusing on religious engagements with the everyday “from … Continue reading CfP, ‘Space, Stuff and Sacrality: Everyday Engagements with Religion in Society (16-17 June, 2022, online; University of Leeds)

BIAJS Public Statement on Ukraine BIAJS condemns the Russian state’s invasion of Ukraine. In particular, we stand in solidarity with Ukrainian academics and university students, both those who are now defending their home, families and country against Russian state aggression, and those who are becoming refugees. We recognise that both Russia and Ukraine, including the … Continue reading BIAJS Public Statement on Ukraine

OXFORD SEMINAR IN ADVANCED JEWISH STUDIES Hosted by the Oxford Centre for Hebrew and Jewish Studies in consortium with Mandel Scholion Centre, Hebrew University of Jerusalem and Hochschule für Jüdische Studien Heidelberg Books in Judeo-Languages: Popular Reading and Scholarship 9 October to 3 December 2022 Project Leader: Dr Jean Baumgarten (Research Director Emeritus at the … Continue reading Oxford Seminar in Advanced Jewish Studies: Call for applications for Visiting Fellowships

Freethought in the Long Nineteenth Century: New Perspectives We are delighted to announce ‘Freethought in the Long Nineteenth Century: New Perspectives’, a two-day conference taking place at Queen Mary University of London (UK) in September 2022. Please see below for the CFP and our website for further details: https://www.qmul.ac.uk/sed/events/freethought/ How did atheist, secularist, and humanist … Continue reading CfP, Freethought in the Long Nineteenth Century: New Perspectives (Queen Mary University of London)

ARABIC POETRY IN THE CAIRO GENIZAH is seeking abstracts for our workshop: History and Anthropology Through Literature: APPROACHES AND METHODOLOGIES TO THE STUDY OF MEDIEVAL AND MODERN TEXTS AND MANUSCRIPTS 15th of July 2022 @ Trinity College Dublin, Ireland The Cairo Genizah is a treasure trove of medieval and early-modern manuscripts stored away in Egypt’s … Continue reading CfP, Workshop on History and Anthropology Through Literature: Approaches and Methodologies to the the study of Medieval and Modern Texts and Manuscripts (Trinity College Dublin)

BIAJS Annual Conference: Unfolding Time: Texts – Practices – Politics 11–13 July 2022, King’s College London ‘The word unfolding has a double meaning. A bud unfolds into a blossom, but the boat which one teaches children to make by folding paper unfolds into a flat sheet …’  Walter Benjamin. The annual conference of the British … Continue reading CfP– Deadline extended to 31 January for BIAJS Annual Conference

Doctoral Studentship at Cardiff and Southampton on British Jewish Humanitarianism in the 20th century The South, West & Wales Doctoral Training Partnership is a consortium of UK universities funded by the Arts and Humanities Research Council to provide postgraduate studentships and training. Collaborative Doctoral Awards (CDAs) are doctoral studentship projects which are developed by consortium … Continue reading Vacancy: Doctoral Studentship at Cardiff and Southampton on ‘British Jewish Humanitarianism in the 20th century’

Associate Professorship (or Professorship) of Jewish History Faculty of Oriental Studies, University of Oxford Grade 36S: £48,835 - £65,574 p.a. Based at the Clarendon Institute, Pusey Lane, Oxford The Faculty of Oriental Studies and Wolfson College are recruiting an Associate Professor of Jewish History in the Second Temple and Late Antiquity periods from 1 October … Continue reading Vacancy: Associate Professorship (or Professorship) of Jewish History (Faculty of Oriental Studies, University of Oxford)

Online Film: The Black Book with panel discussion (10 – 13 November 2021) The Centre for Jewish Studies at the University of Manchester is pleased to announce the next Screen & Talk event as part of the UK Jewish Film Festival: The Black Book | Dir. Guillaume Ribot | France 2019 | 92 mins | UK … Continue reading Online Film: The Black Book with panel discussion (10 – 13 November, 2021)

Monday 11 October at 5 pm 2021 Yerushah Lecture Professor Martin Goodman, 'Mission and toleration in Judaism' The Cambridge Faculty of Divinity is pleased to announce that the 2021 Yerushah Lecture will take place at 5 p.m. on Monday, 11 October, in the Runcie Room, Faculty of Divinity, West Road.  Professor Martin Goodman (University of Oxford), will speak on ‘Mission … Continue reading 2021 Yerushah Lecture: Professor Martin Goodman, ‘Mission and toleration in Judaism’ (Monday 11 October at 5 pm)

Oxford Interfaith Forum warmly invites you to our Upcoming Events Interfaith Discussion Series 2021 Co-Hosted with the Centre for Muslim-Christian Studies Registration details are available at this link: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSfbiU9aAw4WhK5a_mJF0rR9t90B-wPr4UzD-W7BENW2jIuDIw/viewform?usp=pp_url SEPTEMBER 2021 Discussion topic: The Creation Story. Date:14th September 2021 Time: 19:30-20:30 BST | 20:30-21:30 CEST |11:30-12:30 PDT | 14:30-15:30 EST | 21:30-22:30 IST Welcome address: Lord Alderdice, Patron of Oxford Interfaith Forum. Chair: Revd Nevsky Everett, … Continue reading Oxford Interfaith Forum, ‘Interfaith Discussion Series 2021’ (Co-Hosted with the Centre for Muslim-Christian Studies)

Apocalyptic as a Literary Phenomenon in Judaism, Christianity and Islam This online two-day workshop is the first from a consortium that brings together scholars from different disciplines to encourage innovative discussion about the nature of apocalyptic writings, interrelationships between Jewish, Christian and Islamic apocalyptic traditions and their contribution to Jewish-Christian-Muslim relations. The focus of the … Continue reading Online Conference: ‘Apocalyptic as a Literary Phenomenon in Judaism, Christianity and Islam’ (13-14 September, 2021)

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, … Continue reading Free online language classes, Oxford School of Rare Jewish Languages

BIAJS Conference: Unfolding Time: Texts - Practices - Politics 11–13 July 2022, King’s College London ‘The word unfolding has a double meaning. A bud unfolds into a blossom, but the boat which one teaches children to make by folding paper unfolds into a flat sheet …’      Walter Benjamin The annual conference of the British … Continue reading CfP, BIAJS Conference 2022: ‘Unfolding Time: Texts – Practices – Politics’ (11–13 July 2022, King’s College London)

BAJS Annual Conference ‘World In Crisis’ 5-7 July 2021 Registration Closing Friday 25 June We are delighted to be able to share details of the programme and registration for the annual conference of the British Association for Jewish Studies on ‘World in Crisis: Reflections and Responses from Antiquity to the Present’, which will run online … Continue reading Time to register: BAJS Annual Conference ‘World In Crisis’ 5-7 July 2021 (Registration Closing Friday 25 June)

A Special Offer from Polity Press: Correspondence: 1939 - 1969 by Theodor W. Adorno & Gershom Scholem This new volume brings together the long-running correspondence between two towering figures of German intellectual culture, covering a wide range of their discussions on philosophy, religion, history, politics, literature, and the arts. April 2021 | Cloth | ISBN … Continue reading A Special Offer from Polity Press: ‘Correspondence 1939-1969’ by Theodor W. Adorno & Gershom Scholem

Research training event in Jewish Studies for PhDs and Early Career Researchers, University of Manchester, 10-11 June 2021 (online via zoom)The Centre for Jewish Studies at Manchester University is pleased to announce the fifth doctoral and early career research training event of the Northern UK and Dublin Jewish Studies Partnership. Advanced PhD students and post-doctoral … Continue reading Research training event in Jewish Studies for PhDs and Early Career Researchers, University of Manchester, 10-11 June 2021 (online via zoom)

OXFORD SEMINAR IN ADVANCED JEWISH STUDIES Hosted by the Oxford Centre for Hebrew and Jewish Studies in consortium with Mandel Scholion Centre, Hebrew University of Jerusalem and Hochschule für Jüdische Studien Heidelberg “Philosophy in Scripture”: Jewish Philosophical Interpretation of the Hebrew Bible in the Late Medieval Period 24 April to 18 June 2022 Project Leaders:Professor … Continue reading Visiting Fellowships, Oxford Seminar in Advanced Jewish Studies: “‘Philosophy in Scripture’: Jewish Philosophical Interpretation of the Hebrew Bible in the Late Medieval Period” (24 April to 18 June 2022)

The Selig Brodetsky Memorial Lecture 2021 23 March 2021, 17:30 (UK time) Prof. Asa Simon Mittman (Art History, California State University-Chico) “Far From Jerusalem: The Exclusion of Jews on Christian Maps” Prof. Asa S. Mittman is an authority on conceptions of medieval monsters. This lecture is about how medieval Christian maps use principles of inclusion … Continue reading The Selig Brodetsky Memorial Lecture 2021, Prof. Asa Simon Mittman, ‘Far From Jerusalem: The Exclusion of Jews on Christian Maps’ (23 March, 2021)

The School of Divinity and the Edinburgh Jewish Studies Network are keen to support suitable candidates working in Modern Jewish Studies to apply for the above scholarship. The scholarship is to the value of up to £17,000 per year, for a maximum of three years, for PhD study beginning in either September 2021 or January 2022. … Continue reading Rothschild Foundation Hanadiv Europe PhD scholarship

University of Manchester Bogdanow Lectures in Holocaust Studies 2021 The University of Manchester Centre for Jewish Studies is pleased to announce the 2021 Bogdanow Lecture in Holocaust Studies will be delivered by Oscar-winning film director László Nemes. The globally acclaimed filmmaker, whose 2015 film 'Son of Saul' won numerous international prizes including an Academy Award, … Continue reading University of Manchester Bogdanow Lectures in Holocaust Studies 2021

Post doctorate opportunity, University of Manchester The Rothschild Foundation Europe offers a Post-Doctoral Research Fellowship in Jewish Studies for two years. The Foundation only allows one application per institution, and so there will be an internal selection process for The University of Manchester. The time frame for the two-page outline is tight but the approach … Continue reading Post doctorate opportunity, University of Manchester

Bursary for MA degree study in Jewish Studies at the University of Manchester, 2021-22 This is a home/EU fees bursary for an MA student who chooses Jewish Studies topics as their main focus in the MA in Religions and Theology (https://www.manchester.ac.uk/study/masters/courses/list/01297/ma-religions-and-theology/). One bursary will be awarded each year on a competitive basis. There are no … Continue reading Bursary for MA degree study in Jewish Studies at the University of Manchester, 2021-22

British Association for Jewish Studies Annual Conference 5-7 July, 2021 World in Crisis: Reflections and Responses from Antiquity to the Present University of Southampton and the Parkes Institute for the Study of Jewish/non-Jewish Relations The annual conference of the British Association for Jewish Studies 2021 will explore Jewish perspectives on a world in crisis, whether … Continue reading Reminder: CfP, British Association for Jewish Studies Annual Conference, ‘World in Crisis: Reflections and Responses from Antiquity to the Present’ (5-7 July, 2021)

Groningen-Leuven-Oxford Network Conference, 8-9 March 2021 University of Oxford | Oriel Centre for the Study of the Bible Hebrew Bible and Jewish  Antiquity For any questions please contact: Stefania Beitia, PA to Professor Hindy Najman and Administrator for the Oriel Centre for the Study of the Bible (stefania.beitia@oriel.ox.ac.uk) Lula Mae Blocton, Summer Ease, 1975 Session … Continue reading Conference, ‘Hebrew Bible and Jewish Antiquity’ (8-9 March, 2021)

Anglo Israel Archaeological Society Online Lecture Dr Gideon Avni, 'Jerusalem between Late Antiquity and Early Islam- The Creation of a Multicultural City' We’re still taking registrations for our next Zoom lecture which will take place on Wednesday 6th January 2021 at 5.00pm (GMT) when DR.GIDEON AVNI (Hebrew University of Jerusalem & Israel Antiquities Authority) will be speaking about ‘ … Continue reading Online AIAS talk: Dr Gideon Avni, ‘Jerusalem between Late Antiquity and Early Islam- The Creation of a Multicultural City’ (6th January 2021, 5.00pm)

‘The history, culture and heritage of Jews in Belarus across the age’ The Belarusian-Jewish Cultural Heritage Center and The Parkes Institute for the Study of Jewish/non-Jewish Relations at the University of Southampton are delighted to announce that the international conference on ‘The history, culture and heritage of Jews in Belarus across the age’ will take … Continue reading CfP: ‘The history, culture and heritage of Jews in Belarus across the age’ (28-30 June, 2021)

The POLIN Museum of the History of Polish Jews Join us for a guided “tour” via Zoom with Dr Eva Frojmovic, Director of the Centre for Jewish Studies, University of Leeds When: Thursday December 3rd, 8pm To book: Email admin@kolnefesh.org.uk Zoom details can be found on the Kol Nefesh website, https://www.kolnefesh.org.uk/

Anglo Israel Archaeological Society lecture at 4pm on Wednesday 18th November: Dr Kimberley Czajkowski (University of Edinburgh) on ‘Re-approaching the Babatha Archive’. The Cave of Letters in Israel’s Judean Desert has offered up a wealth of documentary evidence, including the rare archives of two families. These are commonly named after the Jewish women to whom most … Continue reading Anglo Israel Archaeological Society lecture, ‘Re-approaching the Babatha Archive’ (18 November, 2020)

Thursday 1st October at 4.00pm (UK time). Dr Yana Tchekhanovets (Israel Antiquities Authority, Ben Gurion University in the Negev) The Holy City? Fourth-Century Jerusalem in the Light of the New Archaeological Data In order to receive the log-in details please write to Sheila Ford (secretary@aias.org.uk) indicating your interest. The Christianization of Aelia Capitolina/Jerusalem, is usually associated with … Continue reading Online Lecture: Dr Yana Tchekhanovets, ‘The Holy City? Fourth-Century Jerusalem in the Light of the New Archaeological Data’ (Thursday 1st October at 4.00pm)

Online Lecture: ‘Jewish Treasures in Oxford’ 27 October 2020, 1–2pm Free, book in advance Email: fob@bodleian.ox.ac.uk There are many rare, beautiful and scholarly valuable Hebrew and Jewish manuscripts in the Bodleian Library and the libraries of the colleges of the University of Oxford. What is less known is how these collections of manuscripts were originally assembled, who … Continue reading Online Lecture: ‘Jewish Treasures in Oxford’ (27 October 2020, 1–2pm)

UPDATE: Many thanks to those who have signed our petition – we are hugely grateful for your support on this vital issue. Since we launched the petition, SOAS management have affirmed in writing that they retain a broad commitment to Jewish Studies, through the activities of the Centre for Jewish Studies, the Jewish Music Institute, … Continue reading Protect Jewish Studies at SOAS, University of London

OXFORD CENTRE FOR HEBREW & JEWISH STUDIES REGISTRAR           Location                                 Clarendon Institute, Walton Street, Oxford Salary                                     £29,176 [Grade 6, stage 1 of the University of Oxford’s salary scale] Hours                                     Full time – 35 hours per week Contract type                       Permanent The Oxford Centre for Hebrew and Jewish Studies is the leading academic Jewish studies centre in Europe … Continue reading Vacancy: Registrar, Oxford Centre for Hebrew and Jewish Studies

JewTh!nk   JewTh!nk (jewthink.org) is a project to set up a popular, not for profit service to allow diverse Jewish voices to be heard in Britain. Why do we need JewThink? Existing Jewish publications in the UK are struggling. The circulation of print-based media continues to dwindle and close, and websites fight to produce revenue. At the same time, newspapers are subject to editorial decisions. JewThink aims to be an open, democratic platform for discussion and debate – free from the … Continue reading JewTh!nk

We are currently writing a report on the current status of Jewish studies in schools and colleges. We would like to survey a range of institutions including professional associations of RE teachers; institutions in the culture and heritage sector; representative bodies of religious communities and research institutions. We hope to identify the obstacles which might … Continue reading Call for Respondents – BAJS Report into Jewish Studies in Schools and Colleges

Eva Frojmovic and Jay Prosser, 'Jewish objects in a time of crisis: Cecil Roth as collector' 8th June 2020, TIME: 20:00 (British Summer Time)   Cecil Roth began researching in Italy in the 1920s, during a double crisis: Jews were abandoning tradition and emptying their family’s attics of old documents, and Mussolini was rising to power. Cecil … Continue reading Webinar, ‘Jewish objects in a time of crisis: Cecil Roth as collector’ (8 June, 2020)

New British Jewish Web Platform With the intention of creating new conversations and opportunities to publish in the UK Jewish media to promote books and other creative work or to respond to an issue currently exists, we are looking to set up a new an online public-facing *nonacademic* forum, for academics, intellectuals, creatives, and others … Continue reading New British Jewish Web Platform

Jewish objects in a time of crisis: Cecil Roth as collector Jun 8, 2020 08:00 PM BST Cecil Roth began researching in Italy in the 1920s, during a double crisis: Jews were abandoning tradition and emptying their family's attics of old documents, and Mussolini was rising to power. Cecil Roth had begun to collect what … Continue reading Webinar, ‘Jewish objects in a time of crisis: Cecil Roth as collector’ (8 Jun, 2020 08:00 PM BST)

Please note that this lecture has been CANCELLED.  Lecture, Prof. Rami 'Three Decades of Excavations at Bethsaida'  Monday 23rd March,  6.00pm at the Institute of Archaeology  

Please note that this lecture has been CANCELLED. Lecture, Prof. Rami 'Three Decades of Excavations at Bethsaida'  Monday 23rd March,  6.00pm at the Institute of Archaeology Bethsaida is the most frequently mentioned site in the Gospels, frequently mentioned by the ancient Jewish historian Josephus, Greco Roman authors and by the Rabbinical literature. It may have one … Continue reading CANCELLED: Anglo Israel Archaeological Society Lecture, Prof. Rami ‘Three Decades of Excavations at Bethsaida’ 

'Gender in Moving In and Out of Religion' Centre for Religion and Public Life Seminar 17th March, 1-2.30pm, Botany House Research Room, 1.03 All are welcome to a special Centre for Religion and Public Life seminar on gender and religion conversion to Islam, Christianity and Judaism in contemporary Europe, with Dr Mariecke van den Berg, … Continue reading ‘Gender in Moving In and Out of Religion’, Centre for Religion and Public Life Seminar (17 March, 2020), University of Leeds

On the back wall, in the far-right corner of the Cardiff Reform Synagogue is a memorial tablet.  This tablet commemorates relatives of the CRS congregation who were murdered during the Holocaust, but whose final resting places are unknown.  As the Congregation dwindles, and memories fail, the final links to these people are being lost.  The … Continue reading Shoah victims of Cardiff Reform Synagogue, Jewish History Association of South Wales information request