Department of Hebrew and Jewish Studies, University of Amsterdam
Contact details
Spuistraat 134Amsterdam
1012 VB
Netherlands
Email: jewishstudiesamsterdam@gmail.com
https://jewishstudiesamsterdam.eu/
Activites
Awards degrees in Jewish Studies as a sole or major componentBA Hebreeuwse taal en cultuur: Includes Modern Hebrew; Biblical Hebrew; Culture and Society in the Modern Middle East; 3000 years of Hebrew: language, prose and poetry; Literatures of the Modern Middle East; Culture and Catastrophe: a German and Jewish History; Fundamentals of Jewish Philosophy.
MA Hebrew and Jewish Studies: Includes a broad range of subjects, periods and approaches: Second Temple period and ancient rabbinic Judaism, medieval culture, with particular emphasis on philosophy and history of the sciences, early modern and modern cultural and intellectual history (including Amsterdam’s Jewish past), book history, Modern Hebrew and Israeli literature and culture, and Yiddish studies.
PhD in Hebrew and Jewish Studies
Offers courses in Jewish Studies
Provides supervision in Jewish studies for students working towards a research degree
Pursues academic research activities
Degrees offered
BA Hebreeuwse taal en cultuur
MA Hebrew and Jewish Studies
PhD Hebrew and Jewish Studies
Main research activities
Jewish Studies in Amsterdam is characterized by its broad character and at the same time its emphasis on in-depth studies. 3,000 years of Jewish culture and heritage are studied through the lenses of history, literature, languages and philosophy. Next to intensive courses on multiple levels of Hebrew, classes range from the Hebrew Bible to Israeli movies, from the Talmud to Jewish booklore. Students are encouraged to develop their own fields of specialization. Many courses are also open for students of other faculties and universities.
The department organizes many extra-curricular activities such as the yearly intensive Bisschofsheim Winterulpan, (advanced Hebrew language classes) which is offered free for students from all over the world, a Winter School for graduate students both in Amsterdam and abroad and a Hebrew translation contest.
The study program is in many ways entangled with the famous Amsterdam Jewish heritage collections such as the Portuguese Jewish community’s Ets Haim library, the Bibliotheca Rosenthaliana, the Jewish Historical Museum, and the City Archives.
Our faculty consists of highly respected scholars (one of them is also an Israeli novelist) whose expertise ranges from the biblical era to medieval Jewish cultures and Jewish enlightenment movements; Hebrew language and literature to Jewish book history and Jewish digital humanities; and Dutch Jewish history to histories of Jewish nationalisms and the state of Israel.
There is a Jewish Studies library
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