Centre for Jewish Studies, University of Manchester
Contact details
Oxford RoadManchester
M13 9PL
United Kingdom
Email: cjs@manchester.ac.uk
https://http://www.manchesterjewishstudies.org/
Head of Department/Director
Professor Daniel Langton
Email: daniel.langton@manchester.ac.uk
Activites
Awards degrees in Jewish Studies as a sole or major componentBA (Hons) Jewish and Israel Studies (minor)
BA Religions and Theology
BA Theological Studies in Philosophy and Ethics
BA Middle Eastern 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
MA
PhD
Main research activities
The Centre acts as a focus for Jewish Studies at the University of Manchester and also as the hub for the Northern UK Jewish Studies Partnership. Administered in the Dept of Religions and Theology, it is home to a number of outstanding academics in the fields of Bible, Dead Sea Scrolls, rabbinic Judaism, Jewish Thought, Holocaust Studies, ancient, medieval and modern Jewish History, Film Studies, Jewish/Non-Jewish Relations, and Israel Studies. The Centre attracts research students from around the world on a wide variety of PhD topics, as well as post-graduate researchers. Our activities include research seminars, the Sherman Lectures in Jewish Studies and the Bogdanow Lectures in Holocaust Studies. Home to Melilah: Manchester Journal of Jewish Studies.
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