Faculty of Medieval and Modern Languages, University of Oxford
Contact details
41 & 47 Wellington SquareOxford
OX1 2JF
United Kingdom
Tel: +44 1865 270750
Email: office@mod-langs.ox.ac.uk
https://http://www.mod-langs.ox.ac.uk/
Contact person
Dr. Kerstin Hoge
Email: kerstin.hoge@mod-langs.ox.ac.uk
Activites
Awards degrees in Jewish Studies as a sole or major componentMSt Yiddish 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
D.Phil
Main research activities
Undergraduates reading Hebrew or Jewish Studies (in the Honour School of Oriental Studies) have the option of taking a paper in Yiddish literature (as set out in the Examination Regulations under Jewish Studies paper c, Section III (q)).
Undergraduates reading for a degree in Modern Languages can offer Yiddish literature or Yiddish linguistics as a Special Subject (Paper XII).
For both the Yiddish literature and Yiddish linguistics papers, students will need to have adequate competence in the Yiddish language. University funding is available to enable students to pursue Yiddish language study at one of the many summer programmes offered in Europe and the United States. These programmes, which combine study of Yiddish language with courses in appreciation of Ashkenazi Jewish culture, are best taken in the summer of the second year.
At graduate level, it is possible to read for an M.St. in Yiddish Studies. The programme provides a one-year course in the fields of Yiddish literary and linguistic study. Candidates take three paper options, ranging from Old and Modern Yiddish Literature to Yiddish Sociolinguistics, and write a dissertation of no more than 10,000 words on a subject proposed by the candidate in consultation with the supervisor and approved by the Board of the Faculty of Medieval and Modern Languages.
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