Research
Our areas of research include, but are not limited to:
- the Ancient Near East
- early rabbinic literature
- eastern European Jewish history
- Yiddish culture
- the Arab-Israeli conflict
- Jewish-Muslim relationsÌý
Recent research projects include:
- Jewish time and calendars
- code switching in the Talmud
- Maskilic Hebrew
- the Jews and photography
- intercession (‘shtadlanut’) in Jewish political tradition
- gender in modern Hebrew literature.
We explore new areas of research; our contributions to understanding and knowledge are significant, pioneering, and world-leading.
We have run several international research collaborations with colleagues in Israel, Germany, Poland, and the USA. In the last ten years, the Department has won major research grants from the ERC (European Research Council), AHRC (Arts and Humanities Research Council), Leverhulme, and the British Academy, and has hosted a number of postdoctoral fellowships. Research students have undertaken doctorates in a very wide range of subjects.
Our location in the heart of Bloomsbury gives us close access to a wide range of libraries and unique research facilities, and to its vibrant, interdisciplinary research community.
Journals
Three leading academic journals are edited by members of the department
Book series
The following book series are edited orÌýco-edited by a member of the Department:
- , ¹û¶³Ó°Ôº Press. Prof Lily Kahn, with Dr Riitta-Liisa Valijärvi, SSEES
- , ¹û¶³Ó°Ôº Press.ÌýÌýProf Lily KahnÌý·É¾±³Ù³óÌýDr Riitta-Liisa Valijärvi, SSEES
- , Leiden: Brill.ÌýProf Sacha Stern andÌý(Warburg Institute)Ìý
- , Leiden: Brill. ProfÌýMark Geller, Prof FrançoisÌýGuesnet,ÌýProf Lily Kahn,Ìý Prof Ada Rapoport-Albert z"l
- , Liverpool University Press.ÌýProf FrançoisÌýGuesnet, (Brandeis University)