项目介绍

2021年8月10日

Overview

We are a multidisciplinary department with expertise across the whole field of Jewish studies, ranging from history (ancient to contemporary) and political science to language (all phases of Hebrew, several other Semitic languages and Yiddish), literature, and gender issues. For more details of the specific research specialisations of our staff see the Hebrew and Jewish Studies website.

Research areas

Research activities in the department include:

• Eastern European Jewish history and culture
• Grammar of 19th-century Hasidic and Maskilic Hebrew
• Modern Yiddish literature
• History of science and technology
• Gender in Jewish history
• Mediterranean and Middle Eastern studies
• Israeli culture and politics
• Jewish calendar
• Antisemitism
• The Jewish mystical tradition, and specifically the history of Hasidism
• Jewish-non-Jewish relations in Christian Europe and the Muslim world
• Jews and Visual Culture
• Jewish migrations
• Jewish culture in the English-speaking world
• Babylonian Jewry
• Aramaic Studies
• Jews and Magic
• Jewish history of medicine, history of the body

More information can be found on the department website: Hebrew and Jewish Studies MPhil/PhD

About this degree

Additional costs

For more information on additional costs for prospective students please go to our estimated cost of essential expenditure at Accommodation and living costs.

Accessibility

Details of the accessibility of UCL buildings can be obtained from AccessAble accessable.co.uk. Further information can also be obtained from the UCL Student Support & Wellbeing team.

Funding

Scholarships relevant to this department are displayed below.

UCL Research Opportunity Scholarship

Value:UK rate fees, a maintenance stipend, conference costs and professional development package (3 years)Eligibility:UKCriteria:Based on both academic merit and financial need

For a comprehensive list of the funding opportunities available at UCL, including funding relevant to your nationality, please visit the Scholarships and Funding website.

Careers

In recent years, several students who have graduated from our research programmes have embarked on careers in academia. Others have taken jobs in journalism, with non-governmental organisations, international think tanks in Brussels and London, and in the diplomatic service.

Employability

Our graduates find a wide range of career paths open to them and consequently can be found in most industries in the UK and overseas.

Networking

The department has a strong culture of collaborative research and brings together researchers (whether staff or students) from across UCL as well as other institutions and organisations. Crucial to this are our research groups and centres, which provide a focus for our research activity, including doctoral students, postdocs and staff with specific research interests. Doctoral students will be encouraged to contribute to the Graduate and Research Seminar as well as the event programme of the UCL Institute for Jewish Studies.

Why study this degree at UCL?

UCL Hebrew & Jewish Studies is unique in the UK and Europe, with an outstanding international reputation for its research, teaching, and expertise. We are warm, friendly, and highly ambitious.

UCL is located in central London, within walking distance of the British Museum, the British Library, and other specialist libraries such as the School of Oriental and African Studies (SOAS) and the Warburg Institute. With its own specialist library in Jewish Studies, UCL has access to the best resources for academic research in the subject.

Department: Hebrew & Jewish Studies

What our students and staff say

Staff review

“Students, staff, and colleagues are tremendous. My colleagues at UCL are serious in the best sense as teachers and scholars.”

PROFESSOR MICHAEL BERKOWITZ

I advise students for the MA in Jewish Studies and occasionally supervise History MA students from the School of Slavonic and East European Studies and European History MA students who have a particular interest in Jewish history. I also have PhD students and serve as a second supervisor for students of colleagues.
Professor of Modern Jewish History

Application and next steps

Applications

Students are advised to apply as early as possible due to competition for places. Those applying for scholarship funding (particularly overseas applicants) should take note of application deadlines.

This programme requires two references. Further information regarding references can be found in our How to apply section.

Application deadlines

All applicants23 July 2021

Deadlines and start dates are usually dictated by funding arrangements so check with the department or academic unit to see if you need to consider these in your application preparation. In most cases you should identify and contact potential supervisors before making your application. For more information see our How to apply page.

For more information see our Applications page.

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