This is a friendly reminder to students of all ages and levels to apply to courses for the autumn term. Many courses are held in the vernacular tongue, but some are held in English – please see the individual links below.
In Sweden, the term application closes on the 15th of April, so does the Oslo application.
Lund has multiple online classes, mostly in Swedish but some are held in English: click here to access a full list of the courses available. A course in the History of the Holocaust is also held, click here to access the page, and Judiska kulturella reaktioner på förintelsen. Courses in yiddisch language and culture such as:
Jiddisch: Nybörjarkurs I, 15 hp (YIDD10)
Jiddisch: Nybörjarkurs II, 15 hp (YIDD20)
Jiddisch: Den moderna judiska kulturen och Sholem Aleichems berättarkonst, 15 hp (YIDC01)
Jiddisch: Grundkurs 1 för lärare, 15 hp (YIDA01)
Jiddischgrammatik i fokus, 7,5 hp (YIDC09)
Jiddisch: Kandidatkurs, 30 hp (YIDK01)
Gävle, and Linköping have introductory courses in religious studies, click on the respective name for more information. Uppsala has a master’s programme on the topic.
Outside of that, Uppsala has multiple courses, linked below.
Från Kafka till Cohen – moderna judiska identiteter, 7,5 hp (5RT009)
Judendom och politik, 7,5 hp (5RG115)
Tidig judisk och kristen kultur i det heliga landet, 7,5 hp (5RG308)
Judisk-kristna relationer under senantiken, 7,5 hp (5RG317)
Apokalyptik i Bibeln och idag, 7,5 hp (5RG316)
Religioner i världen I, 15 hp (5RG023)
Kulturbärande religioner, 7,5 hp (5AA021)
Fördjupningskurs i religionsvetenskap, 30 hp (5RG060)
Psaltaren genom tiderna, 7,5 hp (5RG314)
Jesus i sin samtida judiska kontext, 15 hp (5RG301)
Flyktingar och migranter i globalt historiskt perspektiv, 7,5 hp (5HA765)
Förintelsens historia och historiografi, 7,5 hp (5HG016)
Umeå has a course about Changing Judaism, click here to read more.
Sweden also has Paideia, the European Institute for Jewish Studies in Sweden, offering a one year programme. Please click here to read more.
Please visit University Admissions to find out more or Antagning.se for courses in Swedish.
Oslo has multiple courses, please see the links below:
TFO1012 – Modern Jewish History and Culture – Case Studies – Universitetet i Oslo
TFO1011 – Judaism and Jewish History – Universitetet i Oslo
RRE4206 – Ritual in Early Judaism, Christianity and Islam – Universitetet i Oslo
TFO1013 – Identity, Ethics and Intercultural Competence – Universitetet i Oslo
TFF4006 – Interreligious Child Ethics: Care for Children in an Adult World – Universitetet i Oslo
Copenhagen, Oslo, and Lund also offer the unique Masters’ programme Religious Roots of Europe – a two year study of inter-religious, late antique history where one can focus on Jewish history. It is held in English and mostly on zoom, read more on Copenhagen’s website, Lund’s website, Oslo’s website , or the programme’s own.7
Copenhagen opens for applications 1st of May and closes 1st of June for courses running from July to December. A programme in Religious Studies is offered only in Danish, click here to access.
At Åbo Akademi, you can study both in Swedish and Finnish – please read more here.
If you know of any universities in the nordic region offering courses or programmes in Jewish Studies not mentioned above, please reach out to Desirée Lind, de1304li@lu.se.
Nordic Network for Jewish Studies 