8 Feb
Jews and climate in Palestine
Monday 1 February 16:00 (GMT) Online with Zoom
Acacia tree in the Negev desert; Wikipedia
Seminars in the History of Science, Medicine, and Technology
Dr Netta Cohen (University of Oxford)
New under the sun: Jews and climate in Palestine 1897-1948
This talk is situated at the intersection of modern Jewish history, climate and environmental history, history of expertise, and colonial history and it focuses on the role of climate – as an abstract concept and a concrete condition - in shaping Jewish national, racial, cultural, and spatial identity in Palestine from the establishment of the Zionist Organisation in 1897 to the founding of the State of Israel in 1948.
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