On May 3, 2023, the University at Buffalo Gender Institute will be holding an event showcasing Prof. Irus Braverman, speaking on her new book, Settling Nature. The event features EDGES member Dr. Leila Harris as a commentator.

Irus Braverman is Professor of Law and Adjunct Professor of Geography at the University at Buffalo, where she teaches Wildlife and Biodiversity Law, Law and Genetics, Israel/Palestine: Environmental Justice Issues, and topics related to law and animals. Her main interests lie in the interdisciplinary study of law, geography, and anthropology. Writing within this nexus, Braverman has conducted ethnographic research of illegal houses, trees, checkpoints, public toilets, and zoos.

Settling Nature draws on more than a decade of ethnographic fieldwork to document how the administration of nature in Palestine-Israel advances the Zionist project of Jewish settlement alongside the corresponding dispossession of non-Jews from this space. Highlighting the violent repercussions of Israel’s conservation regime, Braverman plants the seeds for possible reimaginings of nature that transcend the grip of the state’s settler ecologies.

The book discussion will feature Leila Harris as a commentator. Dr. Harris is a Professor in the Institute for Resources, Environment and Sustainability and also in the Institute for Gender, Race, Sexuality and Social Justice at the University of British Columbia.

Time: 3:30 to 5:30 pm Eastern, 12:30 to 2:30 pm Pacific

Please register for the event at: https://buffalo.zoom.us/meeting/register/tJ0qd-yoqDIsHNcIJDWEiwSAJkyRuc-zaTrn