From translation to the earthquake of 1927 with Sarah Irving

In this episode Dr Sarah Irving tells us about her work on Palestinian history that started first with activism and then continued in the academic world. In the first part of this episode we discussed the question of translation as a profession embraced by a number of liminal figures but also the political strings attached to the act of translating volumes from and to English, Arabic, Hebrew and even German. In the second part we discussed the famous earthquake of 1927 which struck most of Palestine producing damages to various cities including Jerusalem. Quite fascinating is the story of two Indian women who unfortunately were killed in Jericho, nevertheless their presence there is revealing of the vast network into which Jerusalem and Palestine were placed into as part of the British Empire leaving historians with still plenty of uncharted historical territory to explore.

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