Book Launch: The Dead Sea by Professor Nir Arielli

This book tells the human history of a unique landscape.

Join Professor Nir Arielli in conversation with Dr John Gallagher to launch his new book, The Dead Sea: A 10,000 Year History (Yale University Press, 2025).

The Dead Sea is in trouble. Currently dropping at a rate of approximately a metre per year, the lake's water level is about 40 metres lower than it was in the mid-1970s. I hope to show readers that it is a unique place which should be saved.

Professor Nir Arielli

Find out more about the book in an interview with Professor Arielli.

How to attend

Please purchase your ticket on the Waterstones website.

Location

This event will be held at Waterstones, 93-97 Albion Street, Leeds, LS1 5AP.