Remembering Hiroshima and Nagasaki
Effects of the bomb on Hiroshima. Photo courtesy of U.S. Federal Government.
Dickinson commemorates the 70th anniversary of the bombings
Dickinson will host a panel discussion, “Remembering Hiroshima and Nagasaki,” on Wednesday, Dec. 2, at 7 p.m. in the Stern Center Great Room. It is free and open to the public.
On Aug. 6, 1945, the U.S. became the first country to deploy an atomic bomb, which was dropped first on Hiroshima and days later on Nagasaki at the end World War II. In commemoration of those events and the lives lost, thousands of people gather each year at Hiroshima’s Peace Memorial Park to join in interfaith religious services.
Drawing from their own interdisciplinary research, a panel of Dickinson faculty and a student will explore how we remember the bombings, and how those memories shape the contemporary understanding of nuclear energy and war. The panelists are Shawn Bender, associate professor of East Asian studies; Alex Bates, associate professor of Japanese language and literature; Claire Seiler, assistant professor of English; W. Evan Young, assistant professor of history; and Shogo Nishikawa, a visiting exchange student from Japan.
This event is sponsored by the Clarke Forum for Contemporary Issues.
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Published November 24, 2015