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Nuclear Hotseat Interview: “Oppenheimer” Opens in Japan

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I was interviewed by Libbe Halevi on her wonderful podcast, Nuclear Hotseat this week. Libbe interviewed me about the opening of the film "Oppenheimer" in Japan and we talked about perceptions and reactions to the film here. Beyond talk of the film, we also talked about the Hiroshima Peace Institute, our history and work, and on several interesting subjects including: what happens in Hiroshima on August 6th, and what film have people who live here engaged with as a key expression of the local

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Is Hiroshima Still Radioactive? Nuclear Explosions & the Environment

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I'll be giving a lecture titled, "Is Hiroshima Still Radioactive? Nuclear Explosions & the Environment" in Dublin on Tuesday February 20th at 17:00. The lecture is sponsored by University College Dublin Japan Group and the Hiroshima Peace Culture Foundation. The talk is in coordination with an exhibition of posters from the Hiroshima Peace Museum that will be exhibited at the Belfield Campus of UCD until March 4.Details, and a link to register can be found

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Podcast Interview: The Comfortable Spot

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I had the pleasure of being interviewed by Ken Sweeney on his podcast "The Comfortable Spot." Ken interviews folks from all walks of life about their work and journey. We had an engaged discussion about my path from Chicago to Hiroshima, issues around the nuclear attack in Hiroshima, issues raised in my book Nuclear Bodies: The Global Hibakusha, and the use or lack of use of nuclear weapons in warfare—including in the current war in Ukraine. You can find the interview on any podcast app, and

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Cities of Peace Roundtable: From Atlanta to Hiroshima

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I'll be joining with scholars from the Carter Center in Atlanta in a roundtable discussion on "Cities of Peace Roundtable: From Atlanta to Hiroshima," on Wednesday the 16th. The event is part of the Global Media Festival hosted by the School of Modern Languages of Georgia Tech.For information, and to register to join for free visit: https://library.gatech.edu/events/cities-peace-roundtable-atlanta-hiroshimaWe'll be discussion Peace Studies and the current situation in the world along with the

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"Nuclear Memory Effects: Remembering Hiroshima and Forgetting Fukushima," Keynote Lecture for the Troubling Anniversaries Conference

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I was honored to be asked to present the keynote lecture at the Troubling Anniversaries Conference held in October 2021 jointly by the Institute for Historical Research of the School of Advanced Study at the University of London, and the Center for Public History at Queen's University Belfast. The conference brought together a fascinating cross-section of scholars and practitioners. All of the sessions are available online and can be seen here. My keynote lecture explored memory culture in

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Listen: August 6, 2020 at the A-Bomb Dome in Hiroshima at 8:15 am

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Every year I go to the Hiroshima Memorial Peace Park on the morning of August 6. This year was disrupted by COVID-19, as everything is. The ceremony was reduced. But, I always spend the morning by the A-bomb Dome, which is technically outside of the park, and was still open to the public this year. At the Dome, there are always a lot of political protesters, antinuclear weapon, antinuclear power, and increasingly right-wing pro-nuclear weapon advocates. There is always a group of Buddhist monks

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The American Narrative of Hiroshima is a Statue that Must be Toppled

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Along with Ran Zwigenberg, I published this article on Counterpunch on August 6, 2020. The American Narrative of Hiroshima is a Statue that Must be ToppledIn August 1945, the United States attacked two cities in Japan with nuclear weapons in the last days of World War Two. The US used weapons of mass destruction against a primarily civilian population, instantly killing over 100,000 human beings, with tens of thousands of wounded and irradiated people who would die in the subsequent months and

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August 6 Interviews

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I did a number of interviews on August 6. There was connectivity issues on some of them. It was also interesting that while most years on August 6 I am asked about Hiroshima issues, this year I was asked about more about nuclear testing and Global Hibakusha issues.Here are links to several of them.On Al Jazeera English:On  BBC World Service:On BBC One:On Euronews:<span class="fr-marker" data-id="0" data-type="true" style="display: none; line-height:

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