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Hiroshima A-bomb dome, on the night of the lantern ceremony on August 6 |
If you are interested in participating or getting information about this summer tour, please contact peacephilosophycentre@gmail.com.
Take Advantage of a Rare Opportunity to Study Nuclear History in Hiroshima and Nagasaki
American University’s NuclearStudies Institute welcomes participants to the summer study tour to Kyoto,
Hiroshima, and Nagasaki, Japan. Offered every summer beginning with the 1995
commemoration of the 50th anniversary of the atomic bombings, the
class was named “the most creative and innovative” summer program in North
America by the North American Association of Summer Sessions. Participants
regularly describe the experience as “life-changing.” The class explores the
ethical, political, and military implications of the wartime use of atomic
bombs; the human and physical devastation wrought by the atomic bombings; Japanese
wartime aggression; current Japanese and international efforts to eliminate
nuclear weapons; the history of the arms race; the building of closer ties
between the peoples of the United States, Japan, and China; and the causes and
effects of the Fukushima nuclear accident. It is designed to provide citizens
with the knowledge to act responsibly in today’s charged political atmosphere
and to provide peace activists with the historical background needed to maximize
the effectiveness of their efforts.
Take Advantage of a Rare Opportunity to Study Nuclear History in Hiroshima and Nagasaki
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Hiroshima survivor Keiji Nakazawa (left), author of Barefoot Gen, speaks to the group in summer 2011. (Nakazaswa died December 2012). |
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Students from Japan, US, China at the baseball game |
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Koko Tanimoto Kondo, Hiroshima survivor and students from Japan |
The course is led by Professors Peter Kuznick and Atsushi Fujioka. Kuznick who has written extensively on nuclear history, is Professor of History and Director of American University’s Nuclear Studies Institute. Professor Kuznick’s “The UntoldHistory of the United States,” a 10 part documentary film series and tie-in book that he has coauthored with filmmaker Oliver Stone, was broadcast on Showtime in November 2012. Professor Fujioka teaches peace economics at Ritsumeikan University. He is one of Japan’s leading experts on nuclear history and space weaponization and associate director of the Kyoto Peace Museum. Kuznick and Fujioka are assisted by Ms. Satoko Norimatsu. Ms. Norimatsu directs the Peace Philosophy Centre in Vancouver, Canada. Her book, Resistant Islands: Okinawa Confronts Japan and the United States, coauthored with Gavan McCormack was published in summer 2012 by Rowman & Littlefield.
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Koko Tanimoto Kondo speaks to students at Shukkeien Park, where many a-bomb victims sought refuge. |
More information is available at https://edspace.american.edu/nsi/study-tour-in-japan/
or by contacting Peter Kuznick at kuznick@american.edu.
or by contacting Peter Kuznick at kuznick@american.edu.
(All photos are from the 2011 tour. Speakers and events vary each year.)
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