Fwd: The Atomic Age from Hiroshima to the Present

[Aaron Gerow]

Begin forwarded message:
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> The Atomic Age from Hiroshima to the Present:
> Exploring Nuclear Weapons and Energy through Documentaries and Discussion
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> The University of Chicago hosts a free symposium exploring nuclear energy, weaponry, and research with documentary screenings and panel discussions by experts
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> Saturday, May 21, 2011
> 8:30 a.m. - 5:00 p.m.
> International House, the University of Chicago, 1414 E. 59th St., Chicago IL. 60637
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> FOR MORE INFORMATION and to RSVP
> This event is free and open to the public, but RSVPs are required. Lunch will be provided free of charge.
> For full information and details, visit http://lucian.uchicago.edu/blogs/atomicage/aboutsymposium/ or call
> 773-702-2715.
> 
> DESCRIPTION
> For over a year, the University of Chicago has been planning and organizing this symposium bringing together filmmakers and experts for a day of film screenings and discussion about nuclear energy, weaponry, and research. When the organizers selected the title "The Atomic Age from Hiroshima to the Present," we had no expectation, indeed, no wish, that "the present" would include an actual nuclear catastrophe. The recent events at the Fukushima Daiichi plant in Japan, following upon the 25th anniversary of the Chernobyl disaster, give new urgency to all participants as we explore the atomic age-weaponry and energy, from the Cold War era to our present predicament. As we enter the eighth decade of the nuclear era, how can we think about-and act upon-the relationship between nuclear weapons and nuclear energy, in the classroom and in our communities?
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> The goal of this symposium is to foster dialogue and provide resources and information for the classroom and the community. The symposium will feature new documentaries by two women filmmakers, one from the U.S. and one from Japan. They will be joined by a panel of experts for discussion after each screening, with a roundtable to conclude the day.
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> FILMS
> Atomic Mom by M.T. Silvia explores the impact of nuclear testing in the U.S. through a focus on the filmmaker's mother, Pauline H. Silvia, a scientist who worked at the Nevada Test Site. Learning about her mother's past takes Silvia to Hiroshima, where she meets another "atomic" mother, Emiko Okada, a survivor of the atomic bombing. The contrasting stories of the two women overlap to dramatize the costs of nuclear actions and nuclear secrecy.
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> Ashes to Honey: Toward a Sustainable Future by Hitomi Kamanaka explores the decades-long, bitterly divisive struggle among residents over whether to build a nuclear power plant on an island in the Inland Sea of western Japan. With preparations for plant construction underway, Kamanaka takes us to Sweden to learn about an alternative energy policy in practice.
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> PARTICIPANTS
> M.T. Silvia, filmmaker (Twitter)
> Hitomi Kamanaka, filmmaker (Twitter)
> Kennette Benedict, (Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists)
> David Kraft (Nuclear Energy Information Service)
> Joseph Masco (Anthropology, University of Chicago)
> Sidney Nagel (Physics, University of Chicago)
> Robert Rosner (Astronomy & Astrophysics, and Physics, University of Chicago)
> Norma Field (East Asian Languages & Civilizations, University of Chicago)
> Yuki Miyamoto (Religious Studies, DePaul University)
> Tomomi Yamaguchi (Sociology & Anthropology, Montana State University) (Twitter: Japanese / English)
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> SPONSORS
> University of Chicago Center for East Asian Studies, International House, Rockefeller Memorial Chapel, the Human Rights Program, the Center for Gender Studies, and the Department of Anthropology.
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