Public Lecture
”Hibakusha: Transcending Borders to Pass on the Atomic Bomb Memories”
In January 2025
(Sponsored by the Center for Peace, Hiroshima University)
(Co-sponsored by the Hiroshima Peace Memorial Museum)
Date & Time
January 25, 2025 12:30 – 15:00
Venue
Hiroshima Peace Memorial Museum, East Building, B1F. Memorial Hall
Program
| Time | Details |
|---|---|
| 12:30～12:35 | Opening Remarks Noriyuki Kawano Director, The Center for Peace, Hiroshima University |
| 12:35～13:05 | Keynote Address “The Importance of the Hidankyo’s Nobel Peace Prize and the Forum 2024 ‘NUKES – How to Counter the Threat’. The Reality of Human Health Effects After 80 Years” Masao Tomonaga A-bomb survivor, President of the Nagasaki Hibakusha Notebook Friendship Association, Honorary Director of the Japanese Red Cross Nagasaki Atomic Bomb Hospital |
| 13:05～13:30 | Special Report “I met ‘Hiroshima’ in Oslo” Keiko Ogura A-bomb survivor, Representative of the Hiroshima Interpreters for Peace Group |
| 13:30～13:55 | Reports on the Hiroshima-Nagasaki Atomic Bomb Exhibitions Yoshifumi Ishida Director, Hiroshima Peace Memorial Museum With Special Communicators for a World without Nuclear Weapons Teruko Yahata and Sadae Kasaoka (A-bomb survivors) |
| 14:05～14:55 | Panel Discussion and Q&A with speakers Discussant: Hiroshi Harada Former Director of International Peace Affairs, Hiroshima City, and 9th Director of the Hiroshima Peace Memorial Museum Moderator: Luli van der Does Associate Professor, The Center for Peace, Hiroshima University |
| 14:55～15:00 | Closing remarks Yoshifumi ISHIDA Director, Hiroshima Peace Memorial Museum |
Poster:（PDF issue）
“Multipolarising Society and Memories of the Atomic Bombings: Steps Towards Universal Peace”
in February 2024
(Sponsored by the Center for Peace, Hiroshima University)
(Co-sponsored by the Hiroshima Peace Memorial Museum）
Date & Time
February 24, 2024 13:00 – 15:20
Venue
International Conference Center Hiroshima, Himawari
Program
| 時 間 | 内 容 |
|---|---|
| 13:00～13:05 | Opening Remarks Noriyuki KAWANO, Ph.D. Director, The Center for Peace, Hiroshima University |
| 13:05～13:45 | “Forgetting Hiroshima: The crisis of living memory in the digital era” Andrew HOSKINS, Ph.D. Professor, University of Glasgow |
| 13:55～14:15 | “Oppenheimer and the People of “the City of 75 years’ Barrenness”: A Study in the Ecology of Living Memories” Luli van der DOES, Ph.D. Associate Professor, The Center for Peace, Hiroshima University |
| 14:15～14:35 | “Parents Who Perished in the Atomic Bombing, Leaving Their Children Behind: Featuring Replaced Exhibition Materials in the Main Building” Ryo KOYAMA, Ph.D. Curator, Hiroshima Peace Memorial Museum |
| 14:45～15:15 | Panel Discussion with a Question & Answer Session Moderator: Shinsuke TOMOTSUGU, Ph.D. Associate Professor, The Center for Peace, Hiroshima University |
| 15:15～15:20 | Closing Remarks Takuo TAKIGAWA Director, Hiroshima Peace Memorial Museum |
Poster:（PDF issue）
Summary:（PDF issue）
“The World in Chaos and Hiroshima Today”
in February 2023
(Sponsored by the Center for Peace, Hiroshima University)
(Co-sponsored by the Hiroshima Peace Memorial Museum）
Date & Time
February 23, 2023 13:00 – 15:40
Venue
Hiroshima Peace Memorial Museum, Memorial Hall
Program
| Time | Details |
|---|---|
| 13:00～13:25 | Opening Remarks Lecture: “Reconsidering the role of HIROSHIMA in a chaotic state” Noriyuki Kawano Director of the Center for Peace Hiroshima University |
| 13:25～13:45 | “Nuclear abolition as an global issue” Shinsuke Tomotsugu Associate Professor at the Center for Peace Hiroshima University |
| 13:45～14:05 | “Crisis response and international cooperation” Mari Katayanagi Vice-director of Hiroshima University Graduate School of Humanities and Social Sciences International Peace and Co-existence Program |
| 14:15～14:35 | “Reliving the Memories of the Atomic Bomb and the Long-Term and Derivative Effects” Luli van der Does Associate Professor at the Center for Peace Hiroshima University |
| 14:35～14:55 | “The Current Status of the Museum’s Educational Activities as Seen Through Data” Masuhiro Hosoda Deputy Director at Hiroshima Peace Memorial Museum |
| 14:55～15:05 | “The Museum Now and in the Future” Takuo Takigawa Director of the Hiroshima Peace Memorial Museum |
| 15:15～15:40 | Panel Discussion with a Question & Answer Session |
| 15:40 | Closing Remarks |