Hiroshima: Reality, Memory, History 1945 and 2026
Koko Tanimoto Kondo, Award-winning Hiroshima Atomic Bomb Survivor and AU Graduate ('69) will discuss her and her family's history and memories about the day that changed the world and their lifelong efforts to rebuild the damaged city and get justice for the atomic-bomb survivors.
Also Cannon Hersey, author, filmmaker, and grandson of Pulitzer Prize-winner John Hersey, whose 1946 book Hiroshima changed the way the world looked at the U.S. atomic bombing
and Peter Kuznick, Professor of History and Director of AU's Nuclear Studies Institute, who has written extensively about the atomic bombings and current nuclear threats and who nominated Nihon Hidankyo, Japan's atomic bomb survivors organization, for the 2024 Nobel Peace Prize, which they won.
Also Cannon Hersey, author, filmmaker, and grandson of Pulitzer Prize-winner John Hersey, whose 1946 book Hiroshima changed the way the world looked at the U.S. atomic bombing
and Peter Kuznick, Professor of History and Director of AU's Nuclear Studies Institute, who has written extensively about the atomic bombings and current nuclear threats and who nominated Nihon Hidankyo, Japan's atomic bomb survivors organization, for the 2024 Nobel Peace Prize, which they won.
- Type:
- Special Guests and VIP Speakers
- Host:
- History
- Contact:
- Peter Kuznick