Remembering Hiroshima
City, Art, Environment, and Lived Experience
September 12-14, 2022
University of Idaho, Moscow, ID
All events are free
Tuesday, Sept. 13
“The Aesthetics of Post-Atrocity Building Projects”
10:30 a.m., Clearwater-Whitewater Room, ISUB
Yutaka Sho, Associate Professor of Architecture, Syracuse University
Xiao Hu, discussant
“Godzilla and Japan’s Nuclear Imaginary, from Hiroshima to Fukushima”
2:30 p.m., Clearwater-Whitewater Room, ISUB
William M. Tsutsui, President of Ottawa University
Yuta Kaminishi, discussant
Screening of Gojira (the original 1954 Godzilla) with introductory remarks by William M. Tsutsui
7 p.m., Kenworthy Performing Arts Centre
Wednesday, Sept. 14
“Hiroshima, Nagasaki, and the Environmental Age”
10:30 a.m., Borah Theater, Pitman Center
Toshihiro Higuchi, Assistant Professor of History, Georgetown University
Kerri Clement, discussant
Keynote Address: “An A-bomb Survivor’s Testimony-The Voice of the Hibakusha for Peace”
4 p.m., International Ballroom, Pitman Center
Keiko Ogura, Hiroshima Survivor
Followed by a panel discussion with Yutaka Sho, William M. Tsutsui, and Toshihiro Higuchi
Other Events
Hiroshima Peace Memorial Museum Exhibit
Reflections Gallery, Idaho Student Union Building
Aug. 16 - Sept. 16, 2022 (Opening reception, Aug. 25, 3:30-5 p.m.)
Japanese literature, manga and film display
University Library
Aug. 16 - Sept. 16, 2022
Origami crane making
Entrance to the Idaho Student Union Building
weekdays, Sept. 1-16, noon to 1 p.m.
Keynote Speaker
Keiko Ogura, Hiroshima Survivor
Symposium Presenters
- William M. Tsutsui, President of Ottawa University
- Yutaka Sho, Associate Professor of Architecture, Syracuse University
- Toshihiro Higuchi, Assistant Professor of History, Georgetown University
Keynote Speaker
Keynote Address
Symposium Presenters
