BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//PYVOBJECT//NONSGML Version 1//EN BEGIN:VEVENT UID:events.uid.1067@www.discovernikkei.org DTSTART:20080310T000000Z DTEND:20080328T000000Z DESCRIPTION:<strong>"Engaging Hiroshima and Nagasaki Today"\n---Poster Exhi bition and Speaking Events</strong>\n<em>Thousands of Nikkei were exposed to the A-bombs in Japan while in school there\, and hundreds of them settl ed in Southern California later. This event is a good opportunity to lear n more about their history.</em>\n\n* Informative poster exhibit on the de velopment and the use of the atomic bombs in Hiroshima and Nagasaki.\n\n* Accompanying speaking events by a Hiroshima survivor and a historian from Cornell University.\n\n"Engaging Hiroshima and Nagasaki Today" at the Univ ersity of Redlands is a three-week event\, from March 10 to 28. It offers an informational exhibition organized by the Hiroshima Peace Memorial Mus eum that focus on the effects of the only atomic bombings ever conducted i n history and provide an opportunity to think about the ramifications for us today. The University of Redlands will be the only location in Souther n California to display a full-scale exhibition of images from the Hiroshi ma museum which is holding the exhibition in 101 sites in the U.S. until t his fall. The posters are exhibited in the Armacost Library\, Appleton Ha ll\, Irvine Commons\, Hall of Letters\, and Larsen Hall through March 28.\ n\nA Hiroshima bombing survivor\, Kohji Hosokawa will speak on <strong>Mon day\, March 17</strong> at 7 p.m. in the Casa Loma Room. The Chair of Hir oshima Peace Culture Foundation\, Steven Leeper will introduce him.\n\nOn <strong>Wednesday\, March 26</strong> at 7 p.m. in the Casa Loma Room\, Pr ofessor Mark Selden\, research associate in the East Asia Program at Corne ll University\, will deliver the talk: "The Atomic Bomb: Hiroshima\, Nagas aki and the Face of Contemporary War."\n\nLocation: <strong>University of Redlands</strong> (San Bernardino County)\n* Poster Exhibition—Library\, Irvine Commons\, Hall of Letters\, Larsen and Appleton Halls\n* Talks—C asa Loma Room\n\nThe exhibition and the talks are <strong>free and open to the public</strong>\n\nContact:\nYukiko Kawahara\nUniversity of Redlands\ n(909) 748-8512\nYukiko_Kawahara@redlands.edu\n\nPlease go to the <a href= "http://www.redlands.edu">University Website</a> for more information.\n DTSTAMP:20240419T145345Z SUMMARY:"Engaging Hiroshima and Nagasaki Today" URL:/en/events/2008/03/10/engaging-hiroshima-and-nagasaki-today/ END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR