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'HIROSHIMA and PEACE 2010' Course Schedule
Date Day Time Lecture/Event Lecturers
July 27 Tue. Afternoon Meeting Ceremony with Hostfamilies -
July 28 Wed. 10:40-11:40 Japan Time I : Japanese language (for beginners) IWATA Kazunari
13:00-13:30 Registration (Tuition collection) -
13:30-14:30 Japan Time II: Lesson and tips on Japanese culture and daily life (for non-Japanese participants) IWATA Kazunari
14:30-17:00 Orientation, Introductions, Overview of Peace (lecture) and Discussion: What does peace mean to you? RINNERT, INOUE, FAROUK & NISHIDA
17:00-18:00 Orientation and Campus Tour
18:00-20:00 Welcome Party
July 29 Thur. 9:30-10:30 Roles of the Media in Foreign Image Building, International Relations, and World Peace INOUE Yasuhiro
10:50-12:20 Communication Style and (Mis)understandings: Implications for Resolving Conflicts Across Cultures Carol RINNERT
Afternoon Field Study: Visit to Peace Memorial Museum and Testimony of an Atomic Bomb Survivor
July 30 Fri. 9:00-10:30 The Manhattan Project, the Bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki, and the Development of Nuclear Weapons Robert A. JACOBS
10:50-12:20 The Atomic-Bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki: A Crime Against Humanity TANAKA Yuki
13:30-15:00 Hiroshima in the International Context: How the World Reported the 60th Anniversary of the Atomic Bombing INOUE Yasuhiro
Criminality of the Atomic Bombing: The Tokyo War Crimes Tribunal and the Shimoda Case (for graduate students) TANAKA Yuki
July 31 Sat. - -
Aug. 1 Sun. - -
August 2 Mon. 9:00-10:30 Explaining the Korean Situation in Northeast Asia KIM Sung Chull
10:50-12:20 Southeast Asia: Past Trends, Current Trajetories Narayanan GANESAN
13:30-15:30 Discussion: Peace-related Problems in Your Own Home Country
(for undergraduate students)
HALLET, RINNERT& INOUE
TBA
(for graduate students)
TBA
August 3 Tue. 9:00-10:30 Japanese Civil Society and the US Alliance: An Analysis of Dilemmas in Alliance Relationships KAMIMURA Naoki
10:50-12:20 The Atomic Bomb Myth: "Saving Lives and Ending the War?" Brien HALLETT
13:30-15:00 DU (Depleted Uranium) Weapons as the "Nuclear Shadow": the Challenge of ICBUW'S International Campaign KAZASHI Nobuo
15:20-16:50 Futures of August 6, 1945: A Case of 'Peaceful Utilization' of Nuclear Energy in Hiroshima
(for undergraduate students)
YUASA Masae
Peace-building
(for graduate students)
NISHIDA Tatsuya
August 4 Wed. 9:00-10:30 Democracy and Pacifism in Postwar Japan MOMOSE Hiroshi
10:50-12:20 Nuclear Culture in America During the Cold war Robert JACOBS
13:30-15:00 Isram and Peace Omar FAROUK
15:20-16:50 Culture as a Political Tool in Opposing Nuclear Testing in the US
(for graduate students)
Robert JACOBS
15:20-17:20 Negotiation Simulation
(for undergraduate students)
FAROUK & RINNERT
August 5 Thur. 9:00-10:30 Sustainable Development for Peace: Promoting Access to Natural Resources to Alleviate Poverty NAKASHIMA Masahiro
10:50-12:20 French Literature as a Way to Peace Christian Le DIMNA
13:30-15:30 HIROSHIMA Memory Debates and Japan's Pacifist Movement KIM Mikyoung
15:20-16:50 Japan and the United Nations: A Unique Vision for Peace Alexander Mejia, UNITAR Director
August 6 Fri. 7:00-11:30 Peace Memorial Ceremony ; Peace Tours or Survivors' Testimony in English
August 7 Sat. 9:00-10:30 Final Exam
11:20-12:20
13:30-15:00
Graduate Student Presentations and Discussion INOUE & Faculty Advisors
15:00-17:00 Final Discussion: What does Hiroshima mean to you?
Evening Farewell Party



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