with Ms. Keiko Ogura, Hiroshima survivor
That Day in 1945: Effects of the Atomic Bombs in Post-WWII Japanese Culture
On That Day in 1945, the first atomic bomb attacked Hiroshima, and three days later Nagasaki, and changed the world ever after. This interdisciplinary symposium will hear from Hiroshima survivor Keiko Ogura and scholars whose research reveal the bombs’ lasting effects on our daily lives. The panel includes guests from Syracuse University and beyond, hosted by the Languages, Literatures and Linguistics department and the Moynihan Institute.
Morning Session: That Day
9:00 - 12:40
- 09:00 Opening Remarks, Gail Bulman, Languages, Literatures, and Linguistics
- 09:10 Introduction, Yutaka Sho, Architecture
- 09:20 Keynote, Keiko Ogura
- 10:00 Panel Discussion; Moderator: Margarita Estevez-Abe, Maxwell; Panelists: Keiko Ogura; George Kallander, Maxwell; Brian Hurley, LLL
- 10:50 Introduction, Tomoko Walter, LLL
- 11:00 Rahna Reiko Rizzuto, Goddard College, “Imagining Hiroshima”
- 11:35 Chad Diehl, Loyola University, “Against Walls of Silence: Survivors and Memory Activism in Nagasaki”
- 12:10 Q & A
- 12:40 Break for Lunch
- 1:10 Film: “My Small Steps from Hiroshima” Chie Yamagishi, Director, Japan Broadcasting Corporation NHK World
- 2:00 Q & A
Afternoon Session: Now
2:30 - 4:40
- 2:30 Introduction, Tomoko Walter, LLL
- 2:40 Daisaku Yamamoto, Colgate University - “From Hiroshima to Fukushima and Beyond: Living by Nuclear”
- 3:15 Susan Napier, Tufts University - “No More Words: The Visual Imagination of Apocalypse in Japanese Anime and Manga”
- 3:50 Q & A
- 4:20 Closing Remarks, Keiko Ogura
- 4:40 Reception in Slocum Hall Atrium
Exhibition
That Day Now: Shadows Cast by Hiroshima in Slocum Hall Marble Room
Resources
- More information and links to speaker bios
- Video preview: Michael Speaks and Yutaka Sho
- Keiko Ogura’s testimony: “Hiroshima as I Saw It”
- SU News: “Hiroshima Survivor to Share Her Experience”
- Contact: Havva Karakas-Keles hkarakas@syr.edu
- Accessibility contact: Marc Albert malber01@syr.edu
That Day Now Sponsorship
- The Japan Foundation
- Hiroshima Peace Memorial Museum
- Hiroshima Fukuyama Technical High School
- Hiroshima Motomachi High School
- Everson Museum of Art
- Clear Path for Veterans
- Syracuse City School District
- Gabe Nugent
- Barclay Damon
- Syracuse University units/programs, including: the School of Architecture; The Canary Lab at the College of Visual and Performing Arts; Office of the Vice Chancellor for Academic Affairs; the East Asia Program at Moynihan Institute of Global Affairs; Syracuse University Galleries; the Maxwell School of Citizenship and Public Affairs; Institute for Veteran and Military Affairs; the School of Education; the Humanities Center; Languages, Literatures and Linguistics at Arts and Sciences; Syracuse University Study Abroad; the Center for Human Policy; the S.I. Newhouse School of Public Communications; the Syracuse University libraries, and the Disability Cultural Center.
