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November 3, 2011
Call for papers: The Lessons of Fukushima, Willamette University
February 24-25, 2012
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From: Cecily McCaffrey <cmccaffr@willamette.edu>
Call for papers:
The Lessons of Fukushima
Willamette University
February 24-25, 2012
The disastrous earthquake and tsunami that hit northern Japan on
March 11, 2011 drew the immediate attention and sympathy of the
international community. Successive meltdowns and malfunctions at
the Fukushima nuclear power plants heightened global concern and the
disaster continues to unfold one year later with no end in sight.
The Fukushima disasters present challenges not only to the Japanese
people and nation-state, but to the world at large.
What can we learn from Fukushima? What is our collective
responsibility as educators, activists, and citizens in the face of
this natural and human tragedy? In presenting this symposium, we
seek to identify and learn from the global lessons of Fukushima.
We invite scholars, community advocates, and government
representatives to submit proposals for papers that address the broad
theme of "The Lessons of Fukushima" as relevant to Japan, the U.S.,
or other world areas. We intend the symposium to function as a
vehicle for education and collaboration; we hope to inspire both
interdisciplinary and inter-agency conversations.
Interested respondents should submit a 250-word abstract of the
proposed paper to Cecily McCaffrey at cmccaffr@willamette.edu by
December 1, 2011. Invitations to the symposium will be issued by
December 15, 2011.
Cecily McCaffrey
Associate Professor of History
Willamette University
900 State Street
Salem, OR 97301
(503) 375-5429
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