Japan Studies Association
“Remembering Hiroshima and Nagasaki: 1945- 2015”
A Faculty Development Workshop held in Japan
June 28 – July 8, 2015
“Remembering Hiroshima and Nagasaki: 1945- 2015”
A Faculty Development Workshop held in Japan
June 28 – July 8, 2015
Mr. Yasuyoshi Komizo
Chairman, Hiroshima Peace Culture Foundation, and
Secretary General, Mayors for Peace
Chairman, Hiroshima Peace Culture Foundation, and
Secretary General, Mayors for Peace
Ms. Keiko Ogura
Founder of Hiroshima Interpreters for Peace and Official Spokeswoman for A-Bomb Survivors with the Hiroshima Peace Culture Foundation
Founder of Hiroshima Interpreters for Peace and Official Spokeswoman for A-Bomb Survivors with the Hiroshima Peace Culture Foundation
Community College of Philadelphia students and faculty participants listen to a question from Professor Lonny Carlile, University of Hawai'i
Mr. Kenji Shiga,
Director of the Hiroshima Peace Memorial Museum,
discusses plans for new exhibits, here working with an interpreter in the Q&A session.
Director of the Hiroshima Peace Memorial Museum,
discusses plans for new exhibits, here working with an interpreter in the Q&A session.
Professor Joseph Overton,
JSA President (in front) listens to the talks, along with workshop participants.
JSA President (in front) listens to the talks, along with workshop participants.
Volunteer guide Keiko Miyamoto, the Hiroshima Peace Culture Foundation, with Professor Fay Beauchamp, JSA Vice President for Special Projects.
Professor Fay Beauchamp returns cranes given to her colleague Lynne Shivers, former Director of the Hiroshima World Friendship Center; a dedicated peace activist, Lynne Shivers died in February 2015.
Community College of Philadelphia students with the Peace Bell,
Hiroshima Peace Park.
Hiroshima Peace Park.
Professor Gen Kikkawa
President, Hiroshima Peace Institute
Professor James Peoples, JSA Secretary, thanks Professor Gen Kikkawa after his plenary lecture on June 30, 2015.
President, Hiroshima Peace Institute
Professor James Peoples, JSA Secretary, thanks Professor Gen Kikkawa after his plenary lecture on June 30, 2015.
Professor Kazumi Mizumoto,
Vice President, Hiroshima Peace Institute and Professor, Hiroshima City University
Vice President, Hiroshima Peace Institute and Professor, Hiroshima City University
Dr Robert Jacobs,
Research Associate Professor, Hiroshima Peace Institute and
Hiroshima City University
Research Associate Professor, Hiroshima Peace Institute and
Hiroshima City University
The Curator of Hiroshima Castle with a photo showing the Meiji era Imperial General Headquarters; a guided tour arranged by Ms. Naoko Okimoto, Hiroshima Peace Culture Foundation, who also translated for the workshop participants.
Professor Ronald Klein,
Global Studies in English, Hiroshima Jogakuin University
Global Studies in English, Hiroshima Jogakuin University
Ms. Yayoi Minokawa
Peace Promotion Office,
Nagasaki City Hall and Nagasaki Atom Bomb Museum
Peace Promotion Office,
Nagasaki City Hall and Nagasaki Atom Bomb Museum
Mr. Nagai
Director, Nagai Takashi Memorial Museun, Nagasaki
Director, Nagai Takashi Memorial Museun, Nagasaki
Professor Stacia Bensyl, JSA Treasurer (center) reports back on her group's discussion of Dr. Nagai’s Bells of Nagasaki, at Nagasaki Atomic Bomb Museum.
Professor Robert Feleppa, JSA Board Member at Large (center), facilitates the report on his group's discussion of Ibuse's Black Rain, at Nagasaki Atomic Bomb Museum.
JSA workshop participants at the Nagasaki Museum of History and Culture
From left back row: Timothy Sullivan, Kenyon College; Fay Beauchamp, JSA Vice President for Special Projects; Donna Kirchheimer (slightly in front), Lehman College, CUNY; Michael Flynn, Carleton College; Cecile Yancu, Winston State University; Dawn Gale, Johnson County Community College; Japanese actor; Vivien Minshull-Ford, Wichita State University; Lonny Carlile, University of Hawai'i at Manoa; Ann Taylor, Wabash College; Michael Stern, Community College of Philadelphia.
Front from left front/middle row: Mary Griffin, Community College of Philadelphia; Richard Kraince, Antioch College; Pamela Herron, University of Texas, El Paso; Joyce Madancy, Union College; Linda Noel, Morgan State University; Catherine Bae, California State University; Debora Supplitt and Rebecca Broyles, Washington; Albert Wong, University of Texas, El Paso; Jennifer Welsh, Lindenwood University; Thomas Dow, Moraine Valley Community College.
From left back row: Timothy Sullivan, Kenyon College; Fay Beauchamp, JSA Vice President for Special Projects; Donna Kirchheimer (slightly in front), Lehman College, CUNY; Michael Flynn, Carleton College; Cecile Yancu, Winston State University; Dawn Gale, Johnson County Community College; Japanese actor; Vivien Minshull-Ford, Wichita State University; Lonny Carlile, University of Hawai'i at Manoa; Ann Taylor, Wabash College; Michael Stern, Community College of Philadelphia.
Front from left front/middle row: Mary Griffin, Community College of Philadelphia; Richard Kraince, Antioch College; Pamela Herron, University of Texas, El Paso; Joyce Madancy, Union College; Linda Noel, Morgan State University; Catherine Bae, California State University; Debora Supplitt and Rebecca Broyles, Washington; Albert Wong, University of Texas, El Paso; Jennifer Welsh, Lindenwood University; Thomas Dow, Moraine Valley Community College.