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The Nuclear Environment: SYMPOSIUM

Event Type
Conference/Workshop
Sponsor
Center for Advanced Study (CAS)
Location
Literatures, Cultures & Linguistics Building, Lucy Ellis Lounge (First Floor)
Date
Sep 19, 2025   9:00  
Contact
John Levi Barnard
E-Mail
jbarnard@illinois.edu
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Originating Calendar
Campus Humanities Calendar

Two panels and a roundtable on nuclear weapons and nuclear energy as environmental problems. Toshihiro Higuchi (History, Georgetown U) and Aanchal Saraf (Social Science & Cultural Studies, Pratt Institute) speak on Temporalities of the Nuclear Age (9:30am-10:45am); Rebecca Hogue (English, U of Toronto) and Jessica Hurley (English, George Mason U) speak on Nuclear Colonialism & Indigenous Life (11am-12:15pm). The Closing Roundtable begins at 2pm.

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