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1\21 Visions of the Atomic Age Symposium Feb 7

Department of History of Science, Medicine and Technology
The Johns Hopins Unversity
Baltimore, Maryland 21218

Visions of the Atomic Age:Since 1945 is a two-day symposium at Johns
Hopkins to be held February 7th and 8th, 2003. The focus will be
comparative. We are inviting scholars whose work deals with Russia,
Germany, developing countries, the U.S., the U.K., India, China,
Japan, Latin America and other places to present and discuss the
similarities and differences in the way in which the "Atomic Age" was 
conceived and integrated into public life in these countries. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION AND LOCAL ARRANGEMENTS CONTACT

Ms. Edna Ford, eford{at}jhu.edu
410-516-7501

Visions of the Atomic Age: Since 1945

Friday, February 7
Location: TBA after 15 January

9:00 a.m. Greetings and Introduction. Leslie, Kargon and Low.

9:30 a.m Nuclear Citizenship
 Chair and comment: Robert Kargon,JHU
 Jeff Hughes, "British response to the H-bomb"
 Richard Beyler, "Atomic Energy and the "Demon of Technology" 
  in Post- War West Germany" 
 Larwrence Badash, "From security blanket to security risk:
  Scientists in the decade after Hiroshima" 

12:00 noon Lunch Break

1:30 pm Energy and the Nuclear Genie
 Chair and Comment: Sharon Kingsland,JHU
 Bruce Hevly "For War and Peace: Hanford (US) in Transition"
 Paul Josephson,"The Environmental and Social Costs of Russia's
  Nuclear Hubris" 

 
3:30 Body and Mind in the Aftermath
 Chair and Comment: Morris Low, Queensland and JHU
 Jerome Shapiro "Atomic Bomb Cinema: Envisioning Tikkun Olam and
 the Restoration of Balance and Harmony in Popular Bomb Films of
 the USA and Japan" 
 Susan Lindee ,"What is the body of a soldier? Cold War Testimonies"
 
5:00pm Keynote Address: Dr. Gregg Herken, National Air and Space
 Museum

6:00 pm Reception

Saturday, February 8
 Location: Hodson Hall, room TBA after 15 January

9:00am Going Nuclear
 Chair and Comment: Steven David, JHU
 Xue Litai, "China's nuclear strategy"
 Gabrielle Hecht, "Race and Empire in the Geopolitics of Nuclearity"
 Regis Cabral, "From the Atomic Light to the Bomb Shadow --Latin
 America at the United Nations Atomic Energy Agency, 1945-1949" 

12:00 noon Lunch Break

1:30 Representation of the Atomic Age in Museums and Popular Culture
 Chair: S.W. "Bill" Leslie,JHU
 Arthur Molella "What Color Bomb Do You Want?" (US)
 Sophie Forgan "Atoms in Wonderland" (UK)

Morris Low " Displaying the Future in Japan"

4pm Conclusions: Roundtable discussion

5pm Closing Remarks

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