Join historian Tracy Lai and art historian Melanie King for an in-depth discussion of the recent University of Washington Press publication Resisting the Nuclear: Art and Activism Across the Pacific. Utilizing the text as the basis of our discussion, we will approach this series through the perspectives of impacted peoples and communities, activists, and artists responding to nuclear technology, warfare, fallout, and their legacies.
This program is full. All sessions will be held over Zoom. Participants will receive a physical copy of the book Resisting the Nuclear: Art and Activism across the Pacific. Participants are required to join at least 3 of the 4 sessions.
Session 1: The Nuclear & World War II
Thursday, September 26
Session 2: Testing the Nuclear
Thursday, October 3
Session 3: Nuclear Justice
Thursday, October 10
Session 4: Transpacific Activisms
Thursday, October 17