We are excited to share this exclusive interview with Chad Diehl, an assistant professor at the University of Virginia, and author of Resurrecting Nagasaki: Reconstruction and the Formation of Atomic Narratives. The book was recently published by Cornell University Press with the Studies of the Weatherhead East Asian Institute. In Resurrecting Nagasaki, Diehl examines … [Read more...]
Resurrecting Nagasaki: Reconstruction and the Formation of Atomic Narratives
STUDIES OF THE WEAI BOOK SERIES Chad R. Diehl (Cornell University Press, 2018) For information from the publisher, please click here. In Resurrecting Nagasaki, Chad R. Diehl examines the reconstruction of Nagasaki City after the atomic bombing of August 9, 1945. Diehl illuminates the genesis of narratives surrounding the bombing by following the people and groups … [Read more...]
Carol Gluck Talks with Slate About the Differing Ways Japan and the U.S. Remember World War II
Carol Gluck, the George Sansom Professor of History and Chair of the Committee on Global Thought at Columbia University, talked with Slate in a May 11, 2016 article titled "How Japan and the U.S. Remember World War II." Following the news that President Obama will be the first American president to visit Hiroshima, Isaac Chotiner, a Slate contributor, conducted an interview … [Read more...]
