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2024 #NobelPeacePrize goes to Japanese organization #NihonHidankyo for efforts against #NuclearWeapons

October 11, 2024

"The Nobel Peace Prize for 2024 was awarded Friday to the Japanese organization Nihon Hidankyo, with the Nobel committee lauding the 'grassroots movement of #AtomicBomb survivors from #Hiroshima and #Nagasaki' for its work to 'achieve a world free of nuclear weapons and for demonstrating through witness testimony that nuclear weapons must never be used again.'

"Jørgen Watne Frydnes, chair of the Norwegian Nobel Committee, said the award was made as the 'taboo against the use of nuclear weapon is under pressure.'

"Both North Korean leader Kim Jong Un and Russia's Vladimir Putin have repeatedly threatened over the last year to use nuclear weapons if they feel their nations are being threatened.

"The secretary general of Nihon Hidankyo, which is also known as #Hibakusha, is 92-year-old Nagasaki bombing survivor #TanakaTerumi, who was 13 when the American bomb hit his city.

"The 2024 Peace Prize was awarded against a backdrop of devastating conflicts raging in the world, notably in the #MiddleEast, #Ukraine and #Sudan."

Read more:
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/nobel-peace-prize-2024-nihon-hidankyo-japan-anti-nuclear-weapons/

#NoNukes #NoWar #NoNuclearWeapons #NoNuclearWar #PeaceActivists

Today! Join us!

International Student/Young #Pugwash (ISYP), a global and interdisciplinary network of students and young professionals concerned with the interface of #science, #technology, society and #ethics.

I'll be in conversation with ISYP members about my book and work on global #hibakusha issues in an online event this Tuesday.

"On the basis of extensive research, including oral histories in over 20 radiation-affected communities, Bo reveals the many ripple effects from #nuclear production, testing, and disasters. He connects these seemingly distinct legacies into one comprehensive global history of a slow-motion nuclear war.

In order to better understand this framing and delve into particular case studies, #ISYP convenes a discussion event with Bo Jacobs on Tuesday, April 25, 2023, at 11 am GMT / 7 am EST / 8 pm JST."

#EnvHist @histodons @sts #ColdWar

https://isyp.org/2023/03/28/event-the-global-hibakusha-a-discussion-with-prof-robert-jacobs/

I'll have an online discussion of global hibakusha issues and my work with International Student/Young Pugwash (based in Germany) next Tuesday on Zoom.

From the event promo:
"The Japanese term ‘hibakusha’ commonly refers to the people affected by the atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki in 1945. It roughly translates to ‘people affected by the bomb’.

In his book 'Nuclear Bodies: The Global Hibakusha', Robert (Bo) Jacobs broadens the term – conceptually and geographically."

Join and share, especially with students.

#Pugwash #IYSP #nuclear #Germany #WhatsOn #hibakusha @histodons @nuclearhumanities #InternationalStudents

https://isyp.org/2023/03/28/event-the-global-hibakusha-a-discussion-with-prof-robert-jacobs/

Online event

"The Japanese term ‘hibakusha’ commonly refers to the people affected by the atomic bombings of #Hiroshima and #Nagasaki in 1945. It roughly translates to ‘people affected by the bomb’.

In his book ‘Nuclear Bodies: The Global Hibakusha’, Robert (Bo) Jacobs broadens the term – conceptually and geographically.

On the basis of extensive research, including oral histories in over 20 radiation-affected communities, Bo reveals the many ripple effects from nuclear production, testing, and disasters. He connects these seemingly distinct legacies into one comprehensive global history of a slow-motion nuclear war."

Time: Tuesday, April 25, 2023, at 11 am GMT / 7 am EST / 8 pm JST.

Learn more and register to join the Zoom event at the link below.

#nuclear #Pugwash #NuclearPower #NuclearWeapon #hibakusha #ColdWar #NuclearWaste @histodons @nuclearhumanities @sts

https://isyp.org/2023/03/28/event-the-global-hibakusha-a-discussion-with-prof-robert-jacobs/