Social Sciences
Bi-coastal programs on Japan's tsunami
Japan's Aftermath
An Initial Assessment of the Nuclear Disaster in Japan
Wednesday, March 16
6:00 pm
Institute of East Asian Studies Conference Room
2223 Fulton Street, 6th Floor
University of California, Berkeley
California
Roundtable Discussion
Dana Buntrock, Architecture
Cathryn Carson, History, and Associate Dean of Social Sciences (Moderator)
Peter Hosemann, Nuclear Engineering
Shinya Nagasaki, Nuclear Professional School, University of Tokyo,
and Visiting professor, Nuclear Engineering
Bozidar Stojadinovic, Civil and Environmental Engineering
Jasmina Vujic, Nuclear Engineering
Sponsored by
Institute of East Asian Studies, Center for Science, Technology,
Medicine, and Society, Nuclear Engineering, Civil and Environmental
Engineering, Architecture, Center for Japanese Studies,
Institute of International Studies
Japan's Nuclear Crisis
Wednesday, March 16
5:30?7:00pm
MIT Bldg E15,
Bartos Theatre (Atrium Level)
20 Ames Street
Cambridge, Massachusetts
MIT experts discuss Japan's nuclear past, present, and future from a political and engineering perspective. The presentation will include an eyewitness account of the crisis
and the Japanese government's response.
Guest speakers
Richard Samuels, Ford International Professor of Political Science and Director of the MIT Center for International Studies
Ken Oye, Associate Professor at MIT and Director of the MIT-CIS Program on Political Economy and Technology Policy
Michael Golay, MIT Professor of Nuclear Science and Engineering
Sponsored by
MIT Center for International Studies, MIT-Japan Program,
and Department of Nuclear Science and Engineering
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