Hiroshima Survivor Visit

Kai Xie, Assistant Professor of Japanese (Kenyon College); Yumiko Tashiro, Visiting Assistant Professor of Japanese (Kenyon College); Sachiko Kondo, Lecturer in Japanese (Oberlin College); Miho Suzuki, Lecturer in Japanese (Oberlin College); and Ann Sherif, Professor of Japanese (Oberlin College) will collaborate to bring Shiegeko Sasamori, a survivor of the Hiroshima atomic bomb explosion, to Oberlin and Kenyon for public talks about her experience and peace-building activities. Japanese language courses will conduct lessons to talk and learn about the history and lessons of the bombing as modern-day citizens and will screen documentary films on the subject.