Hiroshima-Nagasaki Atomic Bomb Exhibition

Purdue University will host a Hiroshima-Nagasaki Atomic Bomb Exhibition and related presentations 18 February (Monday) through 1 March on the West Lafayette campus.

Sachiko Masuoka, an 85-year-old Hiroshima atomic bomb survivor and Chicago resident, will talk about her experience at 1 p.m. 23 February in Room 200 of Wetherill Laboratory of Chemistry at Purdue. Yuki Miyamoto, an assistant professor of religious studies at DePaul University and a second-generation hibakusya ("atomic bomb survivor") will join her.

Thirty poster panels will be on display in the first-floor hallways of Stanley Coulter Hall at Purdue from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday through 1 March. There also will be an origami making station for senbazuru ("1,000 cranes") on the first floor of Stanley Coulter. The cranes will be sent to the Hiroshima Children Memorial (pictured) to be registered and displayed.

The movie Face of Jizo: Chichi to Kuraseba, a 2004 Japanese film with English subtitles, will be shown at 7 p.m. 22 February in Stanley Coulter, Room 239.

All events are free and open to the public. Purdue's Department of Foreign Languages and Literatures, Asian studies program, Peace studies program and College of Liberal Arts are sponsoring the events. The Hiroshima Peace Memorial Museum also is a supporter. For more information, contact Kazumi Hatasa, 765:494-3846.