GRACE writes:

"60 Years of the Nuclear Age" Lectures

New York City, April 12–15, 2005

The Ralph Bunche Institute–CUNY Graduate Center and GRACE–Global Resource Action Center for the Environment would like to invite you to the following multi-session lectures on nuclear disarmament and non-proliferation:60 Years of the Nuclear Age

Tuesday, April 12, 2005

9.30 AM to 12 PM

Facilitator: Maivan Clech Lam

Guest speakers: Peter Weiss, Jacqueline Cabasso , Frida Berrigan

Discussant: Richard Falk

Six decades after the use of atomic weapons, the danger of nuclear annihilation persists and the world faces a “cascade of proliferation”, as recently pointed out by the UN Secretary General’s High-level Panel on Threats, Challenges and Change.

Drawing from their areas of expertise, the panelists will reflect on the historical, legal and environmental implications of the existence of these devastating weapons throughout the last 60 years.

Nuclear Abolition — Prospects and Initiatives
Tuesday, April 12, 2005

1.30 to 4 PM

Facilitator: Maivan Clech Lam

Guest speakers: Kathleen Sullivan, Randy Rydell, Karl Grossman

Discussant: George Andreopoulos

In 2005 two major events will draw the world’s attention to the dangers of delaying the abolition of nuclear weapons: in May, international leaders will converge in New York for the Review Conference of the NPT, the cornerstone of the non-proliferation regime; and in August, people around the world will be paying their homage to the victims of the bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki. At this crucial moment, the panelists will reflect on the prospects for nuclear abolition and will examine the variety of initiatives underway in this area.

Where:

Graduate Center, The City University of New York
Room 9204-06,
365 Fifth Avenue at 34th Street

Co-sponsorship: Educators for Social Responsibility — Metro Area (ESR-Metro)

— For more information or to RSVP, please contact Dulce Fernandes at 212-726 9161 or dfernandes@gracelinks.org.

Nuclear Disramament, Activism and the Arts

Friday, April 15th, 2005

3:30 PM to 8:00 PM

The Department of Art and Art Professions, New York University Steinhardt School of Education, Professor Hiroshi Sunairi and Ombretta Agró would like to invite you to a two-session symposium on nuclear disarmament, activism and the arts:

Department of Art and Art Professions

34 Stuyvesant Street, New York

(Between 3rd and 2nd Avenues)

Einstein Auditorium

Education for Nuclear Disarmament
3:30 to 5:30 PM

Facilitator: Monika Szymurska

Guest speakers: John Burroughs, Kathleen Sullivan, Eric Ritz, David Clark

Six decades after the bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki, humanity continues to live under the threat of nuclear annihilation. Despite the efforts to control and abolish these genocidal weapons, the world faces a growing risk of a cascade of proliferation. Drawing from their experience as educators and activists, the panelists will reflect on the importance of promoting education and awareness in the context of the nuclear age.

The Nuclear Age and the Arts

6:00 to 8:00 PM

Facilitator: Kathleen Sullivan

Guest speakers: Dominic McGill, Ombretta Agrò, Joy Garnett, Hiroshi Sunairi, Nobuho Nagasawa

This panel will explore the ways by which artists may contribute to define and develop a new critical approach in the context of the nuclear age, one that is triggered by accessing the visual and interpretive arts. The panelists have explored these issues from various angles in their work within the arena of contemporary art and will address the complex links between contemporary art and the existence of nuclear weapons.

Co-sponsorship: GRACE-Global Resource Action Center for the Environment and Educators for Social Responsibility-ESR Metro, members of the Abolition 2000 network

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION: 212.254.8713 / sunairi@verizon.net