In the Shadow of Hiroshima: Childrens’ Visions of Life

Exhibit - Multimedia | June 12 – September 12, 2012 every Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday & Friday with exceptions | 9 a.m.-5 p.m. |  Institute of East Asian Studies (2223 Fulton, 6th Floor)

Sponsors: Institute of East Asian Studies (IEAS), Center for Japanese Studies (CJS)

"In the Shadow of Hiroshima: Childrens’ Visions of Life" is an exhibit that evokes war, horror, and devastation—with hardly a trace of any of these depicted in the works themselves.

“Hiroshima” is a city whose name is inextricably linked with the moment in August 1945 when it became the victim of the first atomic bomb attack. While the images of its destruction are widely known, less...   More >

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A Conversation with Sir Fazle Abed, founder of BRAC: The Path Out of Poverty: Stories of Success in Bangladesh

Lecture | September 10 | 10:30-11:30 a.m. | Sutardja Dai Hall, Banatao Auditorim

Speaker/Performer: Sir Fazle Abed, BRAC

Sponsor: Blum Center for Developing Economies

Sir Abed is visiting the US as a recipient of The Asia Foundation’s Chang-Lin Tien Distinguished Visiting Fellow award. The Fellowship honors the late Dr. Tien, former Chancellor of the University of California, Berkeley.

Sir Abed will share his experience founding BRAC, an organization that focused initially on helping refugees in northeastern Bangladesh, and now...   More >