Webinar: The Threat of Nuclear War: Four Decades After “The Day After”

By chance yesterday I saw a post on Facebook about a webinar being held later that day about the 1983 movie “The Day After“. Thanks to it being held late afternoon in the US, I was able to attend (in the UK) before going to bed… although the topic isn’t really “bedtime reading/viewing”. The full…

“Hiroshima – Nagasaki – Fukushima – Articulations of the Nuclear. The Case of Japan” Conference

As noted in my previous post (Splitting Atomic Symbolism: Words, Images, and Sounds of a Nuclear World), last week I attended the “Hiroshima – Nagasaki – Fukushima – Articulations of the Nuclear. The Case of Japan” Conference at the University of Cologne. It was a fabulous conference and I wanted to say some more about…

Splitting Atomic Symbolism: Words, Images, and Sounds of a Nuclear World

Last week, I attended the “Hiroshima – Nagasaki – Fukushima – Articulations of the Nuclear. The Case of Japan” Conference at the University of Cologne. It was a fabulous conference and I will do a further post about it. In this post I will say a bit about my presentation. It is planned that a…

Favourite Photos: Nagasaki Hypocentre

On some days I just do a short post that primarily revolves around a favourite photo without much accompanying text. This picture was taken during trip to Nagasaki in 2020. I chose this image as my mind is focussed on the atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki, and other nuclear issues, due to attending a…

Favourite Photos: Genbaku Dome

On some days I just do a short post that primarily revolves around a favourite photo without much accompanying text. This picture was taken during trip to Hiroshima in 2013. I chose this image as my mind is focussed on Hiroshima, and other nuclear issues, due to attending a conference at the University of Cologne…

“Protect and Survive” and Nuclear Imagery

As noted in my post Splitting Atomic Symbolism: Differing Words, Images, and Sounds of a Nuclear World, I am due to give a paper related to symbolism of nuclear weapons (primarily) at a conference in May 2022. This paper fits with my on-going research on symbolism and Visual Packaging Culture, and also builds on the…

Nuclear Imagery and Looking for Movies and TV Programmes

As part of my research on Visual Packaging Culture and also for a conference paper (see Splitting Atomic Symbolism: Differing Words, Images, and Sounds of a Nuclear World), and building on my previous work on disaster movies (see, for example, Disaster Narratives by Design: Is Japan Different?) I am watching a number of movies and…

Preferring Live Action over Anime – Hadashi-no-Gen

Over the past week, for work on my the conference paper I will give in May (see Splitting Atomic Symbolism: Differing Words, Images, and Sounds of a Nuclear World), I have re-watched Hadashi-no-Gen (はだしのゲン) (Barefoot Gen) (dir. Masaki, 1983), watched Hadashi-no-Gen 2 (Barefoot Gen 2) (dir. Hirata, 1986) and watched Hadashi-no-Gen (Barefoot Gen) (dir. Nishiura…

Splitting Atomic Symbolism: Differing Words, Images, and Sounds of a Nuclear World

All being well, in May (2022), I will be giving a paper on “Splitting Atomic Symbolism: Differing Words, Images, and Sounds of a Nuclear World” at the “Hiroshima – Nagasaki – Fukushima – Articulations of the Nuclear. The Case of Japan” Conference at the University of Cologne. While the concern back in 2021, when I…

“Special Bulletin” – A Special TV Movie that Needs a Remake

As well as re-watching Mission of the Shark: The Saga of the U.S.S. Indianapolis (as I discussed in “Anyway we delivered the bomb” – Telling the Story of the Sinking of the USS Indianapolis), I have also re-watched another TV movie, “Special Bulletin” recently. I have already done one post about “Special Bulletin“, so won’t…

“Anyway we delivered the bomb” – Telling the Story of the Sinking of the USS Indianapolis

Those who regularly follow my blog posts or come to the top page first, will be aware of a range of my research and personal interests. Three of these areas – Japan, atomic/nuclear weapons, and Jaws – come together with one event, the sinking of the USS Indianapolis. In a sentence, the sinking of the…

Hiroshima: 75 Years Later

Originally posted on Lauren Constance:
(Image from https://www.discoveryplus.co.uk/show/hiroshima-75-years-later) I find I write best in the mornings, but by about 3 or 4 o’clock in the afternoon, I hit a wall and I know that I’ve reached my limit of computer-work. Instead of finishing up for the day, I decided to watch a documentary that I’ve…