Dan Snow in conversation with Setsuko Thurlow: The Threat of Nuclear Weapons
- 19 September 2022
- 2:00pm – 3:00pm
- Online
- https://dajf.org.uk/event/dan-snow-in-conversation-with-setsuko-thurlow-the-threat-of-nuclear-weapons
- 020 7486 4348
- events@dajf.org.uk
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77 years ago, on August 6, 1945, the United States dropped the world’s first atomic bomb over the city of Hiroshima, killing over 140,000 people. Three days later, a second atomic bomb was dropped over the city of Nagasaki. Ever since then, the survivors of those bombings have been raising their voices to warn humanity about the catastrophic consequences of nuclear weapons, and to advocate their abolition.
In this webinar, moderated by Dan Snow, Setsuko Thurlow, one of the survivors of the Hiroshima atomic bombing, will share her experiences of the bomb and talk about her international activity promoting nuclear disarmament. She will share her message for future generations in the present context of escalating rhetoric, and rising risks that nuclear weapons will be used again.
The event is organised in cooperation with IDDP.
About the contributors
Setsuko Thurlow
Setsuko Thurlow was a 13-year-old schoolgirl when the United States dropped an atomic bomb on her city, Hiroshima. Today, she is a leading figure in the International Campaign to Abolish Nuclear Weapons (ICAN). Her powerful speeches have inspired countless individuals around the world to take action for disarmament. She was instrumental in the creation of the landmark Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons, adopted in July 2017 with the support of 122 nations. A living witness to the horrors of nuclear war, she has contributed enormously to the success of ICAN over the past decade.
Dan Snow
Dan Snow is a historian and television presenter. Interested in history from a young age, he studied the subject at Oxford and gained a double first. His career as a presenter began with El Alamein, a documentary co-presented with his father Peter Snow. They moved on to the series Battlefield Britain, which won a BAFTA for its portrait of eight key battles in British history, from Boudicca’s rebellion against the Romans to the Battle of Britain. Dan has a regular history slot on The One Show and recently was spotted spending time in a sewer for the BBC Two series Filthy Cities.
