Titanic to the Great East Japan Earthquake: Documentation of Disasters

‘Titanic to the Great East Japan Earthquake: Documentation of Disasters’ a collaborative symposium between the University of Glasgow and the University of Tokyo

The White Star liner Titanic sank after striking an iceberg in the north Atlantic in April 1912 and the Great Eastern Japanese Earthquake (3/11) took place almost a century later in March 2011.  Both disasters sent shock waves round the world and were extensively covered in the world press that in both cases had to rely heavily on eye-witness accounts. 
This public event will summarise two days of specialised seminars on documenting disaster, participants include specialists in writing and documentation, print cultures, the digital environment and philosophical approaches to the creation and dissemination of information and memorialisation.

Admission Free, please register at http://www.surveymonkey.com/s/Titanic_to_the_Great_East_Japan_Earthquake