LAJI News:
The Los Alamos-Japan Institute (LAJI) invites the community to a discussion on Japanese museums’ perspectives on peace, new exhibitions in Kyoto and Fukushima as well as art, artifacts and sacred human stories teaching peace in museums today.
This talk is 5 p.m. Monday, March 7.
Participating in the conversation are Japanese museum leaders from the Kyoto Museum for World Peace at Ritsumeikan University, the International Network of Museums for Peace and Japan’s new Dengonkan Peace Museum in Fukushima.
LAJI Founder Dr. Judith Stauber and LAJI Chair Clifton Truman Daniel, grandson of President Truman, also will take part in the talk.
Participants are welcome to send questions and engage with speakers:
- Professor Shinichi Ago Director, Kyoto Museum for World Peace;
- Dr. Ikuro Anzai, Scientist and Honorary Director Kyoto Museum for World Peace;
- Dr. Kazuyo Yamane Peace Museum scholar and LAJI Global Advisor; and
- Junko Kanekiyo Curator, Kyoto Museum for World Peace.
Visit www.laji.us to RSVP and receive the link to the live online event 24 hours prior.
