Peter Kuznick, professor of history at American University in Washington D.C., will discuss “The Atomic Bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki Reconsidered: Challenging the Official Justification” Thursday, Feb. 22 at 3:45 p.m. in Social Sciences 104 as part of the Pizza & Politics series sponsored by Pi Sigma Alpha and the Political Science Department.
Kuznick is director of American University's Nuclear Studies Institute, where he specializes in recent American history and the U.S. cultural and nuclear ramifications of the Cold War. He has authored several books, including “Beyond the Laboratory: Scientists as Political Activists in the 1930s America,” and is co-editor of “Rethinking Cold War Culture.” He is writing a book about scientists' opposition to the Vietnam War.
Kuznick led the Committee for a National Discussion of Nuclear History and Current Policy in response to the Smithsonian's controversial Enola Gay exhibit, and he co-founded the Nuclear Education Project.
Pizza & Politics is funded through an Intellectual Enrichment Grant. For more, contact the Political Science Department at ext. 6224.