A Conference on Nuclear Weapons for Students and Young Professionals
Published April 01, 2008 @ 07:00AM PT
On Saturday, April 12th, the Nuclear Age Peace Foundation, American University’s Nuclear Studies Institute, and Americans for Informed Democracy are sponsoring an all-day conference at American University in Washington, DC titled Think Outside the Bomb.
Think Outside the Bomb provides students and young professionals with the opportunity to engage in discussions about the need for a world free of nuclear weapons with policy experts, historians, and award-winning authors. The conference will also teach participants practical skills that will help accomplish this goal.
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For a full agenda and general information, go to: http://www.thinkoutsidethebomb.org/
To apply, go to: http://www.thinkoutsidethebomb.org/menu/conference/dc_spring_2008/apply.htm
For additional questions, contact Nuclear Age Peace Foundation Washington, DC Director Nick Roth at nroth@napf.org.
Location: Ward building, 4400 Massachusetts Avenue, Washington, DC 20016
Speakers include:
Martin Sherwin, Professor of History, George Mason University and co-author of Pulitzer Prize winning American Prometheus The Triumph and Tragedy of J. Robert Oppenheimer;
Zia Mian, Physicist, Princeton University’s Program on Science and Global Security; Director, Project on Peace and Security in South Asia; and
Hugh Gusterson, Professor of Sociology, George Mason University and author of People of the Bomb: Portraits of America’s Nuclear Complex.
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