March 9-10, 2012, Oberlin Shansi and Oberlin College will present Fukushima: Lessons Learned?, a two day symposium focusing on the global impact of the Great Tohoku earthquake, tsunami, and nuclear catastrophe, with particular emphasis on the environmental, economic, and political ramifications of these events within the United States.

A special thanks to the many individuals who contributed valuable time and insight to the organizing of this symposium and its many elements, including Diana Roose, Gayle Fujita Sato, elin o'Hara slavick, and to the symposium's many sponsors for making it all possible.

Sponsors at Oberlin College:
Office of the President, Office of the Dean of the College of Arts and Sciences, Creative Writing Program, Department of Art: Ellen Johnson Visiting Artist Fund, East Asian Studies Program, Geology Department, Leading Edge Fund (Humanities and Social Sciences), Alumni in Service to Oberlin College fund, Multicultural Resource Center, Environmental Studies Program, History Department, Physics and Astronomy Department, Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Biology Program, English Department, Asian American Alliance, Politics Department

Other sponsors:
Association for Asian Studies

For more information on the symposium, please contact Merrybelle Guo at mguo@oberlin.edu or 440.775.5239.