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Date: Tue, 14 Feb 2006 15:51:32 -0600
From: Jennifer Tishler <jtishler@WISC.EDU>
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Subject: [SEELANGS] Conference on Chernobyl at U. of Wisconsin, March 23-25

March 23-25, 2006, the Center for Russia, East Europe, and Central Asia 
(CREECA) at the University of Wisconsin in Madison will co-sponsor a conference 
marking the 20th anniversary of the Chornobyl accident. This event is free and 
open to the public and we extend an invitation to our colleagues in Wisconsin, 
the upper Midwest, and beyond. See below for more information.

-Jennifer Tishler
University of Wisconsin-Madison
CREECA
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CONTACT: Lara Kain, Center for Russia, East Europe, and Central Asia Outreach 
Coordinator. outreach@creeca.wisc.edu or 608-265-6298

Conference website: http://www.wisc.edu/creeca/chernobyl2006/

CONFERENCE TO EXAMINE LEGACY OF CHERNOBYL AS NUCLEAR ACCIDENT'S 20TH 
ANNIVERSARY NEARS

The legacy of the explosion at the Chernobyl Nuclear Power Station in the 
Ukraine twenty years ago this April will be the subject of a conference at the 
University of Wisconsin-Madison titled "Chernobyl Here and Now: Global 
Engagement, Local Encounters." The conference, to be held March 23-25, 2006, at 
the Pyle Center, 702 Langdon Street, is free and open to the public. 
Pre-registration is required.

Among the speakers are:

-David Marples, Professor of History, University of Alberta, Edmonton, and the 
author of "The Social Impact of the Chernobyl Disaster" -Louisa Vinton, United 
Nations Development Program, New York
-Oksana Garnets, United Nation Development Program, Ukraine
-Evelyn J. Bromet, Professor of Psychiatry and Preventive Medicine at the State 
University of New York at Stony Brook
-Yuri Risovanny, Former senior engineer, Pripyat Industrial Association

April 26, 1986 marked not the limit but the starting point of the Chernobyl 
catastrophe. Its repercussions continue to be seen among the five million 
people living across regions of the Ukraine, Belarus and Russia that were 
contaminated by the accident. The affected populations have had to cope with 
the ongoing political, social, environmental and health consequences of the 
accident. Moreover, they have had to cope with the often conflicting 
recommendations of scientists and experts who have yet to come to a consensus 
on Chernobyl's aftermath.
The conference will examine the ongoing psychological and social effects of the 
disaster and how governmental and nongovernmental organizations have changed 
over time to address the evolving nature of the disaster. The conference will 
also examine the legacy of Chernobyl here, including disaster relief training 
and practice as well as the efforts of local and regional NGOs to aid and train 
populations in the affected lands.

The conference is being sponsored by FOCCUS, the Friends of Chernobyl Centers, 
U.S.; the Center for Russia, East Europe and Central Asia, a member program of 
the UW-Madison's International Institute; and the Stasiuk Program for the Study 
of Contemporary Ukraine at the University of Alberta.

For more information, contact Lara Kain at the Center for Russia, East Europe, 
and Central Asia, 210 Ingraham Hall, 1155 Observatory Drive, Madison , WI 
53706-1397.
Tel: 608.265.6298; Fax: 608.890.0267; outreach@creeca.wisc.edu Additional 
information, including a registration form, is available on the conference’s 
Web site at http://www.wisc.edu/creeca/chernobyl2006/

-- 
Jennifer Ryan Tishler
Associate Director
Center for Russia, East Europe, and Central Asia (CREECA)
210 Ingraham Hall, 1155 Observatory Drive
Madison, WI 53706
tel. 608-262-3379
fax. 608-890-0267
http://www.wisc.edu/creeca

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