aaus-list @ ukrainianstudies.org -- [aaus-list] Conference on Chernobyl at U. of Wisconsin, March 23-25

[Jennifer Tishler <jtishler@WISC.EDU> (by way of Robert DeLossa)]

[via SEELANGS]

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 conferencešs 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