"Inheritance" of Hiroshima and Nagasaki, The: Rethinking the Bombings towards a Post-Survivor World (SOAS Studies in Modern and Contemporary Japan) - Hardcover

Über die Autorinnen und Autoren

Maika Nakao is Associate Professor at Hiroshima University, Japan. She received her Ph.D. in history of science from the University of Tokyo and is an expert on the nuclear history of Japan. She worked at Nagasaki University from 2018 to 2021 and co-edited the book, Seventy-five Years after the Atomic Bombing: Tracing Records and Memories of Nagasaki (Shoshi Tsukumo, 2021).

Masaya Nemoto is Assistant Professor of Historical Sociology and Qualitative Research Methods at Hitotsubashi University, Tokyo, Japan. His work focuses on the memory of the Asia-Pacific War and nuclear catastrophes in Japan, including the life stories of hibakusha. He has received awards for his book Hiroshima paradokusu: sengo Nihon no hankaku to jindo ishiki [Hiroshima paradox: anti-nuclearism and humanitarianism in postwar Japan] (2018).

Ran Zwigenberg is Professor of Asian Studies and History at Pennsylvania State University, USA. He has published multiple works on Hiroshima, beginning with his prize-winning monograph, Hiroshima: The Rise of Global Memory Culture (2014), which addresses survivor politics, trauma, and heritage issues.