19th March 2020
TALK
ON
FUKUSHIMA
we're going to introduce a"truth" about Fukushima.
1st
Mr. Callum Farquhar
“Kamaishi, Iwate from Tsunami to hosting Rugby World Cup"
"Mr Callum Farquhar, OBE has been running an exchange programme for Scouts between Iwate Prefecture and Scotland for the past 30 years. On 2018 he received the Japanese Foreign Minister’s Commendation for his contribution to the promotion of mutual understanding between Japan and the United Kingdom and in 2019 the Queen recognised him as an Officer of the Order of the British Empire. He is Treasurer of the Japan Society of Scotland and Regional Commissioner for East Scotland Scouts."
Entry: Free
Place: Teaching room on the Ground Floor, 4 the Square at the University of Glasgow
Capacity: 40 (order of arrival so that strongly recommend to come earlier than the start time)
2nd
Dr. Alan Cresswell
“Environmental Remediation Following the Fukushima Daiichi Reactor Accident”
・The Nuclear Power Plant Accident
・Radioactivity
・Health Effects
・Remediation
“Dr Alan Cresswell is a Research Associate at the Scottish Universities Environmental Research Centre where he has over 20 years research experience in the measurement of radioactivity, for emergency response and environmental applications. Since 2012 his expertise has been applied to radiation measurements in Fukushima prefecture, including an appointment as Project Associate Professor at the Institute of Environmental Radioactivity at Fukushima University between 2014 and 2016. “
ON the page of Japanese Embassy:
https://www.uk.emb-japan.go.jp/SeasonCulture/EVENT/Month/202003/19_UniversityofGlasgow.html
Dr. Leslie Mabon
“The Sea Food, and Fishers’Lives in Fukushima”
・The Seafood in Fukushima
・Tritium
・ Fishing
Leslie Mabon is a Senior Lecturer in Social Science at the Scottish Association for Marine Science. He is interested in managing environmental change at the regional, city and local level; and especially risk and change in the coastal and marine environment. Leslie has been researching the social and cultural effects of the Fukushima Dai’ichi nuclear accident on fishing and coastal communities since 2014, and has visited the Fukushima coast every year since. He has developed a research partnership with Prof Midori Kawabe of Tokyo University of Marine Science and Technology, and together they have interviewed fishers, fisheries cooperative operators, local government officials and citizens about the effects of the disaster. Leslie’s research on Fukushima is currently funded through an Economic and Social Research Council-Arts and Humanities Research Council UK-Japan SSH Connections Grant, and his work has previously been supported by the Japan Foundation and the Regional Studies Association. You can read more about his research at energyvalues.wordpress.com
3rd
Yuya Kawamata
“Revitalization and the People
in Fukushima”
・People and Community
・Revitalization
Yuya Kawamata, who came from Fukushima University as an exchange student, have studied Fukushima by visiting at first hand the place seriously damaged by the earthquake, Tsunami and Radioactivity. My interest is people and through the conversation with the residents a lot, I try to resolve the issues of revitalization.
My main study field is Minami-soma, where I had traveled for 2 hours each way at least once a month in class, and then in private now. Also, I have joined Fukushima Ambassodors Programme every summer held in Fukushima university, where many foreign students including tudents in Glasgow come visit Fukushima. These experience gave me motivation to convey the information on Fukushima to my friends inorder to make them love Fukushima like me.