Engagement Type:
Knowledge and Resource Sharing
Activity Type:
Workshop
Start Semester: Spring
Total UNO Students: 0
Start Academic Year: 2017-18
UNO Student Hours: 0
End Semester:
Spring
Total K-12 Students: 0
End Academic Year:
2017-18
K-12 Student Hours: 0
Total Number of Other Participants:
40
Topics:
Raise Awareness, History
Description :
Scholars James G. Blight and janet M. Lang, of the University of Waterloo, discuss their new book, "Dark Beyond Darkness: The Cuban Missile Crisis as History, Warning and Catalyst." The book takes readers to Cuba during the Cuban Missile Crisis to experience the dread of nuclear war, a fear Blight and Lang describe as relevant to today. Blight and Lang use their experience to call for nuclear abolition. Presented by the Nebraska State Council for Social Studies. Sponsored by the following UNO Departments: History, Psychology, Sociology and Anthropology, and Political Science. The Nebraska State Council for Social Studies is affiliated with the National Council for the Social Studies.