AMERICAN UNIVERSITY
College of Arts and Science
Curriculum Vitae, CY 2014
PETER JEFFREY KUZNICK
EDUCATION
1984
Ph.D. Rutgers University, “Beyond the Laboratory: Scientists as Political Activists”
Advisor: Professor Warren Susman
1975
M.A. Rutgers University, History
1970
B.A. Rutgers University, New Brunswick, New Jersey
History Major, Summa Cum Laude
EMPLOYMENT HISTORY
9/86 -
American University, Washington, DC
Assistant, Associate, and Full Professor of History
Courses Taught:
History of the U.S. I
History of the U.S. II
America’s Quest for the Good Society, 1607-1865
America’s Quest for the Good Society Since 1865
Social Forces that Shaped America
Oliver Stone’s America
Ideology, Culture, and American Politics
Twentieth Century America
The Depression Decade: 1930’s America
Science, Technology, and Mass Culture in 20th Century America
America Between the Wars, 1919-1941
Living with the Bomb: America in the Nuclear Age
American Decades: The 1930s (American Studies Course)
American Culture in the Nuclear Age
Contemporary Culture: Nuclear Culture
Emergence of Modern America, 1877-1920
Historical Interpretations: U.S. Cold War Culture
U.S. Since 1945
Major Seminar
Science, Politics, and Society in 20th Century America
Hiroshima, Nagasaki, and Beyond
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Honors Colloquia:
America’s Vietnam: History, Film, and Fiction
Blowing in the Wind: Society, Culture, and Politics in 1960s America
America’s Killing Fields—Vietnam and Cambodia: History, Film, and
Fiction
Explorations in the History of American Sexuality
Colloquium in U.S. History II
Colloquium in the History of American Radicalism
Colloquium in Postwar America: 1945-1970
Graduate Readings in the History of Science
Graduate Readings in the History of American Peace Movements
Graduate Readings in the History of American Sexuality
Graduate Research Seminar
Graduate Readings in Marxist and Neo-Marxist Theory
9/85 - 6/86
University of Maryland Baltimore County
Visiting Assistant Professor of American Studies
Courses Taught:
Ideas and Images in American Culture
Critical Decades: The 1930s
Science, Technology, and Mass Culture in Twentieth Century America
9/84 - 7/85
Smithsonian Institution-George Mason University Joint Postdoctoral Fellow
Smithsonian Research Project: “Science and the Common Man in 1930’s”
Visiting Assistant Professor of American Studies at George Mason University
Courses Taught:
1930’s American Culture
Science, Technology, and Mass Culture in America, 1945-1985
8/78 - 6/83
University of Maryland College Park and University College
Courses Taught:
History of Ideas in America
Culture and Thought in 20th Century America
U.S. History I & II
History of Law and Order
History of Violence in America
America Between the Wars, 1919-1941
8/78 - 6/82
Prince George’s Community College
Courses Taught:
U.S. History
Modern European History
Peter Jeffrey Kuznick
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1/78 - 5/78
Aims Community College (Greeley, Colorado)
Courses Taught:
U.S. History
Recent U.S. History
3/77 - 12/77
Community College of Denver
Courses Taught:
U.S. History
World History
History of Democratic Thought
Colorado History
6/76 - 12/76
Arapahoe Community College (Littleton, Colorado)
Courses Taught:
U.S. History (Taught at Federal Correctional Institute, Englewood,
9/72 - 6/75
Rutgers University
Teaching Assistant:
Recent U.S. History
History of American Women
Adjunct Professor:
Development of the U.S.
American Labor History
Radicalism in America (Newark Campus)
1/72 - 9/72
COPE (Career-Oriented Preparation for Employment), Federally-funded High
School Program in Newark, N.J.
Courses Taught: College Preparation in E.S.L. Program
HONORS AND AWARDS:
2004-2013 Organization of American Historians Distinguished Lecturer
1996
Nuclear Studies Institute awarded the Most Creative and Innovative Summer
Program in North America by North American Association of Summer Sessions
1992
National Endowment for the Humanities Summer Research Award
1991
The American University Research Award
1984
Smithsonian Institution-George Mason University Postdoctoral Fellow
1970
Phi Beta Kappa
Woodrow Wilson Fellow
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PUBLICATIONS
BOOKS
The Untold History of the United States, young readers edition for 10-16 year olds,
co-authored with Oliver Stone (Simon & Schuster, forthcoming December 2014)
The Concise Untold History of the United States, co-authored with Oliver Stone (new book
based largely on the documentary scripts) (Simon & Schuster, October, 2014)
Oliver Stone, Peter Kuznick, and Satoko Norimatsu,“What is War? What is War Really
Like?”: The Collected 2013 Japan Interviews, Talks, and Articles by Oliver Stone
and Peter Kuznick (Kinyobi Books, Tokyo, 2014).
The Untold History of the United States, co-authored with Oliver Stone (Simon & Schuster,
October 30, 2012); paperback published in October 2013; Graphic novel in preparation;
translations have appeared or will appear in Chinese, Japanese, Russian, Spanish,
Korean, Arabic, Bulgarian, Hungarian, French, Turkish, Portuguese, German
Genpatsu to hiroshima - genshiryoku heiwa riyo no shinso (Nuclear Power and Hiroshima:
The Truth Behind the Peaceful Use of Nuclear Power) co-authored with Yuki Tanaka
(Iwanami Publishers, October 2011)
Rethinking the Atomic Bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki: Japanese and American
Perspectives co-authored with Akira Kimura (Kyoto: Horitsu Bunkasha, 2010)
Rethinking Cold War Culture, co-edited with James Gilbert (Smithsonian Institution Press,
2001)
Beyond the Laboratory: Scientists as Political Activists in 1930s America (University of
Chicago Press, 1987; paperback edition, 1989)
DOCUMENTARY FILM SERIES
The Untold History of the United States, co-authored with Oliver Stone; 12-part
documentary film series, first aired on Showtime, Nov. 12, 2012-Jan. 13, 2013;
sold as Blue-Ray by Warner Bros. in October 2013; DVD box set out in March 2014;
has begun airing around the world
BOOK CHAPTERS
“Political conversion was the greatest aphrodisiac,” Interview on Antiwar Organizing at
the 1968 Democratic Convention in Christian G. Appy, ed., The Vietnam War: An Oral
History (Viking Press, 2003), 313-316.
Preface to Joseph Walwik, The Peekskill, New York, Anti-Communist Riots of 1949
(Edwin Mellen Press, 2002), i-ii.
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“James B. Conant,” in Paul S. Boyer, ed., Oxford Companion to United States History
(Oxford University Press, 2001), 152.
“U.S. Culture and the Cold War,” co-authored with James Gilbert in Rethinking Cold War
Culture (Smithsonian Institution Press, 2001), 1-13.
“Science and the Left, 1920-1950,” in Paul Buhle, ed., The Encyclopedia of the American
Left (Garland Press, 1990), 680-684.
REFEREED ARTICLES
“Defending the Indefensible: A Meditation on the Life of Hiroshima Pilot Paul Tibbets,
Jr.,” Japan Focus (January 2008) http://japanfocus.org/products/details/2642
“Prophets of Doom or Voices of Sanity? The Evolving Discourse of Annihilation in the
First Decade and a Half of the Nuclear Age,” Journal of Genocide Research
(September 2007), 411-441.
“The Decision to Risk the Future: Harry Truman, the Atomic Bomb, and the Apocalyptic
Narrative,” Japan Focus (August
2007) http://www.japanfocus.org/products/details/2479
“Losing the World of Tomorrow: The Battle Over the Presentation of Science at the 1939
New York World’s Fair,” American Quarterly, 46(September 1994), 31-373.
INVITED ARTICLES
Op-ed, “The American Elephant vs. the Okinawan Flea,” Ryukyu Shimpo (Okinawa),
(October 22, 2014)
Op-ed on Japan’s plutonium stockpile for People’s Daily (April 2014) China
“Through Russian Eyes,” co-authored with Oliver Stone, Shukan Kinyobi (June 2014),
Japan
Op-ed for China’s People’s Daily on Abe’s visit to Yasakuni Shrine
Op-ed for People’s Daily about the prospects for Japan developing nuclear weapons
Letter to the editor (with Oliver) published in the New York Times on CIA involvement in
the 1965-66 Indonesia coup
“On Revolution,” (with Oliver) New Statesman (November, 2013) London, UK
“Oliver Stone and Peter Kuznick On How Obama Should Handle the Crisis In
Syria,” Daily Beast (October 15, 2013)
“The Myth of American Exceptionalism,” USA Today (October 25, 2013), Op-ed with
Oliver Stone
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“Obama is Laying the Foundations of a Dystopian Future,” Financial Times (July 15,
2013), Op-ed, with Oliver Stone
“US and Japan: Partners in Historical Falsification,” Huffington Post (September 10, 2013)
Op-ed, with Oliver Stone
“Obama’s Empire,” USA Today (January 13, 2013), Op-ed with Oliver Stone
“Wallace Had the Right Ideas on U.S.-Soviet Relations,” Wall Street Journal (January 16,
2013), rebuttal to Op-ed by Ron Radosh
“Oliver Stone Defends His ‘The Untold History of the United States,’” Daily Beast
(November 21, 2012), with Oliver Stone
“The Problem With America’s History Books,” Huffington Post (November 1, 2012), with
Oliver Stone
“Don’t Betray Us, Barack: End the Empire,” New Statesman (April 14, 2011), co-authored
with Oliver Stone; Our title was “Channeling Obama’s Inner Gorbachev”
“Japan’s nuclear history in perspective: Eisenhower and atoms for war and peace,”
Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists (April 13,
2011) http://www.thebulletin.org/web-edition/features/japans-nuclear-history-perspec
tive-eisenhower-and-atoms-war-and-peace
“Awakening America’s ‘Moral Responsibility to Act,’” Chugoku Shimbun (Hiroshima),
June 28, 1910, part of their series Hiroshima and the World
“The Atomic Bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki: 60th Anniversary
Reflections,” Nagasaki Peace Studies Journal 20(October 2005), 61-70.
“A Tragic Life: Oppenheimer and the Bomb,” review essay, Arms Control Today
35(July-August 2005), pp. 37-40.
“Scientists on the Stump,” (Originally titled, “Unacceptable Risk: The Scientists’
Mobilization to Defeat Goldwater in 1964”), Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists
60(November-December 2004), 28-35.
“Whitewashing History: The Smithsonian’s New Enola Gay Exhibit,” Nagasaki Peace
Studies Journal 19 (October 2004), 84-89.
“The 1945 Atomic Bombing of Nagasaki and the 2003 Invasion of Iraq: Similarities and
Differences,” Nagasaki Peace Studies Journal 16(November 2003), 86-92.
“We Can Learn a Lot from Truman the Bigot,” Los Angeles Times (July 18, 2003) (My
title was “Still Wild About Harry?”)
“Truman and the Bomb,” Asahi Shimbun (August 5, 2000)
“American and Japanese Students Respond to visiting Hiroshima and Nagasaki,” Michi
(The Road), Kyoto, Japan (1999), 94-100.
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“He ‘Never Lost Any Sleep’: Coping With Truman’s Nightmarish Nuclear Legacy,”
review essay, Radical History Review 75(1999), 131-147.
“American Students’ Responses to Visiting Hiroshima,” Ritsumeikan University Peace
Studies Magazine, (Spring 1998)
“The Painful Task of Confronting Our Nations’ Histories,” Yomiuri Shimbun, (August 9.
1995)
“Facing Our Histories,” Economic and Political Weekly, (April 15, 1995), coauthored with
Uday Mohan and Akihiko Kimijima.
Syllabus for my course “Living with the Bomb: American Culture in the Nuclear
Age,” Radical History Review, 63(1995), 167-170.
“Smithsonian Row is About Reconciling the Past,” Asahi Evening News, (March 1, 1995),
coauthored with Uday Mohan and Akihiko Kimijima.
“We Can Hold an Atomic Bomb Exhibit That Faces Our Histories,” Asahi Shimbun,
(February 21, 1995), coauthored with Uday Mohan and Akihiko Kimijima.
“The Birth of Scientific Activism,” Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists, (December, 1988)
BOOK REVIEWS
J. Samuel Walker, Three Mile Island: A Nuclear Crisis in Historical Perspective, History:
Reviews of New Books, (Fall 2004)
Review of Kenneth D. Rose, One Nation Underground: The Fallout Shelter in American
Culture, The Historian, (2003)
Review of Patrick J. McGrath, Scientists, Business, & the State, 1890-1960, Journal of
American History, (March 2003)
Review of Steven Neuse, David E. Lilienthal, ISIS, (1999)
Review of Stuart Leslie, The Cold War and American Science, Science and Society,
(Summer, 1995)
Review of Mark Pittenger, American Socialists and Evolutionary Theory, ISIS, (1994)
Review of Jack S. Goldstein, A Different Sort of Time: The Life of Jerrold R.
Zacharias,Scientist, Engineer, Educator, Journal of American History (June, 1993)
Review of Marshall Hyatt, Franz Boas, Social Activist, Science and Society (1992)
Review of Greta Jones, Science, Politics, and the Cold War, ISIS (1990)
Review of David P. Peeler, Hope Among Us Yet: Social Criticism and Social Solace in
Depression America, Pennsylvania Magazine of History and Biography, (January,
1989)
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Review of Joseph J. Corn, ed., Imagining Tomorrow: History, Technology, and the
American Future appeared in Science, (October 10, 1986)
UNPUBLISHED RESEARCH
“Lost Cause,” Screenplay on the Cold War written for Oliver Stone.
“Healing the Well-Heeled: The Committee of Physicians and the Defeat of the National Health
Program in 1930’s America”
CURRENT RESEARCH
Revising screenplay “Lost Cause”
Book on Science, Scientists, and the War in Vietnam
Book on how the shifting perceptions (public, military, scientific, media, policymaker) of the
possibility that nuclear war could lead to complete annihilation have affected nuclear
strategy and discourse and public opinion
LECTURES
PROFESSIONAL MEETINGS
4/14
Organization of American Historians, Chaired and commented on session on “Citizen
Diplomacy”
7/13
American Library Association, Keynote Lecture with Oliver Stone on Untold History
6/13
SHAFR Conference, chaired and commented on a panel on “Capturing the Second Sun:
Atoms for Peace in the Global Context”
4/13 University of London, Institute of Historical Research, Popular and Public History Session,
screening and discussion of “The Bomb” episode of Untold History
3/13
Popular Culture Association, Ray Browne Keynote Lecture and screening of Untold
History and session on “Teaching Oliver Stone”
2/13
Atomic Heritage Foundation, National Science Foundation Workshop, “Moral
Responsibility of Scientists”
11/03 History of Science Society, “Creating a ‘Science of Survival: The Early Years of the
Scientists’ Antiwar Movement”
11/01 Society for the Social Studies of Science: “Averting ‘a disaster incomprehensible in its
magnitude’: The Roots of Scientists’ Anti-Vietnam War Activism”
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2/98
American Association for the Advancement of Science, “Opting for Life? The AAAS and
the War in Vietnam”
2/91
American Association for the Advancement of Science, “The AAAS and the `Science and
Society’ Movement in 1930s America”
10/94 History of Science Society, “The Ethical and Political Crisis of Science: The AAAS
Confronts the War in
3/94
Third International Meeting on the Public Communication of Science and Technology
(Montreal), “Public Communication of Science in the Vietnam War”
12/88 History of Science Society, commentator, “Science and the Disillusionment with Progress
during the Interwar Years”
4/86
Organization of American Historians, “Warren Susman, Teacher”
4/85
Organization of American Historians, “The Mystification and Commodification of Science
at the 1939 New York World’s Fair”
12/84 History of Science Society, “Beyond the Laboratory: Scientists as Political Activists in
1930’s America”
INVITED LECTURES
10/14 Screening of Untold History episode 7 and lecture on Vietnam War at the Public
Anthropology Conference
Dinner banquet speaker at the Assassination Archives and Research Center’s conference
on the 50th anniversary of the Warren Commission Report
Oliver and I keynoted the National Park Service’s commemoration of the Little Rock 9
with a screening of episode 5 and lecture on 1950s America to 1200 in the Central
High School auditorium
Oliver and I did screenings, lectures, and panel discussions at Johns Hopkins (with
Matthew Crenson), Yale (with Matthew Jacobsen), Stuyvesant High School,
University of Connecticut (with Frank Costigliola and Brad Simpson), Brown
(with Stephen Kinzer), Lesley, Northeastern (with Val Moghadam), and Tufts
(with Paul Joseph)
9/14
“American Empire in Historical Context” at American University teach-in on “The
American Empire”
“Whistleblowers and the National Security State” at American University Symposium on
Whistleblowers
Screening of Untold History episode 7 and lecture on the Vietnam War at Live ‘n Learn
Bethesda
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8/14
“An Evening with Peter Kuznick” in Osaka sponsored by a coalition of peace groups and
labor unions
“The Application of the Concept of ‘Just Peace’ to the Base Crisis in Okinawa” at Okinawa
International University
“The Okinawa Struggle in Global Perspective,” Nago, Okinawa symposium sponsored by
coalition of anti-base groups, newspapers, and magazines
4/14
Screening and discussions of Untold History (with Oliver) at MIT (Episode 3 “The
Bomb”)
Screening and discussion of Untold History (with Oliver) at Boston College (Episode 10
“Bush and Obama: The Age of Terror”)
Screening and discussion of Untold History (with Oliver) at University of Massachusetts
Boston (Episode 7 “Johnson, Nixon, and Vietnam”)
Screening and discussion of Untold History (with Oliver) at University of Wisconsin
Distinguished Lecture Series (Episode 10)
Screening and discussion of Untold History (with Oliver) at University of Wisconsin
Center for the Study of Southeast Asia (Episode 7).
Screening and discussion of Untold History at Bethesda Live and Learn (Senior Citizens)
of Episode 3
Co-organized and spoke at Georgetown symposium “Beyond Orwell: Surveillance,
Secrets, and Whistleblowing in the Security State.”
3/14
Screening and discussion of Untold History at Bethesda Live and Learn Episode 6 (“JFK:
To the Brink”)
Screening and Discussion of Untold History (with Oliver) episode 10 sponsored by the
Washington Film Institute
Keynoted (with Oliver Stone and Jeremy Scahill) Students for Liberty conference (Session
sponsored by the Future of Freedom Foundation)
11/13 Screening and lecture (episode 6) at Highland Park High School in Illinois
Screening and lecture (episode 3) at Northeastern Illinois University
Screening and keynote lecture (with Oliver) at the National Council for the Social Studies
annual meeting, addressing a couple thousand high school history teachers
Newseum presentation on Untold History with Oliver Stone, chaired by Shelby Coffey
Highland Park High School (outside Chicago) screening and lecture on Kennedy
Northeastern Illinois University, Jean B. Carlson Memorial Lecture on Kennedy legacy
National Council for the Social Studies Annual Meeting, St. Louis, Keynote Lecture (all
events with Oliver Stone)
10/13 Lecture tour of University of California schools: Riverside, Irvine, and UCLA, screening
of Untold History and panel discussions with Oliver Stone
Talk on John Kennedy’s AU Commencement Address to members of the AU class of ’63
at the Deans’ breakfast hosted by Peter Starr and Jim Goldgeier
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9/13
Juniata College, Huntington, Pennsylvania, Baker Institute for Peace and Conflict Studies,
screening of Untold History and public lecture on the atomic bomb and taught class on
the origins of the Cold War.
8/13
Nuclear Studies Tour 2013: Panels and/or talks and/or Untold History Screening of
Chapter 3: The Bomb with Hiroshima Peace Assembly, Gensuikyo General
Conference in Hiroshima and in Nagasaki, Nagasaki Peace Week, Gensuikin
Conference in Hiroshima and Nagasaki, Hayakawa International Forum (Japanese
publisher of Untold History), Mayors for Peace Conference, Hiroshima Alliance for
Nuclear Weapons Abolition (HANWA), Foreign Correspondents Club of Japan,
Ryukyu Shimpo (Okinawan newspaper), all with Oliver Stone
3/13
Saginaw Valley State, Michigan, Barstow Humanities Seminar, Screening of Untold
History, “The Cold War.” I also did three class lectures.
St. George’s School, UK, lectured high school students from England on Vietnam
American University, Screening of Untold History, “JFK” and panel with Oliver Stone
2/13
Stanford University, Screening of Untold History, “The Bomb” and panel with Oliver
Stone and Dan Ellsberg, chaired by Bart Bernstein
Illinois Institute of Technology, Screening of Untold History, “The Bomb” and panel with
Oliver Stone, chaired by Margaret Power, IIT History Dept.
Illinois Coalition Against Torture and Puerto Rican Cultural Center, Screening of Untold
History, “Vietnam,” Stone and Kuznick
Atomic Heritage Foundation, National Science Foundation Workshop, “Moral
Responsibility of Scientists
Progressive Magazine, Screening of Untold History, “The Bomb” and conversation with
Progressive editor, Matthew Rothschild
1/13
Illinois State University, Screening of Untold History, “The Bomb” and panel with Oliver
Stone chaired by Monica Cousins Noraian
11/12 American University, Screening of Untold History, “The Bomb” and panel with Oliver
Stone chaired by Dean Peter Starr
University of Baltimore, Screening of Untold History, “The Bomb” and panel with Oliver
Stone with John Prados and Adam Howard
Book Soup, Los Angeles, conversation with Jon Wiener and Oliver Stone.
Busboys and Poets, Screening of Untold History, “The Bomb” and conversation with
Andy Shallal and Oliver Stone
New York University, Screening of Untold History, “The Bomb” and panel with Marilyn
Young and Danny Walkowitz and Oliver Stone
92nd Street Y, screening of Untold History and panel with Lewis Lapham and Shane
Rosenthal and Oliver Stone
Cooper Union, screening of Untold History and panel with Jeffrey Madrick
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November 2013
Barnes and Noble (NYC), discussion and Untold History book signing with Michael
Hastings and Oliver Stone
10/12 New York Film Festival screening of Untold History (3 episodes) and Panel Discussion
with Jonathan Schell, Katrina vanden Heuvel, and Doug Brinkley
American University OLLI Lifetime Learning class, “Was This Really ‘the greatest thing
in history?’: Harry Truman and the Atomic Bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki”
9/12
Wellfleet Seminar on History and Psychology, “The Untold History of the Kennedy
Administration”
8/12
Nagasaki Confederation of A-Bomb Sufferers, Public lecture on “Harry Truman, Personal
Responsibility, and the Atomic Bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki”
10/11 “Peace in Asia and the Pacific: Alternatives to Asia-Pacific Militarization”
Conference at AU co-sponsored by the Nuclear Studies Institute, “Historical Perspectives
on U.S. Empire in the Asia/Pacific Region”
8/11
Nagasaki Confederation of A-Bomb Sufferers, Public lecture on “Rethinking the Atomic
Bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki”
4/11
Keynote speaker at CloseUp Foundation conference for high school teachers from across
the U.S. on “Teaching Controversial Topics in Nuclear History in U.S. High Schools
and Colleges.”
American University Global Day of Action on Military Spending, “Historical Perspectives
on Nuclear Insanity: From Hiroshima to Fukushima.”
5/10
Session chair and discussant and conference co-organizer at Pace University in
NYC—Conference titled “The Wisdom of the Survivor” in conjunction with the NPT
Review Conference
4/10
Commentator at AU’s History Day
3/10
Guest lecture on bomb decision for Phil Brenner’s honors class at AU
2/10
Two guest lectures on bomb decision at the University of Baltimore
1/10
Panel with Oliver Stone at the Television Critics Association Conference in LA on our
documentary film series, Untold History of the United States
10/09 American University, “Afghanistan and Iran: The Lessons of History and the Prospects for
Future Catastrophes.” Symposium on “Afghanistan, Pakistan, Iran, Iraq, Vietnam:
Exposing Official Lies,” cosponsored by the Sam Adams Associates for Integrity in
Intelligence AND AU’s Nuclear Studies Institute
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8/09
Hiroshima, Keynote address to “August 6 Peace Assembly,” “Will Obama End America’s
‘Worship’ of Nuclear Weapons?”
5/09
University of Toronto, “Salvaging Article 9: The Importance of Japan’s Peace Constitution
to the Global Antiwar Movement”
American University, Conference on the Eisenhower Administration cosponsored by AU’s
SIS and the Eisenhower Institute, “Just Like a Bullet: Eisenhower and the
Nuclearization of America Life (and Death)”
1/09
John Jay College of Criminal Justice, CUNY
“Historical Antecedents and the Question of Nuclear Abolition,” at Conference on
“Nuclear Weapons After Bush: Prospects for Abolition”
11/08 Omaha, Nebraska—Peru State College, Creighton University, the University of Nebraska
Medical Center, the Durham Museum, Millard South High School , “The Kennedy
Assassination: U.S. History’s Greatest Turning Point?” (Three day/nine lecture tour for
the Smithsonian Institution)
American University “1968 America” (Lecture following Department of Performing Arts
performance of Caleen Jennings’s play “Shared Space” at the Katzen Studio Theater)
St. Stephen’s Church, Washington, DC, “Hiroshima, Nagasaki, and the Nuclear Threat
Today” (Lecture in forum on “Poisons of War, Past and Present”)
10/08 American University “Hiroshima and History” (organized, chaired, and spoke at this
forum titled “Testimony from Hiroshima, which also included one of the Hiroshima
survivors and the head of the Hiroshima Peace Culture Foundation)
9/08
American University “A Question of Conscience: The Katherine Gun Story” (organized,
chaired, and spoke at this international symposium)
3/08
Utah Valley State College, “Reassessing the Atomic Bombing of Hiroshima and
Nagasaki” and “The Dangerous Lessons of Nuclear History”
Charles University, Prague
“The Atomic Bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki: A Military Necessity, A Crime
Against the People of Japan, or A Crime Against Humanity?”
Academy of Film Arts (FAMU), Prague, “Hollywood’s Nuclear Wars”
2/08
Two lectures on the decision to drop the bomb to honors and IB students at
Bethesda-Chevy Chase High School.
American University Honors Program, “Virtual JFK: Vietnam, If Kennedy Had Lived”
Participated in a panel discussion along with James Blight and Janet Lang, advisors to the
new documentary film of that title.
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9/07
Opening talk at Symposium “Surge or Scourge: The Truth About Iraq and Iran that You
Won’t Learn from Petraeus, Bush, or Cheney” Cosponsored by the Department of
History, the Nuclear Studies Institute, and the Sam Adams Associates for Integrity in
Intelligence, and Historians Against the War
8/07
Special Seminar for the Staff of the Hiroshima Atomic Bomb Museum “How to Respond
Most Effectively to Museum Critics Who Defend the Atomic Bombings of Hiroshima
and Nagasaki”
4/07
American University Symposium, “The Invasion of Iraq: Four Years and Counting/The
Invasion of Iran: Is Bush Counting Down?” Moderated and organized symposium
American University History Department Luncheon Seminar titled “Prophets of Doom or
Voices of Sanity: The Evolving Discourse of Annihilation in the First Decade and a
Half of the Nuclear Age”
American University History Day, Commentator
Lecture to Visiting High School Students from Hawaii whose families come from the
Marshall Islands, “Nuclear History from Hiroshima to Bikini”
Young Global Leaders Summit: Think Outside the Bomb at American University,
(Cosponsored by the Nuclear Age Peace Foundation, Americans for Informed
Democracy, and the Nuclear Studies Institute), “The Current Nuclear Threat in
Historical Perspective”
2/07
Union College, “The Atomic Bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki Reconsidered:
Challenging the Official Interpretation.” The lecture was cosponsored by
the Departments of History, Political Science, American Studies, Women's Studies,
and Asia Studies.
1/07
Ann Ferren Teaching Conference, “Not Just for Entertainment: Using Hollywood Films in
the Teaching of History”
11/06 CUNY Center On Terrorism Conference on “Terrorism and the University”
“Teaching Nuclear History Before and After 9/11”
7/06
Oasis (senior citizens group), “Was This Really ‘the greatest thing in history?’: Harry
Truman and the Atomic Bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki Reconsidered”
6/06
Atlanta Debate vs Judge Dan Winn, sponsored by Georgia Public Broadcasting:
“Was the Atomic Bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki Militarily and Morally Justified?”
Moderated by Former Attorney General Griffin Bell
5/06
Washington Program students from Union College, “The Enola Gay Controversies in
Historical Perspective”
Lecture to Visiting High School Students from Hawaii whose families come from the
Marshall Islands, “Introduction to Nuclear History”
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4/06
American University Student Research Conference, Session Chair
American University’s History Day, Chair and commentator
1/06
Ann Ferren Teaching Conference, “Using Guest Speakers in Class: You Too Can Get
Attacked By the Right Wing and Investigated by the FBI”
11/05 Young Global Leaders Summit: Think Outside the Bomb at American University
(co-sponsored by the Nuclear Age Peace Foundation, Americans for Informed Democracy,
and the Nuclear Studies Institute), “The Hiroshima Debate”
10/05 Wellfleet Seminar on History and Psychology (organized by Robert Jay Lifton)
“Reflections on the 60th Anniversary of Hiroshima and Nagasaki Commemorations in the
U.S., Japan, and England”
9/05
Community College of Philadelphia, “Was This Really ‘the greatest thing in history?’:
Harry Truman and the Atomic Bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki Reconsidered on
the 60th Anniversary” (also gave a faculty seminar on nuclear history)
8/05
Ritsumeikan University in Kyoto, “The Current Nuclear Crisis”
Public Lecture in Hiroshima (Sponsored by Nihon Hidankyo, Gensuikyo, and Gensuikin)
“The Criminality of Nuclear Weapons”
Public Lecture in Nagasaki (Sponsored by Nihon Hidankyo, Gensuikyo, and Gensuikin),
“The Criminality of Nuclear Weapons” (At all of these lectures, I appeared with Judge
Christopher Weeramantry, the former Vice Chair of the International Court of Justice,
who drafted the Court’s opinion on the illegality of nuclear weapons)
Public Symposium in Nagasaki (Sponsored by the Nagasaki Peace Institute)
“The Atomic Bombing of Nagasaki”
7/05
Royal Institution in London (Sponsored by Greenpeace UK), “The Atomic Bombings of
Hiroshima and Nagasaki Reconsidered: Challenging the Official Justification”
Plenary Session of the International Citizens’ Conference for No More Hiroshimas and
Nagasakis in Tokyo (Sponsored by Nihon Hidankyo, Gensuikyo, and Gensuikin), “The
Criminality of Nuclear Weapons”
6/05
The International Conference on Family Therapy, Session on Loss, Grief and Social
Activism, “How Hibakusha Use Anti-Nuclear Activism to Overcome Personal
Tragedy and Despair”
5/05
Lifting the Shadow: Toward a Nuclear-Free World at CUNY
Co-organized the conference (which was cosponsored by the Nuclear Studies Institute) and
chaired the session on Nuclear Proliferation and War with Helen Caldicott, Dan
Ellsberg, and Jonathan Schell.
Co-emceed the evening session of poetry (including several Pulitzer Prize winners),
political satire, and hibakusha testimony.
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4/05
Catholic University, “The Atomic Bomb: Artistic Reactions”
2/05
Luncheon talk to delegation of Japanese elected officials (mayors, Diet members, and
regional legislators) on “The U.S., Japan, and the Growing World Nuclear Crisis”
12/04 City University of New York--Second Nuclear Age Conference
Opening Plenary Address, “Hiroshima, Nuclear Proliferation, and the Culture of Fear”
4/04
American University, Panel discussion on Academic Freedom at AU, sponsored by
Students for Academic Freedom
6/04
Institute for Energy and Environmental Research
“Nuclear History You Never Learned in School”
8/04
Ritsumeikan University, Kyoto, “Why the U.S. Used Atomic Bombs in WW II”
Hiroshima, Japan—World Congress Against A&H Bombs (Gensuikyo), “American
Intellectuals and the Anti-Nuclear Movement in the U.S.”
8/04
Nagasaki, Japan—Nagasaki Peace Research Institute, “The Enola Gay Protest Movement
of 2003”
10/04 State Department-sponsored U.S. tour, Washington, DC, Address to group of Albanian
journalists and election officials, “Understanding the 2004 U.S. Presidential Elections
Within the Context of American Political and Cultural History”
12/03 American University Conference “Hiroshima in the 21st Century: Will We Repeat the
Past?” sponsored by the Committee for a National Discussion of Nuclear History and
Current Policy and the Nuclear Studies Institute, “Living with the Bomb: 58 Years of
Madness”
8/03
Ritsumeikan University, Kyoto, “Nuclear Proliferation and the Threat of Nuclear Anarchy
in the Post-Cold War World”
Nagasaki Peace Research Institute and Nagasaki Atomic Bomb Survivors’ Association,
“The 1945 Atomic Bombing of Nagasaki and the 2003 Invasion of Iraq: Similarities
and Differences”
7/03
Boston University summer school class, “Harry Truman and the Atomic Bombing of
Hiroshima and Nagasaki”
4/03
Palestine Center Forum, “The U.S. Invasion of Iraq: Democracy and Disarmament or a
New American Empire?”
3/03
American University Teach-In, “The Invasion of Iraq: Historical Lessons,” moderator and
commentator
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10/02 American University Forum on “The Growing Nuclear Threat: Applying the Lessons of
History to Today’s International Crises,” moderator and commentator
8/02
Ritsumeikan University, Kyoto, “The Heightened Risk of Nuclear War in the Post 9/11
World”
5/02
American University Forum on “Nuclear Wars: Past and Future?” moderator and
commentator
4/02
American University, CAS Mellon Faculty Colloquium on “How Has September 11
Changed Our World,” talk on “Heightening the Nuclear Threat: The Bush
Administration’s Strategic Nuclear Posture Review”
12/01 Smithsonian Institution, National Museum of American History
Participant with Helen Thomas and Charles Guggenheim on Panel on “America in
Mourning”
11/01 Society for the Social Studies of Science Annual Meeting, Boston, November 2001
“Averting ‘a disaster incomprehensible in its magnitude’: The Roots of Scientists’
Anti-Vietnam War Activism”
10/01 American University Teach-In on the War on Terrorism
“The End of the ‘American Century’: Applying Some Lessons of History to the Current
‘War’“
9/01
History Department Luncheon Forum presentation on historical perspectives on the current
terrorism crisis
8/01
Ritsumeikan University, Kyoto, August 2001
“The Japanese Film Industry and Japanese Nuclear Culture”
5/01
University of Delaware, Department of History Lecture Series, May 2001
“A ‘Widespread and Understandable Revulsion’: Scientists and the War in Vietnam”
3/01
Public Lecture and Book Signing at Politics and Prose Bookstore, March 2001,
“Rethinking Cold War Culture”
Lecture to Honors Student Assembly at Montgomery Blair High School in Wheaton, MD,
March 2001, “Deterrence or Insanity?: Warfare and Culture in the Nuclear Age”
10/00 American University Family Weekend Panel Discussion with Jack Anderson
“Television Talk Shows of the 1950s”
8/00
Ritsumeikan University, Kyoto
“The Victims’ Perspective: Portrayal of Hiroshima and Nagasaki in Japanese Films”
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3/00
Henry L. Stimson Center Roundtable on Promoting Awareness of Post-Cold War Nuclear
Dangers, “Nuclear Disarmament in Historical Perspective”
10/99 American University Family Weekend Lecture to Students and their Families
“The Atomic Bombing of Hiroshima: A Military Necessity, A Crime Against the People of
Hiroshima, or A Crime Against Humanity?”
9/99
Hiroshima Nagasaki Peace Association Forum
“Nuclear Proliferation and the Current Threat of Nuclear War”
8/99
Ritsumeikan University, Kyoto, “Living with the Bomb: American Culture in the Nuclear
Age”
Public Lecture in Hiroshima Sponsored by Ritsumeikan University Peace Studies Program,
“Was the Atomic Bombing a Crime Against the People of Hiroshima or a Crime
Against Humanity?”
10/98 American University, Family Weekend Lecture to Students and their Families
“Harry Truman and the Decision to Drop the Bomb: Its Military, Political, and Ethical
Dimensions”
9/98
Hiroshima Nagasaki Peace Association Forum
“Nuclear Proliferation and the Threat of Nuclear War in the World Today”
8/98
Ritsumeikan University, Kyoto, “Living with the Bomb: American Culture in the
Nuclear Age”
American University Freshman Service Experience Panel for Incoming Freshman Class,
“What Are You Fighting For: The Power of the College Generation” (Talk was on
“The Lessons of the 1960s for Today’s Concerned Students”)
3/98
American University Forum “Nuclear Weapons and Humanity” “Learning from
Hibakusha from Nagasaki and the Marshall Islands”
“Harry Truman, Jimmy Byrnes, Leslie Groves, and the Atomic Bombing of Japan”
Presented to visiting faculty and student group from Nanzan University in
Nagoya, Japan
2/98
American Association for the Advancement of Science
“Opting for Life? The AAAS and the War in Vietnam”
11/96 American University, “The Legacy of Vietnam”
Lecture-discussion accompanying Department of Performing Arts production of Lanford
Wilson’s “5th of July”
8/96
Ritsumeikan University, Kyoto
“Living with the Bomb: American Culture in the Nuclear Age”
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10/95 Keynote Speaker at special luncheon for Japanese trade union delegation from Hiroshima
and Nagasaki visiting U.S.
8/95
Ritsumeikan University, Kyoto, “The Impact of the Bomb on American Culture”
3/95
Organization of American Historians, Chair, Session on “The Cold War and American
Science”
5/95
Garrett Community College, “The Historical Legacy of WWII”
American University, Mellon Faculty Colloquium, Chair, Session on Race and Politics
3/94
American University CAS Student Research Conference
Chair, Session on “Anaylses of Literature and Film”
4/94
Landmarks Conference on The Cold War and American Culture
Chair, Session on the Militarization of American Culture
10/94 American University, Dormitory Council Lecture
“Great Moments in the History of American Sexuality”
11/94 Garrett Community College, NEH-Sponsored Series on World War II
“Hiroshima and Nagasaki Reconsidered: The Ethical, Political, and Military
Considerations”
3/92
Smithsonian Conference on “World’s Fairs and the Modern World”
Moderator, Session on “Popularizing Science and Technology”
2/92
AU Faculty Development Conference on “Empowering Teachers and Learners”
Presentation on “How Do We Teach Responsibly About Gender, Race, Class, and
Ethnicity”
4/91
M.I.T. Faculty Colloquium, Program in Science, Technology, and Society
“Beyond the Laboratory But Short of the Barricades: Scientists as Radical Activists in
1930s America”
1/91
American University Faculty Development Seminar
“History and Film”
10/89 North Carolina Seminar on History and Politics (Chapel Hill)
“Healing the Well-Heeled: The Committee of Physicians and the Defeat of the National
Health Program in 1930’s America”
5/89
Mellon Faculty Colloquium at American University
“Science and Society: A Historical Overview”
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4/89
Smithsonian Institution Exhibit Planning Colloquium
“Life Sciences or Death Sciences?: The Militarization of Science in Twentieth Century
America and the Scientists’ Social Responsibility” Century America”
1/89
Washington Seminar on American History and Culture
“The Science Popularizers’ Struggle: The Battle over the Presentation of Science at the
1939 New York World’s Fair”
1/88
Penn State History Department Colloquium
“Science and the Search for Meaning in 1920s America”
7/87
Arts Club of Washington, “Intellectuals and the Cosmos”
4/87
National Capital Area Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers
“The Social Responsibility of Scientists and Engineers”
5/85
Smithsonian Institution Colloquium Series
“Beyond the Laboratory: Scientists as Political Activists in 1930’s America”
American University Colloquium
“Cosmology, Thermodynamics, Freudian Theory, and the Existential Crisis of 1929-1930”
3/82
Purdue University Symposium on Labor and Technology
“The 1939 New York World’s Fair and the Obstacles to Scientific and Technological
Popularization in 1930’s America”
MEDIA APPEARANCES
9/14-11/14
Travel Channel for show on Vasili Arkhipov and the Cuban Missile Crisis
PBS Documentary “Starting From Scratch” about African American social mobility in the
20th Century
CCTV (China) panel on World War II
RT (Russia) “Breaking the Set” on developments in Ukraine
CCTV on Japan’s treatment of Asian nations in World War II
KARN Newsradio (Little Rock) on Untold History and Oliver and my upcoming visit to
Little Rock
Fox 16 TV, AETN, and Soul of the South Radio on our visit to Little Rock
RT “Breaking the Set” on opposition to the U.S. marine base relocation in Okinawa
RTR TV (Russia) on Untold History
CCTV on Untold History
Chugoku Shimbun (Hiroshima) on the 70th anniversary of the atomic bombings
WPFW on the crisis in historical education in the U.S.
Russia One TV on Untold History
NHK (Japan’s Public TV) on the response to our visit to Yale
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Yale Daily News on Untold History
ARD/NDR TV (Germany) on the atomic bombing of Nagasaki
Boston Globe on our visit to Boston-area universities
University of Connecticut’s Daily Campus on our visit to U Conn
CCTV documentary on defusing international tensions and cross-cultural communications
CCTV panel on US-Russian relations
Rossiskaya Gazeta (Russia government newspaper) on how the Republic takeover of the
Senate will affect U.S.-Russian relations
RT Global on the G20 summit
RT America on recently discovered FBI document showing that Winston Churchill
advocated an atomic attack on Russia in 1947
Ryukyu Shimpo on Onaga’s victory in the Okinawan gubernatorial election
Russia One on Hollywood’s stereotypes of Russia villains
Kyodo News on the global nuclear situation and prospects for arms control and
Disarmament
Peter Kuznick’s Message to the People published in Okinawa Times
5/14-8/14
Interviewed for AU’s oral history project about my two plus decades at AU
CAS Connections about the Nuclear Studies Institute
Interviewed by German ARD TV about D-Day and WWII
David Rabin show on WPFW on the myths surrounding D-Day
Sina.com on the controversy surrounding Beau Bergdahl and the history of
hostage-for-prisoner swaps
China’s People’s Daily on Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe’s effort to circumvent
Article 9 of Japan’s Constitution
CCTV comparing Japanese, German, and U.S. films about WWII
People Daily on Japan’s underreporting the size of its stockpile of plutonium and the
possibility of Japan developing nuclear weapons
NHK World on Hiroshima and international memory of WWII in the Pacific
People’s Daily on Japan’s response to China seeking a UNESCO listing for the Nanjing
Massacre
WPFW David Rabin show on the hundredth anniversary of the start of WWI
People’s Daily on the Abe administration’s reinterpretation of Japan’s Peace Constitution
CCTV on Japan’s declaration of the right to collective self defense and what that means to
Japan’s Constitution
People’s Daily on the importance of China’s State Archives publishing the written
confessions of 45 Japanese POWs
SOTT Talk Radio on Untold History
NHK World on bringing students to Japan for the past 20 summers and the importance of
educating Americans about Hiroshima and Nagasaki
WPFW (David Rabin show) on the 69th anniversary of the bombings of Hiroshima and
Nagasaki
CCTV on the meaning of the Potsdam Declaration, especially as it pertains to China;
German ARD radio on the Gulf of Tonkin and the start of the U.S. invasion of Vietnam
RT TV on the conflict in Ukraine
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Four hour interview on state of the world with (IWJ) International Web Journal
Press Conference in Hiroshima about plans to display the six Maruki Hiroshima panels at
the Katzen Art Gallery next June-August
NHK at the Maruki Gallery outside Tokyo on plans to exhibit the Maruki panels at AU
Kyodo News Service, Chugoku Shimbun (Hiroshima), and Hokkaido Shimbun about next
year’s AU Maruki exhibit
Ryukyu Shimpo (Okinawa) and Okinawa Times on my meeting with U.S. Consul General
in Okinawa Al Magleby
Ryukyu Shimpo and Japan Times on international support for the Okinawan people’s
resistance to the proliferation of U.S. bases on the island
Ryukyu Shimpo on the latest public opinion polls showing that anti-base sentiment has
jumped following Oliver and my visit to Okinawa.
4/14
SZMG TV China on Japanese war crimes
People’s Daily on heightened militarism in recent Japanese films
Sina.com on Ukraine
Sina.com on Russian expulsion from the G8
Polish public radio RDC on Untold History
2-3/14 Interviewed by China’s People’s Daily on Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe appointing
new right-wing governor of NHK TV public broadcasting
Interviewed for Travel Channel’s “Mystery at the Museum” on JFK’s affair with alleged
East German spy Ellen Rometsch
Interviewed about Untold History (with Oliver) by the Washington Post Style section
Interviewed about Untold History (with Oliver) by China’s People’s Daily
Interviewed about Untold History (with Oliver) by sina.com
Interviewed about Untold History (with Oliver) by CCTV
Interviewed about Untold History (with Oliver) for Washington Life profile on Hollywood
on the Potomac
Interviewed by sina.com on the crisis in Ukraine
Interviewed by sina.com on the Crimean referendum
11/13-1/14
Interviewed by Nishi Nippon, Tokyo Shimbun, and Hokkaido Shimbun on the Kennedy
Presidency
Interviewed by Agence France Press on WWI
Interviewed by Al Jazeera English, TV Slovenija, Real News, and ARD German TV on
Kennedy presidency and legacy
Interviewed by Russian RTTV on Guns vs Butter
Interviewed by Sina.com on JFK and Untold History
Interview on the state of the world with Bosnia Magazine Start BiH
Interviewed on WESU-FM (NPR Station in Middletown, Ct) “Business Buzz” show on
Untold History
Quoted in the Chicago Sun Times article about our Northeastern Illinois presentation
Quoted in the Chicago Tribune article about our presentation at Highland Park High
School.
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9/13 – 11/13
TV – Democracy Now; BBC World News; Real News Network, Baltimore, MD, Paul Jay,
4-part interview on American exceptionalism; appeared with Oliver Stone teaching
Untold History to high school dropouts on Sundance Channel Reality TV series
“Dream School”; RT TV (Russia) interview, “American Exceptionalism Hinders
Global Cooperation” and two on Untold History; Slovenija TV; Czech TV News;
German ARD German TV, RT TV on historical perspectives of guns vs. butter in
the U.S; Al Jazeera; Real News on Kennedy legacy
PRINT – Journal of American Studies in Turkey; Thanh Nien, newspaper in Vietnam,
interviewed on death of General Giap; Washington Times, “Historian Peter Kuznick
Warns Against Syrian Intervention”; Hustler magazine; Washington Times;
Kyunghyang Daily News (South Korea); Nishinippon Shimbun, Tokyo Shimbun, and
Hokkaido Shimbun On Kennedy legacy
INTERNET – Asia Pacific Journal: Japan Focus, Shukan Kinyobi newspaper in Japan
with Oliver Stone, “How History Can Change the World for the Better”; Shukan
Kinyobi is publishing a book in Japanese on Oliver Stone and Peter Kuznick’s tour of
Hiroshima, Nagasaki, Tokyo, and Okinawa; by Sina(www.sina.com.cn), the No. 1
Chinese Internet brand with 400 million social media users and 900 million daily page
views, the most popular on mainland China; AARP
RADIO – Radio France; NPR Station WUSB, New York; national Pacifica radio special
on 50th anniversary of Kennedy assassination; Tom Needham, “The Sounds of Film,”
WUSB (NPR); Scott Ledger for “Dangerous Conversation”; Leslie Marshall radio
show; Jim Engster show on Louisiana Radio Network; Alex Jones radio show (Austin);
AARP Radio; George Knapp’s Coast-to-Coast late night radio (2 hours)
8/13
TV – Nuclear Studies Tour 2013: TV interviews with Peter and Oliver Stone included NJK
NHK TV Hiroshima, Nagasaki, Tokyo; News Zero (Nippon TV); NHK Japan TV film
coverage of museum tours; TBS Hodo Tokushu (60-minutes type program)
PRINT – Nuclear Studies Tour 2013: Newspaper interviews with Yomiuri Shimbun, Japan
(10 million subscribers), Chugoku Shimbun, Asahi Shimbun Kyodo News, Mainichi
Shimbun, Nagasaki Shimbun, Akahata Shimbun-Nagasaki, Shukan Kinyobi,
INTERNET – Coverage of trip in Japan Times; Huffington Post-World; The
Diplomat-Know the Asia-Pacific; Stars and Stripes; World Huanqui.com (China);
Dnevnik (Croatia); 47news (Japan); Huffington Post-Japan; The Nation; The Mainichi;
AP of Pakistan; Interview with Soichiro Tawara, on Japanese “Current Times” web site
(Gendai-ismedia-jp).
7/13
RADIO – ARD, German Public Radio on Obama’s visit to premier of Vietnam, Truon Tan
Sang
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6/13
PRINT – Asahi Shimbun, Japan, UK Press Association on UHUS
RADIO – ABC Radio National, Australia, Late Night Live interview to be included in
20-interview set for Christmas sale; Talk Nation Radio, Pacifica; ARD, German Public
Radio, on Obama’s visit to premier of Vietnam, Truong Tan Sang
5/13
TV – Slovenia Television, on upcoming showing of UHUS; PBS, New York, Open Mind,
Richard Heffner (2 episodes with Oliver Stone on UHUS); Associated Press TV on
Civil Rights Movement in 1963; Russian TV (RTV) Slovenia; NHK TV Japan, filmed
Peter’s class at AU
PRINT – Waging Peace, Nuclear Age Peace Foundation magazine; TANK magazine,
British arts and culture quarterly magazine on presenting alternative historical
narratives, Ajay Hothi (9/13 publication); Daily Telegraph, Australia; Metro UK
RADIO – AU SOC/WAMU journalism project on young veterans
4/13
TV – TRNN, The Real News.com, Baltimore, Paul Jay, (one ½ hour show); TV Now, Ray
Walsh; FoxTel/Australia, Newsnight on Sky News, Stan Grant; NHK Enterprises,
Sohel Ide; NTV/Germany, Isabelle Korner; Sky News: Boulton & Co, Adan Boulton;
BBC World Service Radio, Newshour, Jamie Coomarasamy; BBC World News TV,
Kate Silverton
PRINT – BBC History Magazine; Print Roundtable, UK; What’s On TV, UK; TV Choice,
Total TV Guide, UK; Metro, UK; Press Association, Huffington Post, UK, Total Film,
UK, Jamie Graham; Empire Magazine, Ian Nathan; Sunday Independent Life, Julia
Molony; Irish Times, Weekend Review, Patrick Freyne; Sunday World, Roundtable
Interviews, Esther McCarthy, RTE Guide, Donal O’Donoghue; Guardian, Stewart
Jeffries; Yorkshire Evening Post; Panorama, Italy;
RADIO - SUNY Stony Brook, Morton Meckloskly; Radio Times, Kristy Lang; BBC
Radio 2, Steve Wright Show; BBC Radio 5 Live, Richard Bacon; BBC Radio 3, Night
Waves, Samira Ahmed; BBC Radio 4, Front Row, Mark Lawson; RTE Radio One,
Ireland, Marian Finucane Show
INTERNET – Amoeba Radio, Steve Zuckerman
3/13
TV – TRNN, The Real News.com, Baltimore, Paul Jay, (one ½ hour show);
PRINT – Akahata Shimbun; Turkish Journal of American Studies; Times of London
2/13
TV – WTTW, PBS, Chicago, Chicago Tonight; ABC TV Evening News, Chicago
PRINT – La Jornada, Mexico; Hoy, Chicago Tribune in Spanish; TechNews, Illinois
Institute of Technology student newspaper; Stanford Daily
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RADIO – WLS, Robert Roper; KPFA San Francisco, Mickey Huff; WPKN – Between the
Lines, Scott Harris; SUNY Stony Brook, Morton Meckloskly
INTERNET – The Dissenter, Kevin Gosztola
1/13
TV - The Real News.com, Baltimore, Paul Jay; CNN, Suzanne Malveaux; Current TV –
Viewpoint, Eliot Spitzer; MSNBC – Martin Bashir; Chris Hayes; Israel TV
PRINT - Atlanta Daily World, Bill Fletcher; Truthout, Jim DeEugenio ; NY Daily News,
Alexander Nazaryan; Times of London, Tim Teeman; Washington Times, Kevin Kelly;
Wisconsin State Journal
RADIO - KPOO – Fight the Power, Per Fagereng; Sirius XM, Stand Up with Pete
Dominick; Michael Medved Show, SRN; WBAI-New York, Gary Null Show; WGLT;
Charlie Shlenker; WJBC, NPR, Todd Lowry; American Adversaries; Christopher Hart
and Lar Adams
12/12
News Blaze, John Kays
Sidney Morning Herald (Tim Eliot); Walt Whitman High School Newspaper
The Real News.com, Baltimore, Paul Jay, (three ½ hour shows)
KPFA – San Francisco, Mickey Huff
CSPAN Book TV, Afterwards, Michael Kazin
CNN, Suzanne Malveaux
The People Speak (radio), Charles Giuliani
AmericasDemocrats (web)
Now It’s the News, Derrick Blair; Coast to Coast (radio) George Knapp
AP TV (Associated Press)
The Dissenter, Kevin Gostola
Russian TV, Abby Martin, Breaking the Set (12/12, 12/18)
NTV Turkey
MSNBC Andrea Mitchell
Canada TV CBC, O’Leary Exchange, Kevin O’Leary
11/12
Covered by Indiewire, Thompson on Hollywood, Skeptica Esoterica, and Akahata
Shimbun. American Cinematheque, Los Angeles, Robert Scheer
NY Times Magazine, Andrew Goldman; Rolling Stone; New York Post (Larry Gertler);
Variety; Tribune Syndicate (Jackie Cutler, whose column goes out to over 1,200
outlets); LA Times; Washington Post (Ann Hornaday); Washington Times (Kevin
Kelly)
The Guardian, UK, (Alexander Hotz); The Nation (Greg Mitchell)
New York Daily News (Alexander Nazarya); Time of London (Time Teeman); Slate;
American Conservative
12/12, Walt Whitman HS Newspaper
Huffington Post Live, Alyona Show; PBS, Tavis Smiley Show; MSNBC, Andrea Mitchell
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Russian TV (Abby Martin), Al Jazeera English, NTV, Turkey; Politico.com, Salon.com,
Mike Huckabee’s Radio Show, BBC Radio, MSNBC, Morning Joe; Joy Behar “Say
Anything!” TV Show; AP Print/TV; WNYC, NPR, Leonard Lopate; CNN, Christiane
Amanpour; Democracy Now, Sirius XM Radio, Pete Dominick Show; London
Guardian TV, Robert Wenzel Radio Show/Podcast
KPOO "Fight the Power", Per Fagereng; CNN, Suzanne Malveaux, Current TV,
Viewpoint, Eliot Spitzer
Al Jazeera. Election coverage; Russian TV, Election coverage
10/12 Cincinnati Enquirer. Incivility in US political discourse
Ryuku Asahi Broadcasting (Okinawa). U.S. troops in Okinawa.
9/12
Spanish language news wire service EFE on the proliferation of right-wing extremist
groups in the US since Obama was elected.
Movie Entertainment Magazine about writing Untold History.
AU CAS for article about Koko Tanimoto Kondo and the study-abroad class in Japan.
Akahata Shimbun on the history and current state of the Occupy Movement in the US.
AU CAS for article about The Untold History of the United States.
8/12
Kyoto Shimbun—two hour interview on the atomic bombings with specific focus on US
opposition to naming the Hiroshima atomic bomb dome a world heritage site
7/12
The Nuclear Studies Institute and Untold History were mentioned by Oliver on CSPAN
book world, Charlie Rose, and numerous other Oliver interviews in promoting his
movie Savages
3/12
45-minute interview about Henry Wallace, FDR’s visionary VP, on the Mort Mecklosky
“Unfinished Business” show on WUSB radio (SUNY Stony Brook).
Two hour interview on Saturday Nihon Denpa News of Tokyo on how Eisenhower’s
“atoms for peace” policy launched Japan’s nuclear power program in the 1950s and US
policy's relationship to the Fukushima accident.
Did a second 50-minute live interview with Radio WUSB (Stony Brook) on the
background to the Cold War, 1919-1945.
Third guest appearance on WUSB radio. This was a live hour show that dealt with Henry
Wallace's attempt to prevent the Cold War.
2/12
Interview with El Periodico (Guatemala I believe) about the Eisenhower Administration
role in hooking Japan on nuclear power and Japan’s recent nuclear history in
anticipation of the March 11 anniversary of the Fukushima nuclear crisis.
1/11
Interviewed by Truthout.org on history and film, with particular focus on an upcoming
Leonardo DiCaprio film arguing that the mafia was behind the assassination of John F.
Kennedy.
Mentioned in article about this past summer’s Japan trip in International News the
Community Colleges for International Development, Inc. Newsletter, focusing on the
participation of two students from Seminole College in Florida.
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3/11
Interviewed by Japan’s Kyodo News Service about the controversy surrounding the
relocation of the U.S. Marine base in Okinawa.
Quoted in article discussing the NSI Japan class in Hiroshima’s Chugoku Shimbun.
Interviewed by ExchangeMonitor Publications on the impact that Japan's nuclear crisis
will have on future use of nuclear power in the United States.
Guest on Climate Challenge on MMCTV Channel 16. We talked about Japan's nuclear
crisis and its effect on attitudes toward nuclear power in the U.S.
4/11
Chicago Tribune about the impact the Fukushima Daiichi accident will have on the
anti-nuclear movement in the United States.
5/11
Chile's El Mercurio newspaper regarding the celebrations in response to the death of
Osama bin Laden and what that represents in terms of attitudes about U.S. capabilities
and global role.
8/11
Interviewed about bringing American University students to Hiroshima and Nagasaki for
the 66th anniversary by the Yomiuri Shimbun and by Tokyo Broadcasting.
My Nagasaki public lecture on "Rethinking the Atomic Bombings of Hiroshima and
Nagasaki" was recorded and aired on Nagasaki Broadcasting.
9/11
Chile's El Mercurio newspaper about the Bush Administration response to 9/11 and its
impact upon U.S. society, politics, and intelligence and the U.S. image in the world.
10/11 American Observer on differences between campus activism now and in the 1960s.
11/11 Interviewed on Occupy Wall Street for CAS website. It was the first of a series on
interviews with CAS faculty on the
movement. www.american.edu/cas/news/peter-kuznick-occupy-wall-street.cfm
1/10
My interview on the atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki and the upcoming
documentary film series The Secret History of the United States was posted in the
Daisy Alliance Newsletter series “Interviews with People Who Make a Difference in
Arms Control”
Television Critics Association panel was covered by 250 TV critics and bloggers and
comments were reported globally
Swiss Public Radio, Irish news-talk radio, Russian TV, and Washington Times about the
upcoming documentary film series.
Yes Magazine about the Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists moving back the hands of the
Doomsday Clock.
2/10
Chile's El Mercurio about the closing of the Yucca Mountain nuclear waste repository.
Al Jazeera on the influence that The Hurt Locker and other war films have on public
opinion and the actions of policymakers.
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3/10
History News Network on my views of history and my collaboration with Oliver Stone.
Malibu Magazine on The Secret History of the United States.
El Mercurio about the documentary film series
Brief response to History News Network regarding Ron Radosh's latest attack on me.
4/10
American University Eagle article about my collaboration with Oliver.
Japanese newspaper Akahata about Obama's nuclear policies and Nuclear Posture Review.
Shanghai TV about Obama's nuclear policies and the upcoming Nuclear Summit.
NHK TV and Nippon TV on the U.S. plans to relocate the Futenma Marine Base in
Okinawa to Okinawa's Henoko district despite the strong opposition of Okinawa's
population.
5/10
Japan's Asahi Shimbun and by Nagasaki Television about the prospects for
progress toward nuclear abolition at this year's Non-Proliferation Treaty Review
Conference at the UN
7/10
Japanese weekly Shukan Kinyobi about Obama’s nuclear policies.
Interviewed by Reuters about the likelihood and potential significance of an Obama visit to
Hiroshima.
8/10
Widespread coverage on NSI trip while in Japan. Most significantly, NHK
World—Japan’s leading international network, aired a special on us on August 7 that
has been repeated frequently. They interviewed several of us, including Iraq war vet
John Crown, Koko Tanimoto Kondo, our distinguished AU grad from the class of 1969,
who is a Hiroshima hibakusha (survivor), and me. There was also a photograph of our
students in a Mainichi Shimbun article in which I'm quoted about Ambassador John
Roos attending the Hiroshima peace ceremonies for the first time. My comments were
picked up by the AP and Reuters. I was also interviewed by NHK-Hiroshima on a
potential Obama visit to Hiroshima and by the Chugoku Shimbun—the Hiroshima
newspaper and the Asahi Shimbun.
9/10
Pittsburgh Post-Gazette for comparisons between commemoration of 9th anniversary of
9/11 with 9th anniversary of other events, including Pearl Harbor and D Day.
11/10 LA Times on how the history and memory of WWI compare to that of other wars and why,
as a result, there is no national WWI memorial in DC. Quoted in LAT, Indianapolis
Tribune, and other papers on 11/28/10.
INTER TV (the largest National broadcaster in the Ukraine) on Enola Gay pilot Paul
Tibbets and the atomic bombing of Hiroshima.
Okinawa's leading newspaper Ryukyu Shimpo on U.S. policy in Asia and how the
U.S.-Japan Security Treaty will influence the debates over U.S. bases in Okinawa.
Iranian weekly Panjereh on the prospects for upcoming talks between EU foreign affairs
chief Catherine Ashton, representing the U.S., Russia, China, France, Britain, and
German, and Saeed Jalili, Iran's chief nuclear negotiator, over Iran's nuclear program.
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1/09
AU Eagle on Howard Zinn’s importance as a historian
International Affairs Forum, the web journal for the Center for International Relations,
about the current state of world affairs.
2/09
GOOD Magazine on the appropriateness of using the Manhattan Project and other military
metaphors to explain ambitious new departures in Obama's domestic policies.
Interviewed in the documentary about George Bush that accompanies the DVD release
of Oliver Stone's film W.
3/09
Chile's El Mercurio newspaper on France's announcement that it would be compensating
victims of its nuclear testing in Algeria and French Polynesia.
4/09
Iran’s Fars News about the Obama administration response to Iran’s reported progress on
its nuclear energy program and the prospects for dramatically improving the
relationship between the U.S. and Iran.
5/09
Interviewed by Nishinippon Shimbun (Kyushu, Japan) about the upcoming NPT
preparatory conference at the UN and the current prospects for international nuclear
arms control.
6/09
Talk at a recent University of Toronto event is covered in the Nikkei Voice, the principal
publication of Canada's Japanese community.
7/09
Fars News about how Iran's progress in uranium enrichment limited U.S. options at the G8
meetings and the prospects for progress in opening a dialogue in the aftermath of the
Iranian elections and the recent encouraging statements by Foreign Minister Mottaki.
8/09
Chugoku Shinbun (Hiroshima) and NHK TV about how this year's Hiroshima Memorial
Ceremony compared to previous years' ceremonies.
El Mercurio about how patriotic propaganda in Hollywood's World War II films compares
with Hollywood films since 9/11.
Spanish News Agency EFE on how WW II changed America’s role in the world. Quoted
various places, including Levante.emv.com and the European Pressphoto Agency
Voice of America on the DPJ’s landslide victory in Japan’s elections
9/09
Asahi Shimbun about efforts to convince Obama to visit Hiroshima and Nagasaki for next
summer's 65th anniversary commemorative ceremonies as a way to jumpstart
his campaign for nuclear abolition.
10/09 Japan's Mainichi Shimbun about the controversy surrounding Obama's receipt of the Nobel
Peace Prize.
Mainichi Shimbun on the likely Republican reaction to a visit by President Obama to
Hiroshima and Nagasaki.
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10/09 Symposium on “Afghanistan, Pakistan, Iran, Iraq, Vietnam: Exposing Official Lies” was
broadcast by the Real News.
11/09 Fars News on Mohamed El Baradei's successes and failures as director of the IAEA.
2/08
Conducted an interview with Farsnews in Iran about the latest IAEA report on Iran’s
nuclear program and the prospects for passage of the new U.S.-backed sanctions at the
United Nations.
3/08
Interviewed at length in documentary film “Stryker’s America” released that month
6/08
Fars News Agency on the threat posed to the region by Israel’s possession of nuclear
weapons in the aftermath of Jimmy Carter’s acknowledgement of Israel’s nuclear
arsenal, and why American leaders consider Iran a threat and not Israel
8/08
Fars News about solutions to the nuclear standoff between the U.S.
and Iran
8/08
Interviewed in newly released Disney documentary film about Richard Nixon
accompanying the rerelease of the film “Nixon”
9/08
Iraqi (Kurdish) weekly magazine Gulan on the troop surge and its effect on internal Iraqi
politics
9/08
AU Eagle on classical vs. progressive approaches to teaching history at AU and nationally
9/08
Symposium “A Question of Conscience: The Katherine Gun Story” was broadcast live by
Real News and recorded by C-SPAN Book TV and subsequently aired numerous times
at least through 1/09
10/08 RAI Italian television on Oliver Stone’s movie “W”
10/08 Al Jazeera on the history and symbolism of the U.S. dollar and the international
ramifications of the collapse of the U.S. economy
10/08 Radio Free Europe on the differences between McCain’s and Obama’s positions on Iraq,
Iran, Afghanistan, and Russia
3/07
Quoted in Bloomberg News story about the life and death of Arthur Schlesinger, Jr.
4/07
Interviewed by a reporter with the Howard University News Service on the need to educate
college students about nuclear history and the current nuclear threat.
Quoted in American Weekly article about the importance of nuclear education.
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5/07
El Mercurio newspaper in Chile on the dangers and benefits of Russia’s effort to build the
first of 7 floating nuclear power plants and what that undertaking says about newly
aggressive Russian policy and the growing tension between Russia and the United
States. http://diario.elmercurio.com/2007/05/06/internacional/_portada/noticias/824C
5D93-7CAD-4AB9-8D31-F380462426E9.htm?id={824C5D93-7CAD-4AB9-8D31F380462426E9}
6/07
Interviewed for Disney documentary on Richard Nixon
7/07
JIJI Press, a Japanese News Service, about the reasons the U.S. bombed Hiroshima and
Nagasaki
Tokyo Broadcasting System, Japan’s principal national television network, for special
about what Americans learn in school about the atomic bombings and how that affects
national attitudes toward nuclear issues. Broadcast in Japan on August 6
8/07
Lengthy interview with the Japanese newspaper Akahata on August 12 about the atomic
bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki.
9/07
Reuters about whether the current antiwar movement is weakened by factional splits
among the leadership or whether other factors have limited its size and effectiveness.
Surge or Scourge: The Truth About Iraq and Iran That You Won’t Learn from Petraeus,
Bush, or Cheney. Symposium was covered by, among others, Anna Ward, Voice of
America TV, Dmitry Sidorov, Kommersant Russian Online Daily, Olivia Qusaibaty,
NHK/Japan Broadcasting Corporation, Ewan McCaskill, The Guardian,
OpEdNews.com, AU Eagle, and at least two bloggers/podcasters with extensive
viewers/listeners.
10/07 Quoted by Rush Limbaugh about the Iraq antiwar movement.
11/07 Fars News in Tehran (www.farsnews.com) about the U.S. and Iranian responses to the
recently released IAEA report on Iran's nuclear program.
12/07 Fars News in Tehran about the latest developments in Iran's nuclear program and the
ongoing threat of war.
1/06
Guest on the Mike Mendoza show on Sportstalk Radio in London, which is the largest
commercial radio station in the UK. We spoke about the Iranian nuclear crisis.
3/06
Interview with Polityka, Poland’s largest weekly newsmagazine,
on whether recently conservative sexual trends in the U.S. are consistent with attitudes
and patterns throughout U.S. history
While we were in Vietnam, Dan Ellsberg, Michael Mass, the students, and I were
interviewed by a number of reporters. I was personally interviewed by the Viet-My,
Tienphong, and Laodong newspapers and by Voice of Vietnam Radio. Most of the
coverage, including in the Vietnam News, focused on Dan Ellsberg. However Laodong
ran a two-part series that included a photo of Dan, Michael, and me and (I assume)
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discussion of our group.
4/06
Quoted in Eagle article about David Horowitz and his allegations of liberal bias in
academia.
El Mercurio, Chile’s largest newspaper, about how the contradictions in U.S. nuclear
policy are undermining U.S. credibility around the world and compromising U.S.
ability to act in key crises.
Quoted in two articles in Chile’s El Mercurio on 4/15: Un maletín, la clave del poder
http://diario.elmercurio.com/2006/04/15/internacional/_portada/noticias/2EADD2
B7-A7A2-436E-BA63-AC26BB132293.htm and Un golpe de EE.UU. arrasaría China
y
Rusia http://diario.elmercurio.com/2006/04/15/internacional/_portada/noticias/79B69
EBD-205A-4136-879C-CB82020C989E.htm
Interview by Tamar Lewin of the New York Times about the impact of gender imbalance
in academia. She had apparently been to AU and spoken to some of my students about
an incident in one of my Oliver Stone’s America classes in which we had Oliver on the
speaker phone and I asked students to line up to ask questions and 6 males heeded my
request. This prompted me to inform Oliver that my policy was that only male students
were allowed to ask questions, at which point a large number of female students got in
line. She and I had a long discussion about the effects of AU’s disproportionate number
of female students upon the learning and teaching environment.
5/06
Radio Free Europe on the implications of the latest NSA telephone
surveillance revelations for American democracy and the expansion of the Imperial
Presidency under Bush and Cheney.
6/06
Radio Free Europe on the circumstances that cause U.S. soldiers to murder innocent
civilians in Iraq and in previous wars.
7/06
Asahi Shimbun (Japan’s New York Times) about the opening of the Hiroshima and
Nagasaki-sponsored exhibit at the Atomic Testing Museum in Nevada and the changes
in U.S. public opinion about the atomic bombings over the past decade.
8/06
Guest on the Jean Feraca show on Wisconsin Public Radio discussing the anniversary of
Hiroshima and Nagasaki and the current nuclear threat.
In Japan, students and I were covered by the Nikkei Weekly, Mainichi Shimbun, Chukogu
Shimbun, and NHK TV. I was also quoted in the Indian newspaper The Statesman on
Hiroshima and Nagasaki on August 8 http://tinyurl.com/m9gyd.
9/06
Panel of Iraq war vets in my Oliver Stone’s America class covered in the Eagle.
10/06 Oliver’s Stone’s visit to my class and party afterwards were reported in the Washington
Post Style section
American Observer on significance of the North Korean nuclear test.
Radio Free Europe comparing WWII and Vietnam-era government efforts to control the
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media with the Pentagon’s new rapid response team’s efforts to counter bad news in
Iraq and elsewhere.
11/06 Bloomberg News on the life and career of Arthur Schlesinger, Jr.
3/05
Spoke to the Daytona Beach News Journal about the historical significance of the atomic
bombing of Hiroshima in anticipation of Paul Tibbets’s visit there this week. (Quoted
also on MSNBC News.)
Spoke to the San Francisco East Bay Express about the 60th anniversary of the atomic
bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki.
Florida Today about debate over the atomic bombing of Hiroshima in anticipation of Paul
Tibbets’s visit to the big air show in Titusville.
Radio Free Europe about President Bush’s approach to the Iranian nuclear program.
WBAI radio NY (Janet Coleman show) about the current nuclear crisis, the NPT, and the
May Conference.
4/05
Agence France Press on comparisons between Vietnam and Iraq wars on the 30th
anniversary of the end of the Vietnam War.
Interviewed for documentary film titled “Roy Stryker: Documenting the Depression.”
WBAI radio call-in talk show on the current nuclear crisis.
Held press conference with Dan Ellsberg and the leaders of Gensuikyo at the National
Press Club, which was well attended by the Japanese media and less so by the U.S.
media.
Canadian Broadcasting Co. TV on the 30th anniversary of the end of the Vietnam War
Interviewed on the same topic by the Mainichi Shimbun, Japan’s 3rd largest paper.
AP TV on the 30th anniversary of the end of the Vietnam War.
Eagle article about the visit to my Social Forces class of a delegation sponsored by the
Chugoku Shimbun, including an atomic bomb survivor.
5/05
The New York conference was covered by a dozen Japanese newspapers and TV stations
and Pacifica network. It was mentioned today on Amy Goodman’s Democracy Now
during her interview with Dan Ellsberg. She played the DVD of Mordechai Vanunu’s
message to the conference. Amy also spoke at the conference.
Voice of America on the NPT Review Conference at the UN.
Asahi Shimbun (the NYT of Japan) about my work in nuclear education and the responses
I get from U.S. audiences when I lecture about the bomb decision and other
nuclear-related topics
Knight-Ridder newspapers for an article comparing U.S. WWII myths with those of
England, Russia, and Japan.
Mainichi Shimbun about the atomic bomb decision for an upcoming 60th anniversary
feature.
Nishinippon Shimbun (West Japan Daily) about the Non-Proliferation Treaty conference
at the UN and the prospects for stopping nuclear proliferation and achieving
disarmament.
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6/05
Interviewed on the NPT meetings by TV Nagasaki for airing 6/21 and 8/9
Lengthy interview with Pat Dowell, the NPR film reviewer, for a show about 1950s
science fiction films prompted by the remake of War of the Worlds. (aired 6/26)
Quoted in article in Social Alternatives by Lawrence S. Wittner, “The Enola Gay Exhibits,
the Hiroshima Bombing, and American Nationalism.”
Radio Free Europe prior to Bush’s speech about Iraq on why he was speaking and what he
was likely to say.
TV interview with Derrick McGinty on WUSA (channel 9) about Bush’s speech and the
parallels between the Iraq War and WWII, Korea, and Vietnam.
Voice Of America-TV on the Manhattan Project and the decision to drop the bombs on
Hiroshima and Nagasaki.
7/05
Agence France Press on the 60th anniversary of the atomic bomb test in Alamogordo and
the controversy over the decision to drop the bomb.
A crew from the Hiroshima branch of the Japanese network NHK filmed parts of my
American Culture in the Nuclear Age class and then interviewed me for 2.5 hours
afterwards. This aired nationally in Japan as part of an August 4th special on how the
atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki are taught in US schools.
Lengthy interview with Time Magazine on the Enola Gay controversies of 1995 and 2003.
Debated Sir Max Hastings about the atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki on the
BBC Today Programme in London.
Interviewed by the New Scientist on the atomic bombings.
Conducted a press conference on the latest scholarship on the atomic bombings in London
attended by reporters from the Guardian, the Telegraph, and the New Statesman,
among others.
BBC World News about the atomic bombings.
Interviewed on nuclear history and the current nuclear threat by Greenpeace for posting
internationally on their website.
Reporters from the Guardian and other publications attended my public lecture at the Royal
Institution.
NPR’s Morning Edition on shifting editorial coverage of the atomic bombings from 1945
to 1995.
Guest on the Alex Jones national radio show for discussion about the atomic bombings.
Interview on the atomic bombings with La Presse newspaper in Montreal.
8/05
Japan trip and my comments about the 60th anniversary of the atomic bombings were
covered by Akahata (interview published 8/11), TV Hiroshima, Radio Free Europe
(Prague), Yomiuri Shimbun, and Nagasaki Broadcasting Company (which also
included interviews with several AU students.
There was a feature article about my 8/9 Nagasaki public lecture in the 8/10 Nagasaki
Shimbun.
Excerpts of my August 5th 45 minute interview with Minnesota Public Radio (including
call-ins) were put out by NPR nationally. Also interviews I had previously conducted
were broadcast nationally by NHK TV on August 4th and locally on TV Nagasaki on
August 9th.
Interviewed for documentary film about John Hersey’s Hiroshima that revolves around the
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retracing of the book through the eyes of my students.
Quoted (not entirely accurately) based on an article in the New Scientist in the Tehran
Times, Al Jazeera, Workers World, Kavkaz Center in Turkey, Green Left Weekly
(Australia), San Francisco, Bay View (black newspaper), Khaleej Times (United Arab
Emirates), Granma (Cuba), New Kerala Times (India), Peacejournalism.com (Nepal),
ZNet, and the Centre on Globalization.
Quoted in Al-Jazeera article about the atomic bomb decision.
9/05
Interviewed by the Montreal newspaper “Le Devoir” about comparisons between the
Vietnam antiwar movement and the current antiwar movement.
Several journalists covered the Oliver Stone’s America class with Cindy Sheehan and the
members of the Bring Them Home Now Tour. I spoke with reporters from the Village
Voice, London Independent, and Akahata.
11/05 Clarin (major Argentinian newspaper) on comparisons between Vietnam and Iraq.
UN Radio interviewed me about how Japan’s growing conservatism and remilitarization
might impact broader trends in international nuclear proliferation.
12/05 Greenwire about the potential political impact of the soon-to-be released movie Syriana
and the extent to which previous movies have influenced political discourse in the US.
12/04 AP Radio about the Rape of Nanking.
11/04 Provided post-election commentary for Radio Free Europe
Provided post-election analysis for St. Petersburg Times. (quoted 11/7/04)
O Estado de S. Paulo, one of Brazil’s major papers, on the significance of conservative
trends in American society and politics.
Radio Free Europe comparing U.S. wartime mistreatment of prisoners with wartime
mistreatment of prisoners by other nations.
10/04 Popular Science for article comparing scientists’ heightened political activism in 2004 with
scientists’ activism at previous times in the 20th century.
New York Times for article about the history of scientists’ involvement in political
campaigns, past and present.
New York Times about approaches to warfare and violence in Oliver Stone’s movies for an
article about a major battle scene in the film Alexander
9/04
St. Petersburg Times comparing the protesters’ and the Republicans’ effectiveness in
getting out their respective messages.
La Reforma about the origins and meaning of the Star Spangled Banner and how it became
the national anthem.
Chaired Whistleblowers’ Symposium, which was filmed and recorded by Democracy Now,
German public television, Greek TV, WPFW, and a film crew from documentary
filmmaker Robert Greenwald.
Participated in CBC (Canadian Broadcasting) TV News panel along with a conservative
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Canadian journalist on the upcoming presidential debates
8/04
During study abroad trip to Japan, students and I were interviewed by the Asahi Shimbun,
Kyoto Shimbun, Japan Times, Kyodo News Service, NHK (TV), RCC (TV), and
Nagasaki TV, among others.
Radio Free Europe about the legal challenges to the military “stop-loss” measures and the
history of the draft.
LA Times about the controversy over Kerry’s Vietnam record and why Vietnam still
resonates so deeply with the American people (quote on p.1 8/25)
Quoted in St. Petersburg Times article on the likely political fallout from the
demonstrations at the Republican Convention.
7/04
Dallas Morning News about the confluence of events—Woodstock, Manson murders,
Chappaquiddick, moon walk—in the summer of 1969. (quoted 7/17)
Lengthy interview today with popular Japanese magazine Sapio the ongoing Enola Gay
controversy, the Nuclear Studies Institute, this summer’s study abroad trip to Japan,
and the Bush administration’s current nuclear policies. (published with photos in
August issue)
6/04
La Reforma (Mexico’s largest paper) on Bush’s comparison of the invasion of Iraq
with WWII versus some Democrats’ comparing it with Vietnam.
5/04
Washington Times for feature on the legacy of World War II and whether the WWII
memorial deserves such a prominent location.
Radio Free Europe of the fallout from the Rumsfeld testimony and whether or not he
should resign
Radio Free Europe on how the demonization and dehumanization of enemies, in this and
previous wars, increases the possibility of prisoner abuse.
Pittsburgh Post-Gazette for a feature comparing WWII with the war in Iraq.
4/04
Radio Free Europe on the military and political significance of the insurgency in Iraq
Radio Free Europe on the historical precedents and ramifications of the increasing U.S.
reliance on private security personnel in Iraq.
Le Figaro on CPA use of private military contractors in Iraq.
Al Arabia TV (Saudi Arabia) on Hollywood and U.S. foreign policy for series on US
politics.
3/04
Quoted in USA Today and 94 other outlets on Eisenhower’s Emergency Plans to set up an
alternative government in the event of nuclear war
2/04
Agence France Press on the reemergence of Vietnam as an issue in the 2004 presidential
elections
1/04
Arete, publication of the American University Center for Teaching Excellence, “Creating
Space for Controversy in the Classroom.”
USA Today about the Enola Gay exhibit
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1/03
Agence France Press on recent antiwar demonstrations in the US and Europe and growing
antiwar sentiment in the U.S.
2/03
CNBC’s Closing Bell political significance of this weekend’s global antiwar protests
Agence France Press on the seeming contradiction between the American public’s
simultaneous support for both military action and ongoing inspections
3/03
Teach-In. I moderated and commented at aired live for 5.5 hours by C-SPAN and covered
by NBC News, ABC News, Fox 5 WTTG Washington, Dutch TV, Swiss TV, Nation
Magazine, Washington Post, Akahata, Washington Times, Indy media, WBAI Radio,
OneWorld.net, and Peoples Video Network
Eagle about the National AU Teach-In on the War with Iraq
Washingtonian Magazine about my course Oliver Stone’s America for article about the
most interesting courses taught at Washington-area universities
Agence France Press about U.S. campus antiwar protests
Eagle for article about AU faculty opposition to the war
Quoted in Washington Post article on area campus antiwar protests
Akahata on the war in Iraq and neocons’ vision of a new American empire
4/03
New York Times on AU campus response to the invasion of Iraq
American Journalism Review about U.S. network TV coverage of the Iraq war
Quoted in front page Hartford Courant story comparing the current state of academic
freedom on campuses with previous wartime repression in light of recent incidents at
Yale and other universities
Newhouse newspapers on how the Iraq War might be commemorated and memorialized in
the future
Quoted by Mainichi Shimbun about the historical significance of the war with Iraq and the
reaction of the U.S. public. My comments were counterposed to Bush’s remarks in his
major public address declaring the war over
Quoted and profiled in Washington Post Sunday Magazine cover story about the reactions
to the invasion of Iraq at American University
7/03
Agence France Press about Harry Truman’s antisemitic statements in his recently
discovered 1947 diary.
8/03
Interviews and extensive media coverage of study abroad trip to Japan, including the Asahi
Shimbun, Kyoto Shimbun, Mainichi Shimbun, Nagasaki Shimbun, Nishi Nihon (West
Japan) Shimbun, and Al Jazeera
10/03 Agence France Press on the state of the American peace movement in light of this
weekend’s planned demonstration against Bush foreign policy and the U.S.occupation
of Iraq
11/03 Interviewed and quoted by numerous media outlets about the controversy surrounding the
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new National Air and Space Museum exhibition of the Enola Gay, including (often
more than once) New York Times, Washington Post, Akahata, Fox News, National
Public Radio, UPI, American Spectator has named my committee its Enemy of the
Week!,, Tokyo Broadcasting System, WRKO (Boston--right-wing talk radio),
Columbus Dispatch editorial, Laura Ingraham, radio show (goes to 250 outlets), Pat
Whittley (WRKO, Boston, which they claim is the largest talk radio show in New
England), Mainichi Shimbun, Kyodo News Service, San Francisco Chronicle, USA
Today, BBC World News, Smithsonian Magazine, History News Network,
Washington Times, Japan Times, Free Republic.com, American University Eagle, The
Age.com (Australia), Salt Lake Tribune, National Coalition for History Gazette (partial
list)
Tokyo Broadcasting System (Japan’s largest) sent a camera crew to film my American
Culture in the Nuclear Age class.
Radio Free Europe about John F. Kennedy’s legacy and theories surrounding his
assassination in light of the 40th anniversary of his death and Agence France Press just
about his legacy. Also quoted in El Tiempo (Colombia), Listin Diario (Santo
Domingo)
UPI about the cultural and social significance of the fact that there are 100 women in the
District of Columbia for every 80 men
12/03 Interviewed and quoted by numerous media outlets about the controversy surrounding the
new National Air and Space Museum exhibition of the Enola Gay, including (often
more than once) New York Times, Asahi Shimbun, Miami Herald (editorial), Kyodo
News Service, Tokyo Broadcasting Company, Yomiuri Shimbun, Chogoku Shimbun,
West Japan Times, Mainichi Shimbun, SBS National Radio in Australia, Kyodo News
Service, Yomiuri Shimbun, Omaha World Herald, Pravda, Grand Forks Herald,
Hartford Courant, Fox News (national), Spanish TV (3?), Knight Ridder, U.S.
Newswire, Mainichi Shimbun, Institute for Public Accuracy, Air Force Association
Magazine, American University Eagle, Mississippi Sun Herald, Fort Worth Dallas Star
Telegram, Japan Press Weekly, Wichita Eagle, Channel News Asia (Singapore)
(partial list)
Quoted in Indianapolis Star article about the social changes attributable to WWII
Quoted in Contra Costa Times and Mercury News (San Francisco) based on my comments
in an AP article about the legacy of the WWII generation
Interviewed by Yomiuri Shimbun on its discovery of documents showing that the Truman
administration covered up the fact that some 20 American POWs were killed in the
atomic bombing of Hiroshima
1/02
Repeated CSPAN broadcasts of Smithsonian Panel on “America in Mourning”
TV 2 Denmark on the changing U.S. public response to the threat of anthrax
Interviewed by Wolf Blitzer on CNN about 1970s terrorism and the conviction and
sentencing of former SLA member Sarah Jane Olson
2/02
Agence France Press on the roots in American culture of Attorney General Aschroft’s
extremist views on Islam
Akron Beacon Journal on the significance of the recent spate of war films
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4/02
French TV Arte on Americans’ response to Le Pen’s strong showing in the first round of
the French elections
CSPAN coverage of American University forum “Nuclear Wars: Past and Future?”
NHK TV (Japan), the Asahi Shimbun, and the Yomiuri Shimbun in conjunction with the
American University forum “Nuclear Wars: Past and Future ?”
5/02
Agence France Press on the Bush Administration’s recent push for same-sex public
schools
Agence France Press on the threat to civil liberties posed by Ashcroft’s announced
expansion of FBI powers and the history of past FBI abuses
8/02
AU students’ discussion with Jonathan Schell was covered by the Yomiuri Shimbun
AU students and I were interviewed by the Asahi Shimbun on being in Nagasaki for the
57th anniversary of the atomic bombing
Agence France Press about the enduring effects of the Bush Administration’s assault on
civil liberties
Agence France Press about the cultural implications of America’s choice of heroes in the
aftermath of September 11
9/02
Associated Press on the significance of a new report by the American Council of Trustees
and Alumni showing that the number of colleges and universities requiring courses in
American History has dropped
Agence France Press on the ramifications of Bush’s push for war against Iraq and the
growing antiwar sentiment in the US
1/01
Washington Post on WWI poison gas research at AU
Interviewed by and quoted in Washington Post article about protests during the Bush
inauguration
Interviewed by and quoted in Akahata on the anti-nuclear movement in the U.S.
5/01
American Magazine for summer 2001 article about the Nuclear Studies Institute’s Study
Abroad Trip to Hiroshima and Nagasaki
9/01
CNN on comparisons between the treatment of Japanese-Americans after Pearl Harbor and
the treatment of Muslim-Americans after the terrorist attacks
Interviewed by and quoted in USA Today on antiwar sentiment on campus in the wake of
President Bush’s call for “war” against terrorism
Interviewed by and quoted in the Washington Times on the how the terrorist attacks may
change the U.S. in the foreseeable future
Fox News on the hostile response likely to be directed against antiwar protesters
Arkansas Democrat Gazette on the anticipated attack on civil liberties in the U.S.
10/01 Indianapolis Star on the student response to the bombing of Afghanistan and reluctance to
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Quoted (inaccurately) in Accuracy in Academia article “Terrorists Find Allies on Campus”
Agence France Press (AFP) on the national mood in response to the Afghanistan War
11/01 Interviewed by historian Christian Appy on my activities at the 1968 Democratic
Convention in Chicago for publication as a chapter in his forthcoming oral history book
on the Vietnam War
12/01 Interviewed by and quoted in Washington Post article about how and if the war against
terrorism will end
Repeated CSPAN broadcasts of Smithsonian Panel on “America in Mourning”
4/00
Agence France Press on the 25th anniversary of the end of the Vietnam War
French TV1 on the end of the Vietnam War
CNN on comparisons between the IMF-World Bank protests and the protests of the 1960s
De Volkskrant (Holland) on the legacy of the Vietnam War and the U.S. role in the world
today
Fox National TV News on the legacy of the Vietnam War
Canadian Broadcasting Company (TV) on the history and legacy of the Vietnam War and
Senator John McCain’s controversial remarks
8/00
RCC-TV Hiroshima on the 55th anniversary of the atomic bombing of Hiroshima
Nagasaki Times on 55th anniversary of the atomic bombing of Nagasaki
10/00 Interviewed for article in The Eagle titled “Cinema, history, radical perspectives: Kuznick
speaks on Oliver Stone, social change and his screenplay”
11/00 Interviewed for American Weekly article on how three AU faculty members first became
politically active
11/99 Agence France Press on the 20th Century as the “American Century”--its significance and
consequences
10/99 Clarion (Argentina’s main newspaper) on the defeat of the Comprehensive Test Ban
Treaty
LA Times on Japanese public reaction to the nuclear accident.
Chicago Tribune on the legacy of the Clinton Scandal
Appeared on the Chip Franklin radio call-in show on WBAL (Baltimore) on “Christopher
Columbus: The Man and the Myth”
American University Eagle on Robert McNamara visit to my Oliver Stone’s America
class.
9/99
Voice of America series on America and the World in the 1960s.
8/99
Asahi Shimbun on the Nuclear Studies Institute Trip to Japan and Anti- Nuclear Activism
in the U.S.
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7/99
Fox National TV News on JFK Jr. Death and the Kennedy family legacy.
3/99
Voice of America TV/Radio Asia Bureau “American Issues” call-in show on the History
of Human Rights in the U.S. (Broadcast in English and Mandarin)
2/99
Interviewed for SOC graduate student film on WWI chemical warfare research at AU.
Voice of America on America and the World in the 1960s.
Voice of America TV/Radio Asia Bureau “American Issues” call-in show on the History of
Human Rights in the U.S. (Broadcast in English and Mandarin)
9/98
Scripps Howard on comparison of Johnson and Clinton impeachments.
8/98
Asahi Shimbun, Kyoto News Service, and NHK-TV about A.U. students’ visit to
Hiroshima and Nagasaki.
Contra Costa Times on veterans’ response to criticism of U.S. WWII bombing policy.
6/98
Akahata on anti-nuclear movement in the U.S.
Italian magazine Tempi on dangers of terrorists building an atomic bomb
Chronicle of Higher Education on the Nuclear Studies Institute establishing an affiliated
Nuclear Institute at the College of the Marshall Islands
Newhouse Religious News Service on anti-nuclear movement in the U.S.
News Channel 8 on 1968 and the Counterculture.
5/98
News Channel 8 on Oliver Stone’s America course.
4/98
AU Eagle about atomic bomb survivors’ visit to A.U.
3/98
Voice of America on 1968 30 years later
Kyoto News Service on Nuclear Studies Institute and 1998study abroad course in
Hiroshima and Nagasaki
NBC Radio on 1968 in America.
2/98
Danish TV on the Clinton-Lewinsky scandal.
1/98
Akahata on Japanese students’ peace movement in the U.S.
Die Presse the history of American sexual attitudes in regard to the Clinton- Lewinsky
scandal.
Ottowa Citizen on what the Clinton-Lewinsky scandal tells us about U.S. attitudes toward
sexuality.
12/97 Japanese newspaper Akahata about the anti-nuclear student movement in the U.S.
11/97 Quoted in Eagle article about the addition of Nagasaki to this year’s study abroad trip to
Japan.
9/97
Interviewed by Australian Broadcasting about WWII atomic espionage.
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Quoted in Eagle article about Oliver Stone speaking appearance at AU.
Cited personally and class discussed in New York Times Sunday Magazine feature about
Oliver Stone. (Also cited in Charlie Rose’s introduction of Stone on his PBS show.)
8/97
Quoted in Washington Times article about the Mayor of Boston displaying a statue of
Sacco and Vanzetti.
4/97
Quoted in Eagle article about the Nuclear Studies Institute’s study abroad trip to Japan.
1/97
Washington Jewish Week about the ethical issues raised by historical filmmaking in
Hollywood.
11/96 Interviewed by Jim Clark Channel 7 TV (ABC) on the Kennedy Administration and its
Legacy
10/96 Guest on Rita Foley call-in show on WMAL on the controversy over the construction of
the Japanese museum to commemorate the Second World War.
Issued national press release about film and history and the work of Oliver Stone. Quoted
in the Washington Post and numerous other papers around the U.S.
8/96
Asahi Shimbun, Yomiuri Shimbun, Japan Times, and RCC TV on the study abroad trip to
Japan.
5/95-8/95 Interviewed by dozens of media outlets on the exhibit “Constructing a Peaceful World:
Beyond Hiroshima and Nagasaki,” the controversy over the Smithsonian’s Enola Gay
exhibit, and the atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki, including CBS Sunday
Morning, New York Times, Washington Post, local CBS and Fox TV news, National
Public Radio, USA Today, Knight-Ridder newspapers, the Times of London, British
TV, German TV, French TV, Canadian Broadcasting, New Haven Register, Dallas
CBS TV, TV Asahi (3 separate shows), Pagina Doce (Buenos Aires), Akahata,
Chigoku Shimbun, RCC TV (Hiroshima), Newhouse newspapers, Associated Press,
AP TV, Reuters TV, Charlotte News and Observer, Japanese Broadcasting
Corporation, Japanese Cable TV, Kyodo News Service, and Asahi Shimbun.
6/95
AU Press Conference on the Nuclear History Institute and Exhibit
Denver Post on the history of U.S. nuclear culture and the psychological aspects of living
with the bomb.
4/95
Guest on Rita Foley call-in show on WMAL on the AU summer exhibit and the Enola Gay
controversy.
Agence France Press Service on the 20th anniversary of the fall of Saigon and the impact of
the Vietnam War on American culture and politics.
3/95
Guest on WMAL’s Rita Foley call-in show on the criticisms by the mayors of Hiroshima
and Nagasaki of the U.S. atomic bombings of those cities.
Ft. Lauderdale Sun Sentinel on conservative trends in U.S. politics, culture, and society.
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Interviewed by Museum News, the Washington Times, the Washington Post, WMAL
radio, the Asahi Shimbun, the Chronicle of Higher Education, the American Magazine,
and Stars and Stripes about the AU Summer Institute on Nuclear History and the joint
exhibit with the city of Hiroshima.
2/95
WTOP Radio, Kyoto News Agency, Tokyo Broadcasting on the cancellation of the
Smithsonian’s Enola Gay exhibit.
Guest on WRC’s Joel Spivack call-in show on the atomic bombing of Hiroshima and
Nagasaki and the Enola Gay controversy.
Kyoto News Agency on the AU Summer Institute on Nuclear History.
8/94
King Radio in Seattle on Woodstock 1969 and Woodstock 1994.
6/94
CNN on the 50th anniversary of the GI Bill.
10/92 Entertainment Tonight on recent films about Christopher Columbus.
10/91 Knight-Ridder newspaper chain on the significance of American and Soviet nuclear arms
reductions and the current international strategic situation.
Entertainment Tonight on the life and legacy of Christopher Columbus.
7/91
French TV about the history of American and European sexuality in response to Prime
Minister Cresson’s disparaging remarks about British and American homosexuals.
6/91
Interviewed (along with Prof. Robert Beisner) by students and faculty from the University
of Palermo on the decline of the American Empire on the USIA’s Worldnet TV station.
2/91
CNN on the potential use of nuclear weapons in the Gulf War.
8/90
Guest on radio talk shows and interviewee on the 45th anniversary of the atomic bombing
of Hiroshima and Nagasaki on Tom Snyder Show (ABC national network), Black
Radio Network, Mike Cuthbert Show (WAMU in Washington, D.C.), Theresa Blythe
Show (KNSP in Tucson), Dred Scott Keyes Show (WBAI in New York City), M. L.
Williams Show (WRC in Washington, D.C.), and Howard University Radio (WHUR)
8/89
Guest on radio talk shows and interviewee on the 50th anniversary of Albert Einstein’s
letter to President Roosevelt urging the United States to begin research into the
possibility of building an atomic bomb and on the subsequent atomic bombing of
Hiroshima and Nagasaki on Peter Meade Show (WBZ in Boston), Dorothy Healy
Show (WPFW), WGMS (Washington, D.C.), and WTOP.
4-6/88 Guest on Washington-area radio and television talk shows and interviewee on “Science
and Politics, 1930s and 1980s” on Mike Cuthbert Show (WAMU), Dorothy Healy
Show (WPFW), WTOP, WGMS, and Mike Baker’s Green Room (Channel 56-TV)
CONSULTANT ACTIVITIES:
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Los Alamos Historical Museum: New Mexico-Japan Cross-Cultural Initiative
2013
Consulted on Dropping of the Atomic Bombs, an elementary school “History
Perspectives Book,” published by Cherry Lake Publishing
Consulted with Attore & Associates on proposal to position UHUS as an academic
resource and teaching tool in California public schools
2002-03
Consultant to documentary film on the Federal Writers Project. “American Voices,
from the Writers’ Project”
1993-95
Historical consultant for documentary film being produced by Durrin Associates on the
history of chemical warfare and the controversy surrounding the disposal of
chemical wastes in Spring Valley
1989-91
Consultant to planning committee for National Museum of American History core
exhibit on Twentieth Century Science
1988
Consultant to the Office of Technology Assessment Project on “Science, Technology,
and the Constitution in the Information Age”
1984-6
Consultant to planning committee for exhibit on the Manhattan Project and the Arms
Race at the National Museum of American History
DEPARTMENTAL AND UNIVERSITY SERVICE:
2014
Personnel Committee
Co-chair
Department
University Honors Committee
Nuclear Studies Institute
Member
Director
University
University
Writing Task Force
Member
University
Personnel Committee
Member
Department
University Honors Committee
Graduate Committee
Member
Member
University
Department
Nuclear Studies Institute
Director
University
2012
Personnel Committee
Graduate Committee
Nuclear Studies Institute
African American Search Committee
Member
Member
Director
Member
Department
Department
University
Department
2011
Personnel Committee
Member
Department
2013
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Graduate Committee
Merit Pay Committee
Nuclear Studies Institute
Grievance Committee
US and Middle Eastern one year
Search committees
Americanist Caucus to revise course offerings
Member
Member
Director
Chair
Department
Department
University
Department
Member
Coordinator
Department
Department
Personnel Committee
Graduate Committee
History Day
Brown and Breitman Fellowships
Advisory Committee Member
Nuclear Studies Institute
AU Patriots for Peace
Faculty Hearings Committee
Student Research Conference
Chair
Member
Commentator
Department
Department
Department
Director
Faculty Advisor
Member
Judge
Department
University
University
University
College
2008
Graduate Committee
Personnel Committee
Nuclear Studies Institute
AU Patriots for Peace
Member
Member
Director
Faculty Advisor
Department
Department
University
University
2007
Senate Faculty Grievance Committee
Senate Instructional Budget and Benefits
Committee
Benefits Advisory Project Team
Graduate Committee
History Department Colloquium Committee
Personnel Committee
U.S. Foreign Relations Search Committee
Merit Pay Committee
Member
University
Member
Member
Member
Co-chair
Member
Member
Member
University
University
Department
Department
Department
Department
Department
Senate Faculty Grievance Committee
Senate Instructional Budget and Benefits
Committee
Graduate Committee
History Department Colloquium Committee
Personnel Committee
U.S. Foreign Relations Search Committee
Temporary Faculty Search Committee
Member
University
Member
Member
Co-chair
Member
Member
Member
University
Department
Department
Department
Department
Department
2009
2006
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2005
Senate Faculty Grievance Committee
Senate Instructional Budget and Benefits
Committee
Graduate Committee
History Department Colloquium Committee
Personnel Committee
Chair Search Committee
U.S. Foreign Policy Search Committee
Member
University
Member
Member
Co-chair
Member
Member
Member
University
Department
Department
Department
Department
Department
2004
Nuclear Studies Institute
Faculty Grievance Committee
Budget and Benefits Committee
McNair Scholars Selection Committee
CAS Student Research Conference
Phi Beta Kappa Nominating Committee
Academic Integrity Panel
Graduate Committee
History Department Colloquium Committee
Personnel Committee
Freshman Day
Director
Member
Member
Member
Chair
Member
Member
Member
Chair
Member
Representative
University
University
University
University
College
College
College
Department
Department
Department
Department
2003
Nuclear Studies Institute
Faculty Grievance Committee
Budget and Benefits Committee
Budget Advisory Committee
Phi Beta Kappa Members-in-Course Ctte
Academic Integrity Panel
Graduate Committee
History Department Colloquium Committee
Personnel Committee
Director
Member
Member
Member
Member
Member
Chair
Chair
Member
University
University
University
College
College
College
Department
Department
Department
2002
Nuclear Studies Institute
Faculty Grievance Committee
Budget and Benefits Committee
Education Policy Committee
Budget Advisory Committee
Phi Beta Kappa Officer Selection Ctte
Area 2 General Education Review Ctte
Graduate Committee
African American History Search Ctte
Director
Member
Member
Member
Member
Member
Member
Chair
Chair
University
University
University
College
College
College
College
Department
Department
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History Department Colloquium Series
Personnel Committee
Chair
Member
Department
Department
2001
Nuclear Studies Institute
Faculty Grievance Committee
Education Policy Committee
History Department Colloquium Series
Graduate Committee
Personnel Committee
History Department Colloquium Series
Director
Member
Member
Chair
Member
Member
Chair
University
University
College
Department
Department
Department
Department
2000
Director, Nuclear Studies Institute
Director
Faculty Grievance Committee
Member
Education Policy Committee
Member
History Department Colloquium Series
Member
Undergraduate Committee
Public History Committee
Personnel Committee
U.S. History Search Committee
Phi Beta Kappa Committee on Members in Course
Phi Beta Kappa
History Department Summer Chair
Chair
University
Nuclear Studies Institute
Faculty Grievance Committee
Faculty/Staff Coalition for Diversity
Hiroshima Nagasaki Peace Association
Student Group
American Studies Program
Phi Beta Kappa
History Department Colloquium Series
Public History Committee
Graduate Committee
U.S. History Search Committee
Director
Member
Member
University
Faculty Advisor
Member
Department
College
Chair
Member
Member
Chair
Department
Department
Department
Department
1999
1998
Department
Department
University
Director, American University Nuclear Studies Institute
Institute helped establish an affiliated Nuclear Institute at the College of the
Marshall Islands
Member, Faculty Grievance Committee
Member, Faculty/Staff Coalition for Diversity
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Faculty Advisor to Hiroshima Nagasaki Peace Association Student Group
CAS
Faculty Mentor
Member, Education Policy Committee
Member, EPC Community Relations Subcommittee
Faculty Member, American Studies Program
Faculty Member, CAS Academic Integrity Code Panel
Faculty Member, Phi Beta Kappa
Member, Phi Beta Kappa Committee on Members in Course
Chaired Session at Annual Student Research Conference
Department
Chair, History Department Colloquium Series
Member, Public History Committee
Member, Graduate Committee
1997
University
Director, American University Nuclear Studies Institute
Institute concluded agreement of understanding with the University of the
Marshall Islands to assist in establishment of an affiliated Institute in the
Marshall Islands and has begun collaboration.
Faculty Grievance Committee
Member, Faculty/Staff Coalition for Diversity
Adviser to Hiroshima/Nagasaki Peace Association Student Group
CAS
Faculty Mentor
Member, Education Policy Committee
Member, EPC Community Relations Subcommittee
Faculty Member, American Studies Program
Faculty Member, CAS Academic Integrity Code Panel
Faculty Member, Phi Beta Kappa
Department
Chair, History Department Colloquium Series
1996
University Faculty Grievance Committee
Faculty Grievance Committee
Invited to meet with outside reviewers as part of accreditation review process for
the School of Communications.
CAS
Director, Nuclear Studies Institute
Faculty Mentor
Member, Education Policy Committee
Member, EPC Community Relations Subcommittee
Faculty Member, American Studies Program
Department
Department Colloquium Series
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1995
Chair, Search Committee for One-Year Replacement Position in
Post-Reconstruction U.S. History
Director, Nuclear History Institute
1994
Planning Committee for History Department Landmarks Conference on “The Cold
War and American Culture”
Chair, History Department Personnel Committee
Helped design summer institute on nuclear history “Hiroshima, Nagaskai, and
Beyond,” including courses, public forums, and the joint exhibit with the city of
Hiroshima
1993
Member, CAS Mellon Committee
1991 - 1993
Member, Women’s Studies Faculty
1991
Member, Search Committee for Director of Women’s Studies
Chair, Search Committee for Landmarks Assistant Professor
1991 - 1995
History Department Liaison with AU Library
Participant, CAS Phonathon to Prospective Incoming Students
1991 - 1992
Member, Graduate Studies Committee of University Education Policy Committee
Member, History Department Merit Pay Committee
Member, History Department Chair Evaluation Committee
Member, History Department Grievance Committee
Participant, Special CAS Faculty Meeting to Assess the Effectiveness of General
Education Area 2
CAS Representative, University Committee to Select Special Opportunity Award
Recipients for AY 1992-93
1990 - 1994
Faculty Mentor
1988 - 1991
Member, Peace Studies Faculty
1987 - 1989
Freshman Advisor, History Department
1986
Director, History Department Colloquium Series
Member, American Studies Faculty
PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES:
2014
Associate of the Nuclear Age Peace Foundation
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Associate of the Nuclear Age Peace Foundation
2012
Associate of the Nuclear Age Peace Foundation
Reviewed article for Diplomacy and Statecraft
2011
Associate of the Nuclear Age Peace Foundation
2009
Advisory Board member of Historians Against the War
Associate of the Nuclear Age Peace Foundation
Participant in Council of Foreign Relations Workshop on Arms Control and
Disarmament
Participant in US-Vietnam Dialogue on Agent Orange Sponsored by the Aspen
Institute
2008
Associate of the Nuclear Age Peace Foundation
Reviewed book manuscript for University of North Carolina Press.
2007
Associate of the Nuclear Age Peace Foundation.
Book review advisor to Arms Control Today.
Reviewed book manuscript for Cornell University Press.
Reviewed book manuscript for University of North Carolina Press.
Reviewed article for the Journal of Religion and Popular Culture.
2006
Associate of the Nuclear Age Peace Foundation.
Book review advisor to Arms Control Today.
Reviewed article for Minerva.
Co-Director, Nuclear Education Project
2005
Reviewed book manuscripts for Yale University Press and MIT Press
Co-Director, Nuclear Education Project
Member, Organizing Committee for May 2nd Conference in NYC “Lifting the Shadow:
Toward a Nuclear-Free World”
Consultant to documentary film about John Hersey’s Hiroshima that revolves around
the retracing of the book through the eyes of my students. The film will be narrated
by Walter Cronkite.
Consultant to documentary film “American Voices, From the Writers Project.”
Associate of the Nuclear Age Peace Foundation.
Book review advisor to Arms Control Today
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2004
Consultant to documentary film “American Voices, From the Writers Project”
Consultant to documentary film on John Hersey’s Hiroshima
Co-Founder, Nuclear Education Project
Organizing Committee Member for May 2005 NYC Conference: “From Ground Zero
to Safe Ground: The Growing Nuclear Threat and Its Abolition”
Reader, Stanford University Press
2003
Member Advisory Committee for Student Pugwash USA annual Educational Seminar
“Nuclear Weapons: Science and Policy”
Member, Smithsonian Institution Scholarly Studies Program Grant Review Committee
Consultant to documentary film “American Voices, From the Writers Project”
Member, National Organizing Committee, Historians Against the War
Founder, Committee for a National Discussion of Nuclear History and Current Policy
2002
Member Smithsonian Institution Scholarly Studies Program Grant Review Committee
2001
Member Smithsonian Institution Scholarly Studies Program Grant Review Committee
Outside Examiner for George Washington University Enosinian Scholars Program
Honors Thesis, May 2001
Participant in Conference on the Second Nuclear Age and the Academy at CUNY in
June 2001
2000
Planning Committee on Documenting Post-War Activist Science--Meeting held at
AAAS 2/19/2000 with support from the NSF’s Science and Technology Studies
Program
1997
Appointed member of the Graduate Faculty at the University on Maryland and served
as a member of Tobin Conley’s Thesis Committee.
1996
Member of the Advisory Board to National Policy Conference “Decoding Hollywood:
Film, Ideology, and the Cold War,” sponsored by the Richard Nixon Library and
the Center for the Study of the Presidency. (cancelled)
1995
Reviewed article for National Geographic.
1990-99
Refereed articles for ISIS, Journal of American History, American Quarterly, Journal
of the History of Ideas
Outside reader of book manuscripts for University of North Carolina Press
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MEMBERSHIPS:
American Historical Association
Organization of American Historians
Federation of American Scientists
Scholars, Artists, and Writers for Social Justice
Society for the Social Studies of Science
Historians Against the War (Founding member)
Committee for a National Discussion of Nuclear History and Current Policy (Founder)
Nuclear Education Project (Co-Founder)
Asia-Pacific Working Group (Founding member)
COMMUNITY:
2013
Institute of Puerto Rican Arts and Culture, Chicago, Luncheon talk
Progressive Magazine Fundraising Banquet, Madison, WI
2006
Interview with students from Holicong Middle School in Pennsylvania on the atomic
bombings of 1945 for their National History Day project
2003
Videotaped interview on the history of McCarthyism with students from Eastern
Middle School in Silver Spring, MD.
Judge for contest to award a youth scholarship to attend the Conference Against A & H
Bombs in Hiroshima and Nagasaki sponsored by the Hiroshima/Nagasaki Peace
Committee of the National Capital Area
2001
Lecture to Honors Student Assembly at Montgomery Blair High School in Wheaton,
MD, March 2001
“Deterrence or Insanity?: Warfare and Culture in the Nuclear Age”
1997
Guest Lecturer on Scopes Trial at Walt Whitman High School
1990 - 97 Baseball Coach, Bethesda-Chevy Chase Baseball League
MISCELLANEOUS:
1986 - 95
Member of Washington Area Seminar on History and Culture. (Originally the
Twentieth Century Colloquium of Woodrow Wilson Center for International
Scholars)
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Participant in Institute for Policy Studies Colloquium on History of the Cold War.
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