Public Lecture: Nagasaki and the Future of War in the 20th Century
Hear Professor Holger Nehring discuss the significance of the use of nuclear weapons on Nagasaki in this public lecture at the University of Stirling on 6th October.
About Public Lecture: Nagasaki and the Future of War in the 20th Century
| 6th October 2025 | |
| 6:15pm | |
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University of Stirling University of Stirling , Stirling FK9 4LA |
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| This is a free event | |
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The bombing of Nagasaki on 9 August 1945 by the United States was the second and last time a nuclear weapon was deployed as part of a military campaign. On the one hand, this was a continuation of the city bombings that had characterised aspects of the Second World War before. On the other hand, the awesome power of nuclear weapons unleashed a new level of destruction. This talk addresses two questions: What was the significance of the decision to use nuclear weapons on Nagasaki in the history of warfare in the twentieth century? And what conclusions, if any, can we draw from this history for our own understanding of war?
Holger Nehring is Professor of Contemporary European History at Stirling. He has published widely on the history of anti-nuclear-weapons activism as well as on the history and heritage of the Cold War. He was Co-I, with Sam Alberti at National Museums Scotland, of the major AHRC-funded project on the Cold War in museums. Holger came to the UK as a Rhodes Scholar to read for a DPhil in History at Oxford. He has held visiting positions at the Norwegian Nobel Institute/ University of Oslo, the École des Hautes Études en Sciences Sociales in Paris, the University of Michigan and Stanford.
This lecture is part of a series of events accompanying an exhibition Remembered: 80 years since the bombing Hiroshima and Nagasaki which is on display on Level 3 in Campus Central at the University.
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