Presenting research on memory and peace in Nagasaki

On 15 March 2026, Yerdaulet Rakhmatulla presented research findings in Nagasaki at a public hybrid event co-hosted by Nagasaki University’s Research Center for Nuclear Weapons Abolition (RECNA) and the British American Security Information Council (BASIC). The event closed Assembling Peace through Dialogue, a project marking the 80th anniversary of the atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki, supported by the PCU Nagasaki Council for Nuclear Weapons Abolition.

Over eight months, fifteen young researchers from different regions worked remotely in three groups: AI in nuclear systems, preserving the memory of the Hibakusha, and the links between nuclear weapons and climate change. Yerdaulet’s group, supervised by Dr Kazuko Hikawa, looked at how kataribe, the Japanese tradition of storytellers who pass on the testimonies of atomic bomb survivors, can keep these memories alive as the survivor generation passes.

The project report, published on 14 March 2026, includes the group’s chapter on pages 21 to 29. Members of the group have since presented the findings at a British Pugwash conference in London and at a Nagasaki University seminar.