The Program on Science and Global Security, part of Princeton University’s School of Public and International Affairs (SPIA), invites you to the Bruce Blair Memorial Lecture 2024 and the opening of a special exhibition at SPIA's Bernstein Gallery, featuring the bomb. The lecture and the exhibition are part of a series of events for the 50th year of the Program.

The Lecture will be a panel discussion will be hosted by Zia Mian, co-chair of the Program and features special guests:

• Annie Jacobsen ’89 is the author of Nuclear War: A Scenario (2024) and a Pulitzer Prize finalist.
• Smriti Keshari is a filmmaker and artist-in-residence at Pioneer Works in New York and the National Theatre in London.
• Eric Schlosser ’81 is the author of Command and Control: Nuclear Weapons, the Damascus Accident, and the Illusion of Safety (2013), a finalist for the Pulitzer Prize.

The Bruce Blair Memorial Lecture honors the life and work of Bruce Blair (1947-2020), a Program member, distinguished scholar and a leader of the global nuclear disarmament movement. The lecture series aims to advance understanding of the risks of nuclear weapons and policies to end them.

The exhibition's centerpiece is the immersive film, music and art installation -- the bomb -- created by Eric Schlosser and Smriti Keshari. The exhibition also includes contributions providing up-to-date information on the risks from nuclear weapons and efforts to confront them.
 

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