Cultural memory as a critical tool for understanding the present
Face-to-face
Accompanying activity for the exhibition “Lost Documents: children from Czernobyl in Cuba¨
Cultural memory as a critical tool for understanding the present: 40 years post Czernobyl
Conference with Maribel Acosta Damas, professor of the Faculty of Journalism. University of Havana, Cuba. Following the conference, there will be a discussion with representatives from the Tanquem Cofrents platform.
Summary
Drawing on the history of the nuclear accident at Reactor No. 4 of the Vladimir Ilyich Lenin Nuclear Power Plant in Chernobyl, this article analyzes its consequences—both at the time and up to the present—from two perspectives: the human and the technical, with a focus on nuclear energy. As part of this discussion, the article examines the humanitarian program for Chernobyl children in Cuba and its impact.
Free entry, limited capacity. Registration required www.uv.es/observatoricultural.
Date 7 may 2026 at 18:30 to 21:00. Thursday.
Place
Colegio Mayor Rector Peset
Plaça Forn de S. Nicolau, 4
València (46001)
Vicerrectorado de Cultura, Deporte y Vínculo Social, Observatorio Cultural y Colegio Mayor Rector Peset de la Universitat de València y Asociación Valenciana de Amistad con Cuba José Martí. .
