Asia has been the site of some of the greatest human and natural catastrophes. From the 2011 disasters in Japan, to the 1984 Union Carbide disaster in Bhopal, India, to the legacy of Soviet nuclear testing in Kazakhstan, to the risk of nuclear war in South Asia, Asian sites reveal much about the intersection of the political and the natural. The Center for Asian Studies will host presentations on the risks, costs and effects of different types of disaster in this symposium. Friday, April 4, 1 p.m., Center for British Studies, Norlin Library.