Ágota Duró is Associate Professor at YIC Gakuin University (formerly known as Hiroshima Jogakuin University), Japan. Originally from Hungary, she earned her Ph.D. in Peace Studies from the Graduate School of International Studies at Hiroshima City University in 2017. Her research explores the legacy of the atomic bombings, the history of overseas atomic bomb victims (hibakusha), Japanese-Korean relations, civil society activism in Japan, and the collective memory of the Battle of Okinawa.