From jsis@u.washington.edu Fri Nov 21 09:28:58 1997 Received: from jason03.u.washington.edu (root@jason03.u.washington.edu [140.142.77.10]) by lists.u.washington.edu (8.8.4+UW97.07/8.8.4+UW97.05) with ESMTP id JAA15130 for ; Fri, 21 Nov 1997 09:28:56 -0800 Received: from saul3.u.washington.edu (jsis@saul3.u.washington.edu [140.142.83.1]) by jason03.u.washington.edu (8.8.4+UW97.07/8.8.4+UW97.05) with ESMTP id JAA24768 for ; Fri, 21 Nov 1997 09:28:55 -0800 Received: from localhost (jsis@localhost) by saul3.u.washington.edu (8.8.4+UW97.07/8.8.4+UW97.04) with SMTP id JAA13539 for ; Fri, 21 Nov 1997 09:28:54 -0800 (PST) Date: Fri, 21 Nov 1997 09:28:54 -0800 (PST) From: Jackson School of International Studies To: jsis-uw@u.washington.edu Subject: The Jackson School Calendar, November 21, 1997 Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII the JACKSON SCHOOL CALENDAR November 21, 1997 (Electronic Update) NOTE: ALL EVENTS ARE OPEN TO THE PUBLIC & ARE FREE UNLESS OTHERWISE INDICATED. The Jackson School Calendar is updated and e-mailed weekly. There is no charge for subscribing. For instructions on how to subscribe to the on-line Calendar, or for further information, please post a message to: JSIS-UW@u.washington.edu. Thank you New Events November 24 The Uzbek Institutions of the Mahalla: Past and Present. 6:00-7:30 pm, Denny Hall 215. Speaker: Dinora Azimova, Fulbright Visiting Scholar, Stanford University. Sponsor: Central Asian Studies Group, Dept. of Near Eastern Languages & Civilization. Info: 543-6033. Crises and Crisis Management in Southeastern Europe. 2:30-4:20 pm, Smith Hall 105. Speaker: Horst Haselsteiner, Professor of East European History, University of Vienna. Sponsors: Russian/East European/Central Asian Studies, the Jackson School, and the Dept. of History. Info: 543-4852. >From the Mountains of Kirghizstan to the Cosmos: Chingiz Aitmatov's Changing Approach to Kirghiz, Russian and World Culture. 3:00-4:30 pm, Denny Hall 215. Speaker: Anthony Qualin, Texas Tech University. Sponsor: Central Asian Studies Group, Dept. of Near Eastern Languages & Civilization. Info: 543-6033. December 10 The Depiction of Korean Migrant Workers in Japan in the Korean Literature of Song Yong. 3:30-5:00 pm, Thomson Hall 335. Speaker: Professor Ann Lee, Dept. of Asian Languages & Literature. Sponsor: Korean Colloquium, the Jackson School. Info: 543-9302. ********************************************** Events Reported in Previous Issues November 20-23 American Association for the Advancement of Slavic Studies: 29th National Convention. Seattle Sheraton Hotel, 1400 6th ave. Speakers: Numerous. Info: (617) 495-0677 or email walker@fas.harvard.edu November 20, 21, 22 Guangdong Modern Dance Company. 8:00 pm, Meany Hall. Chinas first and only modern dance company. Sponsor: UW World Dance & Theatre Series. Cost & Info: UW Arts ticket office, 543-4880. November 21 Foreign Direct Investment Patterns of Firms Involved in Antidumping Investigations. 2:00 pm., Savery 302. Speaker: Bruce Blonigen, Univ. of Oregon. Sponsor: Dept. of Economics. Information: 543-5955. Chinese Infant Mortality: A Multi-level Analysis using the 1990 Census. 12:30 pm., Savery 209. Speaker: Bill Lavely, UW Dept. of Sociology. Sponsors: UW Center for Studies in Demography and Ecology, and the Battelle Center for Public Health Research and Evaluation. Information: 543-5412. IPE Colloquium: Domestic Politics and International Migration. 1:30-3:30 pm., Thomson 403. Speaker: Gary Freeman, Professor of Political Science, Univ. of Texas at Austin. (A short paper is available on request) Sponsor: International Studies Center, JSIS. Information: Christine Ingebritsen, 543-0675. Friday Film Series, Latin American Studies Program, the Jackson School. Due to copyright agreements, these film screenings are open only to UW students, faculty and staff. Screenings are on Fridays, beginning at 1:30 p.m. in Kane 19. Films are as follows: Reflections from Latina/o Writers Interviews with Marcia Alvar, fr. the Upon Reflection Series - Heritage And Magical Realism (Kathleen Alcal) 1997 29 min. Kathleen Alcala, author of Mrs. Vargas and the Dead Naturalist and Other Stories and Spirits of the Ordinary. - The Storyteller's Roots (Victor Villasenor) 1996 29 min. Victor Villasenor, writer of Rain of Gold and Wild Steps of Heaven, and screenplays including The Ballad of Gregorio Cortez. November 24 Global Business Series, Part III: The Balance Sheet of Unilateral Sanctions. 7:30 am., Columbia Tower Club, 701 Fifth Ave., 75th floor, Seattle. Speaker: Ernest Preeg, Chair of International Business, Center for Strategic and International Studies. Sponsors: World Affiars Council, KUOW 94.9 FM, Puget Sound Business Journal. Cost: $30 members, $40 non-members (includes breakfast); $5 coffee table. Information: 682-6986. Nguoi Mau, Nguoi Me (Models, Mothers): Women in Vietnamese Art from Colonialism to Doi Moi. 3:30-5:00 pm, Art Bldg. 3. Speaker: Nora Taylor, Art Historian, Dept. of History, National University of Singapore. Sponsor: Southeast Asian Studies, JSIS. Info: 543-9606. The Demographic Disentrapment of Africa. 7:00 pm, 120 Kane Hall. Speaker: Walker-Ames Professor Maurice King, Honorary Research Fellow, Univ. of Leeds, England. Sponsor: Univ. of Washington. November 25 Iran and the Persian-Speaking Central Asia: An Overview. 5:00 pm, 215 Denny Hall. Speaker: Ken Peterson, NELC Graduate Student. Sponsor: Dept. of Near Eastern Languages & Civilization. Info: 685-3800. Modern Poetry and Literature in Turkey. 12:30-1:30 pm, Denny Hall 215A. Speaker: Walter Andrews. Sponsor: Turkish Studies Group, Dept. of Near Eastern Languages & Civilization. Info: 543-0697. The Iconography of Icon Veneration in Russian Art of the 14th-16th Centuries. 3:30-5:00 pm, Communications 120. Speaker: Prof. Engelina Smirnova, Moscow University. Sponsors: Russian, East European and Central Asian Studies Program, the Jackson School; the Dept. of History; the Division of Art History, School of Art; and the Walter Chapin Simpson Center for the Humanities. Info: 543-4852. November 30 Out of the Islamic Republic, An Evening with Abbas Marufi. 7:30 pm, 239 Savery Hall. Speaker: Abba Marufi, Iranian Writer. Sponsor: Dept. of Near Eastern Languages & Literature. Info: 543-6033. December 2 Global Business Series, Part IV: The Merits of Trade with Sub-Saharan Africa. 7:30 am., Columbia Tower Club, 701 Fifth Ave., fifth floor, Seattle. Speaker: Jim McDermott, U.S. Representative, 7th District, Washington State. Sponsors: World Affairs Council, KUOW 94.9 FM, Puget Sound Business Journal. Cost: $30 members, $40 non-members (includes breakfast); $5 coffee table. Information: 682-6986. Gardun: The Story of an Iranian Journal. 5:00 pm, 215 Denny Hall. Speaker: Abbas Marufi, Iranian Writer. Sponsor: Dept. of Near Eastern Languages & Civilization. Info: 685-3800. December 3 Zapotec Traditional Environmental Knowledge. 12:00-1:00 pm, Thomson 317. Speaker: Eugene Hunn, Dept. of Anthropology. Sponsor: Latin American Studies Program, JSIS. Info: 685-3435. December 4 Planning a Curriculum for an American Studies Program at Arabayev Kirghiz State Pedagogical University. 12:30 - 1:20 p.m., Denny Hall 215. Speaker: Cholpon Naimanova, Fulbright Scholar, Arabayev Kirghiz State Pedagogical University, Bishkek, Kirghizstan. Sponsor: Central Asian Studies Group, Dept. of Near Eastern languages & Civilization. Information: Isle Cirtautas, 543-9963 or 543-6033. No Place Like Home: Gender, Migration, and Development in South Sulawesi. 3:30-4:40 pm., Cunningham Hall Conference Room. Speaker: Rachel Silvey, Lecturer, Women Studies Dept. Sponsors: Southeast Asian Studies, JSIS, and Northwest Center for Research on Women. Information: 543-9531. India: Past, Present and Future (A public symposium on the occasion of the 50th Anniversary of Indias Independence). Downtown Seattle (exact time and location to be announced). Speakers: Numerous. Sponsors: The World Affairs Council and the Asia Society. Info: 682-6986. December 5 Child Health in Rural Pakistan. 12:30 pm., Savery 209. Speaker: Elaina Rose, Dept. of Economics. Sponsor: Center for Studies in Demography and Ecology, and the Battelle Center for Public Health Research and Evaluation. Information: 543-5412. Retooling a Cold War Alliance for the 21st Century. 1:30-3:00 pm, Thomson 403. Speaker: Prof. Chrisopher Jones, the Jackson School; and the International Political Economy Colloquium. Info: 543-0675 (ingie@). December 9 To Live Like a God in Odessa: Hebrew Culture on the Margins of Russia, 1890 - 1920. 3:30 pm, Thomson 317. Speaker: Adam Rubin, 1997-98 Cole Fellow. Sponsor: Jewish Studies Program, JSIS. Info: 543-4243 January 21 Who is the Other?: Mutual Misunderstanding among Maya Indians and International Tourists in Chiapas, Mexico. 12:30-1:20 pm, Thomson 317. Speaker: Oscar Barrera Nunez, Dept. of Anthropology. Sponsor: Latin American Studies Program, JSIS. Info: 685-3435. January 24 Religion and Identity: Russia into the 21st Century (Annual Workshop for Teachers). 9:00 am - 3:30 pm, Thomson Hall 317. Presenters: Bruce Kochis, Senior Lecturer, Liberal Studies Dept.; Glennys Young, Assistant Prof., Dept. of History and the Jackson School; Kurt Engelmann, Associate Director, REECAS Center. Sponsor: Russian, East European and Central Asian Studies Center. Open to all educators, pre-registration required. Registration: Marion Cook, 543-4852. Info: Kurt Engelmann, 543-6938. April 11 Fourth Annual REECAS Conference. Portland State University, Portland, Oregon. (Papers and Session Proposals now being accepted). Sponsor: Russian, East European and Central Asian Studies Center. Info: 543-4852. ****************************************************************************** To request disability accommodations, contact the office of the ADA Coordinator, at least ten days in advance of the event. 543-6450 (voice); 543-6452 (TDD); 685-3885 (FAX); access@u.washington.edu (E-mail). The Henry M. Jackson . School of International Studies University of Washington Box # 353650 Seattle, WA 98195-3650 .