From jsis@u.washington.edu Fri Dec 12 12:05:12 2003 Received: from mxu8.u.washington.edu (mxu8.u.washington.edu [140.142.32.142]) by lists.u.washington.edu (8.12.10+UW03.09/8.12.10+UW03.09) with ESMTP id hBCK5BuL032388 for ; Fri, 12 Dec 2003 12:05:11 -0800 Received: from mxout1.cac.washington.edu (mxout1.cac.washington.edu [140.142.32.134]) by mxu8.u.washington.edu (8.12.10+UW03.09/8.12.10+UW03.09) with ESMTP id hBCK5ARg013000 for ; Fri, 12 Dec 2003 12:05:10 -0800 Received: from mailhost1.u.washington.edu (mailhost1.u.washington.edu [140.142.32.141]) by mxout1.cac.washington.edu (8.12.10+UW03.09/8.12.10+UW03.09) with ESMTP id hBCK59P3021799 for ; Fri, 12 Dec 2003 12:05:09 -0800 Received: from reception (D-128-95-200-98.dhcp4.washington.edu [128.95.200.98]) by mailhost1.u.washington.edu (8.12.10+UW03.09/8.12.10+UW03.09) with SMTP id hBCK59Hk011272 for ; Fri, 12 Dec 2003 12:05:09 -0800 Message-ID: <01a401c3c0eb$37a3e000$62c85f80@reception> From: "Jackson School of International Studies" To: "JSIS - Calendar" Subject: The Jackson School Calendar Date: Fri, 12 Dec 2003 12:04:57 -0800 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook Express 6.00.2800.1158 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2800.1165 X-Uwash-Spam: Gauge=XIIII, Probability=14%, Report='NO_COST 1.232, CLICK_BELOW 0.089' the JACKSON SCHOOL CALENDAR December 12, 2003 A brief look ahead. Scroll down for complete details. * Unless stated otherwise, all events will take place on the main campus of the University of Washington, Seattle. Click here to receive the JSIS Calendar by email November & December Beneath the Banyan Tree December 17 Japanese New Religions: Self Immolation in Medieval Chinese Buddhism December 18 Individual Responsibility: Careers for Social Progress January 12 - 26 Testimonies from the Grave: The Argentine Forensic Anthropology Team in Latin America January 14 Shadows of the Truth: A Forensic Tour of Guatemala January 21 Emerging Themes In Portcity Development: Comparing Incheon and Central Puget Sound. Cinema and Urban Renewal in the PRC January 28 Blinded by Social Distance--On the inability to Produce a Record of Killings between Neighbors February 10 Investor Perceptions of Russia's Business Climate February 18 Monks, Guns, and Rice: Theravada Buddhism, Political Violence, and Social Injustice Full Listings 2003 November & December Beneath the Banyan Tree. This exhibit will take place in 102 Suzzallo Library. The exhibition will focus on four major forms of performed North Indian folk art that capture the intersection of ritual, performance and art in the living traditions of North India. The art forms include: (1) terracotta and brass (cire perdue) sculptures that represent the deities and serve as offerings to them; (2) pata, storytelling scrolls made and performed in West Bengal; (3) women's paintings from the Mithala region of Bihar, which create auspiciousness for their life cycle rituals and tell the stories of the gods and goddesses that enliven lives there; (4) Rajasthani par, or large scrolls which are used by singers to tell epic stories in the western state of Rajasthan. cosponsored by the Libraries and the South Asia Center. December 17 Japanese New Religions: Self Immolation in Medieval Chinese Buddhism. 3:30-5:00 PM, 202 Communications Bldg. Speaker: James Benn, Arizona State University. Sponsored by the Comparative Religion Program, the China Studies Program. December 18 Individual Responsibility: Careers for Social Progress. 7:00-9:00 PM, Fireside Room, UW Alumni House, 1415 NE 45th St (corner of 15th Ave NE) Panelists will include JSIS Director Anand Yang, JSIS professors Resat Kasaba and Joel Migdal and representatives from local NGOs. Panelists discuss how individuals can build careers that make a positive contribution to our world, speak about their individual career choices, and examine options for current students and recent graduates of international studies. Sponsored by JSIS Alumni. Cost: $5, UWAA members and students; &7, general public. Registration required by calling 543-3839 or visiting the website at www.UWalum.com. For more information e-mail jsis_alumni@u.washington.edu January 12 - 26 Testimonies from the Grave: The Argentine Forensic Anthropology Team in Latin America. HUB Art Gallery, University of Washington. This photographic exhibit documents the process of recovering remains of disappeared and massacred persons. At the request of four Latin American countries, the Argentine Forensic Anthropology Team unearthed mass graves, identified and returned remains to families for burial. Dr. Vincent Phillips helped to bring this exhibit to the UW through his experiences and collaboration with forensic anthropology projects in Latin America and elsewhere. Dr. Phillips has been present at exhumations and for interviews of massacre survivors in Chiapas, Guatemala and El Salvador. Dr. Phillips will be at the HUB Art Gallery on Jan. 14th and Jan. 21st from 3:00 - 4:00 PM to present and discuss the exhibit, and to answer questions. Sponsored by The Latin American Studies Program/JSIS. For more info: 206-685-3435, lasuw@u.washington.edu. January 14 Shadows of the Truth: A Forensic Tour of Guatemala. 4:30 - 6:00 pm, 317 Thomson Hall. Speaker: Dr. Vincent Phillips will present a slide lecture about the Argentine Forensic Anthropology Team and their exumations in Guatemala. Sponsored by The Latin American Studies Program/JSIS. For more info: 206-685-3435, lasuw@u.washington.edu. (This lecture is presented in conjuction with "Testimonies from the Grave: The Argentine Forensic Anthropology Team in Latin America" - A documentary photographic exhibit showing at the HUB Art Gallery January 12 - 26.) January 21 Emerging Themes In Portcity Development: Comparing Incheon and Central Puget Sound. 2:00-6:00 p.m. at the UW's South Campus Center, Room 316. The UW School of Marine Affairs, Global Trade, Transportation and Logistics Studies (GTTL), and the Department of International Trade and Regional Studies, INHA University, Incheon, Republic of Korea, are proud to sponsor this half-day workshop. The workshop is free and open to all interested individuals; to R.S.V.P. please contact Professor Marc Hershman at hershmj@u.washington.edu. January 21 Cinema and Urban Renewal in the PRC. 3:30-5:00 PM, 226 Communications Bldg. Speaker: Yomi Braester. Department of comparative Literature, UW. Sponsored by Asian Languages & Literature Colloquium. January 28 Blinded by Social Distance--On the inability to Produce a Record of Killings between Neighbors. 7:30 PM, 226 Communications Bldg. Speaker: Jan Gross, New York University. Historicizing Genocide: The Holocaust in Comparative Perspective Lecture Series Sponsors: REECAS, CWES, Institute for Transnational Studies, et al. For more information on sponsors and event see http://depts.washington.edu/its/genocide.html. February 10 Investor Perceptions of Russia's Business Climate. 3:30-5:00 PM, Parrington Hall Forum. Speaker: George F. Russel Jr., Chairman Emeritus, Russell Investment Group. Russia's Forecast: Transformation in the 21st Century Lecture Series. Sponsored by the Foundation for Russian American Economic Cooperation and the Russian, East European and Central Asian Studies Center. Info: 543-4852 or http://fraec.org/events. February 18 Monks, Guns, and Rice: Theravada Buddhism, Political Violence, and Social Injustice. 7:30 PM, 220 Kane Hall. Speaker: Charles Keyes (Anthropology and Comparative Religion, UW) Religion, Conflict, and Violence: Exploring Patterns Past and Present, East and West. The Annual Lecture in Religion and Contemporary Life. Free and open to the public. Abbreviations and Web site addresses for more detailed information: Asian L&L Department of Asian Languages & Literature CANSTUD Canadian Studies Program/JSIS http://jsis.artsci.washington.edu/programs/canada/canada.html CASG Central Asian Studies Group/NELC CIBERCenter for International Business Education & Research CSDE Center for Studies in Demography & Ecology CPHRS Center for Public Health Research & Evaluation CWES Center for West European Studies, JSIS http://jsis.artsci.washington.edu/programs/cwesuw/index.html EUC European Union Center http://jsis.artsci.washington.edu/programs/europe/euc.html GEOG Dept. of Geography http://depts.washington.edu/geog/news/colloquium.html GTI Institute of Transnational Studies http://depts.washington.edu/tayloruw/seminars.htm GTTL Global Trade, Transportation & Logistics Studies IGRSS Inst. For Global and Regional Security Studies IIP Institute for International Policy http://www.iip.washington.edu IS Center for International Studies/JSIS http://jsis.artsci.washington.edu/programs/is/is-ctr.html JSIS The Henry M. Jackson School of International Studies LAS Latin American Studies Program/JSIS MEC Middle East Center/JSIS http://jsis.artsci.washington.edu/programs/mideast/events.htm NELC Department of Near Eastern Languages & Civilization http://depts.washington.edu/nelc REECAS Russian, East European, and Central Asia Studies, JSIS http://depts.washington.edu/reecas SEAS Southeast Asia Studies/JSIS http://jsis.artsci.washington.edu/programs/seasia/seasia.html Slavic L&L Department of Slavic Languages & Literature SMA School of Marine Affairs The Jackson School Calendar is updated and e-mailed weekly. There is no charge for subscribing. To subscribe to the on-line Calendar, or for further information, please post a message to: jsis@u.washington.edu. 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