From jsis@u.washington.edu Fri Dec 17 09:06:06 1999 Received: from jason05.u.washington.edu (root@jason05.u.washington.edu [140.142.78.6]) by lists.u.washington.edu (8.9.3+UW99.09/8.9.3+UW99.09) with ESMTP id JAA15340 for ; Fri, 17 Dec 1999 09:06:04 -0800 Received: from saul4.u.washington.edu (jsis@saul4.u.washington.edu [140.142.83.2]) by jason05.u.washington.edu (8.9.3+UW99.09/8.9.3+UW99.09) with ESMTP id JAA23414 for ; Fri, 17 Dec 1999 09:06:04 -0800 Received: from localhost (jsis@localhost) by saul4.u.washington.edu (8.9.3+UW99.09/8.9.3+UW99.09) with ESMTP id JAA20745 for ; Fri, 17 Dec 1999 09:06:03 -0800 (PST) Date: Fri, 17 Dec 1999 09:06:01 -0800 (PST) From: Jackson School of International Studies To: jsis-uw@u.washington.edu Subject: The Jackson School Calendar, December 17, 1999 Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII the JACKSON SCHOOL CALENDAR December 17, 1999 ALL EVENTS ARE OPEN TO THE PUBLIC & ARE FREE UNLESS OTHERWISE INDICATED. *New Events (or changes) not previously listed are indicated by an asterisk* Abbreviations: Asian L&L = Department of Asian Languages & Literature CIBER = Center 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 GTTL = Global Trade, Transportation & Logistics Studies JSIS = The Henry M. Jackson School of International Studies LAS = Latin American Studies Program/JSIS NELC = Department of Near Eastern Languages & Civilization REECAS = Russian, East European, and Central Asia Studies, JSIS Slavic L&L = Department of Slavic Languages & Literature SMA = School of Marine Affairs _______________________________________________________________________ 2000 January 5 * Eco-Region Conservation in Latin America. 12:20 - 1:20 pm, Thomson 317. Brown bag talk by UW Professor Emeritus Gordon Orians. Sponsor: LAS/JSIS. Info: 685-3435. January 6 The Big Fight Over Long-Term Care Insurance in Japan. 3:30 - 4:30 pm, Smith 305. Speaker: John Creighton Campbell, Professor of Political Science, Univ. of Michigan. Sponsor: Japan Program/JSIS. Info: 543-4391. * Bumbling Officials, Litigious Women and Disgruntled Men: The Politics of Family Reform in Communist China, 1949 - 1968. 3:30 - 5:00 pm, Thomson 317. Speaker: Dr. Neil Diamant, Tel Aviv University. Sponsor: China Studies Program/JSIS. Info: 543-4391. January 11 Post-Zionism and the Future of Palestinian-Israeli Relations. 3:30 pm, Thomson 317. Speaker: Deborah Wheeler, JSIS. Sponsor: Jewish Studies Program/JSIS. Info: 543-4243. * Herders on the Edge (slide show and presentation focusing on the lives of the indigenous reindeer herders and salmon fishers of Kamchatka). 7:30 - 10:00 pm, Smith 205. Presentation by photographer Paul Harris. Sponsor: REECAS/JSIS. Info: 543-4352. January 12 The Holy Land in the Byzantine Empire (Part of the lecture series "Jerusalem in the Western Tradition" celebrating the 25th anniversary of the Comparative Religion Program). 7:00 pm, Kane Hall 220. Speaker: Joel Walker. Sponsors: The Walter Chapin Simpson Center for the Humanities; the Jewish Studies Program; the College of Arts & Sciences; the Graduate School; JSIS; The Medieval Studies Group; University Bookstore. Info: 543-3606. January 18 Russia at the Crossroads: Building a New Russian Economy (Part of the Lecture Series "American Policy in the New Century"). 7:30 pm, Kane Hall 130. Speaker: Dr.Yegor Gaidar, Former Prime Minister of Russia. Sponsors: JSIS; World Affairs Council. Info: 543-4842. January 19 Human Rights and Global Progress. 7:00 pm, location tba. Speaker: Former President Jimmy Carter. Sponsor: Evans School of Public Affairs. Info: 616-7316. January 25 NOTE: The following event has been cancelled: Yair Hoffman, Tel Aviv University (title of presentation to be announced). 3:30 pm, Thomson 317. Sponsor: Jewish Studies Program/JSIS. Info: 543-4243. Halacha, Social Norms, Economic Demands, and Jewish Politics in European History. 3:30 - 5:00 pm, Thomson 317. Speaker: Alan Zuckerman, Brown University. Sponsor: Jewish Studies Program/JSIS. Info: 543-4243. January 26 The Desert Zion: Jerusalem in Classical Islamic Tradition (Part of the lecture series "Jerusalem in the Western Tradition" celebrating the 25th anniversary of the Comparative Religion Program). 7:00 pm, Kane Hall 220. Speaker: Brannon Wheeler, NELC. Sponsors: The Walter Chapin Simpson Center for the Humanities; the Jewish Studies Program; the College of Arts & Sciences; the Graduate School; JSIS; The Medieval Studies Group; University Bookstore. Info: 543-3606. January 28 Colostrum feeding behavior and initiation of breastfeeding in rural Bangladesh. 12:30 - 2:00 pm, Parrington Commons 308. Speaker: Darryl Holman, Dept. of Anthropology. Sponsors: CSDE; CPHRS. Info: 543-5412. February 3 US Policy in the New Century: US Policy and the Former Communist World (Part of the Lecture Series "American Policy in the New Century"). 7:30 pm, Kane Hall 130. Speaker: Jack F. Matlock, Former United States Ambassador to Czechoslovakia and to the Soviet Union; George F. Kennan Professor of History, Institute of Advanced Study, Princeton. Sponsors: JSIS; World Affairs Council. Info: 543-4842. February 4 Health Care Use in Indonesia (tentative). 12:30 - 2:00 pm, Parrington Commons 308. Speaker: Elizabeth Frankenberg, RAND Corporation. Sponsors: CSDE; CPHRS. Info: 543-5412. February 8 The Jewish Gangster in America. 3:30 pm, Thomson 317. Speaker: Robert Rockaway. Sponsor: Jewish Studies Program/JSIS. Info: 543-4243. February 9 * Turkey Before and After the Earthquakes. 5:30 - 8:00 pm, Kane Hall, Walker-Ames Room. Speaker: Resat Kasaba, JSIS. Sponsor: International Updates Series, JSIS. Registration fee of $22 required for dinner and lecture. Registration & info: 543-1675. February 12 Illuminating the Buddhist Tradition: A Workshop on Learning and Teaching about Buddhism. 8:00 am - 3:30 pm, Thomson Hall 101. Workshop focusing on the history, philosophy, practice and cultural impact of Buddhism. Speakers include Charles Keyes, Richard Saloman and Jeff Schoening. Sponsors: Jackson School Outreach Programs; Global Source Education. Registration fee is $45. Ethnic lunch and materials provided. Clock hours available at no charge. Registration information: Jon Garfunkle at 781-8060. * Puccini's Turandot Meets Nezami's Haft Paykat (Second Annual Hooshang Afrassiabi Lecture in Persian Studies). 6:30 pm, Kane Hall, Walker-Ames Room. Speaker: Peter Chelkiwski, New York University. Sponsor: NELC. Info: 543-6928. February 23 Jerusalem in the Age of the Crusades (Part of the lecture series "Jerusalem in the Western Tradition" celebrating the 25th anniversary of the Comparative Religion Program). 7:00 pm, Kane Hall 220. Speaker: Robert Stacey, Department of History. Sponsors: The Walter Chapin Simpson Center for the Humanities; the Jewish Studies Program; the College of Arts & Sciences; the Graduate School; JSIS; The Medieval Studies Group; University Bookstore. Info: 543-3606. February 25 Gender, Occupation, and Household Division of Labor in Vietnam's Red River Delta. 12:30 - 2:00 pm, Parrington Commons 308. Speaker: Kim Korinek, Dept. of Sociology. Sponsors: CSDE; CPHRS. Info: 543-5412. February 26 * Greater Pacific Northwest Middle East Regional Seminar. 8:30 am - 4:00 pm, Kane Hall, Walker Ames Room. Various speakers. Registration required; $5 students, $15 general. Sponsor: Middle East Center/JSIS. Info: 543-4227. March 3 - 5 Interdisciplinary Symposium on Prayer, Magic, and the Stars in the Ancient and Late Antique World. UW campus, exact times and location tba. Speakers: Jonathan Z. Smith, Univ. of Chicago; Chris Faraone, Univ. of Chicago; Sarah Iles Johnston, Ohio State Univ.; Marvin Meyer, Chapman Univ.; Michael Morony, UCLA; Robert Ritner, Univ. of Chicago; Francesca Rochberg, Univ. of California, Riverside; Mark Smith, St. Joseph's Univ.; Michael Swartz, Ohio State Univ. Sponsor: NELC. Info: http://weber.u.washington.edu/~snoegel/stars.html March 9 US Policy in the New Century: The US and Europe in the New Century (Part of the Lecture Series "American Policy in the New Century"). 7:30 pm, Kane Hall 130. Speaker: Dr. Josef Joffe, Editor and Publisher, Die Zeit, Hamburg. Sponsors: JSIS; World Affairs Council. Info: 543-4842. March 15 Ecological and Environmental Aspects of Progress. 7:30 pm, Town Hall, 1119 8th Avenue. Speaker: Dr. Amory Lovins. Sponsor: Evans School of Public Affairs. Info: 616-7316. March 30 Peace and Progress. 7:30 pm, Town Hall, 1119 8th Avenue. Speaker: Former Senator George Mitchell. Sponsor: Evans School of Public Affairs. Info: 616-7316. April 1 Pittsburgh Platform: Changes in Reform Judaism. 3:30 pm, Thomson 317. Speaker: Julie Eulenberg, Visiting Scholar, JSIS. Sponsor: Jewish Studies Program/JSIS. Info: 543-4243. April 5 US Policy in the New Century: The US and Asia (Part of the Lecture Series "American Policy in the New Century"). 7:30 pm, Kane Hall 130. Speaker: Michael Armacost, President of the Brookings Institution and former US Ambassador to Japan. Sponsors: JSIS; World Affairs Council. Info: 543-4842. April 18 US Policy in the New Century: US Security Challenges (Part of the Lecture Series "American Policy in the New Century"). 7:30 pm, Kane Hall 130. Speaker: Robert M. Gates, Former Director, Central Intelligence Agency. Sponsors: JSIS; World Affairs Council. Info: 543-4842. May 3 US Policy in the New Century: America in the Twenty-First Century (Part of the Lecture Series "American Policy in the New Century"). 7:30 pm, Kane Hall 130. Speaker: Paul B. Johnson, British scholar, author, lecturer. Sponsors: JSIS; World Affairs Council. Info: 543-4842. May 24 US Policy in the New Century: The US and the Global Economy (Part of the Lecture Series "American Policy in the New Century"). 7:30 pm, Kane Hall 130. Speaker: George Russell, Chariman, Frank Russell Company. Sponsors: JSIS; World Affairs Council. Info: 543-4842. ****************************************************************************** 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. Thank you 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 Charles Paxton,Secretary to the Director Henry M. 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