From jsis@u.washington.edu Fri Sep 24 09:42:16 1999 Received: from jason04.u.washington.edu (root@jason04.u.washington.edu [140.142.78.5]) by lists.u.washington.edu (8.9.3+UW99.09/8.9.3+UW99.08) with ESMTP id JAA17270 for ; Fri, 24 Sep 1999 09:42:15 -0700 Received: from saul1.u.washington.edu (jsis@saul1.u.washington.edu [140.142.82.10]) by jason04.u.washington.edu (8.9.3+UW99.09/8.9.3+UW99.08) with ESMTP id JAA12134 for ; Fri, 24 Sep 1999 09:42:14 -0700 Received: from localhost (jsis@localhost) by saul1.u.washington.edu (8.9.3+UW99.09/8.9.3+UW99.08) with ESMTP id JAA28854 for ; Fri, 24 Sep 1999 09:42:13 -0700 (PDT) Date: Fri, 24 Sep 1999 09:42:12 -0700 (PDT) From: Jackson School of International Studies To: jsis-uw@u.washington.edu Subject: The Jackson School Calendar, September 24, 1999 Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII the JACKSON SCHOOL CALENDAR September 24, 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 CWES = Center for West European Studies, JSIS GTTL = Global Trade, Transportation & Logistics Studies JSIS = The Henry M. Jackson School of International Studies 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 ______________________________________________ September 30 * Major Issues Related to Greater China, the WTO, APEC and the U.S. (Part of the Seminar Series "The WTO, Greater China, and the USA). 4:00 - 5:50 pm, Kane 210. Speaker: David Bachman, Chair, China Studies Program, JSIS. Advance registration required. Info: 616-5778. October 1 * Human Rights Forum: "Timor, Timur: Elections, Atrocities, and Hope." 12:30 - 2:00 pm, Thomson 101. Speakers: Elwin Wirkala, Teaching Associate, UW Spanish & Portuguese Studies; Trevor Olson, 5th Year Student, UW Dept. of Economics. Sponsor: UW Human Rights Education & Research Network. Info: (425) 352-5421. October 4 * Building Democracy From the Grass Roots: Guatemala 1999. 3:30 pm, Thomson 325. Speaker: Tita Godinez, Women's Rights Activist. Sponsors: Latin American Studies Program/JSIS; Dept. of Women's Studies; Program in Woman and Democracy. Info: 685-3435. October 7 * Issues Related to China's Succession to the WTO (Part of the Seminar Series "The WTO, Greater China, and the USA). 4:00 - 5:50 pm, Kane 210. Speaker: Barry Naughton, Professor, Graduate School of International Relations and Pacific Studies, UCSD. Sponsors: JSIS; GTTL; Geography; Economics; CIBER. Advance registration required. Info: 616-5778. October 14 * Technology Transfer and National Security Issues (Part of the Seminar Series "The WTO, Greater China, and the USA). 4:00 - 5:50 pm, Kane 210. Speaker: Eden Woon, Director of the Hong Kong General Chamber of Commerce; former President, Washington State China Relations Council. Sponsors: JSIS; GTTL; Geography; Economics; CIBER. Advance registration required. Info: 616-5778. October 21 * Major Capital Flows among the U.S. and Greater China (Part of the Seminar Series "The WTO, Greater China, and the USA"). 4:00 - 5:50 pm, Kane 210. Speaker: Dipak Dasgupta, Principal Economist, Development Economics Prospect Group, World Bank. Sponsors: JSIS; GTTL; Geography; Economics; CIBER. Advance registration required. Info: 616-5778. October 22 - 24 * Violence and the Media (The Annual Love of Violence Conference). Conference begins on Friday at 1:00 pm in Kane Hall 220 and continues Saturday and Sunday. Speakers will discuss the media and berserking, the hideous strength of the psychopath, and why media violence can be indelible. Cost: Free for students and those unable to pay; otherwise for preregistrants it's $40 for 3 days or $25 for a half day. At the door, $50 and $30 respectively. Box lunch option Saturday for $10. Sponsors: Ernest Becker Foundation; School of Communications; Comparative Religion Program/JSIS. Info: 232-2994. October 28 * Legal and Environmental Issues (Part of the Seminar Series "The WTO, Greater China, and the USA"). 4:00 - 5:50 pm, Kane 210. Speaker: Jerry Zhu, Chief Representative, Davis Wright Tremaine, International Department, Shanghai. Sponsors: JSIS; GTTL; Geography; Economics; CIBER. Advance registration required. Info: 616-5778. November 3 *Your Father was an Amorite, your Mothers was a Hittite: The Cultural Roots of Monarchic Jerusalem (Part of the lecture series "Jerusalem in the Western Tradition"). Time & location tba. Speaker: Scott Noegel, NELC and JSIS. Sponsors: Comparative Religion Program; Jewish Studies Program; JSIS. Info: 543-3606. November 4 * Labor and Social IssuesHuman Rights (Part of the Seminar Series "The WTO, Greater China, and the USA"). 4:00 - 5:50 pm, Kane 210. Speaker: Elizabeth Perry, Director, Fairbank Center for East Asian Research; Henry Rosovsky Professor of Government, Harvard University. Sponsors: JSIS; GTTL; Geography; Economics; CIBER. Advance registration required. Info: 616-5778. November 17 * Judaism and Human Rights. 3:30 pm, Thomson 317. Speaker: Dr. Leon Goodman, Vanderbilt University; UW Solomon Katz Lecturer. Sponsors: Jewish Studies Program/JSIS; College of Arts & Sciences; Walter Chapin Simpson Center for the Humanities; Comparatie Religion Program. Info: 543-4243. * The Place of Jerusalem in Early Christian Tradition (Part of the lecture series "Jerusalem in the Western Tradition"). Time & location tba. Speaker: Michael Williams, chair, NELC. Sponsors: Comparative Religion Program; Jewish Studies Program; JSIS. Info: 543-3606. November 18 * Political Issues Among Greater China Circle Economies (Part of the Seminar Series "The WTO, Greater China, and the USA"). 4:00 - 5:50 pm, Kane 210. Speaker: Wei Hu, Professor of Government and Deputy Director, Institute of Politics and Public Administration, Fudam University, Shanghai. Sponsors: JSIS; GTTL; Geography; Economics; CIBER. Advance registration required. Info: 616-5778. November 29 - 30 The World Trade Organization at the Millennium: Retrospective and Prospective. Time and location tba. Sponsor: Institute for International Policy. Info: Margaret Yokoyama, 616-9100. November 29 - December 3 World Trade Organization: Third Ministerial Meeting. Although the meeting itself will be closed to the public, there will be many WTO-related events taking place. The University has a WTO website with a complete calendar of University events: In addition, the Seattle Host Organization's website is which includes an online volunteer registration form. November 30 * Aviva Ben-Ur, 1999-2000 Cole Fellow (title of presentation to be announced). 3:30 pm, Thomson 317. Sponsor: Jewish Studies Program/JSIS. Info: 543-4243. December 2 * Transportation, Logistics and Industrial Development (Part of the Seminar Series "The WTO, Greater China, and the USA"). 4:00 - 5:50 pm, Kane 210. Speaker: Victor F.S. Sit, Professor and Head, Department of Geography & Geology, Hong Kong University. Sponsors: JSIS; GTTL; Geography; Economics; CIBER. Advance registration required. Info: 616-5778. December 9 * A Summary of the WTO's Proceedings with Respect to the Greater China Circle Economics (Part of the Seminar Series "The WTO, Greater China, and the USA). 4:00 - 5:50 pm, Kane 210. Speaker: Lee Sands (invited), Chairman of International Trade Practice, Mayer Brown & Platt; Former Assistant Trade Representative for Japan and China, 1995-1997, United States Trade Representative, Executive Office of the President. Sponsors: JSIS; GTTL; Geography; Economics; CIBER. Advance registration required. Info: 616-5778. December 15 * Jerusalem and the Idea of Sacred Space (Part of the lecture series "Jerusalem in the Western Tradition"). Time and location tba. Speaker: Martin Jaffee, chair, Comparative Religion Program, JSIS. Sponsors: Comparative Religion Program; Jewish Studies Program; JSIS. Info: 543-3606. 2000 January 11 * Deborah Wheeler, JSIS (title of presentation to be announced). 3:30 pm, Thomson 317. Sponsor: Jewish Studies Program/JSIS. Info: 543-4243. January 12 * Pilgrimage, Patronage, and the Emergence of a Christian Holy Land in Late Antiquity (Part of the lecture series "Jerusalem in the Western Tradition"). Time & location tba. Speaker: Joel Walker. Sponsors: Comparative Religion Program; Jewish Studies Program; JSIS. Info: 543-3606. January 25 * Yair Hoffman, Tel Aviv University (title of presentation to be announced). 3:30 pm, Thomson 317. 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"). Time & location tba. Speaker: Brannon Wheeler, NELC. Sponsors: Comparative Religion Program; Jewish Studies Program; JSIS. Info: 543-3606. February 23 * Jerusalem Under Crusader Rule (Part of the lecture series "Jerusalem in the Western Tradition"). Time & location tba. Speaker: Robert Stacey, Department of History. Sponsors: Comparative Religion Program; Jewish Studies Program; JSIS. Info: 543-3606. 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 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. ****************************************************************************** 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. Jackson School of International Studies Box 353650, University of Washington Seattle, WA 98195 Ph: (206) 543-4372 .