From jsis@u.washington.edu Fri Sep 20 09:31:52 1996 Received: from saul5.u.washington.edu by lists.u.washington.edu (5.65+UW96.06/UW-NDC Revision: 2.33 ) id AA08170; Fri, 20 Sep 96 09:31:52 -0700 Received: from localhost by saul5.u.washington.edu (5.65+UW96.08/UW-NDC Revision: 2.33 ) id AA15672; Fri, 20 Sep 96 09:31:51 -0700 Date: Fri, 20 Sep 1996 09:31:51 -0700 (PDT) From: Jackson School of International Studies To: JSIS-UW@u.washington.edu Subject: Jackson School Calendar (fwd) Message-Id: Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII THE JACKSON SCHOOL ELECTRONIC CALENDAR FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 20, 1996 NOTE: ALL EVENTS ARE OPEN TO THE PUBLIC & ARE FREE UNLESS OTHERWISE INDICATED. ANNOUNCING: THE HOME PAGE OF THE JACKSON SCHOOL OF INTERNATIONAL STUDIES (JSIS) can be viewed at: http://weber.u.washington.edu/~jsis/jsis.html NEW ITEMS: Submitted Since Last Issue (9/13/96): SEPT. 30: EDUCATION, SKILLS, AND CAREERS IN 20TH CENTURY RURAL CHINA. 3:30-5:00pm. 317 Thomson. Stig Thoegersen, Department of East Asian Studies, University of Aarhus, Denmark. Sponsor: China Studies Program. Information: 543-4391. OCT. 4: FIRST FRIDAY SLAVIC SALON (First Friday of every month). 7pm, Russian House, 2104 NE 45th Street. Speaker Ana Munk, followed by a potluck. Sponsor: Slavic Department. Information: 543-6848. OCT. 8: WRITING ORAL TORAH: THE EARLIEST FRAGMENT OF TALMUDIC LITERATURE. 3:30pm. Thomson 317. Marc Bergman, 1995-96 Stroum Visiting Professor of Jewish Studies at UW, currently Visiting Research Fellow. Sponsor: the Jewish Studies Colloquium. Information: 543-4243. OCT. 8: FREEDOM OF EXPRESSION: THE CASE OF INDONESIA. 7:30pm. HUB 200 B.C. Professor Umar Kayam, Gajah Mada Institute of Cultural Studies, Yogyakarta University, Indonesia. Prof. Kayam is also a poet, literary critic, novelist, and an outspoken advocate for freedom of expression for more than three decades. This event is part of an ongoing series "Freedom of Expression: Human Rights in a Global Perspective," coordinated by Professors Ellis Goldberg and Dan Lev. Sponsor: the Jackson Foundation. Information: Charlotte Albright, 543-4227. OCT. 11: DISCUSSION ON U.S. ECONOMIC ENGAGEMENT IN NORTHEAST ASIA. 3:30-5:00 pm. 317 Thomson. Robert Scalapino, Robson Research Professor of Government Emeritus, University of California at Berkeley; Nobue Matsunaga, President, the Japan Institute of International Affairs; and others. Sponsors: Asia Society, China Studies Program, and Japan Studies Program. Information: 543-4391. OCT. 11: THE SHI AND COURT IDEOLOGY IN THE LUSHI CHUNQUI. 11:30am-1:00pm. CMU 332. Professor Jeffrey Riegel, University of California at Berkeley. Sponsors: the Department of Asian Languages and Literature, Romance Languages, and the Center for the Humanities. Information: 543-4391. ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- "I am simply a fairly typical product of a movable sensibility, living and working in a world that is itself increasingly small and increasingly mongrel. I am a multinational soul on a multicultural globe on which more and more countries are as polyglot and restless as airports." --Pico Iyer ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- REPEATED FROM PREVIOUS ISSUES: SEPT. 16: POST COMMUNISM AND NATIONALISM IN CENTRAL AND EASTERN EUROPE. 3:30 pm. 317 Thomson. George Schopflin, Professor of Politics at the University of London. Sponsor: Russian, East European, and Central Asian Studies Program (REECAS), JSIS. Information: 543-7236. SEPT. 17: INAUGURAL MEETING OF THE JAPAN ROUNDTABLE. Speaker: The Honorable Naotoshi Suguichi, Consul of Japan. 12:00 noon-1pm. Room 104, World Trade Center Building, 3600 Port of Tacoma Road. Although free and open to the public, please RSVP to: Sharon (206) 383-9474. SEPT. 17: AMERICAN EAGLE OR OSTRICH: CHALLENGES FOR LEADERSHIP IN THE POST-COLD WAR WORLD. Ambassador Strobe Talbott, Deputy Secretary of State. Columbia Tower Club, 75th Floor. Registration 12:15, Luncheon 12:30, Program 1pm. Sponsors: World Affairs Council, The Foundation for Russian-American Cooperation. COST: $40 ($30 to Council and Foundation members). Information and reservations: 682-6986. SEPT. 20: SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT IN AFRICA. Professor Dennis Brutus of the University of Pittsburgh. 7pm-9pm. Kane Hall Room 120. Once imprisoned for his activism against apartheid, Professor Brutus now speaks out against IMF and World Bank economic policies in Africa. Cosponsors: USTAWI, UW, and the World Affairs Council. No preregistration. Suggested donation of $10 payable at event. Information: 320-8626. SEPT. 21: HONG-KONG: READING THE FUTURE. 10:00-11:30 am. Campus classroom will be indicated on ticket. Professor Kent Guy, History, JSIS. Part of University of Washington Saturday Seminars series, sponsored by University Relations, University Educational Outreach. Free, but reservation required. Information or reservation: 543-2310 or from outside Seattle, 1-800-543-2320. Ticket will be mailed to you approximately one week before event. SEPT. 25: DAN F. HENDERSON PROFESSORSHIP DEDICATION. 3:30pm. 220 Kane; reception in Walker Ames immediately following program and lecture. Program presented by Dean Roland L. Hjorth, Professor John O. Haley, and Mr. Yasuhiro Fujita, attorney-at-law. Lecture: Daniel H. Foote, "The Role of Comparative Law." Sponsor: UW Schoolof Law. Information: 625-7564 or . Please send notice of attendance by phone, email or campus mail to Yoshiko Saheki, Box 354600. SEPT. 28: EGYPT THROUGH THE MILLENIA. 8:00am-4:00pm. 101 Thomson. Jere Bacharach, Director, JSIS and History, UW; Angela E. Close, Archaeologist, Anthropology, UW; Muhammed E. Deeb, Senior Research Associate, Research Institute for Comparative Literature, University of Alberta; Ellis J. Goldberg, Director of Middle East Center, JSIS and Political Science, UW; Donald P. Ryan, Egyptologist, Pacific Lutheran University; Carol G. Thomas, Professor of History, UW. COST: $30, includes lunch catered by local Middle Eastern restaurant. Sponsor: Middle East Center, JSIS. Information: Charlotte Albright, 543-4227 or . SEPT. 30: ORIGINS OF A CATASTROPHE: YUGOSLAVIA AND ITS DESTROYERS. The Honorable Warren Zimmermann, U.S. Ambassador to Belgrade 1989-1992. The Madison, 3rd Floor, South Room. Registration 6:30pm, Lecture 7pm, Reception and Book Signing, 8:30pm. Cosponsors: World Affairs Council and KUOW 94.9 Public Radio. COST: $15 ($8 to Council members). Information: 682-6986. OCT. 3: THE POLITICS OF GENDER IN THE FIRST PHASE OF THE CHINESE COMMUNIST REVOLUTION. 3:30-5:00pm. 317 Thomson. Christina Gilmartin, Department of History, Northeastern University. Sponsor: China Colloquium. Information: 543-4391. OCT. 4: INTERNATIONAL POLITICAL ECONOMY COLLOQUIUM. 8:30-9:20am. Communications 120. Laura Hastings (University of Pittsburgh), "The Mexican Peso Crisis of 1994 and the Role of International Institutions." Sponsor: International Studies Center. Information: Christine, 543-0675. OCT. 10: EROS, INTROVERSION, AND THE BEGINNINGS OF SHIJING COMMENTARY. 3:30-5:00pm. 317 Thomson. Jeffrey Riegel, Department of East Asian Languages, University of California at Berkeley. Sponsor: China Colloquium. Information: 543-4391. OCT. 11-13: SECOND ANNUAL LOVE OF VIOLENCE CONFERENCE. Kane Hall, Room 220. Friday, October 11th 7:30-9:30pm; Saturday, October 12th 8:30-5pm; Sunday, October 13th 8:30 to noon. Ten speakers discuss new understandings of violence. Speakers include Professor Howard Stein (University of Oklahoma), a cultural anthropologist who will discuss the aftermath of the Oklahoma bombing, and Professor Jane Cantor (University of Wisconsin), a communications specialist who will discuss the interaction of children's personality characteristics and the allure of violence in the media. COST: For preregistrants, $20 for all three days or $10 for a half day. At the door, $30 and $15 respectively. Box lunch option Saturday for $8. Conference is free to students or to those who cannot afford to pay. Cosponsored by the Ernest Becker Foundation and the JSIS Comparative Religion Program. Information: 232-2994. OCT. 12: FILMS: "THE GARDEN OF EDEN" AND "GLORIA." 7:00 pm, 239 Savery. Acclaimed Mexican director Maria Novaro presenting her two recent films. Sponsor: Latin American Studies Program, JSIS. Information: 543-6200. OCT. 23-24: JOHAN JORGEN HOLST MEMORIAL SYMPOSIUM: NORWAY, EFFECTS AND INFLUENCES IN PEACE NEGOTIATIONS AND HUMAN RIGHTS. 7:30pm Wednesday, 210 Kane Hall and 8:30am-5:00pm Thursday, Conference Room of the UW Faculty Club. Wednesday evening lecture "One World--a New Order?" by Ambassador Torvald Stoltenberg, UN Negotiator in the former Yugoslavia and current Norwegian Ambassador to Denmark. Thursday, Oct. 24 Keynote Address by Dr. Marianne Heiberg, facilitator of back channel negotiations in Oslo between the Israeli government and the PLO which led to the signing of the Declaration of Principles in September, 1993. Symposium includes faculty speakers and guests. Sponsors: UW Department of Scandinavian Studies, the International Studies Center and the Center for Western European Studies, JSIS, the International Political Economy Colloquium, the European Politics and Society Colloquium, the Seattle Chapter of the Norwegian American Chamber of Commerce and the Royal Norwegian Consulate General in San Francisco. Information: Terje Leiren, 543-0645. OCT. 25: GREAT FORCES AND GREAT CHOICES: JAPAN AND ITALY IN COMPARATIVE AND HISTORICAL PERSPECTIVE. 3:30-5:00pm. 317 Thomson. Richard J. Samuels, Department of Political Science, Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Sponsors: Japan Colloquium, Politics and Society Colloquium, and International Studies Center. Information: 543-4391. OCT. 25-26: NEOLIBERALISM, DIASPORA, AND THE POLITICS OF IDENTITY IN MEXICO. 2-day conference: 8:00 am - 5:30 pm Fri. 10/25; 8:30 am - 5:00 pm Sat. 10/26. Walker-Ames Room, Kane Hall. Keynote speakers: Hugo Abel Castro Bojorquez, Mexican Consul; Prof. Jonathan Fox, Latin American & Latino Studies, UCSC; Prof. Stefano Varese, Director, Native American Studies, UC Davis; & Mariana Yampolsky, photographer, Mexico City. Photograph exhibition & films. Papers by faculty & graduate students from seven UW social-science & humanities departments and the Graduate School of Public Affairs. Sponsor: Latin American Studies Program, JSIS, with funding from the College of Arts & Sciences Exchange Program, the Graduate School, & Depts. of Anthropology, Geography, and Spanish & Portuguese, UW. Information: 543-6200. ******** 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 .