From jsis@u.washington.edu Fri Nov 1 09:28:23 1996 Received: from jason01.u.washington.edu by lists.u.washington.edu (5.65+UW96.08/UW-NDC Revision: 2.33 ) id AA15672; Fri, 1 Nov 96 09:28:22 -0800 Received: from saul7.u.washington.edu (saul7.u.washington.edu [140.142.82.2]) by jason01.u.washington.edu (8.8.2+UW96.10/8.8.2+UW96.10) with ESMTP id JAA04334; Fri, 1 Nov 1996 09:26:20 -0800 Received: from localhost (jsis@localhost) by saul7.u.washington.edu (8.8.2+UW96.10/8.8.2+UW96.10) with SMTP id JAA02536; Fri, 1 Nov 1996 09:27:16 -0800 (PST) Date: Fri, 1 Nov 1996 09:27:16 -0800 (PST) From: Jackson School of International Studies To: JSIS-UW@u.washington.edu Subject: Jackson School Calendar Message-Id: Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII THE JACKSON SCHOOL ELECTRONIC CALENDAR FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 1, 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 (11/25/96): NOV. 1: THE HONG KONG DIASPORA AND THE POLITICS OF HOME. 12:30 pm, Savery 209. Katharyne Mitchell, Department of Geography, UW. Sponsor: Center for Studies in Demography & Ecology and Center for Public Health Research & Evaluation. NOV. 1: Garcia Marquez Film Series: Letters from the Park. 1:30-3:30 pm, Kane 19. Sponsor: Latin American Studies Program. Information: 685-3435. NOV. 4: REAGAN, BUSH, THE CIA, AND CRACK COCAINE IN THE AMERICAS. 11:00-1:00, Room 1110 Seattle Central Community College. Panel with Carl Livingston, Alan Forsberg, Angela Gilliam. Sponsor: Global Education Design Team. NOV. 7: ARE PRICES HIGHER FOR THE POOR? UNIT PRICE VARIATION AND "REAL" INEQUALITY AMONG RURAL SOUTH INDIAN HOUSEHOLDS. 2:00 pm, Savery 302. Vijaendra Rao, Williams College. Sponsor: UW Department of Economics. Information: 543-5955. NOV. 8: Garcia Marquez Film Series: Miracle in Rome. 1:30-3:00 pm, Kane 19. Sponsor: Latin American Studies Program. Information: 685-3435. NOV. 8: EFFECTS OF SCHOOLING ON FERTILITY, LABOR SUPPLY, AND INVESTMENTS IN CHILDREN, WITH EVIDENCE FROM BRAZIL. 2:00 pm, Savery 302. David Lam, University of Michigan. Sponsor: UW Department of Economics. Information: 543-5955. NOV. 13: CUBA TODAY: PROGRESS DESPITE THE EMBARGO. 1:30 pm, Savery 341. Johana Tablada, Third Secretary, Cuban Interest Section, Washington DC. Sponsor: Latin American Studies Program. Inforamtion: 543-3435. NOV. 13: FREE TRADE OF TRADE WAR: US POLICY UNDER FIRE--THE INTERNATIONAL COMMUNITY'S RESPONSE TO AN EXPANSION OF THE US EMBARGO OF CUBA. 7:00 pm, Seattle University. Johana Tablada, Washington DC. Information: 322-2186 or 789-8640 or 723-1549. NOV. 15: Garcia Marquez Film Series: The Summer of Miss Forbes. 1:30-3:00 pm, Kane 19. Sponsor: Latin American Studies Program. Information: 543-3435. NOV. 16: CUBA TODAY: PROGRESS DESPITE THE EMBARGO. 7:00 pm, University Baptist Church, 4554 - 12th NE. Johana Tablada, Washington DC. Information: 322-2186 or 789-8640 or 723-1549. DEC. 4: THE CONTEMPORARY SITUATION IN CHILE: A VIEW FROM AN NGO. 12:30-1:20 pm, Thomson 317. Paula Laschober, Partners with the Americas. Sponsor: Latin American Studies Program. Information: 543-3435. REPEATED FROM PREVIOUS ISSUES: NOV. 1: NEWS FROM UZBEKISTAN. 12:30-1:20 pm, Denny 215. Students report on their readings of Uzbek newspapers. Sponsor: NELC. Information: 685-3800. NOV. 1: UIGHUR LITERARY TRADITIONS. 12:30-1:30 pm, Denny 215. Hamit Zakir, Ph.D students. Sponsor: NELC. Information: 543-6033. NOV. 1: CURRENT PROSPECTS FOR PEACE IN THE MIDDLE EAST. 1:30 pm, Communications 120. Professor Rashid Khalidi, University of Chicago. Sponsor: Middle East Center and Center for International Studies. Information: 543-4227. NOV. 1: FISCAL POLICY IN GENERAL EQUILIBRIUM: EMPIRICAL ESTIMATES FROM AN ERROR CORRECTION MODEL and US ECONOMIC GROWTH: WHAT WENT RIGHT IN THE EARLY 1970S? 2:00 pm, Savery 302. Chris Webber, Seattle University. Sponsor: Department of Economics. Information: 543-5955. NOV. 1: Joao Almino will read from his novel "Samba Screens." 3:30 pm, Padelford B202. Mr. Almino is a foremost Brazilian fiction writer, diplomat and Political Scientist. Sponsor: JSIS Latin American Studies Program, the Division of Spanish and Portuguese. NOV. 6 **NOT NOV. 1**: THE TYRANNY OF CONSENSUS IN THE MIDDLE EAST and THE POWER OF THE WORD: PUBLISHING IN THE ARAB WORLD. 7:30-9:00 pm, HUB room 200 BC. Hazm Saghie, editor of the London Arabic daily Al-Hayat. Mai Ghoussoub, editor of Al-Saqi Press, London. Sponsor: JSIS. Information: 543-4227. NOV. 6: MASTERS IN THE FIELD: THE RACIAL BLIND SPOTS OF WHITE SCHOLARS IN BRAZIL. Thomson 317. Speaker: Jonathan Warren. Sponsor: Latin American Studies. NOV. 6: Concert by Sonora Kalnina, Lyric Coloratura Soprano of the Latvian National Opera. 7:30 pm, Brechemin Auditorium, Music Building 126. Tickets are available through the Scandinavian Department: $20 general admission, $15 for retirees, $10 students. Ms. Kalnina will perform the works of Handel, Russini, Mozart, Verdi, Puccini, Janis Medis and J. Kepitis. Sponsor: Scandinavian Department and the Latvian Cultural Association. Information: 543-0645. NOV. 7: DISTRIBUTIONAL CONSEQUENCES OF REFORMING LOCAL PUBLIC FINANCE IN CHINA. 3:30-5:00 pm, Thomson 317. Scott Rozelle, Department of Economics, Stanford University. Sponsor: China Studies Program. Information: 543-4391. NOV. 8: HUMAN RIGHTS AND ETHNOPOLITICS IN THE BALTIC STATES. 11:00 am- 12:00 pm, Thomson 125. Professor Rasma Karklins, Chair of Political Science at the University of Illinois at Chicago. After the lecture is a no host lunch in the Faculty Club. Sponsor: REECAS. Information: Professor Schmidchena, 543-0645. NOV. 8: THE CULT OF RELICS AND THE DISSEMINATION OF POWER IN EARLY CHRISTIAN AND MEDIEVAL EUROPE. 3:30 pm, Padelford B-202. Eugene Vance, Professor of French and Italian and Chair of the Committee for Medieval and Renaissance Studies at the University of Washington. Sponsor: Center for Western European Studies. Information: 543-1675. NOV. 8: DEVELOPING UZBEK ADVANCE WRITING SKILLS. 12:30-1:20 pm, Denny 215. Communications through e-mail with Muhammad Ali, Tashkent, Distinguished Writer of Uzbekistan. Sponsor: NELC. Information: 685-3800. NOV. 9: SONGS OF MY LAND. 7:30 pm, UW Music Auditorium. Mohammad Nouri, renowned Iranian singer. Sponsor: NELC Persian Circle. Information: 543-7145. NOV. 12: FORUM ON GRADUATE PROGRAMS IN INTERNATIONAL AFFAIRS. 3:00-6:00 pm, HUB. Admissions officers from 16 top US graduate schools of International Affairs. Panel: 3:00-4:00, HUB 106B. Fair: 4:00-6:00, HUB 108. Sponsor: Association of Professional Schools of International Affairs. Information: 543-6001. NOV. 13: NEW TRENDS IN PERSIAN POETRY. 3:30 pm, Denny 215. Mahmud Falaki, Poet and Literary Critic. Sponsor NELC. Information: 543-7145. NOV. 14: KIRGHIZSTAN'S SYSTEM OF STATE AND PRIVATE UNIVERSITIES. 12:30-1:30 pm, Denny 215. Dr. Akinay Satarova, Fulbright Scholar, Bishkek, Kirghizstan. Sponsor: NELC. Information: 543-6033 or 685-3800. NOV. 15: TEACHING AMERICAN PLURALISM IN THE HUMANITIES. 9:00 am-5:00 pm, HUB 106. Speakers: Professors Johnella Butler, Venus Dming and Robert Gross. Sponsor: UW, National Endowment for the Humanities, Shoreline Community College. Information: Betty Schmitz, 543-8276. NOV. 15: TEACHING AND RESEARCH IN SAMARKAND AS A FULBRIGHT SCHOLAR. 12:30-1:20 pm, Denny 215. Dr. Haideh Salehi-Esfahani, Department of Economics, UW. Sponsor: NELC. Information: 685-3800. NOV. 15: INTERNATIONAL POLITICAL ECONOMY COLLOQUIUM. 1:30-3:00 pm, Thomson 317. Danica Fink-Hafner, Fulbright Scholar, University of Ljubljana/Reed College. Sponsor: International Studies Center. Information: Christine Ingebritsen, 543-0675. NOV. 18: IMPACTS OF MODERNIZATION AND URBANIZATION IN BANGKOK (UNESCO MAN AND THE BIOSPHERE PROJECT). 3:30-5:00 pm, 317 Thomson. Dr. Helen Ross, Centre for Resource and Environmental Studies, Australian National University. Sponsor: Southeast Asian Studies. Information: 543-9606. NOV. 19: ABOUT MANCHU. 12:30 pm, Smith 120. Professor Jerry Norman. Sponsor: The Yuen Ren Society. Information: 633-5501. NOV. 20-DEC. 20: ART EXHIBIT: SHOUTS FROM THE WALL, SPANISH CIVIL WAR POSTERS. Tuesday-Saturdays 12:00-4:00 pm, Jacob Lawrence Gallery, UW Art Building. Sponsor: CWES. Information: 543-1675. NOV. 20: 1996 IRANIAN WOMEN'S CONFERENCE: A VIDEO PRESENTATION. 3:30 pm, Denny 215. Faramak Zahrai, Filmmaker. Sponsor: NELC. Information: 543-7145. NOV. 21: REVIEW OF NEW PUBLICATIONS IN KIRGHIZ. 12:30-1:30 pm, Denny 215. Ilse Cirtautas and Elmira Kochumkulova. Sponsor: NELC. Information: 543-6033 or 685-3800. NOV. 22: THE NATIONAL AND INTERNATIONAL DIMENSION OF GERMAN UNITY. 12:30 pm, Thomson 317. Herta Daubler-Gmelin (member of the German Bundestag). Sponsor: CWES. Information: 543-1675. NOV. 22: INTERNATIONAL POLITICAL ECONOMY COLLOQUIUM. 3:30-5:00 pm, Thomson 403. Audie Klotz, Assistant Professor, University of Illinois-Chicago. Sponsor: International Studies Center. Information: Christine Ingebritsen, 543-0675. NOV. 22: 60TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE SPANISH CIVIL WAR. Opening Ceremony 7:30-9:00 pm, HUB Auditorium. Featuring Ed Asner and local veterans of the Abraham Lincoln Brigade. Sponsor: CWES. Information: 543-1675. NOV. 23: WESTERN EUROPEAN STUDIES SYMPOSIUM: HISTORY AND CULTURE OF THE SPANISH CIVIL WAR. Savery Hall 239. Culture During the War, 9:30-11:30 am. The Historical Context, 11:15 am-12:45 pm. Volunteers' Experiences, 2:00-3:30 pm. K-12 Teachers' Workshop, 3:45-5:15 pm. Information: CWES 543-1675. NOV. 25: INVESTIGATING ISRAELI SOCIETY: THE DETECTIVE FICTION OF FAYE KELLERMAN AND BATYA GUR. 12:30 pm, Denny 215-A. Naomi Sokoloff, Associate Professor, NELC. Sponsor: NELC. Information: 543-6033. NOV. 26: LUMBER, HOPS AND THE BOARD OF TRADE: THE ACTIVITIES OF 19TH CENTURY JEWISH ENTREPRENEURS IN WASHINGTON. 3:30-5:00 pm, Thomson 317. Dr. Julia Niehbuhr Eulenberg, Outreach Coordinator, Jewish Studies Program at the UW. Sponsor: Jewish Studies Colloquium. Information: 543-4243. DEC. 4: MEMORIES OF A TRIP TO TEHRAN, 1996. 3:30 pm, Denny 215. Roxanne Varzi, University of Washington Anthropology. Sponsor: NELC. Information: 543-7145. DEC. 6: INTERNATIONAL POLITICAL ECONOMY COLLOQUIUM. 2:00-3:30 pm, Petersen Conference Room, Allen Library (fourth floor, room 485). Timothy Byrnes, Associate Professor, Colgate University. Sponsor: International Studies Center. 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