From jsis@u.washington.edu Fri Dec 19 10:43:42 1997 Received: from jason01.u.washington.edu (root@jason01.u.washington.edu [140.142.70.24]) by lists.u.washington.edu (8.8.4+UW97.07/8.8.4+UW97.05) with ESMTP id KAA31040 for ; Fri, 19 Dec 1997 10:43:42 -0800 Received: from saul10.u.washington.edu (jsis@saul10.u.washington.edu [140.142.13.73]) by jason01.u.washington.edu (8.8.4+UW97.07/8.8.4+UW97.05) with ESMTP id KAA14848 for ; Fri, 19 Dec 1997 10:43:40 -0800 Received: from localhost (jsis@localhost) by saul10.u.washington.edu (8.8.4+UW97.07/8.8.4+UW97.04) with SMTP id KAA11129 for ; Fri, 19 Dec 1997 10:43:39 -0800 (PST) Date: Fri, 19 Dec 1997 10:43:39 -0800 (PST) From: Jackson School of International Studies To: jsis-uw@u.washington.edu Subject: Jackson School Calendar, December 19, 1997 Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII the JACKSON SCHOOL CALENDAR December 19, 1997 (Electronic Update) NOTE: ALL EVENTS ARE OPEN TO THE PUBLIC & ARE FREE UNLESS OTHERWISE INDICATED. The Jackson School Calendar is updated and e-mailed weekly. There is no charge for subscribing. For instructions on how to subscribe to the on-line Calendar, or for further information, please post a message to: JSIS-UW@u.washington.edu. Thank you New Events February 5 Mapping Desire in Colonial Indonesia: Agency and Acquiescence in a Dutch Novel of Empire. 3:30-5:00 pm, Thomson 234. Speaker: Laurie Sears, Associate Professor, Dept. of History. Sponsors: Southeast Asian Studies, the Jackson School; and the Dept. of Asian Languages and Literature. Info: 543-9606. February 10 Who Is Karaite? The Limits of Jewish Pluralism. 3:30 pm, Thomson 317. Speaker: Daniel J. Lasker, Visiting Stroum Professor, Jewish Studies Program, the Jackson School. Sponsor: Jewish Studies Program, the Jackson School. Info: 543-4243. February 11 No Place Like Home: Gender, Migration, and Development in South Sulawesi. 12:30-1:30 pm, Smith 320. Speaker: Rachel Silvey, PhD, Geography, UW Womens Studies. Sponsor: Southeast Asia Center, the Jackson School. Info: 543-9606. February 16 Nihil Obstat: Religion, Politics, and Social Change in East-Central Europe and Russia (book reading). 7:30 pm, Elliott Bay Bookstore, 1st South & South Main Street, Seattle. Presentation by the books author: Professor Sabrina Ramet, Jackson School of International Studies. Sponsor: Elliott Bay Book Company. Info: 624-6600. February 21 International Folkloric Music. 8:00 pm., Meany Hall for the Performing Arts. Featuring global divas Stella Chiweshe from Zimbabwe, Susana Baca from Peru, and Tish Hinojosa from Texas. Sponsor: UW World Music & Theatre Series. Cost: $21. Tickets: 543-4880. February 24 Talking Back: The Dilemma of Jewish Intervention in the European Discourse of Ritual Murder. 3:30 pm., Thomson 317. Speaker: Hillel J. Kieval, Stroum Chair in Jewish Studies. Sponsor: Jewish Studies Program, the Jackson School. Info: 543-4243. February 25 Reconfiguring Notions of Love, Marriage, and Childbearing: Unmarried Womens Reproductive Desires in Northern Vietnam. 12:30-1:30 pm., Smith 320. Speaker: Harriet Phinney, PhD Candidate in Anthropology. Sponsor: Southeast Asia Center, the Jackson School. Info: 543-9606. March 6 Dark Blue Suit and Other Stories (Literary Reading by author Peter Bacho). 3:30-5:00 pm., Parrington 309 (Forum Room). Speaker: Peter Bacho, Liberal Studies Program, UW Tacoma. Sponsor: Southeast Asia Center, the Jackson School. Info: 543-9606. March 7 Southeast Asia Mosaic: The Island Cultures. 8:30 am-3:30 pm., Thomson 101. All-day workshop for K-9 teachers on the island cultures of Southeast Asia, including Indonesia, the Phillippines and Malaysia. MOSAICs provide sessions by international studies experts and experienced teachers to assist in bringing Southeast Asia into the classroom. Cost: $35 (includes lunch). Information: Maureen Jackson, 543-9606. ************************************************************************* Events Reported in Previous Issues December 12 - January 12 SUOMI/FINLAND 80: An Exhibit Celebrating the 80th Anniversary of Finlands Independence. Exhibits Balcony, north wing of Allen Library. Sponsors: UW Libraries, Dept. of Scandinavian Studies, Finnish Literature Information Center, and the Consulate General of Finland. Info: A. Gerald Anderson, 685-1433. January 8 Gender and Ethnicity in India: Cross-Cutting Identities. 3:30 pm, Thomson Hall 317. Speaker: Dr. Meera Kosambi, S.N.D.T. Womens University, Mumbai. Sponsor: South Asia Colloquium, the Jackson School. Info: 543-4800. Public Culture and Popular Culture: Urban China at the Turn of the New Century. 3:30-5:00 pm, 306 Smith (Note new location). Speaker: Jing Wang, Professor of Chinese Literature, Duke University. Sponsor: China Studies Program, the Jackson School. Info: 543-4391. January 8-9 European Union, Hungary, Russia and Pacific Northwest Economic Conference. 7:30 am - 5:00 pm, Washington State Convention and Trade Center, 800 Convention Plaza, Seattle. Speakers: numerous. Cost: contact sponsor for cost. Sponsor: Institute for Professional and Business Organizations. Info: 285-5325. January 15 Bribery and Blackmail in East-West Environmental Politics. 3:30-5:00 pm., Smith Room of Suzzalo Library. Speaker: Professor Robert Darst, Univ. of Oregon. Info: 543-9831. Environmental Security (dinner, roundtable discussion and debate). 5:30-8:30 pm., Faculty Club. Participants: Professor Robert Darst, Univ. of Oregon, and others. Cost, registration, and info: 543-9831. January 16-17 Conference on Cultural Attitudes about the Environment and Ecology, and thier Connection to Regional Political Stability. Friday 8:00 am to 5:00 pm., Saturday 9:00 am to 3:00 pm., Conference Room 200 A/B/C of the Husky Union Bldg. (HUB). Keynote Speakers: Dr. Jonathan Margolis, Office of Science and International Initiatives, U.S. Dept. of State; Dr. Karen Litfin, U.W. Dept. of Political Science; Dr. Brian Shaw, Director, PNNL Center for Environmental Security. Sponsors: Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, the Jackson School of Internation Studies, the Dept. of Political Science, and the Graduate School of Public Affairs.. Cost, registration, and information: 528-3289; 685-3694; 543-6890. January 16 Disappearing Acts? Environment, Culture, and Resistance. Friday Film Series, Latin American Studies Program, the Jackson School. Due to copyright agreements, these film screenings are open only to UW students, faculty and staff. Screenings are on Fridays, beginning at 1:30 pm in Kane Hall 19. Films are as follows: 1/16: Tepoztlan (29 minutes, 1970), Tepoztlan (24 minutes, 1970), Mexico for Sale (43 minutes). The first two films record the changes that a major roadway brings to an agricultural village. The last film covers academics and politicians debate over NAFTA. January 20 Comparative Religion Seminar: Canons and Canonicity. 3:30 pm., Thomson Hall 317. Moderators: Collett Cox, Associate Professor, Dept. of Asian Languages and Literature, and Brannon Wheeler, Assistant Professor, Dept. of Near East Languages and Civilization. Sponsor: Comparative Religion Program, the Jackson School. Info and copies of readings: Loryn Paxton, 543-4835. January 21 Who is the Other?: Mutual Misunderstanding among Maya Indians and International Tourists in Chiapas, Mexico. 12:30-1:20 pm, Thomson 317. Speaker: Oscar Barrera Nunez, Dept. of Anthropology. Sponsor: Latin American Studies Program, JSIS. Info: 685-3435. Gender and Delinquency in Malaysia. 12:30-1:30 pm., Smith 320. Speaker: Eric Thompson, PhD Candidate, Anthropology. Sponsor: Southeast Asian Studies Program, the Jackson School. Info: 543-9606. January 23 Disappearing Acts? Environment, Culture, and Resistance. Friday Film Series, Latin American Studies Program, the Jackson School. Due to copyright agreements, these film screenings are open only to UW students, faculty and staff. Screenings are on Fridays, beginning at 1:30 pm in Kane Hall 19. Todays film is: Tierra O Muerte (59 minutes, 1992) Explores a 150 year long land rights battle in New Mexico. January 24 Religion and Identity: Russia into the 21st Century (Annual Workshop for Teachers). 9:00 am - 3:30 pm, Thomson Hall 317. Presenters: Bruce Kochis, Senior Lecturer, Liberal Studies Dept.; Glennys Young, Assistant Prof., Dept. of History and the Jackson School; Kurt Engelmann, Associate Director, REECAS Center. Sponsor: Russian, East European and Central Asian Studies Center. Open to all educators, pre-registration required. Registration: Marion Cook, 543-4852. Info: Kurt Engelmann, 543-6938. January 30 Disappearing Acts? Environment, Culture, and Resistance. Friday Film Series, Latin American Studies Program, the Jackson School. Due to copyright agreements, these film screenings are open only to UW students, faculty and staff. Screenings are on Fridays, beginning at 1:30 pm in Kane Hall 19. Todays film is: Nomads of the Rainforest (59 minutes, 1983) Visits the Waorani Indians of eastern Ecuador. February 6 Disappearing Acts? Environment, Culture, and Resistance. Friday Film Series, Latin American Studies Program, the Jackson School. Due to copyright agreements, these film screenings are open only to UW students, faculty and staff. Screenings are on Fridays, beginning at 1:30 pm in Kane Hall 19. Todays film is: Kayapo: Out of the Forest (59 minutes, 1989) Kayapo Indian resistance to a Brazilian dam project. February 13 Disappearing Acts? Environment, Culture, and Resistance. Friday Film Series, Latin American Studies Program, the Jackson School. Due to copyright agreements, these film screenings are open only to UW students, faculty and staff. Screenings are on Fridays, beginning at 1:30 pm in Kane Hall 19. Todays film is: Spirit of Kuna Yala (59 minutes, 1991) Kuna Indians in Panama unite to protect their rainforest homeland. February 18 International Update: Israel and the Middle East Peace Process. Time and location to be announced. Speaker: Joel Migdal, Robert F. Philip Professor of International Studies, the Jackson School. February 20 Disappearing Acts? Environment, Culture, and Resistance. Friday Film Series, Latin American Studies Program, the Jackson School. Due to copyright agreements, these film screenings are open only to UW students, faculty and staff. Screenings are on Fridays, beginning at 1:30 pm in Kane Hall 19. Todays films are: Mr. Ludwigs Tropical Dreamland (57 minutes, 1980) and Slash and Burn Agriculture (17 minutes, 1975). U.S. billionaire turns Amazonian rain forest into a city-state with a tree plantation and rice paddy. The second film shows traditional agricultural methods in eastern Nicaragua. February 27 Disappearing Acts? Environment, Culture, and Resistance. Friday Film Series, Latin American Studies Program, the Jackson School. Due to copyright agreements, these film screenings are open only to UW students, faculty and staff. Screenings are on Fridays, beginning at 1:30 pm in Kane Hall 19. Todays film is: "Amazonia: The Road to the End of the Forest" (94 minutes, 1990) Survey of the environment and political problems in the Amazon Basin. March 6 Disappearing Acts? Environment, Culture, and Resistance. Friday Film Series, Latin American Studies Program, the Jackson School. Due to copyright agreements, these film screenings are open only to UW students, faculty and staff. Screenings are on Fridays, beginning at 1:30 pm in Kane Hall 19. Todays films are: "Seeds of Tomorrow" (58 minutes, 1985) and "Save the Earth -- Feed the World" (58 minutes, 1990) Latin American cases are featured in these examinations of agriculture and global food issues. March 26-28 Northwest Model Arab League. Shoreline Community College. Speakers: to be announced. Sponsor: National Council on US-Arab Relations. Info: Suda Kudsieh or Felicia Hecker April 11 Fourth Annual REECAS Conference. Portland State University, Portland, Oregon. (Papers and Session Proposals now being accepted). Sponsor: Russian, East European and Central Asian Studies Center. Info: 543-4852. ****************************************************************************** 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 .