From jsis@u.washington.edu Fri May 22 09:24:40 1998 Received: from jason05.u.washington.edu (root@jason05.u.washington.edu [140.142.78.6]) by lists.u.washington.edu (8.8.4+UW97.07/8.8.4+UW97.05) with ESMTP id JAA24410 for ; Fri, 22 May 1998 09:24:39 -0700 Received: from saul5.u.washington.edu (jsis@saul5.u.washington.edu [140.142.83.3]) by jason05.u.washington.edu (8.8.4+UW97.07/8.8.4+UW97.05) with ESMTP id JAA34888 for ; Fri, 22 May 1998 09:24:37 -0700 Received: from localhost (jsis@localhost) by saul5.u.washington.edu (8.8.4+UW97.07/8.8.4+UW97.04) with SMTP id JAA09029 for ; Fri, 22 May 1998 09:24:35 -0700 (PDT) Date: Fri, 22 May 1998 09:24:35 -0700 (PDT) From: Jackson School of International Studies To: jsis-uw@u.washington.edu Subject: The Jackson School Calendar, May 22, 1998 Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII the JACKSON SCHOOL CALENDAR May 22, 1998 (Electronic Update) NOTE: 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 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 ______________________________________________ May 22-29 In Search of Mr. Con Safos (poster exhibition). El Centro de la Raza, 2524 16th Ave. South. Artists: Royal Chicano Airforce, a Chicano artist collective based in California. Sponsor: El Centro de la Raza. Info: 329-9442. May 22 Films: "Chulas Fronteras" ( Explores the role of music in lives of Chicano migrant workers), and "Ballad of an Unsung Hero" (Chronicles the life of Pedro J. Gonzalez). 1:30 pm, Kane 19. Sponsor: Latin American Studies, JSIS. Info: 685-3435. Sorry: Due to UW copyright agreements, this free screening is for UW students, faculty, and staff only. Reflections After Four Years of Study at the University of Washington. 12:30 - 1:20 pm, Denny 215. Speaker: Elmira Kochmkulkizi, Graduate Student, NELC. Sponsor: Central Asian Studies Group, NELC. Info: 543-6033. The Road to "Princess Mononoke": The Place of Japan in the Films of Miyazaki Hayao. 3:30 - 5:00 pm, Thomson 317. Speaker: Henry D. Smith, II, East Asian Institute, Columbia University. Sponsor: Japan Colloquium, JSIS. Info: 543-4391. * The Current State of Mexican Immigration to the United States. 1:30 - 2:30 pm, Thomson 335. Speaker: Jorge Santibanez, President, Colegio de la Frontera del Norte. Sponsors: Centro Mexicano of the State of Washington; Consulate of Mexico; Latin American Studies Program, JSIS. Info: Alberto Diaz, 448-8971. May 26 U.S. Japan Trade Relations: Trans-Pacific Kabuki (Part of the lecture series "The Changing Political Economy of Aisa"). 8:00 pm, Walker-Ames Room, Kane Hall. Speaker: Robert M. (Skip) Orr, Jr., Vice President and Director of Government Relations-Japan, Motorola. Sponsors: JSIS and the Henry M. Jackson Foundation. Info: 543-4227. * Concert Performance: Lalo Guerrero. 3:00 pm, UW Ethnic Cultural Theater, 3940 Brooklyn. Performer: Lalo Guerrero, Musician & Composer, "Father of Chicano Music." Sponsors: Northwest Folk Life Festival and various units of the UW. Info: JSIS Latin American Studies Program, 685-3435. May 27 * Oil Spill Response and Preparedness. 12:00-12:50 pm, Marine Studies Bldg., Room 268, 3707 Brooklyn Ave. NE. Speaker: Margaret Jones, commander, U.S. Coast Guard Marine Safety Office, Seattle. Sponsor: School of Marine Affairs. Info: May 28 Disciplining the Body: The Invention of Modern Space and Time in the Monastery and the Workplace (Part of the Series on Religion, Modernity, and the Politics of Cultural Diversity). 3:30 - 5:00 pm, Thomson 135. Speaker; Michael Herzfeld, Professor of Anthropology, Harvard University. Sponsor: International Studies Center, JSIS. Info: 685-1577. Uzbek Historical Sources for the Recent History of the Region: Translation Project Summer 1998. 12:30 - 1:20 pm, Denny 215. Speaker: Ilse D. Cirtautas, NELC. Sponsor: Central Asian Studies Group, NELC. Info: 543-6033. Charles Longfellow (1844-1893): Pioneer Collector of Japanese Art. 7:00 pm, Stimson Auditorium, Seattle Asian Art Museum, Volunteer Park. Speaker: Christine Guth, independent scholar. Sponsors: Japan Studies Program, JSIS; Dept. of Art History; Seattle Art Museum. Admission by ticket only (a limited number of comp. tickets will be available beginning May 26 in Thomson 435). Info: 543-4391. *South Asia Center Presentation (topic to be announced). 3:30 pm, Thomson 317. Speaker: Visiting Scholar Michell Maskiell, Department of History, Montana State University. Sponsor: South Asia Center, JSIS. Info: 543-4800. * European Integration and the Baltic Region: A Historical Perspective (lecture followed by reception). 7:00 pm, Boeing Auditorium, Seafirst Executive Education Center (northwest corner of campus). Speaker: David G. Kirby, Professor of Modern History, University of London. Sponsors: UW; REECAS; Dept. of Scandinavian Studies; Dept. of History; Baltic Studies Program; CWES. Info: kkittel@u.washington.edu May 29 * The Cutting Edge in North European Studies: Nordic and Baltic Identities. 3:30 pm, HUB 309. Speakers: Four UW graduate students present their current research with responses and critiques by the British historian, David G. Kirby, Professor of Modern History, University of London. Presenters: Andy Nestingen (Scandinavian Studies), Anne Tuominen (Sociology), Brian Hodges (Scandinavian Studies), and Steve Grosse (REECAS). Sponsors: UW, REECAS, CWES, Dept. of Scandinavian Studies, Dept. of History, Baltic Studies Program. Info: Guntis Smidchens, guntiss@u.washington.edu * Race, Ethnicity, and Conflict at the end of the 20th Century (An Oral Festschrift in Honor of the Retirement of Pierre L. van den Berghe). 2:00-5:30 pm, Parrington 108. Session 1: Ethnic Conflict at the End of the 20th Century: What Have We Learned and What Questions Remain. Session 2: A Panel Discussion on "Ethnicity and Nationalism in the Academy and in the World Today." Session 3: A Reply to Colleagues and Critics -- Pierre van den Berghe, "What I Have Learned Over the Last Sixty-Five Years." Sponsors: Dept. of Sociology and UW. Info: 543-5882. * Pre-existing Ties and Kurdish Nationalism: A Study on Kurdish Notables in the Post World War I Era. 3:30 pm, Denny 304. Speaker: Adem Hakan Ozoglu, University of Chicago (Candidate for the Turkish Position in NELC). Sponsor: NELC. Info: 543-6033. June 1 Philippine Tragedy and Its Literary Examination. 3:30 - 5:00 pm, Thomson 317. Speaker: F. Sionil Jose, novelist and essayist, UC-Berkely. Sponsor: Southeast Asian Studies, JSIS. Info: 543-9606. June 4 Buddhist Nationalism, Buddhist Tolerance: Religion and Politics in Sri Lanka, Thailand and Burma (Part of the Series on Religion, Modernity, and the Politics of Cultural Diversity). 3:30 - 5:00 pm, Thomson 135. Speaker: Charles Keyes, Professor of Anthropology and International Studies. Sponsor: International Studies Center, JSIS. Info: 685-1577. Domestic Workers in China: Structure, Agency, and Migration. 12:30 pm, Gowen iB. Speaker: Hairong Yan, graduate student in Anthropology. Sponsor: Center for Labor Studies. Info: 543-7946. * Air Logistics, Intermodal Transportation and Global Trade in the Pacific Northwest (Fourth Annual GTTL Conference). 7:30 am - 1:30 pm, HUB East Ballroom. Keynote Addresses by Sid Morrison, Washington State Secretary of Transportation; Ray Waldman, VicePresident, International Business, The Boeing Company. Sponsor: Global Trade, Transportation, and Logistics Program. Cost (includes breakfast & lunch): $20 for students, $30 for UW faculty & staff, $55 for general public. Preregistration required. Registration & Info: Greg Shelton, 616-5778. June 7 Israel: Past, Present, and Future (The Willner Summer Institute). 10:00 am - 4:00 pm, Faculty Club. Speakers include: Adam Rubin, 1997-98 Hazel D. Cole Fellow ("Reading and Writing the Jewish Past in Early Zionism"); Joel Migdal, Robert F. Philip Professor of International Studies, JSIS ("Israel and the Peace Process"); Julia Eulenberg, Outreach Coordinator, Jewish Studies Program, JSIS ("Israel in the Mind of America"); and Naomi Sokoloff, Associate Professor, Near Eastern Languages & Civilization and Chair, Jewish Studies Program, JSIS ("Israel, America and Jewish Writing in the 1990s"). Sponsor: Jewish Studies Program, JSIS. Cost: $45 (includes lunch). Registration and Information: 543-4243. June 8 Seventeenth Annual Consular Corps Reception. 5:00 pm, Bell Harbor International Conference Center, Seattle. Co-Hosts: Governor Gary Locke, King County Executive Ron Sims, and Seattle Mayor Paul Schell. Sponsor: World Affairs Council. Individual Tickets: $50 for members of World Affairs Council, $75 for non-members. Registration & Info: 682-6986. June 9 The AIDS Epidemic in Africa. 12:30 pm, Savery 209. Speakers: John Caldwell and Pat Caldwell, Dept. of Anthropology, Australian National University. Sponsors: Center for Studies in Demography & Ecology; Center for Public Health Research. Info: 543-5412. June 9 - 10 * East Asia in Crisis. Bell Harbor Conference Center. Speakers: George F. Russell, Chairman, Frank Russell Co.; Robert Zoellick, Former Undersecretary of State; Javad K. Shirazi, Regional Manager, The World Bank; Ronnie Chan, Chairman, Hang Lung Development Co.; Major General Stephen Silvasy, Deputy Commanding Genereal, US Army, Pacific. Sponsors: National Bureau of Asian Research and the Strategic Studies Institute of the U.S. Army War College. Cost: Before June 1, $375; Afteer June 1, $450; Student, $15/day (without meals). Spaces limited. Info: J. MacSlarrow June 15 - 16 Hong Kong One Year After Transition: Business Opportunities and Policy Challenges. Seattle Sheraton Hotel and Towers. Keynote Speaker: Anson Chan, Chief Secretary of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region. Sponsors: Asia Society, the Washington State China Relations Council, the Hong Kong Trade Development Council; in cooperation with JSIS. Cost: $275.00, registration & info: 441-4419. June 22-26 A World of Migration: People on the Move in Modern times (Third Annual Summer Teacher's Institute). 8:30 am - 3:45 pm daily, Mechanical Engineering Building, Room 238. The Institute is intended for K-20 educators and includes talks by experts in their fields, with ample time for question & answer sessions. Also included are materials for classroom use, hands-on activities, a session on using the internet to teach this topic, and a field trip. This year's theme, "Human Migration", will cover topics ranging from the arrival of humans in North America to migrations of laborers and other international workers around the world today. Sponsors: Jackson School Outreach Centers; The Center for International Business Education & Research, School of Business Administration. Registration is limited. Cost, Registration & Info: 543-1675. July 13-24 China on Our Minds and in Our Classrooms (Summer Institute for K-12 Teachers). All day and some evening sessions, location to be announced. Key faculty members include Kent Guy and David Bachman, Jackson School of International Studies. Sponsor: East Asia Resource Center, JSIS, with support from the Freeman Foundation. Cost: $150 (housing, meals, reading materials, and most institute costs are covered by a grant from the Freeman Foundation. Attendance limited. Application and Info: Mary Hammond Bernson, 543-1921 or fax (206) 685-0668. 1999 May 14-15 * Japan at the Millenium: A UW Japan Studies Conference. Location: to be announced. International panel of speakers. Sponsor: Japan Studies Program, JSIS. Info: 543-9302. ****************************************************************************** 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 .