From jsis@u.washington.edu Fri Mar 7 09:57:13 1997 Received: from jason03.u.washington.edu (jason03.u.washington.edu [140.142.77.10]) by lists.u.washington.edu (8.8.4+UW96.12/8.8.4+UW97.03) with ESMTP id JAA22820 for ; Fri, 7 Mar 1997 09:57:13 -0800 Received: from saul3.u.washington.edu (saul3.u.washington.edu [140.142.83.1]) by jason03.u.washington.edu (8.8.4+UW96.12/8.8.4+UW97.03) with ESMTP id JAA17258 for ; Fri, 7 Mar 1997 09:53:57 -0800 Received: from localhost (jsis@localhost) by saul3.u.washington.edu (8.8.4+UW96.12/8.8.4+UW97.03) with SMTP id JAA29199 for ; Fri, 7 Mar 1997 09:57:12 -0800 (PST) Date: Fri, 7 Mar 1997 09:57:11 -0800 (PST) From: Jackson School of International Studies To: jsis-uw@u.washington.edu Subject: Forwarded mail.... Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII the JACKSON SCHOOL CALENDAR MARCH 1997 NOTE: ALL EVENTS ARE OPEN TO THE PUBLIC & ARE FREE UNLESS OTHERWISE INDICATED. The Jackson School Calendar is also on-lineupdated and distributed weekly! 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 March 9 Maslenitsa 97 (featuring a talk by Prof. Jack Haney, games and dancing led by Lusia Kuimova, Bliny and other refreshments). 2:00 p.m., Russian/German House, 2104 NE 45th, Seattle. Sponsor: Slavic Dept. and Slavic Club. Donations: $1.50 for Slavic Club members, $3 for students and AAFSD members, $5 others. Information: 543-6848. 11 Postnationality - the luxury of the Privileged? A West German Generational Perspective. 3:30 p.m., Thomson 235. Speaker: Prof. Hanna Schissler, Univ. of Minnesota, Minneapolis. Sponsors: DAAD (German Academic Exchange Service) and the Western European Studies Center. Information: Dorothee Wierling, 543-6188. Agenda Setting in the Supreme Court of Canada: What Kind of Empirical Puzzle is it? 1:15-3:15 p.m., Thomson 317. Speaker: Prof. Roy B. Fleming, Pol. Sci., Texas A&M University. Sponsors: UW Center for American Politics & Public Policy and UW Canadian Studies Center in Jackson School. Information: 543-6269. 13 U.S. - China Relations. (World Affairs Council Annual Lecture Series 1997: China and Hong Kong in Transition). 6:30 p.m registration, 7:00 p.m. program, 8:30 p.m. coffee reception., The Madison Hotel, B Level, Ballroom. Speaker: The Hon. Chas. W. Freeman, Jr., former Asst. Sec. of Defense and U.S. Deputy Ambassador to Beijing. Sponsors: American Airlines, KUOW, Seattle Post-Intelligencer. No preregistration required. Free to Council members & their guests; $5 cooperating organizations; $10 others. Information: World Affairs Council, 682-6986. Water Pollution Problems in Hokkaido: Impacts on Environmental and Fishery Resources, Especially in Coastal Sea Areas (Brown Bag Talk). 12:30-1:20 p.m., Marine Studies Bldg., Rm. 168. Speaker: Ryuji Fukuyama, Hokkaido Institute of Environmental Sciences, Sapporo, Japan. Sponsor: School of Marine Affairs. Information: 685-6302. 18 Lecture and film screening by Claes Olsson, director, producer and head of Finnish film studeo, Kinotuotanto. Lecture (in English) at 4:30 p.m.; film screening at approximately 6:00 p.m., Allen Library Auditorium. Sponsors: The Scandinavian Dept. and The Finnish Ministry of Education. Information: Sirkku Latomaa, 543-0645. April 1 Thinking About Early Rabbinic Judaism in a Complicated World: Geography, History, and the Rise of the Rabbinic Movement in Palestine. 3:30 p.m., Thomson 317. Speaker: Hayim Lapin, Asst. Prof. History & Jewish Studies, University of Maryland. Sponsors: Jewish Studies & Comparative Religion programs of Jackson School. Information: 543-4835. 3 Nuclear Terrorism. 7:30 p.m., Kane Hall 120. Speaker: Louis Rene Beres, Prof. of Pol. Sci. and International Law, Purdue University. Sponsors: Jackson School and School of Law. Information: 543-6045 or 543-2690. 4 The Double Day, 1975 film on womens work and A Man When He is a Man, 1982 Costa Rican film on gender roles. (Spring Quarter Friday Film Series, in Spanish or Portuguese with English subtitles.) l:30 p.m., 19 Kane Hall. Sponsor: Latin American Studies Program, Jackson School. Information: 685-3435. 5 Third Annual Seattle International Children's Festival Mosaic. (A workshop for K-9 educators on exploring cultures and art forms.) 8:30 a.m. - 4:30 p.m. 101 Thomson Hall. Sponsors: Outreach Programs of the Jackson School, WA State Council for the Social Studies, Seattle Intl Childrens Festival and NW Folklife. Preregistration required by April 2. Information: Mary Bernson, 543-1921. 11 Lucia, 1969 film on women and the Cuban Revolution. (Spring Quarter Friday Film Series, in Spanish or Portuguese with English subtitles.) l:30 p.m., 19 Kane Hall. Sponsor: Latin American Studies Program. 15 Democracy and Human Rights in Palestine (Freedom of Expression Series). 8:00 p.m., Kane Hall, Walker-Ames Room (#225). Speaker: Eyad Rajab El Sarraj, Commissioner-General, Independent Palestinian Commission for Citizens Rights & Director of Gaza Community Mental Health Programme. Sponsor: Jackson School & the Henry M. Jackson Foundation. Information: 543-4227. 18 Paradigm Shift: New Ways to Look at a Changing Japan. 3:30-5:00 p.m., 317 Thomson. Speaker: Bai Gao, Dept. of Sociology, Duke University. Sponsor: Japan Studies Program. Information: 543-4391. Portrait of Teresa, 1979 film on women and the Cuban Revolution. (Spring Quarter Friday Film Series, in Spanish or Portuguese with English subtitles.) l:30 p.m., 19 Kane Hall. Sponsor: Latin American Studies Program, Jackson School. Information: 685-3435. 19 Images of India. 12:00-5:00 p.m., Kane Hall, Walker-Ames Room. Speakers: Frank Conlon, UW Prof. of Indian History and Paul Brass, UW Prof. of Pol. Sci, and others to be announced. Sponsors: Jackson School South Asia Program & the Indian Assoc. of Western WA. Information: Keith Snodgrass, 543-4800. 25 Oriane, 1988 Venezuelan film on Latin American women and plantation life. (Spring Quarter Friday Film Series, in Spanish or Portuguese with English subtitles.) l:30 p.m., 19 Kane Hall. Sponsor: Latin American Studies Program, Jackson School. Information: 685-3435. May 2 Frida Kahlo, 1988 film on women artists in the Mexican Cultural Revolution. (Spring Quarter Friday Film Series, in Spanish or Portuguese with English subtitles.) l:30 p.m., 19 Kane Hall. Sponsor: Latin American Studies Program, Jackson School. Information: 685-3435. 9 The Official Story, 1985 film on Argentinian women and dictatorship. (Spring Quarter Friday Film Series, in Spanish or Portuguese with English subtitles.) l:30 p.m., 19 Kane Hall. Sponsor: Latin American Studies Program, Jackson School. Information: 685-3435. 14 The Management of Offense: State, Society and Censorship in Indonesia (Freedom of Expression Series). 8:00 p.m., HUB (Husky Union Bldg.) 200 ABC. Speaker: Goenawan Mohammad, Dir., Institute for the Free Flow of Information, Indonesia. Sponsor: Jackson School and the Henry M. Jackson Foundation. Information: 543-4227. 16 The Kiss of the Spider Woman, 1985 film re queer politics and gender roles in the police state. (Spring Quarter Friday Film Series) l:30 p.m., 19 Kane Hall. Sponsor: Latin American Studies Program, Jackson School. Information: 685-3435. 23 Hour of the Star, 1994 film on Brazilian women. (Spring Quarter Friday Film Series, in Spanish or Portuguese with English subtitles.) l:30 p.m., 19 Kane Hall. Sponsor: Latin American Studies Program, Jackson School. Information: 685-3435. 30 Mulheres Negras, (Brazilian film) & Daughters of Ixchel, 1993 Guatemalan film, on black and indigenous women. (Spring Quarter Friday Film Series, in Spanish or Portuguese with English subtitles.) l:30 p.m., 19 Kane Hall. Sponsor: Latin American Studies Program, Jackson School. Information: 685-3435. ******************************************************************************** Events Repeated From Previous Issues March 7 Intimate Relations: Lessings Queer Opera Semiotics. 1:30 p.m., Whrey Library, Denny 308. Speaker: Simon Richter. Sponsors: Center for West European Studies & Dept. of Germanics. Information: 543-4580. Fire in the Mind: Guerrilla/Government Relations in El Salvador and Peru (Friday Film Series - for UW students, faculty, staff only). 1:30-2:30 p.m., Kane 19. Sponsor: Latin American Studies Program. Information: 685-3435. 10 The Mulatta and the Global Economy. The Construction Reproduction, and Contestation of an Image. 1:30 - 2:30 p.m., SMI 404. Speaker: Angela Gilliam, Evergreen College. Sponsor: Latin American Studies Program. Information: 685-3435. 11 Ghetto Jews or Swedish Vikings? Expressions of Jewish Identity in Swedens Cultural Life. 3:30 p.m., Thomson 317. Speaker: Ia Dubois, Scandinavian Department. Sponsor: Jewish Studies Colloquium. 12 The Current Situation in Cambodia. 3:30 - 5:00 p.m., Thomson 325. Speaker: David Chandler, Professor of History at Monash University, Melbourne, Australia. Sponsor: Southeast Asian Studies. Information: 543-9606. The Causes and Consequences of Globalization. 5:30-8:00 p.m., HUB, 200ABC. Speakers: Charles W.L. Hill, Hughes M. Blake, Prof. of International Business. Sponsors: Jackson School Outreach Centers, JSIS and the Center for International Business Education and Research, School of Business Administration. Registration: $20/per person. Information: Keith Snodgrass: 543-4800. 14 The Americans: Latino Populations in the United States (Friday Film Series - for UW students, faculty, staff only). 1:30-2:30, Kane 19. Sponsor: Latin American Studies Program. Information: 685-3435. 21 Protestant Growth in Latin America: A Supply-Side Explanation (Brown Bag talk). 12:30 - 1:20 p.m., Thomson 317. Speaker: Tony Gill, UW Political Science . Sponsor: Latin American Studies Program. Information: 685-3435. 25 A Novelist Looks at Freedom of Expression. 7:30-9:00 p.m., Thomson 101. Speaker Orhan Pamuk, Turkish novelist, author of The White Palace and The Black Book. Sponsor: JSIS and Henry M. Jackson Foundation. Information: 543-4227. 31 Junctures and Disjunctures in Contemporary South and Southeast Asian Art. 3:30-5:00 p.m., Thomson 125. Speaker: Astri Wright, Assoc. Prof. of South and Southeast Asian Art, Dept. of History in Art, University of Victoria. Sponsor: South Asia Center and Southeast Asia Center. Information: 543-9606. April 2 A Look at Chilean Forests, (Brown Bag Talk). 12:30 - 1:20 p.m., Thomson 317. Speaker: Robert Gara, UW Forestry. Sponsor: Latin American Studies Program. Information: 685-3435. 3 (thru 4) Conference on The Politics of Language and Identity in the Americas (featuring Music at the Crossroads in the Americas, on April 3, 8:00 p.m. & The Politics of Language, Culture, and Identity in the Americas, on April 4 at 9:00 a.m.. Pacific Lutheran University, Tacoma. Registration and meals: $35. Information: call 535-7577; fax 535-8752; email pereida@plu.edu. 3 (thru 27) Exhibit of frescoes on paper by Argentinian artist, Claudia Bernardi. Galeria Coqui, 303 Occidental South, Seattle. (Bernardi may be in Seattle on April 3 or 4 to speak; call for details.) Information: Charles Reinsch, 521-8693. 16 Atrocity Stories: Religious Persecution in Colombia, 1950-57. (Brown Bag Talk) 11:00-12:00 p.m. (note time correction), Thomson 317. Speaker: Elizabeth Brusco, Pacific Lutheran University, Anthropology and Women Studies. Sponsor: Latin American Studies Program. Information: 685-3435. Populism as a World-Wide Phenomenon. 3:30 p.m., UW Allen Library, 4th floor, Peterson Room. Speaker: Vladimir Khoros, visiting scholar from IMEMO (Moscow, Russia). Sponsored by International Studies Center and REECAS Center. May 7 In the Time of Butterflies: History, Fiction, Testimony, and the Dominican Republic (Brown Bag Talk) 12:30 - 1:20 p.m., Thomson 317. Speaker: Ma. Concepcion Bados Ciria, UW Division of Spanish and Portuguese. Sponsor: Latin American Studies Program. Information: 685-3435. 9 Molding a Culture of Diligence and Thrift in Postwar Japan. 3:30-5:00, 317 Thompson. Speaker: Sheldon Garon, Dept. of History, Princeton University. Sponsor: Japan Studies Program. Information: 543-4391. 21 Protestant Growth in Latin America: A Supply-Side Explanation (Brown Bag talk). 12:30 - 1:20 p.m., Thomson 317. Speaker: Tony Gill, UW Political Science. Sponsor: Latin American Studies Program. Information: 685-3435. 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 Nonprofit Org. School of International Studies U.S. Postage University of Washington PAID Box # 353650 Seattle WA Seattle, WA 98195-3650 Permit No. 62 .