From jsis@u.washington.edu Mon Nov 27 09:59:44 2000 Received: from jason01.u.washington.edu (root@jason01.u.washington.edu [140.142.8.10]) by lists.u.washington.edu (8.9.3+UW00.05/8.9.3+UW99.09) with ESMTP id JAA234862 for ; Mon, 27 Nov 2000 09:59:40 -0800 Received: from homer10.u.washington.edu (jsis@homer10.u.washington.edu [140.142.15.48]) by jason01.u.washington.edu (8.9.3+UW00.05/8.9.3+UW00.01) with ESMTP id JAA50732 for ; Mon, 27 Nov 2000 09:59:39 -0800 Received: from localhost (jsis@localhost) by homer10.u.washington.edu (8.9.3+UW00.05/8.9.3+UW99.09) with ESMTP id JAA130656 for ; Mon, 27 Nov 2000 09:59:38 -0800 Date: Mon, 27 Nov 2000 09:59:37 -0800 (PST) From: Jackson School of International Studies To: jsis-uw@u.washington.edu Subject: The Jackson School Calendar, November 27, 2000 Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII the JACKSON SCHOOL CALENDAR November 27, 2000 ALL EVENTS ARE FREE & OPEN TO THE PUBLIC UNLESS OTHERWISE INDICATED. *New Events (or changes) not previously listed are indicated by an asterisk* Abbreviations: Asian L&L = Department of Asian Languages & Literature CASG = Central Asian Studies Group/NELC CIBER = Center for International Business Education & Research CSDE = Center for Studies in Demography & Ecology CPHRS = Center for Public Health Research & Evaluation CWES = Center for West European Studies, JSIS GTTL = Global Trade, Transportation & Logistics Studies JSIS = The Henry M. Jackson School of International Studies LAS = Latin American Studies Program/JSIS 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 __________________________________________________________________ November 27 Reconfiguration of Responsibility: Ethical Orientations on the Commons in Liangshan. 3:30 - 4:50 pm, Denny 401. Speaker: Nayna Jhaveri, Geography, UW. Sponsor: Anthropology. Info: 685-1811. November 28 Politics of Denationalization: Responses of Political Interest Groups to Globalization Challenges in Europe and the United States. 3:30 - 5:00 pm, Lower Conference Room, Faculty Club. Speaker: Michael Zurn, Univ. of Bremen. Sponsors: EU Center; CWES/JSIS. Info: 616-2415. A Peaceful Revolution: Ending Female Genital Cutting in Africa. 2:00 - 4:00 pm, HUB 209A. Speaker: Molly Melching, founder of Tostan, a Senegal non-government organization. Sponsor: Human Rights Education and Research Network. Info: (425) 352-5421. November 29 * NOTE: THE FOLLOWING EVENT HAS BEEN CANCELLED: Cartoons and Comic Strips as Native Malay Discourse on Modern Malaysian Civilization. Speaker: Ron Provencher, Dept. of Anthropology, Northern Illinois University. Sponsor: Southeast Asia Center/JSIS. Info: 543-9606. Teach for America: Service and Opportunity. 1:30 pm, Thomson 317. Speaker: Connie Phegley (B.A. Spanish, UW 1991) served with Teach for America for two years. Sponsor: LAS/JSIS. Info: 685-3435. The 2000 Election: Polling and the Public. 3:30 - 5:00 pm, Communications 120. Speaker: Dr. Kathleen A. Frankovic, Director of Surveys and Producer, CBS News. Sponsors: School of Communications; Daniel J. Evans School of Public Affairs. November 30 Shaking off the Post-Soviet Hangover: Latvia's Mass Media 10 Years after the Revolution. 3:30 - 5:00 p.m., Thomson 317. Speaker: Karlis Streips, Dept. of Journalism, Univ. of Latvia, and independent radio and television journalist. Sponsor: Baltic Studies Program in the Dept. of Scandinavian Studies, REECAS/JSIS. Info: 543-4852. "Kokand's Mahallas" (Neighborhoods). 12:30 - 1:30 pm, Denny Hall 215. Speaker: Mark Reese, graduate student, NELC. Sponsor: CASG. Info: 543-9963. 13th Annual World Citizen Award Banquet, Honoring the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation and World Educator recipient Sue Pike, Foster High School, Tukwila. 5:30 pm reception; 7:00 pm dinner; 8:00 pm program, Sheraton Hotel, 1400 Sixth Avenue. Presenter: Carol Bellamy, Director, UNICEF. Cost: $90 members; $110 non-members. Sponsors: World Affairs Council. Info: 441-5910. December 1 The Rising Rainbow: Emergence of a Gay Community Where There Was None Before (Latvia). 3:30 - 5:00 p.m., Thomson 317. Speaker: Karlis Streips, Dept. of Journalism, Univ. of Latvia, and independent radio and television journalist. Sponsor: Baltic Studies Program in the Dept. of Scandinavian Studies, REECAS/JSIS. Info: 543-4852. Films: "Daughters of Ixchel: Maya Threads of Change" (29 minutes), Maya weavers in the context of cultural globalization; and "Cases of Violence against Native Communities in Chiapas" (53 minutes, subtitled). 1:30 pm, Kane 19. Part of LAS Friday film series for UW students, faculty and staff. Sponsor: LAS/JSIS. Info: 685-3435. Race, Writing, and Fighting: European Identities and Nationalisms in Rhodesian War Narratives, 1965-95. 2:00 pm, location tba. Speaker: Luise White, Univ. of Florida at Gainesville. Sponsors: Program on Africa; JSIS; CWES Politics and Society Colloquium; History. Info: 543-4499. December 2 Note: THE FOLLOWING EVENT HAS BEEN POSTPONED TO JANUARY 27: Canadian Multicultural Stories, First Nations and Quebecois Literature - Teaching Diversity and Cross-Cultural Understanding through Canadian Stories and Myths. All-day workshop for K-6 educators/librarians - 8 clock hours available. 8:00 am - 5:00 pm, Thomson Hall. Cost: $40 (includes coffee, muffins, and box lunch). Sponsors: Pacific Northwest National Resource Center for the Study of Canada. Info: 543-6269. December 4 Sustainability and Conservation Debates in the Case of Madagascar's Tropical Forests. 3:30 - 4:50 pm, Denny 401. Speaker: Lucy Jarosz, Geography, UW. Sponsor: Anthropolgy. Info: 685-1811. December 6 * Globalization in the Public Interest: Business, the World Bank and Voices of the Poor. 11:45 am registration, noon luncheon, Columbia Tower Club, 701 Fifth Avenue. Speaker: Jan Piercy, US Executive Director, The World Bank. Sponsors: World Affairs Council; Puget Sound Business Journal; US Bank; Grant Thornton LLP. Cost: $32 members, $40 non-members. Registration & info: 441-5910. December 12 Writers Rivka and Ben-Zion Dorfman ("Synagogues with Jews - and the communities that built and used them,") speak at 7:00 pm in Kane Hall. Info: 545-9477 ext. 202. December 13 Slideshow: "Traces of Silk", featuring images of Ladakh, the Northwest frontier of India, where the spirit of old Silk Road feeder routes pervades the memories and character of modern traders. 7:00 pm, Smith 205. Speaker: Paul Harris, photographer. Sponsor: South Asia Center/JSIS; REECAS/JSIS. Info: 543-4852. 2001 January 11 * Speaker Series: Rethinking Mobility, Identity, and Nature in an Era of Globalization. 3:30 - 5:00 pm. Speaker: Charis Thompson, Depts. Of Sociology and Women's Studies, Univ. of Illinois. Sponsors: Taylor Institute for Transnational Studies/JSIS. Info: 616-1190. January 18 Chinese Characters as the medium for transmitting the vocabulary of modernization from Japan to Vietnam in the early twentieth century. 3:30 - 5:00 pm, location tba. Speaker: Vinh Sinh, Dept. of History, Univ. of Alberta. Sponsor: Southeast Asia Center/JSIS. Info: 543-9606. January 19 International Health Care in the 21st Century: A Canadian and American Perspective on the Future of Health Care - Political and Ethical Issues in Health Care. 9:00 am - 4:00 pm, Thomson 317. Moderator: Kieran O'Malley, Dept. of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Affiliated Faculty, Canadian Studies/JSIS. Sponsors: Canadian Studies Center/JSIS; Canadian Embassy, Washington, D.C. Info: 543-6269. January 24 * The Nature of Codes (Part of the series "Rethinking Mobility, Identity, and Nature in an Era of Globalization). 3:30 - 5:00 pm, HUB 108. Speaker: Katherine Hayles, Dept. of English, UCLA. Sponsors: Taylor Institute for Transnational Studies/JSIS; Dept. of English; Dept. of Comparative Literature. Info: 616-1190. January 27 Canadian Multicultural Stories, First Nations and Quebecois Literature - Teaching Diversity and Cross-Cultural Understanding through Canadian Stories and Myths. All-day workshop for K-6 educators/librarians - 8 clock hours available. 8:30 am - 4:30 pm, Thomson Hall. Cost: $40 (includes coffee, muffins, and box lunch). Sponsors: Pacific Northwest National Resource Center for the Study of Canada. Info: 543-6269. February 2 Contemporary North West Coast Art & the Work of Susan Point, Coast Salish Artist (a dinner/lecture). 6:30 - 9:30 pm, Kane Hall, Walker-Ames Room. Speaker: Gary Wyatt, Curator, Spirit Wrestler Gallery, Vancouver, B.C., and editor of "Susan Point: Coast Salish Artist, 2000." Cost: $30 (includes dinner, wine and lecture). Sponsors: Canadian Studies Center/JSIS; Center for Canadian-American Studies, Wester Washington University; the Canada-America society; the Pacific North West Canadian Studies Consortium. Info: 543-6269. February 3 International Cultural Documentary - Using Film to Teach About International Education (Workshop for Middle/High School Teachers). 8:00 am - 5:00 pm, Thomson Hall. Workshop Leaders: Carol Hermer and Mary Barber. Cost: $40 (includes coffee, muffins & box lunch). Sponsors: JSIS Educational Outreach Centers. Info: 543-6269. February 8 * Speaker Series: Rethinking Mobility, Identity, and Nature in an Era of Globalization. 3:30 - 5:00 pm, location tba. Speaker: James McCarthy, Dept. of Geography, Pennsylvania State University. Sponsor: Taylor Institute for Transnational Studies/JSIS. Info: 616-1190. February 10 NOTE: THE FOLLOWING EVENT HAS BEEN POSTPONED TO MARCH 24: Teaching Canadian History & Culture Through Canadian Art - A Workshop for Middle/High School Teachers/Librarians (8 clock hours available). 8:00 am - 5:00 pm, Thomson Hall. Workshop Leadsers: Dr. Nancy Pagh and Dr. Douglas Jackson. Cost: $40 (includes coffee, muffins and box lunch). Sponsors: Pacific Northwest National Resource Center for the Study of Canada. Info: 543-6269. February 24 Experience Canadian Art: An Educator's Field Trip to the "Cornelius Krieghoff: Images of Canada" Exhibit at the Vancouver Art Gallery. (Two clock hours available). 7:30 am - 10:00 pm. Trip leaders: Dr. Douglas Jackson and Nadine FabbiShushan. Cost: $60 includes Amtract round-trip to Vancouver, breakfast and a sandwich dinner, and admission to the Gallery. Sponsors: Pacific Northwest National Resource Center for the Study of Canada. Info: 543-6269. March 1 Putin's Foreign Policy: Challenging the U.S. with a Practical Approach. 7:30 pm, Kane Hall 210. Speaker: Celeste Wallander, Council on Foreign Relations. Sponsors: Henry M. Jackson Foundation; World Affairs Council; REECAS/JSIS. Info: 543-4852. March 24 Teaching Canadian History & Culture Through Canadian Art - A Workshop for Middle/High School Teachers/Librarians (8 clock hours available). 8:30 am - 4:30 pm, Thomson Hall. Workshop Leaders: Dr. Nancy Pagh and Dr. Douglas Jackson. Cost: $40 (includes coffee, muffins and box lunch). Sponsors: Pacific Northwest National Resource Center for the Study of Canada. Info: 543-6269. April 6 Open Secrets: Edo Era Politics in Their Own Terms. 3:30 - 5:00 pm, Thomson 317. Speaker: Luke Roberts. Sponsor: Japan Studies Program/JSIS. Info: 543-4391. Constructing Primordialism: Old Histories for New Nations in the Post-Soviet Region. 3:30 - 5:00 pm, Thomson 317. Speaker: Ronald Grigor Suny, Dept. of Political Science, Univ. of Chicago. Sponsor: REECAS/JSIS. Info: 543-4852. April 12 Russia's Relations with Eastern Europe and the Baltic States: A New Divide in Europe? 7:30 pm, Kane Hall 210. Speaker: Mark Kramer, Harvard Project on Cold War Studies, Harvard Univ. Sponsors: Henry M. Jackson Foundation; World Affairs Council; REECAS/JSIS. Info: 543-4852. May 9 Canadian Film and Filmmakers - Dinner/Lecture. Part of the series "International Trends and Transitions in Your World." 5:30 - 8:00 pm, Walker-Ames Room, Kane Hall. Speaker: Darryl Macdonald, Director, Seattle International Film Festival. Cost: $22, checks must be received at least one week in advance of event. Info: 543-1675. ****************************************************************************** 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 Charles Paxton, Secretary to the Director Henry M. Jackson School of International Studies Box 353650 University of Washington Seattle, WA 98195 Ph: (206) 543-4372 .