From jsis@u.washington.edu Fri Sep 22 08:47:09 2000 Received: from jason03.u.washington.edu (root@jason03.u.washington.edu [140.142.8.11]) by lists.u.washington.edu (8.9.3+UW00.05/8.9.3+UW99.09) with ESMTP id IAA119426 for ; Fri, 22 Sep 2000 08:47:08 -0700 Received: from homer10.u.washington.edu (jsis@homer10.u.washington.edu [140.142.15.48]) by jason03.u.washington.edu (8.9.3+UW00.05/8.9.3+UW00.01) with ESMTP id IAA21174 for ; Fri, 22 Sep 2000 08:47:06 -0700 Received: from localhost (jsis@localhost) by homer10.u.washington.edu (8.9.3+UW00.05/8.9.3+UW99.09) with ESMTP id IAA167210 for ; Fri, 22 Sep 2000 08:47:06 -0700 Date: Fri, 22 Sep 2000 08:47:04 -0700 (PDT) From: Jackson School of International Studies To: jsis-uw@u.washington.edu Subject: The Jackson School Calendar, September 22, 2000 Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII the JACKSON SCHOOL CALENDAR September 22, 2000 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 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 _____________________________________________________________________ September 22 Book Reading: "A Force More Powerful: A Century of Nonviolent Conflict." 7:00 pm, Kane Hall 220. Author: Jack DuVall. Sponsor: University Book Store. Tickets required; free tickets available from main information desk at University Book Store. Info: 1-800-335-READ. September 27 * Filipino/Asia/America Formations: A Screening and Discussion of "White Christmas." 3:00 - 5:00 pm, Thomson 317. Panel members include Rich Bonus, American Ethnic Studies; Mary Callahan, JSIS; and Laurie Sears, History. Sponsor: Southeast Asia Center/JSIS. Info: 543-9606. * Implications of the Opening of Intermodal Links between the Republic of Korea and the Democratic People's Republic of Korea. 4:30 pm, Smith Hall 415C. Speaker: Dr. Hyung-in Chin, Vice-President of the Korea Logistics Academy and Senior Fellow, Korea Maritime Institute. Sponsor: GTTL. Info: 616-5778. September 28 Why Does Africa Matter? 11:45 am registration, noon luncheon, Washington Athletic Club, Meisnest Room, 3rd Floor, 1325 Sixth Avenue. Speaker: Ambassador Richard Bogosian, USAID Special Assistant for the Greater Horn of Africa Initiative. Sponsors: World Affairs Council; African Chamber of Commerce of the Pacific Northwest; Washington State Africa Network; Horn of Africa Services. Cost: $25 members, $32 non-members. Registration and info: 441-5910. September 29 Persian Mirrors: The Elusive Face of Iran. 5:00 pm, Elliott Bay Book Company, 101 South Main Street. Speaker: Elaine Sciolino, Senior Writer for The New York Times. Sponsors: World Affairs Council; Elliott Bay Book Company. Cost: $5 members, $10 non-members. Registration and info: 441-5910. * Berlin, Maastricht, Kosovo: German Foreign Policy Reconsidered. (New title) 2:00 - 4:00 pm, HUB 309. Speaker: Karsten Voigt, Coordinator for German-American Cooperation and Chief Advisor on German-US Relations in the German Foreign Office. Sponsors: CWES; EU Center; DAAD; JSIS. Info: 543-1675. October 4 * The Voice of the Aymara Indians from Chile. 7:00 pm, University Unitarian Church, 6556 35th Ave. NE. Speaker: Carlos Inquiltupa Tito, National Council Leader of the Aymara People. Event will also feature the "Haida Heritage" Native Alaskan dance group. Sponsor: People for Justice in Chile. Donations accepted. Info: 523-2709 or 722-6862. October 5 The Canada Gala: Celebrate the Relationship (entertainment, dining and dancing to celebrate the relationship between Canada and the U.S.). 6:00 p.m. -12:30 a.m., Grand Ballroom, Westin Hotel. Honorary Chair: Dr. Richard McCormick, President, UW. Sponsors: Canada-America Society, The Canadian Consulate General, Weyerhaeuser, Pacific Northwest National Resource Center for Canada. Cost: $50 per person via Ruth Gunn at the Canada-America Society, 412 Plaza 600, 6th & Stewart, Seattle 98101. Phone: 443-1777. October 9 Big Man, Big Woman: The Shifting Terrain of Rural Credit in Senegalese Hinterlands. 3:30 - 4:50 pm, Denny 401. Speaker: Donna Perry, Anthropology, Western Oregon University. Sponsor: Anthropology. Info: 685-1811. October 10 * The Neighborhood as Workshop. 6:30 pm, Architecture Hall Auditorium Room 147. Speaker: Mario Coyula, Director, Group for the Integral Development of the Capital and Professor of Architecture and Planning, Higher Polytechnic Institute, Havana. Sponsors: College of Architecture and Urban Planning; LAS/JSIS. Info: 543-7679. * Canadian Studies "Welcome Back" Faculty Wine and Cheese with Canadian Consul General, Roger Simmons. 3:30 - 5:00 pm, Piano Room, Faculty Club. Faculty enrichment grant proposals will be handed out; free Canadian books. All Canadian studies affiliated faculty or those wishing to incorporate Canadian content into their courses are invited. Hosted by Canadian Consulate. RSVP to Nadine at 543-6269. October 11 Colloquium: "Between Ishmael and Edom: Wandering Hebrew Poets of Medieval Spain." 3:30 pm, Thomson 317. Speaker: Jonathan Decter, Hazel D. Cole Fellow 2000-01, JSIS. Sponsor: Jewish Studies Program/JSIS. Info: 543-4243. October 12 - 14 Conference: "The Pious and the Profane: Religion and Public Culture." Several venues and times. Info: Center for the Humanities, 543-3920. October 13 Plenary Session: "Religion and Migrants Identity in Post-Colonial Europe: The Experience of North African Jews in France." 2:00 - 5:30 pm, HUB Ballroom. Speaker: Joelle Bahloul, Indiana University. Info: Center for the Humanities, 543-3920. October 16 Rice Field Medicine or Killer Poison? Pesticides in post-Green Revolution Indoneisan Agriculture. 3:30 - 4:50 pm, Denny 401. Speaker: Wolfgang Linser, Consultant, Harvard Institute for International Development. Sponsor: Anthropology. Info: 685-1811. * Book Reading: "Containing Nationalism" by author Michael Hechter. 7:00 pm, University Book Store, 4326 University Way. Info: 634-3400. October 18 Russian-Ottoman Warfare on the Danube in the Eighteenth Century. 1:30 - 3:20, Thomson 317. Speaker: Virginia Aksan, McMaster University. Sponsors: Middle East Center/JSIS; International Studies Center/JSIS; Center for the Humanities. Info: 543-4227. October 19 Henry M. Jackson - A Life in Politics. 7:30 pm, Kane Hall 210. Lecture by Dr. Robert Kaufman on the occasion of the publication of his biography on Senator Jackson. Sponsor: Henry M. Jackson Foundation. * Preserving La Habana (Note: date to be confirmed, please see contact info below). 6:30 pm, Architecture Hall Auditorium Room 147. Speaker: Eduardo Luis Rodriguez, author, critic, historian and Director of Arquitectura Cuba magazine. Sponsors: College of Architecture and Urban Planning; LAS/JSIS. Info: 543-7679. * Book Reading: "Thunder from the East: A Portrait of a Rising Asia." 7:00 PM, Kane Hall 110. Speaker: Author Nicholas Kristof, Pulitzer Prize winning new York Times correspondent. Sponsors: University Book Store; JSIS; World Affairs Council. Info: 634-3400. October 20 - 22 * Contemporary Canadian Writers at the Vancouver International Writer's Festival. Earn 8 credit-hours on this field trip to the Vancouver International Writer's Festival with Dr. Nancy Pagh, Pacific Northwest writer and Adjunct Faculty in Canadian Literature at Western Washington University. Accomodations, breakfast, tickets to the events, credit-hours: $100.00. Limit of 10 participants. Sponsors: Canadian Studies Center/JSIS; Center for Canadian-American Studies, Western Washington University. Info: 543-6269. October 22 - 25 * Conference: "Rethinking the Line: The Canada-U.S. Border. Waterfront Centre Hotel, Vancouver, B.C. Sponsors/Hosts: Policy Research Secretariat, Ottawa; Canadian Studies Center/JSIS; University of British Columbia. Cost: $525 Canadian. Info: (604) 730-2500 or email October 23 Losing House and Home: Development, Evictions and Human Rights in Bogota, Colombia. 3:30 - 4:50 pm, Denny 401. Speaker: Margaret Everett, Anthropology, Portland State University. Sponsor: Anthropology. Info: 685-1811. October 26 * Alien Nation: Zombies, Immigrants and Millennial Capitalism in South Africa (Part of the UW Walker-Ames Lecture Series). 7:00 pm, Kane Hall 210. Speakers: Jean and John Comaroff. Sponsors: Program on African History; History; Geography; Anthropology; Comparative History of Ideas. Info: 616-1825. October 31 Ladino Literary Culture in the Levant, 18th - 20th Centuries. 7:30 pm, Kane Hall 210. Reception to follow, dietary laws observed. Speaker: Aron Rodrigue, Lokey Professor of History, Stanford University. Sponsor: Jewish Studies Program/JSIS. Info: 543-4243. November 1 Millets and Minorities: Non-Muslims in the Ottoman Empire. 1:30 - 3:20, Parrington Hall, The Commons. Speaker: Aron Rodrique, Lokey Professor of History, Stanford University. Sponsors: Middle East Center/JSIS; International Studies Center/JSIS; Center for the Humanities. Info: 543-4227. November 6 Developing Citizens: The Subject of the State on an Indonesian Periphery. 3:30 - 4:50 pm, Denny 401. Speaker: Cathryn Houghton, Anthropology, Yale University. Sponsor: Anthropology. Info: 685-1811. November 8 Alternative Routes to State Transformation: A Relational Approach to Politics, Culture, and Society in the Ottoman Empire. 1:30 - 3:20, Thomson 317. Speaker: Karen Barkey, Columbia University. Sponsors: Middle East Center/JSIS; International Studies Center/JSIS; Center for the Humanities. Info: 543-4227. November 10 * Incorporating Canadian Multicultural Literature into the Classroom (a workshop for middle and high school teachers). 8:00 am - 5 pm, Thomson Hall (room tba). Limit:20. Cost: $40 (includes box lunch). Info: Nadine at 543-6269. November 13 Sherpa Yak Management in Mount Everest National Park, and the High Costs of Mountaineering. 3:30 - 4:50 pm, Denny 401. Speaker: Barbara Brower, Geography, University of Oregon. Sponsor: Anthropology. Info: 685-1811. First Annual Comparative Religion Lecture on Religion and Contemporary Life: "The Force of Faith in the Contemporary World. 7:30 pm, Kane Hall 220. Reception to follow in Walker-Ames Room. Speaker: Eugene Webb, JSIS. Sponsor: Comparative Religion Program/JSIS. Info: 543-4243. November 14 * Incorporating Canadian Content - Ideas and Opportunities for Faculty. Noon - 1:30 pm, Faculty Club. Luncheon for faculty interested in incorporating Canadian content into their courses with the Canadian Consul General, Roger Simmons. Publishing opportunities, travel funding for conferences, and subsidized educational trips to Canada will be discussed. 25 person limit. Hosted by the Canadian Consulate. Info: Nadine at 543-6269. November 20 Maps, Metaphors, and Meanings: Boundary Struggles and Village Forest Use on Private and State Land in Malawi. 3:00 - 4:30 pm, Denny 401. Speaker: Peter Walker, Geography, University of Oregon. Sponsor: Anthropology. Info: 685-1811. 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. 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 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. ****************************************************************************** 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 .