From jsis@u.washington.edu Wed Nov 25 13:54:11 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+UW98.06) with ESMTP id NAA24442 for ; Wed, 25 Nov 1998 13:54:10 -0800 Received: from saul9.u.washington.edu (jsis@saul9.u.washington.edu [140.142.82.7]) by jason05.u.washington.edu (8.8.4+UW97.07/8.8.4+UW98.06) with ESMTP id NAA45846 for ; Wed, 25 Nov 1998 13:54:09 -0800 Received: from localhost (jsis@localhost) by saul9.u.washington.edu (8.8.4+UW97.07/8.8.4+UW98.06) with SMTP id NAA13349 for ; Wed, 25 Nov 1998 13:54:09 -0800 (PST) Date: Wed, 25 Nov 1998 13:54:08 -0800 (PST) From: Jackson School of International Studies To: jsis-uw@u.washington.edu Subject: The Jackson School Calendar, November 25, 1998 Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Due to the holidays tomorrow and Friday, I've decided to send this edition out now rather than wait until next week. Hope all of you have a safe, sane, and drier Thanksgiving. Charles Paxton, Secretary to the Director Henry M. Jackson School of International Studies the JACKSON SCHOOL CALENDAR November 25, 1998 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 ______________________________________________ November 25 Money and the Law: Commitment and Compliance in International Monetary Affairs. 1:30-3:00 pm, Gowen 1B. Speaker: Beth Simmons, UC-Berkeley (copy of written work available from ingie@u.washington.edu). Sponsor: International Political Economy Colloquium. Info: Christine Ingebritsen, 543-0675. December 1 * Musical Alchemy: The Medieval Roots of the Spanish Southwest (lecture-demonstration). 5:00 pm, Brechemin Aud., Music Bldg. Presented by Tomas Lozano, Internationally-reknowned musician, leading the Spanish musical group Crisol Bufons. Sponsors: School of Music; American Ethnic Studies; Latin American Studies/JSIS. Info: 543-6308 or 543-4224. * An Evening with Aurora Levins Morales (Puerto Rican Feminist Writer and Historian). 7:00 pm, HUB Auditorium. Sponsor: ASUW Women's Commission plus numerous co-sponsors. Free + one guest (with valid UW ID). Info: 685-3435. December 2 Living Arrangements After Marriage in the Red River Delta (North Vietnam): Patrilocal or Neolocal Residence? 12:30 - 1:30 pm, Smith 320. Speaker: Nguyen Huu Minh, PhD candidate, Dept. of Sociology, UW. Sponsor: Southeast Asian Studies, JSIS. Info: 543-9606. Study of Islam and Politics in Southeast Asia (Comparative Islamic Studies Seminar). 1:30 pm, Denny 215. Speaker: Dan Lev, Professor of Political Science, UW. Sponsors: Center for Humanities; NELC. Info: 543-6033. December 3 * China Colloquium: Braudelian Perspective on China in East Asian History. 3:30 - 5:00 pm, Thomson 317. Speaker: R. Bing Wong, Dept. of History, University of California, Invine. Sponsor: China Studies Program, JSIS. Info: 543-4391. December 4 Comparisons of Pre-Industrial Chinese and European Demographic Systems. 12:30, Savery 209. Speakers: William Lavely, UW Dept. of Sociology and JSIS; R. Bin Wong, Dept. of History, Univ. of California in Irvine. Sponsors: Center for Studies in Demography & Ecology; Center for Public Health Research. Info: 543-5412. Understanding the Behavior of Interest Rates and Bank Spreads in Latin America. 2:00 pm, Savery 302. Speaker: Phil Brock, Dept. of Economics. Sponsor: Dept. of Economics. Info: 543-5955. December 5 Slavic Solstice Bash. 8:00 pm - midnight, Ethnic Cultural Center, 3931 Brooklyn Ave. NE. Sponsor: Slavic L & L. Event is free but must pick up ticket beforehand at Slavic Library - Suzzallo, Room 264, between 8 - noon or 1 - 5 and present a UW student, faculty or staff ID. Info: Shosh Westen, 543-6848. December 7 Europe in the New Century: Union and the Euro. 7:15 am registration, 7:30 am breakfast, Winslow Room, Columbia Tower Club, 701 Fifth Avenue. Speaker: Robert Gutman, Editor-in-Chief, EUROPE Magazine. Sponsors: World Affiars Council; Puget Sound Business Journal; KUOW 94.9 FM. Cost: $30 for Council members, $40 non-members. Registration & Info: 682-6986. Human Rights and Transitions to Democracy. 7:00 pm, Room 130, Kane Hall. Speaker: Raul Alfonsin, former President of Argentina, with an extended introduction by Jaime Malamud-Goti, former Attorney General and legal advisor to President Alfonsin. Sponsors: UW Human Rights Education and Research Network (HRERN); JSIS International Studies Program; JSIS Latin American Studies Program; UW Tacoma Arts and Lectures; UW Bothell Chancellor's Office; American Airlines; Sheraton Hotel, Tacoma; World Affairs Council. Info: Bruce Kochis, (425) 352-5364. December 8 * The Prophetic Control of the Social Body in Maimondes and Spinoza (revised title of presentation). 3:30 pm, Thomson 317. Speaker: Heidi Raven, Hamilton College. Sponsor: Jewish Studies Program, JSIS. Info: 543-4243. December 10 Going Global: Adventures on the Silk Road. 6:00 pm brown bag dinner, Smith 205. Speaker: Daniel Waugh, REECAS-JSIS. Sponsors: World Affairs Council; REECAS-JSIS. Cost: Free for Council Members and REECAS faculty/staff/students, $7 all others. Registration and info: 682-6986. December 11- 13 Travelling Film South Asia (13 of the best new documentary films on or about South Asia from India, Pakistan, Bangladesh and Nepal). 7:00 pm and 9:00 pm nightly, Media Arts Center, 911 Yale Ave. Sponsors: South Asia Center/JSIS; 911 Media Arts Center. Tickets $4/$2 for 911 members, on sale 30 minutes before the performance. For more information on the films, contact Keith Snodgrass, 543-4800. December 19 - 20 * Second Annual Mame Loshn Northwest. (Note Corrected Address Below) Yiddish language classes and concurrent workshops in poetry, writing, history and other topics. Keynote address on 12/19 (from 6 - 10 pm., includes dinner) by Pesakh Fiszman, Oxford Institute for Yiddish Studies. Sunday 10 am - 4 pm, includes lunch. Meadowbrook Community Center, 10517 35th Avenue NE. Sponsor: Workmen's Circle/Arbeter Ring Northwest Chapter. Brochure, pre-registration and info: 527-0328. December 29-30 The Asian Crisis: The Economics Front (International Conference). Time & Location to be announced. Sponsors and Supporting Units: UW Dept. of Economics; Dept. of Economics, Chinese University of Hong Kong; Faculty of Business, City University of Hong Kong; UW College of Arts & Sciences; JSIS; Copenhagen Business School, Denmark; Chung-Hua Institution for Economic Research, Taiwan; Research Institute for Economics and Business Administration, Kobe University, Japan; Dept. of Economics, McGill Univ., Canada; Dept. of Finance & Accounting, National University of Singapore; Institute of Economics, Academia Sinica, Taiwan; Dept. of Economics, University of Inchon, Korea; Review of International Economics. Info: Kar-yiu Wong, 543-5955. 1999 January 5 Postwar National Humanism and the American Constitution of Asia (Faculty and Graduate Student Colloquium). Meets bi-weekly Tuesdays 3:30 - 5:00 pm, Conference Room, Lewis Annex II. Speaker: Jon Solomon, Visiting Fellow, Program for Critical Asian Studies. Info: 322-8588. January 14 Teach Asia: A Series of Workshops on Asia and the Teaching of Asia for Middle School & Junior High School Educators. Focus of the January 14 workshop is Central Asia & the Silk Road. 4:00 - 7:00 pm, Mercer Middle School, 1600 South Columbian Way. Workshop Presentors: Dr. Daniel Waugh, REECAS-JSIS; Dr. Kurt Engelmann, Outreach Coordinator, REECAS-JSIS. Sponsors: World Affairs Council; Asia Society; Mercer Middle School. Cost $10. Clock hours available at no additional cost. Sign up by January 8. Future workshops will focus on Inventions & Technology in East Asia (March) and Pinoy Teach: Teaching about the Philippines (May). Registration and Info: Nancy Bacon, 682-6986 or January 19 Postwar National Humanism and the American Constitution of Asia (Faculty and Graduate Student Colloquium). Meets bi-weekly Tuesdays 3:30 - 5:00 pm, Conference Room, Lewis Annex II. Speaker: Jon Solomon, Visiting Fellow, Program for Critical Asian Studies. Info: 322-8588. January 20 'Detalles humanos' inside the Social Conscience: A Study of Argentine Militancy 1966-1978. 12:30-1:30, Thomson 317. Speaker: Rachel A. May, Tacoma Interdisciplinary Arts and Sciences. Sponsor: LAS, JSIS. Info: 685-3435. February 2 Postwar National Humanism and the American Constitution of Asia (Faculty and Graduate Student Colloquium). Meets bi-weekly Tuesdays 3:30 - 5:00 pm, Conference Room, Lewis Annex II. Speaker: Jon Solomon, Visiting Fellow, Program for Critical Asian Studies. Info: 322-8588. February 6 UW World Music Series. 8:00 pm, Meany Hall. Featuring Koffi Koko (shaman/performance artist from Benin, West Africa, performs an evening-length, ritualistic work entitled "Passage"). Cost: 21. Ticket Office: 543-4880. February 7 Maslenitsa! (Russian Mardi Gras). 2:00 - 4:30 pm, Ethnic Cultural Center, 3931 Brooklyn Ave. NE. Includes performance by Russian women's choir Khorovod. Sponsor: Slavic L & L. Donation requested. Info: 543-6848. February 16 Postwar National Humanism and the American Constitution of Asia (Faculty and Graduate Student Colloquium). Meets bi-weekly Tuesdays 3:30 - 5:00 pm, Conference Room, Lewis Annex II. Speaker: Jon Solomon, Visiting Fellow, Program for Critical Asian Studies. Info: 322-8588. February 20 UW World Music Series. 8:00 pm, Meany Hall. Featuring Huun-Huur-Tu: Throat Singers of Tuva. Cost: 21. Ticket Office: 543-4480. March 2 Postwar National Humanism and the American Constitution of Asia (Faculty and Graduate Student Colloquium). Meets bi-weekly Tuesdays 3:30 - 5:00 pm, Conference Room, Lewis Annex II. Speaker: Jon Solomon, Visiting Fellow, Program for Critical Asian Studies. Info: 322-8588. March 16 Postwar National Humanism and the American Constitution of Asia (Faculty and Graduate Student Colloquium). Meets bi-weekly Tuesdays 3:30 - 5:00 pm, Conference Room, Lewis Annex II. Speaker: Jon Solomon, Visiting Fellow, Program for Critical Asian Studies. Info: 322-8588. April 3 UW World Music Series. 8:00 pm, Meany Hall. Featuring Cubanismo! Starring Jesus Alemany (big band sounds straight from Cuba). Cost: 24. Ticket Office: 543-4480. April 8, 9, 10 UW World Dance Series. 8:00 pm each evening, Meany Hall. Featuring Joe Chvala & The Flying Foot Forum (Joe Chvala is joined by Swedish folk-based rock group Hedningarna). Cost: $28 for adults, $19 ages 25 and under. Ticket Office: 543-4480. April 19 & 20 New Faiths, Old Fears: Recent Immigrants and the Challenge of Diasporic Spiritual Practices to North American Norms and Values. 3:30 pm each day in HUB 310. Speaker: Professor Bruce Lawrence, Duke University, American Academy of Religion lecturer. On April 19 the topic will be "Where is Society Civil?" and on April 20 the topic will be "Revisiting Religious Pluralism." Sponsors: Comparative Religion Program, JSIS; NELC; UW. Info: 543-4835. April 26, 28 and May 3 Israel Among the Nations: Retrieving Jewish Diplomatic Traditions (1999 Samuel and Althea Stroum Lectures). All lectures will be held in Kane Hall 220 at 8:00 pm, with a reception following the first lecture. Speaker: Professor Aharon Klieman, the Nahum Goldmann Professor of Diplomacy, Tel Aviv University. Sponsor: Jewish Studies Program, JSIS. Info: 543-4243. 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. May 17 America in the Twenty-First Century: A Reporter's Perspective. Meany Hall, time to be announced. Speaker: Tom Friedman, Reporter, New York Times. Sponsor: The Jackson School. Info: 543-4372. June 2 "In a country without forest no life is good": Environmental Management in the Neo-liberal Context of Nicaragua. 12:30-1:20, Thomson 317. Speaker: Patrick Christie, Postdoctoral Fellow at the School of Marine Affairs and Associate Researcher, Center for Research and Documentation of the Atlantic Coast (Nicaragua). Sponsor: LAS, JSIS. Info: 685-3435. ****************************************************************************** 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 .