From jsis@u.washington.edu Fri May 16 11:42:19 1997 Received: from jason01.u.washington.edu (root@jason01.u.washington.edu [140.142.70.24]) by lists.u.washington.edu (8.8.4+UW97.04/8.8.4+UW97.05) with ESMTP id LAA27310 for ; Fri, 16 May 1997 11:42:19 -0700 Received: from saul6.u.washington.edu (jsis@saul6.u.washington.edu [140.142.82.1]) by jason01.u.washington.edu (8.8.4+UW97.04/8.8.4+UW97.05) with ESMTP id LAA16326 for ; Fri, 16 May 1997 11:42:17 -0700 Received: from localhost (jsis@localhost) by saul6.u.washington.edu (8.8.4+UW97.04/8.8.4+UW97.04) with SMTP id LAA32143 for ; Fri, 16 May 1997 11:42:15 -0700 (PDT) Date: Fri, 16 May 1997 11:42:15 -0700 (PDT) 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 May 16, 1997 (Electronic Update) NOTE: ALL EVENTS ARE OPEN TO THE PUBLIC & ARE FREE UNLESS OTHERWISE INDICATED. The Jackson School Calendar is on-line -- updated 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 May 16 Guatemala: Rebuilding After the Peace Accord. (Dinner followed by video presentation). 6:00 p.m. Plymouth Congregational Church, 6th & University. Speaker: Pedrina Burrero Lopez, Co-founder and Co-coordinator, Rabinal Committee of Widows, Orphans, and Displaced. Sponsors: University Unitarian Church Sanctuary/Central America Concerns Committee; the Guatemalan Cultural Community; GUASO; the Jennifer Harbury Support Group-Seattle; Peace Action Group of Plymouth Congregational Church. Cost: $6 admission includes dinner. Information: Lee Daneker, 781-0381. May 19 Japanese Art History in America Since 1945. 3:00 p.m. Art Building, Room 3. Speaker: John Rosenfield, Professor Emeritus, Dept. of Fine Arts, Harvard University (former dept. chair and former director, Fogg Museum of Fine Art, Harvard). Sponsor: Art History program. Information: Jerome Selbergeld, 616-7595. May 21 The Problem of the Indo-European Homeland: Evidence from the History of Baltic Languages. 7:00 p.m. Smith Hall 205. Lecturer: Professor Bill Darden, Chairman, Dept. of Slavic Languages and Literatures, Univ. of Chicago. Sponsors: Baltic Studies Program, Dept. of Linguistics, and Dept. of Slavic Languages and Literatures. Information: 543-2046. Can the Middle East Peace Process Survive? 6:30p.m. Kane Hall 210. Speaker: Ambassador John Kelly, Former Assistant Secretary of State for Near East and South Asia. Sponsors: World Affairs Council; Henry M. Jackson School of International Studies; KUOW 94.9 FM Public Radio; amd Salaam Cultural Museum. Registration begins at 6:30 p.m., followed by program at 7:00 p.m. Free to Council members, U.W. Students & Faculty (with I.D.), and members of co-sponsoring organizations. Others $7. Information: World Affairs Council, 682-6986. Conference on Mexican Politics. 7:00 p.m. Kane Hall. Speaker: Carlos Monsivais, Writer. Sponsor: Consulate of Mexico. Information: 448-8971. May 22 The Evolution of the Balto-Slavic Verb. 1:30 p.m. Denny Hall 211. Lecturer: Professor Bill Darden, Chairman, Dept. of Slavic Languages and Literatures, Univ. of Chicago. Sponsors: Baltic Studies Program, Dept. of Linguistics, and Dept. of Slavic Languages and Literatures. Information: 543-2046. May 23 Islamic Culture in Europe. 10:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m. Kane Hall 215. Speakers: Akeel Bilgrami, Columbia Univ.; Deniz Gokturk, Univ. of Southampton; Eleonora Muntanola, Univ. of Calif. at Santa Cruz; Denis Basic, Univ. of Washington. Round table discussion moderated by Srinivas Aravamudan, Univ. of Washington. Sponsors: U.W. Center for WestEuropean Studies; the Jackson School International Studies Program; the Center for Middle East Studies; the Center for the Humanities; the Dept. of English; the Division of Spanish and Portuguese. ****************************************************************************** Events Repeated From Previous Issues May 16 The Kiss of the Spider Woman, 1985 film on politics and gender roles in the police state. (Spring Quarter Tuesday & Friday Film Series; for UW students, faculty, staff only.) l:30 p.m., 19 Kane Hall. (Repeated on May 20.) Sponsor: Latin American Studies Program, Jackson School. Information: 685-3435. Life as a Physician in Uzbekistan. 12:30-1:30 p.m., Denny Hall 215. Speaker: Dr. Murat Yunusov, Tashkent, Uzbekistan. Sponsor: Dept. of Near Eastern Languages & Civilization (Uzbek Circle). Information: 543-0697 or 685-3800. May 17 Teachers Workshop: Family Life and Youth in Germany since Reunification. 1:00-4:30 p.m., Parrington Hall 306. Sponsor: Center for West European Studies. Information: 543-1675. May 19 Childrens Shopping Edutainment: Consumer and Gender Socialization in Japanese Retailing. 3:30-5:00 p.m. Denny 401. Speaker: Millie Creighton, Dept. of Anthropology & Sociology, Univ. of British Columbia and Visiting Faculty, Dept. of Anthropology, Univ. of Washington. Sponsor: Dept. of Anthropology and Japan Studies Program. Information: 543-4391. Free and Fair is in the Eyes of the Beholder: Yemens April 1997 Elections Observed. (Brown Bag Talk). 12:30-1:30 p.m. 317 Thomson. Speaker: Bob Burrowes, Lecturer, Middle East Center, Jackson School of International Studies. Sponsor: Middle East Center. Information: 543-7236. May 20 Chinese-ness: The Dilemmas of Place and Practice (Cosmopolitan Capitalism series, Sec. Three: Chinese Ethnicities and Nationhood at the End of the 20th Century). 3:30-5:30 p.m., Smith Hall 205. Speaker: Wang Gungwu, historian, former President of Univ. of Hong Kong , now inst. of East Asian Political Economy, Natl Univ. of Singapore. Sponsors: Colloquium for the Study of Ethnicity and Nationalism of the International Studies & East Asia Centers, Jackson School. Information: Gary Hamilton, 543-5883. The Key, by Ibrahim Forouzesh, and The Need, by Alireza Davoudrezhad (Iranian films). 3:30 p.m., Denny Hall 215. Sponsor: Dept. of Near Eastern Languages & Civilization (The Persian Circle). Open to all Persian-speaking students, faculty, and staff at UW. Information: 543-7145. The Kiss of the Spider Woman, 1985 film on politics and gender roles in the police state. (Spring Quarter Tuesday & Friday Film Series; for UW students, faculty, staff only.) l:30 p.m., 19 Kane Hall. Sponsor: Latin American Studies Program, Jackson School. Information: 685-3435. May 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. Cloud-Paradise (Slavic Film Festival 1997). 7:00 p.m., Russian House, 2104 NE 45th St. Russian film without subtitles. Co-sponsors: ASUW, GPSS, Slavic Dept., REECAS, Geography Dept., History Dept., Russian/German House. Free; UW ID required; call for information re guests/admittance with no ID: 543-6820. May 22 Turks, Islam and Sufism: An Historical Perspective. 12:30-1:30 p.m., Denny Hall 215A. Speaker: Latif Bolat, musician/scholar of Turkish folklore/music. Sponsor: Dept. of Near Eastern Languages & Civilization (Turk Studies Group). Information: 543-0697 or 543-6033. May 23 Hour of the Star, 1994 film on Brazilian women. (Spring Quarter Tuesday & Friday Film Series, in Portuguese with English subtitles; for UW students, faculty, staff only.) l:30 p.m., 19 Kane Hall. (Repeated on May 27.) Sponsor: Latin American Studies Program, Jackson School. Information: 685-3435. The Ethnic Conflict in Osh in 1991 (Panel discussion). 12:30-2:00 p.m., Denny Hall 215. Participants to be announced. Sponsor: Dept. of Near Eastern Languages & Civilization (Uzbek Circle and Kazakh & Kirghiz Studies Group). Information: 543-0697 or 685-3800. May 27 Cosmopolitans and Locals: The Confrontation between the New and the Old Chinese Communities in Vancouver, B.C. (Cosmopolitan Capitalism series, Sec. Three: Chinese Ethnicities and Nationhood at the End of the 20th Century). 3:30-5:30 p.m., Smith Hall 205. Speaker: Katharyne Mitchell, Geography, UW. Sponsors: Colloquium for the Study of Ethnicity and Nationalism of the International Studies & East Asia Centers, Jackson School. Information: Gary Hamilton, 543-5883. An American Single-Payer Health Care System? 12:00-1:20 p.m., Thomson 317. Speakers: Rep. Jim McDermott (invited) and Dr. Terry Rogers. Sponsor: Canadian Studies Center. Information: 543-6269. Hour of the Star, 1994 film on Brazilian women. (Spring Quarter Tuesday & Friday Film Series, in Portuguese with English subtitles; for UW students, faculty, staff only.) l:30 p.m., 19 Kane Hall. Sponsor: Latin American Studies Program, Jackson School. Information: 685-3435. Some Thoughts on Being a Jew, a Feminist, and a Philosopher (Jewish Studies Colloquia). 3:30 p.m., Thomson 317. Speaker: Heidi Ravven, Visiting Stroum Professor, Spring 1997. Sponsor: Jewish Studies/Jackson School. Information: 543-6811. The History of Setar: the instrument and the music. 3:30 p.m., Denny Hall 215. Presenter: Soheil Zolfonoun, musician and composer. Sponsor: Dept. of Near Eastern Languages & Civilization (Persian Circle). Spoken in Persian; open to all Persian speaking students, faculty and staff at UW. Information: 543-7145. May 28 State, Market and Regulatory Competition in the European Union. 1:30 3:00 p.m., Allen Library, Petersen Rm. Speaker: Professor Giandomenico Majone, European University Institute, Florence, Italy.. Sponsor: International Studies Center and Center for West European Studies. Information: Christine Ingebritsen, 543-0675. The Changing Pattern of Violence and the Question of Peace in Colombia. 1:30 p.m. 304 Smith. Speaker: Gonzalo Sanchez, Colombian Historian and Tinker Foundation Scholar. Sponsor: Latin American Studies Program. Information: 685-3435. Underground (Slavic Film Festival 1997). 7:00 p.m., Russian House, 2104 NE 45th St. Serbo-Croatian film with subtitles. Co-sponsors: ASUW, GPSS, Slavic Dept., REECAS, Geography Dept., History Dept., Russian/German House. Free; UW ID required; call for information re guests/admittance with no ID: 543-6820. The Translator and His Work. 12:30-1:30 p.m., Denny Hall 215A. Speaker: Dr. Walter Andrews, Prof. Emeritus, Near Eastern Languages & Civilization. Sponsor: Dept. of Near Eastern Languages & Civilization (Turk Studies Group). Information: 543-0697 or 543-6033. The Changing Pattern of Violence and the Question of Peace in Colombia. 1:30 p.m., Smith Hall 304. Speaker: Gonzalo Sanchez, Colombian historian. Sponsor: Latin American Studies Dept. Information: 685-3435. May 29 Research on Kirghizstan. 12:30-1:30 p.m., Denny Hall 123. Speaker: Professor Ilse D. Cirtautus. Sponsor: Dept. of Near Eastern Languages & Civilization (Kazakh & Kirghiz Studies Group). Information: 543-0697 or 685-3800. May 30 Mulheres Negras, (Brazilian film) & Daughters of Ixchel, 1993 Guatemalan (Portuguese) film, on black and indigenous women. (Spring Quarter Tuesday & Friday Film Series, with English subtitles; for UW students, faculty, staff only.) l:30 p.m., 19 Kane Hall. (Repeated on June 3.) Sponsor: Latin American Studies Program, Jackson School. Information: 685-3435. Uzbek Short Stories: Translation Project. 12:30-1:30 p.m., Denny Hall 215. Presenters: Students of Intermediate Uzbek class. Sponsor: Dept. of Near Eastern Languages & Civilization (Uzbek Circle). Information: 543-0697 or 685-3800. June 3 Chinese Roots: The Pull of the Hinterland (Cosmopolitan Capitalism series, Sec. Three: Chinese Ethnicities and Nationhood at the End of the 20th Century). 3:30-5:30 p.m., Smith Hall 205. Speaker: Helen Siu, Anthropology, Yale University, & specialist on South China. Sponsors: Colloquium for the Study of Ethnicity and Nationalism of the International Studies & East Asia Centers, Jackson School. Information: Gary Hamilton, 543-5883. Mulheres Negras, (Brazilian film) & Daughters of Ixchel, 1993 Guatemalan (Portuguese) film, on black and indigenous women. (Spring Quarter Tuesday & Friday Film Series, with English subtitles; for UW students, faculty, staff only.) l:30 p.m., 19 Kane Hall. Sponsor: Latin American Studies Program, Jackson School. Information: 685-3435. June 23-27 A World of Trade Routes: Past, Present, Future (an institute for K-20 educators to examine the impact of world trade on history & culture, explore visions of future global trade, and learn to select resources for use in the classroom). 8:30 a.m.-3:45 p.m.. Sponsor: Jackson School Outreach Centers and UW Center for International Business Education & Research Fees for course, registration, meals & materials: $140 (non-credit), $261 (university credit). Information: Mary Bernson, 543-1921, Fax 685-0668, e-mail bernson@u.washington.edu. 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 .