From jsis@u.washington.edu Fri Oct 27 14:24:05 1995 Return-Path: Received: from saul3.u.washington.edu by lists.u.washington.edu (5.65+UW95.10/UW-NDC Revision: 2.33 ) id AA22281; Fri, 27 Oct 95 14:24:04 -0700 Received: by saul3.u.washington.edu (5.65+UW95.10/UW-NDC Revision: 2.33 ) id AA14425; Fri, 27 Oct 95 14:24:03 -0700 X-Sender: jsis@saul3.u.washington.edu Date: Fri, 27 Oct 1995 14:24:02 -0700 (PDT) From: Jackson School of International Studies To: JSIS-UW@u.washington.edu Subject: JSIS Calendar Message-Id: Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII THE JACKSON SCHOOL ELECTRONIC CALENDAR OCTOBER 27, 1995 NOTE: ALL EVENTS ARE OPEN TO THE PUBLIC & ARE FREE UNLESS OTHERWISE INDICATED. NEW ITEMS Since Last Issue (10/20/95): NOV. 7: BOEING & THE FUTURE OF INTERNATIONAL AVIATION. Breakfast presentation, 7:30-9 a.m. (Registration 7:15 a.m.), Columbia Tower Club, 75th Floor, 701 Fifth Avenue, Seattle. Robert Dryden, Executive Vice President of Airplane Production, Boeing Commercial Airplane Group. Sponsor: World Affairs Council. COST: $20 Council members, $25 others; $160 for tables of 8. PRE-REGISTER & PRE-PAY by Nov. 3. Information/Registration: 682-6986. NOV. 9: ASIA RISING: THE ECONOMIC MIRACLE IN EAST & SOUTHEAST ASIA, AND WHY THE WEST WILL PROSPER. Luncheon program, 12 noon (registration 11:45 a.m.), Columbia Tower Club (address above). Jim Rohwer, author of ASIA RISING, Director & Chief Economist for Asia of CS First Boston. Sponsors: Korea- America Trade Club, Washington Council on International Trade, World Affairs Council. COST: $25 Council Members, $35 others. PRE-REGISTER & PRE-PAY by Nov. 6. Information/registration: 682-6986. MANAGING TRANSNATIONAL DISPLACEMENT: CONTAINMENT STRATEGIES AFTER THE COLD WAR. 2-3:30 p.m., 317 Thomson. Prof. Jennifer Hyndman, Dept. of Geography, University of British Columbia. Part of State-Society Relations workshop series on "Transnationalism & the Limits of State." Sponsor: International Studies, JSIS. Information: 543-5174. ERRATA: The ROOM NUMBER for the NOV. 7 event below, "The Rise of the Socialist Parties in East Central Europe" by Prof. Gerd Meyer, is 325 Thomson, NOT 317 Thomson as printed in last week's Calendar. ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Repeated from last issue: OCT. 27: SLAVIC DEPARTMENT HOMECOMING CELEBRATION. 4:00-6:00 p.m., Russian House, 2104 NE 45th St. Sponsors: Slavic Dept. and Russian House Alumni Association, UW. Information: 543-6848. OCT. 30: ETHNIC/COMMUNAL VIOLENCE & PEACE IN INDIA: PAST PERSPECTIVES, FUTURE PROSPECTS. 3:30 p.m., 317 Thomson. Asghar Ali Engineer, Vice-President, People's Union of Civil Liberties and Chairman Ekta Samiti, Bombay. Sponsor: South Asia Center Colloquium, JSIS. Information: 543-4800. LITERATURE & IDEOLOGY: A SURVEY OF THE WRITINGS SPONSORED BY THE ISLAMIC REPUBLIC OF IRAN. 12:30 p.m., 215A Denny. Ahmad Karimi-Hakkak, Professor, Near Eastern Languages & Civilization (NELC), UW. Sponsor: NELC Colloquium. Information: 543-4227. OCT. 31: THE OTHER SIDE OF HEAVEN: POST-WAR FICTION BY AMERICAN & VIETNAMESE WRITERS. 3:30-5:30 p.m., 309 Parrington (Forum Room). Authors Le Minh Khue, Wayne Karlin, Ho Anh Thai, Hoang Khoi Phong, & Nguyen Qui Duc (interpreter). Sponsors: Southeast Asian Studies, JSIS; Dept. of History, UW; Watermark Reading Series, Creative Writing Program; Divisional Dean for the Social Sciences; Seattle Public Library. Information: 543-3986 or 543-9606. PUBLIC ADDRESS, LENNART MERI, PRESIDENT OF ESTONIA. 4:00 p.m., Dining Room, Faculty Club. Sponsors: Government of Estonia; Russian, East European & Central Asian Studies Center (REECAS), JSIS; Center for West European Studies (CWES), JSIS; Committee for the Baltic Program at UW; Scandinavian Studies Dept., UW. Information: 543-0645; e-mail: norkool@u.washington.edu. NOV. 1: TURKEY & THE TURKIC SPEAKING REPUBLICS OF CENTRAL ASIA. 12:30-1:30 p.m., 215 Denny. Kagan Arik, PhD Student, Interdisciplinary PhD Program in Near & Middle Eastern Studies, UW. Sponsor: Dept. of Near Eastern Languages & Civilization, UW. Information: 685-3800. THE POLITICS OF RELIGIOUS REGULATION IN MEXICO. 12:30-1:30 p.m., 317 Thomson. Anthony Gill, Professor of Political Science, UW. Sponsor: Latin American Studies, Brown Bag Lunch Series. Information: 543-4718. NOV. 2: HEALTH FACILITIES IN ALMATY, KAZAKHSTAN. 12:30-1:30 p.m., 215 Denny. Nancy Nersveen, Swedish Hospital. Sponsor: Kazakh & Kirghiz Studies Group, Dept. of Near Eastern Languages & Civilization. Information: 685-3800. IMMOBILE IMAGES: THE MACARTNEY EMBASSY IN THE HISTORY OF SINO-WESTERN RELATIONS. 3:30-5:00 p.m., 317 Thomson. James L. Hevia, Dept. of History, North Carolina A&T. Sponsor: China Studies Program, JSIS. Information: 543-4391. NOV. 3: WORKING IN THE RUSSIAN FAR EAST. 12:30-2 p.m., 334 Thomson. Peter Christiansen, former JSIS student, current Port Operations Manager for Sea-Land International, Vostochny. Sponsor: Russian, Eastern European & Central Asian Studies, JSIS. Information: 543-0176. REPRODUCTION, RISK & REALITY IN VIETNAM. 12:30 p.m., 4000 NE 41st (van leaving at 12:15 from Savery Hall loading zone, UW). Pamina Gorbach, Senior Fellow Trainee, Dept. of Health Services, UW. Sponsor: Center for Studies in Demography & Ecology, UW; Center for Public Health Research & Evaluation. Information: 543-5412. REVIEWS OF RECENT UZBEK PUBLICATIONS. 12:30-1:30 p.m., 215 Denny. Students' Reports (IN UZBEK; translations will be provided). Sponsor: Uzbek Circle, Dept. of Near Eastern Languages & Civilization, UW. Information: 685-3800. NOV. 4: SOUTHEAST ASIA MOSAIC: THE ISLAND CULTURES. 8:30 a.m. - 3:30 p.m., 317 Thomson. All-day teacher training program for K-9 teachers. FEE: $35; pre-registration required. Keynote Address: Karl Hutterer, Director, Burke Memorial Washington State Museum, UW. Sponsor: Jackson School of International Studies & Washington State Council for the Social Studies. Information: 543-9606; or maureenj@u.washington.edu. NOV. 7: SAINTS & THEIR SOCIETIES IN MEDITERRANEAN LATE ANTIQUITY: SOME GOVERNING RESEARCH PARADIGMS. 3:30 p.m., 317 Thomson. Faculty & Graduate Students of the Comparative Religion Program, JSIS. Sponsor: Comparative Religion Program, JSIS, Faculty Colloquium Series. Information: 543-4835. THE RISE OF THE SOCIALIST PARTIES IN EAST CENTRAL EUROPE. 3:30-5 p.m., 325 Thomson. Gerd J. M. Meyer, Tubingen Exchange Professor, University of Tubingen. Sponsor: Russian, East European & Central Asian Program. Information: 543-2798. NOV. 8: ANARCHISM AS A RESPONSE TO JAPANESE RULE IN KOREA. 3:30-5 p.m., 317 Thomson. Michael Allen, Dept. of History, Brigham Young University and Visiting Professor, UC Berkeley. Sponsor: Korean Studies Program, JSIS. Information: 543-4391. ONOMATOPOETIC WORDS IN UIGHUR & OTHER TURKIC LANGUAGES. 12:30-1:30 p.m., 215 Denny. Hamit Zakir, PhD Student, Asian Languages & Literature, UW. Sponsor: Near Eastern Languages & Civilization. Information: 685-3800. NOV. 9: THE CULTURAL CRISIS OF KIRGHIZ INTELLECTUALS. 12:30-1:30 p.m., 215 Denny. Dr. Umut Asanova, Fulbright Scholar from Bishkek, Kirghizstan. Sponsor: Kazakh & Kirghiz Studies Group, Dept. of Near Eastern Languages & Civilization, UW. Information: 685-3800. ADIVASI AUTONOMY MOVEMENTS IN INDIA. 3:30 p.m., 317 Thomson. Ram Dayal Munda, Professor of Tribal Languages & ex-Vice Chancellor, Ranchi University. Sponsor: South Asia Center, JSIS. Information: 543-4800. NOV. 13: WORLD SOCIETY & THE NATION-STATE: INSTITUTIONAL ARGUMENTS & EVIDENCE. 12-1:30 p.m., Peterson Room, Allen Library. John Meyer, Dept. of Sociology, Stanford University. International Political Economy Colloquium Series. Sponsor: International Studies Center, JSIS. Information: 685-2707. MODERN INDIA: CHALLENGING AMERICAN PERCEPTIONS. 7-9 p.m., Alumni House, Fireplace Room, 1415 NE 45th Street, Seattle. Dr. Frank Conlon, Director, South Asian Studies Program, JSIS, and Lewis Macfarlane, advisor to companies with operations in South Asia. COST: $5 UWAA members & students; $8 nonmembers & guests. Sponsor: JSIS Alumni Association. PLEASE R.S.V.P. by Thurs., Nov. 9, UW Alumni Association, 543-0540. NOV. 14: GENDERED BOUNDARIES IN AMERICAN JEWISH EXPERIENCE: "THE GHETTO GIRL" & JEWISH ANXIETY FROM 1900-1930. 3:30 p.m., 317 Thomson. Riv-Ellen Prell, Professor of Anthropology, University of Minnesota. Sponsor: Jewish Studies Colloquium, JSIS. Information: 543-4243. NOV. 15: NAFTA AND CHIAPAS. 12:30-1:30 p.m., 317 Thomson. Diana Pallais. Sponsor: Latin American Studies Program, Brown Bag Lunch Series. Information: 543-4718. NOV. 16: RECENT DEVELOPMENT IN KAZAKHSTAN LEADING TO THE ABOLISHMENT OF THE CONSTITUTIONAL COURT. 12:30-1:30 p.m., 215 Denny. Robert Utter, Justice of the Supreme Court, State of Washington. Sponsor: Dept. of Near Eastern Languages & Civilization, UW. Information: 685-3800. NOV. 17: PAID LEAVE & THE TIMING OF WOMEN'S EMPLOYMENT SURROUNDING BIRTH. 12:30 p.m., 209 Savery. Jutta Joesch, Senior Research Fellow, Dept. of Health Services, UW. Sponsor: Center for Studies in Demography & Ecology, UW; Center for Public Health Research & Evaluation. Information: 543-5412. TURKISTAN--OUR COMMON HOME. 12:30-1:30 p.m., 215 Denny. Students' Reports (IN UZBEK; translations provided). Sponsor: Uzbek Circle, Dept. of Near Eastern Languages & Civilization, UW. Information: 685-3800. NOV. 20: PEER INFLUENCE ON MALE EXTRAMARITAL SEXUAL RELATIONS IN THAILAND. 3:30-5 p.m., 317 Thomson. Mark VanLandingham, postdoctoral research fellow, Center for Studies in Demography & Ecology, UW. Part of series, "Focus on Thailand: Gender & Sexuality in a Changing World." Sponsor: Southeast Asian Studies, JSIS. Information: 543-9606. NOV. 22: HUMAN RIGHTS IN SOUTH KOREA: THE NATIONAL SECURITY. 3:30-5 p.m., 317 Thomson. Jonshik Suh & Kiwook Lee, Human Rights Activists. Sponsor: Korea Studies Program, JSIS. Information: 543-4391. NOV. 27: RIGHTS, RELIGION, & WOMEN: ISRAEL'S PERSONAL STATUS LAW. 12:30 p.m., 215A Denny. Patricia Woods, Phd Program in Near & Middle Eastern Studies, UW. Sponsor: Near Eastern Languages & Civilization, UW. Information: 543-6033. NEW RELIGIOUS PHENOMENA IN EASTERN EUROPE. 3:30-5 p.m., 317 Thomson. Sabrina Ramet, Professor, Russian, East European & Central Asian Studies (REECAS) & International Studies, JSIS. Sponsor: REECAS. Information: 543-2798. NOV. 28: THE SIGNIFICANCE OF THE SEVENTH PLAGUE. 3:30 p.m., 317 Thomson. Dr. Scott Noegel, Cornell University, 1995-6 Hazel D. Cole Fellow in Jewish Studies at the UW. Sponsor: Jewish Studies Colloquium, JSIS. Information: 543-4243. NOV. 29: THE TURKMEN LANGUAGE: CHANGES IN LEXICON & SYNTAX SINCE INDEPENDENCE. 12:30-1:30 p.m., 215 Denny. Dr. Murad Begliyev, Head, Foreign Language Dept., Turkmen State University, Ashgabad. Sponsor: Dept. of Near Eastern Languages & Civilization, UW. Information: 685-3800. NOV. 30: KIRGHIZ TRADITIONAL CULTURE & ART (with slides). 12:30-1:30 p.m., 215 Denny. Dr. Umut Asanova, Fulbright Scholar from Bishkek, Kirghizstan. Sponsor: Dept. of Near Eastern Languages & Civilization, UW. Information: 685-3800. DEC. 1: HOW DOES TEENAGE CHILDBEARING AFFECT THE HUMAN CAPITAL & WAGES OF YOUNG WOMEN? 4000 NE 41st, Seattle (van leaving loading zone area of Savery Hall at 12:15). Bob Plotnick, Dept. of Public Affairs, Shelly Lundberg, Dept. of Economics, and Dan Klepinger, Center for Public Health Research & Evaluation. Sponsor: Center for Studies in Demography & Ecology, UW, & Center for Public Health Research & Evaluation. Information: 543-5412. ITEMS OF INTEREST IN UZBEK NEWSPAPERS. 12:30-1:30 p.m., 215 Denny. Students' Reports, Uzbek Circle (IN UZBEK, translations provided). Sponsor: Dept. of Near Eastern Languages & Civilization, UW. Information: 685-3800. DEC. 4: PRIME-TIME DRAMAS: TELEVISION, GENDER & DESIRE IN THAILAND'S URBAN NORTH. 3:30-5 p.m., 317 Thomson. Sara Van Fleet, PhD Candidate, Dept. of Anthropology, UW. Part of series, "Focus on Thailand: Gender & Sexuality in a Changing World." Sponsor: Southeast Asian Studies, JSIS. Information: 543-9606. DEC. 5: SELECTED CHAPTERS ON MEDIEVAL CHRISTIAN MONASTICISM FROM TALAL ASAD'S, "GENEALOGIES OF RELIGION." 3:30 p.m., 317 Thomson. Faculty & Graduate Students in the Comparative Religion Program, JSIS. Sponsor: Comparative Religion Program, Faculty Colloquium Series. Information: 543-4835. DEC. 6: NARCO-TRAFFICKING & INDIGENOUS POPULATIONS IN COLOMBIA. 12:30-1:30 p.m., 317 Thomson. Jorge Arboleda. Sponsor: Latin American Studies Program (Brown Bag Lunch Series). Information: 543-4718. DEC. 8: EXPLAINING BLACK WHITE DIFFERENCES & THE RISK OF MARITAL DISRUPTION. 12:30 p.m., 209 Savery. Julie Brines, Dept. of Sociology, UW. Sponsor: Center for Studies in Demography & Ecology, UW, and Center for Public Health Research & Evaluation. Information: 543-5412. Upcoming: February - May, 1996: INTERNATIONAL UPDATES: TRENDS & TRANSITIONS IN YOUR WORLD. A lecture/dinner series sponsored by the Jackson School. 8 Wed. evening lectures by JSIS faculty. Watch for announcements! 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. 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