From jsis@u.washington.edu Fri Mar 11 11:18:51 2005 Received: from mxi3.u.washington.edu (mxi3.u.washington.edu [140.142.32.176]) by lists.u.washington.edu (8.13.3+UW05.01/8.13.3+UW05.01) with ESMTP id j2BJIonZ052128 for ; Fri, 11 Mar 2005 11:18:51 -0800 Received: from mxout5.cac.washington.edu (mxout5.cac.washington.edu [140.142.32.135]) by mxi3.u.washington.edu (8.13.3+UW05.01/8.13.3+UW05.01) with ESMTP id j2BJInDi022872 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA bits=256 verify=NO) for ; Fri, 11 Mar 2005 11:18:50 -0800 Received: from mailhost2.u.washington.edu (mailhost2.u.washington.edu [140.142.33.2]) by mxout5.cac.washington.edu (8.13.3+UW05.01/8.13.3+UW05.01) with ESMTP id j2BJInBe002385 for ; Fri, 11 Mar 2005 11:18:49 -0800 Received: from BEVERLYW (D-128-95-200-98.dhcp4.washington.edu [128.95.200.98]) by mailhost2.u.washington.edu (8.13.3+UW05.01/8.13.3+UW05.01) with SMTP id j2BJImRm002876 for ; Fri, 11 Mar 2005 11:18:48 -0800 Message-ID: <009601c5266f$26f80160$62c85f80@jsis.washington.edu> From: "Jackson School of International Studies" To: "JSIS - Calendar" Subject: The Jackson School Calendar (HTML) Date: Fri, 11 Mar 2005 11:18:48 -0800 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary="----=_NextPart_000_0093_01C5262C.18C0EB40" X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook Express 6.00.2900.2180 X-MIMEOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2900.2180 X-Uwash-Spam: Gauge=IIIIIII, Probability=7%, Report='__C230066_P2 0, __C230066_P5 0, __CT 0, __CTYPE_HAS_BOUNDARY 0, __CTYPE_MULTIPART 0, __CTYPE_MULTIPART_ALT 0, __FRAUD_419_BADTHINGS 0, __HAS_MSGID 0, __HAS_MSMAIL_PRI 0, __HAS_X_MAILER 0, __HAS_X_PRIORITY 0, __KNOWN_SPAMMER_ADDRESS_5 0, __MIME_HTML 0, __MIME_VERSION 0, __SANE_MSGID 0' This is a multi-part message in MIME format. ------=_NextPart_000_0093_01C5262C.18C0EB40 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable =20 the=20 JACKSON SCHOOL CALENDAR http://jsis.washington.edu/jackson/calendar.html=20 -------------------------------------------------------------------------= ------- March 11, 2005 A brief look ahead. Scroll down for complete details. * Unless stated otherwise, all events will take place on the main campus = of the=20 University of Washington, Seattle. The Jackson School sponsorship of an event does not imply that the = School endorses=20 the content of an event. =20 Click here to receive the JSIS Calendar by email =20 =20 =20 =20 Feb. 4-March 17 Ozu Retrospective =20 Regional Conflicts in the Former Soviet Union =20 March 2-April 1 They Still Draw Pictures: Children's Art in Wartime from the = Spanish Civil War to Kosovo =20 March 16 Social Narcotics: Betel Nut In India And Qat In Yemen =20 March 23 Genocide Emergency: Darfur, Sudan, Who will Survive? What = Can We Do Now? =20 March 28 'Black Arm and Cuban Heart': War & the Erosion of Slavery = in Guantanamo, 1869-1880 =20 March 30 The North Korean Refugee Conundrum - Clash Between Idealism and = Realism =20 March 31 The Effects of Racial Stereotyping on Maternal = Health-Care in Brazil =20 April 1 A Question of Honor - The Kosciuszko Squadron: Forgotten = Heroes of WWII =20 April 7 Geography Topics in China =20 The Evolution of Ritual in the African Diaspora: Central African = Kilundu in Brazil, St. Domingue, and the United States, 17th-19th = Centuries =20 April 8 Shareholders, Managers, Bureaucrats: Who Governs Japanese = Companies?=20 =20 April 9 Politics and Culture in the Post-Communist World =20 April 11 Remaining Relevant After Communism: The Role of the = Writer in Eastern Europe, 1989-2004 =20 April 13 Reward of Resistance: Legalizing Identity Among = Descendants of Indians and Fugitive Slaves in Northeastern Brazil =20 Kosovo Final Status: Independence or Something Less? =20 Iran as a Model Case in Social Theory: Revolution, Education, and = the Media =20 April 14 Late Imperial China in Photography: The First 60 Years =20 A Comment by Confucius in Light of Newly Excavated Manuscripts =20 April 18 A Comparative Look at Racial Discourse in Oaxaca/Chiapas, = Mexico and Salvador da Bahia, Brazil =20 Monks as Collectors and Connoisseurs in the Shadow of the = Early-Ming Throne =20 April 21 Remilitarizing Japan =20 April 27 Latin America in the XXI century: In Search of a New = Agenda =20 April 28 Mexico: Democratic Transition and Social Violence =20 April 29 Hegemony and Multilateralism =20 Politics of the Meiji Restoration: Rational-Choice and Beyond =20 Meeting Rising Community Expectations ~ From Landslide Prevention = to Harbour Enhancement in Hong Kong =20 Political Prisoners in Twentieth-Century Peru: From APRA to Shining = Path =20 May 5 Conservatism, Liberalism, and Revolution in Mexico: The Case = of Emilio Rabasa (1856-1930) =20 May 11 How a Puppet Saved Mexico from the French: Popular Sources = of Mexican National Identity =20 May 12 Blossoms of Fire (2000) =20 May 13 Malinche in Matriarchal Utopia: Reflections on Maureen = Gosling's Blossoms of Fire =20 May 17 Authenticity, Representation, and Indigenous Politics in = Peru =20 =20 -------------------------------------------------------------------------= ------- Full Listings 2005 February 4-March 17 Ozu Retrospective. The retrospective is scheduled for February 4-March = 17 and will include commissioned live scores for six of his silent = films. Northwest Film Forum, 1515 12th Avenue (at Pike), Seattle, WA = 98122. The films of Yasujiro Ozu examine the basic struggles that we all = face in life: the cycles of birth and death, the transition from = childhood to adulthood, and the tension between tradition and modernity. = Their titles often emphasize the changing of seasons, a symbolic = backdrop for the evolving transitions of human experience. Seen = together, Ozu's oeuvre amounts to one of the most profound visions of = family life in the history of cinema. Co-sponsored by the East Asia = Center with the Northwest Film Forum. Movie Line: 206.267.5380, = Office: 206.329.2629. For movie schedule and descriptions, see = http://www.nwfilmforum.org/ozu/ =20 March 2-April 1 They Still Draw Pictures: Children's Art in Wartime from the Spanish = Civil War to Kosovo. Tuesday-Saturday, 12:00-4:00 PM, Jacob Lawrence = Gallery, 132 Art Building. Opening Reception: March 1, 4:00-6:00 PM. = Curated by Anthony Geist, a Professor of Spanish and Portuguese Studies = and Comparative Literature, UW. This acclaimed exhibition features = children's drawings from the refugee camps of the Spanish Civil War = (1936-1939) and subsequent twentieth-century war zones as well = documentary prints by photojournalist Robert Capa. Sponsored by the = Simpson Center for the Humanities. For further information, please visit = www.simpsoncenter.org or call 206/543-3920. March 16 =20 International Update Dinner-Lecture - Social Narcotics: Betel Nut In = India And Qat In Yemen. 5:30-8:30 PM, Kane Hall, Walker Ames Room. = Speakers: Mathew Schmalz, Assistant Professor, Department of Religious = Studies, College of Holy Cross; and Robert Burrowes, Lecturer, Middle = East Center, Jackson School and Political Science, University of=20 Washington. A dinner-lecture series addressing current international = issues with insights from university scholars and experts, dinners = featuring international cuisine. Sponsored: The Jackson School of = International Studies Outreach Centers and the Global Business Center,=20 University of Washington. Pre-registration of $25 per lecture per = person is required (no refunds). Registration must be received one week = before lecture. Please send check (payable to the University of = Washington), $25 per lecture per person (no refunds) to: International = Updates Registration, c/o Canadian Studies Center, Box 353650, = University of Washington, Seattle, WA 98195. For more information call = Canadian Studies Center (206) 221-6374 or email canada@u.washington.edu March 23 Genocide Emergency: Darfur, Sudan, Who will Survive? What Can We Do Now? = 7:00 PM, Temple Beth Am, 2632 NE 80th St, Seattle. Speaker: Jerry = Fowler, JD. Jerry Fowler is an=20 expert on international justice, human rights and genocide. He is = Director of the Committee on Conscience at the United States Holocaust = Memorial Museum in Washington, DC. This program is supported by funds = through: Temple Beth Am, Temple B'nai Torah, Washington State Holocaust = Education Resource Center, Congregation Beth Shalom, African American = Jewish Coalition for Justice, B'nai B'rith, and United Nations = Association of Seattle. In addition, this program is co-sponsored by: = Faith Forward, Church Council of Greater Seattle, Marc Lindenberg Center = for Humanitarian Action, International Development and Global = Citizenship, Western Washington Fellowship of Reconciliation, the UW = School of Social Work, and the UW School of Social Work International = Committee. Free and open to the public. For directions, call 525-0915. March 28 Latin American Studies 2005 Speaker Series: 'Black Arm and Cuban Heart': = War & the Erosion of Slavery in Guantanamo, 1869-1880. 4:00-5:30 PM, 322 = Gould Hall.=20 Speaker: David Carlson, Ph.D. candidate, University of North = Carolina-Chapel Hill, will present a regional study of the "invasion" of = Guant=E1namo by Cuban separatists during the first sustained = anti-colonial rebellion. His dissertation is entitled, "Guant=E1namo = 1868-1915: Colonial Cuban Frontier to North American Enclave" and is = based on archival research in Cuba, the United States, and Spain. = Sponsor: The Latin American Studies Program/JSIS. For more info: visit = depts.washington.edu/lasuw or contact LAS by email at = lasuw@u.washington.edu, or by phone at (206) 685-3435. March 30 The North Korean Refugee Conundrum - Clash Between Idealism and Realism. = 3:30-5:00 PM, 317 Thomson Hall. Speaker: C. Kenneth Quinones, = Director, Korea Peninsula Program, International Action, Washington, = D.C. Dr. C. Kenneth Quinones has been involved with Korea since 1962 as = a soldier, scholar and diplomat. He was the first U.S. diplomat to = visit the DPRK in 1992, participated in the US-DPRK nuclear negotiations = and remains active in several North Korea related "track two" endeavors. = Dr. Quinones holds a Ph.D. from Harvard University, and has lived and = worked in both South and North Korea. He also has published many = articles and three books about the two Koreas. He currently lives in = northern Virginia, USA. Dr. Quinones will discuss and examine the North = Korean refugee in the context of Northeast Asia's complex security and = diplomatic situation, particularly as it pertains to the Six Party Talks = which aim at ending North Korea's Nuclear Weapons Program. His comments = will reflect his most recent (early February) of four extensive visits = to the China-DPRK border, as well as, continuing "track two" engagement = with all the governments involved in the Six Party Talks. The flow of = tens of thousands of North Koreans into China since 1995 has created a = complex diplomatic hassle between North and South Korea with China = caught in the middle. The U.S. Congress' passage last fall of the North = Korean Freedom Act has drawn the U.S. government further into this = conundrum problem, and has been used by the government in Pyongyang as = further evidence of the U.S. "hostile" policy toward it. These = developments came together last fall in a federal court in Seattle when = a judge ruled against the entry of a North Korean refugee into the = United States. Sponsored by the Korea Studies Program. For further = information, contact abernier@u.washington.edu or 206.543.4391. March 31 Latin American Studies 2005 Speaker Series: The Effects of Racial = Stereotyping on Maternal Health-Care in Brazil. 4:00-5:30 PM, 322 Gould = Hall. Speaker: Molly Robertson, Medical Anthropologist, Ph.D. candidate, = Brown University, will discuss how the silence of marginality plays a = significant part in the analysis of racial health-care disparities in = northeastern Brazil. Robertson has conducted research in maternal and = infant care, provided policy advisory services to maternal mortality = committees, and continues to work on issues of religion, health and = social justice. Her dissertation addresses Brazilian racial inequalities = in maternal care. Sponsor: The Latin American Studies Program/JSIS. For = more info: visit depts.washington.edu/lasuw or contact LAS by email at = lasuw@u.washington.edu, or by phone at (206) 685-3435. April 1 A Question of Honor - The Kosciuszko Squadron: Forgotten Heroes of WWII. = 7:00 PM, Walker Ames Room, Kane Hall. Speakers: Lynne Olson and Stanley = Cloud will discuss their new book, about the Polish fighter pilots who, = after fleeing Poland, helped save England=20 during the Battle of Britain. It also tells how these Poles, despite = their contribution to the Allied war effort, were ultimately betrayed by = the Allies after the war. This event is sponsored by the UW Polish = Studies Endowment Fund and the Department of Slavic Languages and = Literatures. Please contact (206) 543-6848 for further information. The lecture is free and open to the public. A reception to follow. April 7 Geography Topics in China. 3:30-5:00 PM, 317 Thomson Hall. Speaker: Dr. = Su Hong, Visiting Scholar, Department of Geography, University of = Washington. Sponsored by the China Studies Program. For further = information, contact abernier@u.washington.edu or 206.543.4391. April 7 Latin American Studies 2005 Speaker Series: The Evolution of Ritual in = the African Diaspora: Central African Kilundu in Brazil, St. Domingue, = and the United States, 17th-19th Centuries. 4:00-5:30 PM, 322 Gould = Hall. Speaker: James Sweet, Assistant Professor, University of = Wisconsin. In this lecture, Sweet, Brazilian Historian, will show how = kilundu (a form of ancestor worship) evolved and was subsumed under = other cultural forms, both "Brazilian" and "African." Sweet has = published on topics related to the African diaspora, including race, = religion, kinship, and sexuality. Sweet's book, "Recreating Africa", was = a finalist for the 2004 Frederick Douglass Prize. Sponsor: The Latin = American Studies Program/JSIS. For more info: visit = depts.washington.edu/lasuw or contact LAS by email at = lasuw@u.washington.edu, or by phone at (206) 685-3435. April 8=20 Shareholders, Managers, Bureaucrats: Who Governs Japanese Companies? = 3:30-5:00 PM, 2260Communications Building. Speaker: Professor Ronald = Dore, Formerly London School of Economics. Professor Ronald Dore = learned Japanese on a wartime army course and graduated from London = University with a degree in Japanese Language and Literature. Through = various teaching jobs at the London School of Economics; the School of = Oriental and African Studies, University of London; University of = British Columbia; Sussex University; Harvard; and at MIT, he has spent a = lifetime in the study of Japanese society and economy. He has been = using the Japanese language for 60 years, is the author of several books = in Japanese and writes a regular column in Japanese for a Tokyo = newspaper. With that background, there are few subtle nuances of the = Japanese language that escape him. As for his English style, his books = on management and economics, have often been praised for their pithy = prose. His focus has shifted over the years. In the 1950s and 1960s = (when he published City Life in Japan [1958]; Land Reform in Japan = [1959]; and Education in Tokugawa Japan [1964]), he was largely = concerned with describing and analyzing the remarkable process of = Japanese industrialization and modernization. In the 1970s, the focus = was on what developing countries could take in the way of lessons from = the analysis of Japan's development (British Factory, Japanese Factory = [1973]; Shinohata [1978]; and The Diploma Disease [1976]). In the = 1980s, he concentrated on British problems and wrote two books on the = differences between Britain and Japan which might explain Japan's = apparent superiority in manufacturing (Flexible Rigidities [1986] and = Taking Japan Seriously [1987]). His theme in the 1990s was the = (critical) analysis of the neo-liberal Americanization of Japanese = institutions. He is currently working on a book about the = transformation of corporate governance in Japan. Recently retired, = translation is what he calls his "third age job." He is a Fellow of the = British Academy and an Honorary Foreign Fellow of both the Japanese = Academy and the American Academy of Arts and Sciences. Sponsored by the = Japan Studies Program. For further information, contact = abernier@u.washington.edu or 206.543.4391. April 9 Politics and Culture in the Post-Communist World. 9:00 AM-6:00 PM, Reed = College, Portland, Oregon. The Eleventh Annual Russian East European and = Central Asian Studies Northwest Conference. April 11 Remaining Relevant After Communism: The Role of the Writer in Eastern = Europe, 1989-2004. 3:00 PM, Parrington Hall Forum, Room 309. Speaker: Professor = Andrew Wachtel is Dean of the Graduate School at Northwestern. He is = also the Director of Northwestern=C2's Center for International and = Comparative Studies(CICS) and holds the Bertha and Max Dressler Chair in = the Humanities. In May 2003 Wachtel was elected to membership in the = American Academy of Arts and Sciences Sponsored by REECAS, for more = information please call (206) 543 4852. April 13 Latin American Studies 2005 Speaker Series: Reward of Resistance: = Legalizing Identity Among Descendants of Indians and Fugitive Slaves in = Northeastern Brazil. 4:00-5:30 PM, 322 Gould Hall. Speaker: Jan Hoffman = French, Rockefeller Foundation Fellow, Northwestern University. French, = Anthropologist (Brazil), will examine the meanings of law, land, and = identity among neighboring mixed-race rural workers who have received = land from the Brazilian government one as an indigenous tribe and the = other as a community of descendants of fugitive slaves (quilombo). = French received her Ph.D. from Duke Univ. after a career as an attorney = in Brazil and the United States. Sponsor: Latin American Studies = Program/JSIS. For more info: visit depts.washington.edu/lasuw or contact = LAS by email at lasuw@u.washington.edu, or by phone at (206) 685-3435. April 13 Kosovo Final Status: Independence or Something Less? 7:00-8:30 PM, You = must pre-register for this event. Speaker: Professor Fredrick Lorenz = teaches international law and international relations at the University = of Washington's Jackson School, and is an adjunct professor of law at = Seattle University. Lorenz was formerly a Professor of Political Science = at the National Defense University. General Admission Tickets $15. For = more information please call (206) 897 8939. For additional information = go to http://extension.washington.edu/ext/special/jackson/ =20 April 13 Iran as a Model Case in Social Theory: Revolution, Education, and the = Media. 7:30 PM, 110 Kane Hall. Speaker: Michael M.J. Fischer, Professor = of Anthropology and Science and Technology Studies, MIT. This lecture is = part of the series "Iranian Futures: Reflections on 25 Years of Islamic = Republic" sponsored by the Middle East Center. Info: 206-543-4227; or = mecuw@u.washington.edu April 14=20 Late Imperial China in Photography: The First 60 Years. 3:30-5:00 PM, = 317 Thomson Hall. Speaker: Dr. Regine Thiriez, Associate Research = Fellow, Institut D'Asie Orientale, Lyon, France. Only a minute = percentage of the images produced in China before 1900 have been = published, yet the early development of photography was crucial for = Chinese history. Dr. Regine Thiriez explores the significance and = context of photography in late imperial China. Sponsored by the China = Studies Program. For further information, contact = abernier@u.washington.edu or 206.543.4391. April 14 A Comment by Confucius in Light of Newly Excavated Manuscripts. = 3:30-5:00 PM, Allen Auditorium, Allen Library. Speaker: Dr. Imre = Galambos, Overseas Project Manager, International Dunhuang Project, = British Library, London. Imre Galambos received his Ph.D. from UC = Berkeley where his main line of research was the evolution of early = Chinese orthography. Since 2002, he has worked for the International = Dunhuang Project at the British Library and extended his interest to = medieval Chinese writing. This year, he is co-authoring a large = dictionary of Dunhuang character forms called "Dunhuang zihai." = Confucius laments in the Analects that the scribes of old, unlike his = contemporaries, would rather leave an empty space in the text than write = a character they were not sure about. Since the Han dynasty, advocates = of orthographic standardization have used this passage as a = justification for their cause. However, the textual discoveries of the = past decades show that the Chinese script in pre-Qin times exhibited a = considerable degree of orthographic variability. He will use the Houma = covenant texts from about the time of Confucius to show that sage could = not have made such a statement about the writing habits of the scribes. = A second look at the passage in question also reveals that it did not = refer to writing but was misinterpreted in later times for a specific = agenda. Sponsored by the China Studies Program. For further = information, contact abernier@u.washington.edu or 206.543.4391. April 18 Latin American Studies 2005 Speaker Series: A Comparative Look at Racial = Discourse in Oaxaca/Chiapas, Mexico and Salvador da Bahia, Brazil. = 4:00-5:30 PM, 322 Gould Hall. Speaker: Dawn Hewett, MPA, Project Manager = for Princeton Project on National Security (Princeton, NJ). Hewett = offers a comparative look at racial discourse (how people discuss issues = of race, racism, identity, and mestizaje/mesti=E7ajem) in two field = sites: Oaxaca/Chiapas, Mexico and Salvador da Bahia, Brazil. At = Princetion Univ. she was a Truman Scholar and Public Policy and = International Affairs Fellow focusing on development, international law, = human rights, security, management, and program evaluation. Sponsor: = The Latin American Studies Program/JSIS. For more info: visit = depts.washington.edu/lasuw or contact LAS by email at = lasuw@u.washington.edu, or by phone at (206) 685-3435. April 18 Monks as Collectors and Connoisseurs in the Shadow of the Early-Ming = Throne. 5:00-7:00 PM, Art Building, Room 3. Speaker: Marsha Haufler, = Senior Professor, Chinese Art, University of Kansas. Sponsored by the = China Studies Program. For further information, contact = abernier@u.washington.edu or 206.543.4391. April 21 Remilitarizing Japan. 3:30-5:00 PM, 226 Communications Building. = Speaker: Gavan McCormack, Professor, Research School of Pacific and = Asian Studies, Australian National University and Visiting Professor, = International Christian University, Tokyo, Japan. Sponsored by the = Japan Studies Program. For further information, contact = abernier@u.washington.edu or 206.543.4391. April 27 Latin American Studies 2005 Speaker Series: Latin America in the XXI = century: In Search of a New Agenda. 4:00-5:30 PM, 322 Gould Hall. = Speaker: Susana Nudelsman, Brandeis University. Professor Nudelsman, = Economist (Argentina), explores the opportunities and challenges faced = by Latin American countries in terms of growth and stability in the = years ahead. An Argentine citizen, Susana has taught at Brandeis, = UCLA-San Diego, and the University of Buenos Aires in distinguished = visiting research positions. She has written widely on the macro economy = and political economy of Latin America. Sponsor: Latin American Studies = Program/JSIS. For more info: visit depts.washington.edu/lasuw or contact = LAS by email at lasuw@u.washington.edu, or by phone at (206) 685-3435. April 28 Latin American Studies 2005 Speaker Series: Mexico: Democratic = Transition and Social Violence. 4:00-5:30 PM, 322 Gould Hall. Speaker: = Luis Garcia Abusaid, Independent Journalist/Activist, Mexico. In this = lecture Abusaid suggests that the unfinished Mexican political = transition opened a vacuum of institutional power which has been filled = by social and political violence over the last 4 years. This lecture = justifies the historical uniqueness of the current situation; explores = links between the Mexican political transition, and related events; and = suggests a hypothesis that could define future scenarios for the Mexican = nation. Sponsor: The Latin American Studies Program/JSIS. For more info: = visit depts.washington.edu/lasuw or contact LAS by email at = lasuw@u.washington.edu, or by phone at (206) 685-3435. April 29 Hegemony and Multilateralism. 12-1:30 PM, 1A Gowen. Speaker: Richard = Price, University of British Columbia. For more information, email = Christi Siver at chsiver@u.washington.edu. April 29 Politics of the Meiji Restoration: Rational-Choice and Beyond. = 3:30-5:00 PM, 317 Thomson Hall. Speaker: Professor Masaru Kohno, Waseda = University. Masaru Kohno is Professor of Political Science at Waseda = University in Tokyo. He received his Ph.D. from Stanford University in = 1994, and previously taught at the University of British Columbia and = Aoyama Gakuin University. He is the author of Japan's Postwar Party = Politics (Princeton University Press, 1997), and Seido [Institutions] = (University of Tokyo Press, 2002). Sponsored by the Japan Studies = Program. For further information, contact abernier@u.washington.edu or = 206.543.4391. April 29 Meeting Rising Community Expectations ~ From Landslide Prevention to = Harbour Enhancement in Hong Kong. 3:30-5:00 PM, 226 Communications = Building. Speaker: Dr. Chack Fan Lee, Pro-Vice Chancellor, University of = Hong Kong, 2004-5 Hong Kong Fulbright Distinguished Lecturer. Dr. Chack = Fan Lee graduated from the University of Hong Kong in 1968, with First = Class Honours in Civil Engineering. This was followed by postgraduate = research with the late Peter Lumb (M.Sc., University of Hong Kong, 1970) = and with K.Y. Lo (Ph.D., University of Western Ontario, 1972). He then = worked for Ontario Hydro for some 18 years in various engineering and = management positions on the design and construction of hydro and nuclear = power projects, dam safety, nuclear waste disposal, etc. Chack served as = TAC's first Secretary/Treasurer, as well as on the board and technical = committees of the Canadian Geotechnical Society (CGS) and on the = Editorial Board of the Canadian Geotechnical Journal. He has also = worked as a consultant and advisor to the World Bank, the United Nations = Development Plan, the International Atomic Energy Agency, CIDA, etc, on = various power projects overseas and in China, including the Three Gorges = Project. He is presently Chair and Professor of Geotechnical = Engineering and Pro-Vice-Chancellor for Research at the University of = Hong Kong. He has published over 150 papers in the geotechnical field. = He is a Fellow of the Engineering Institute of Canada (EIC) and a = recipient of the EIC's K.Y. Lo Medal. His other interests include = volunteer work for charities as well as archaeological studies of the = Silk Road and Central Asia. For further information, contact = abernier@u.washington.edu or 206.543.4391. April 29 Latin American Studies 2005 Speaker Series: Political Prisoners in = Twentieth-Century Peru: From APRA to Shining Path. 4:00-5:30 PM, 322 = Gould Hall. Speaker: Carlos Aguirre, Director, Latin American Studies, University of Oregon. = In this lecture Aguirre, Associate Professor (History), discusses the = ways in which the Peruvian state dealt with political subversion at two = critical periods in recent history, the 1930s and the 1980s. A native of = Peru, Aguirre most recently published The Criminals of Lima and Their = Worlds (Duke University). In 1999 he was awarded a Guggenheim = Fellowship, and in 2002 received the University of Oregon Ersted Award = for Distinguished Teaching. Sponsor: Latin American Studies = Program/JSIS. For more info: visit depts.washington.edu/lasuw or contact = LAS by email at lasuw@u.washington.edu, or by phone at (206) 685-3435. May 5 Latin American Studies 2005 Speaker Series: Conservatism, Liberalism, = and Revolution in Mexico: The Case of Emilio Rabasa (1856-1930). = 4:00-5:30PM, 322 Gould Hall. Speaker: Charles A. Hale, Professor = Emeritus, University of Iowa. In this lecture Hale, Historian, deals = with the problem of the political designations "liberal" and = "conservative" in Mexico since the Reforma, Mexico's civil war of = 1854-1867. Hale authored Mexican Liberalism in the Age of Mora, 1821-53 = (1968) and Transformation of Mexican Liberalism in Late 19th-Century = Mexico (1989). He is currently writing a biography of Emilio Rabasa = (1856-1930). Sponsor: The Latin American Studies Program/ JSIS. For more = info: visit depts.washington.edu/lasuw or contact LAS by email at = lasuw@u.washington.edu, or by phone at (206) 685-3435. May 11 Latin American Studies 2005 Speaker Series: How a Puppet Saved Mexico = from the French: Popular Sources of Mexican National Identity. 4:00-5:30 = PM, 322 Gould Hall. Speaker: William H. Beezley, Professor (History) & = Interim Director, Latin American Studies Center, University of Arizona. = Beezley examines itinerant puppet theater in the 19th century as one of = the major sources that created sentiments of nationalism and national = identity. He has written or edited 13 books on history and culture of = Mexico and Latin America. Judas at the Jockey Club and The Oxford = History of Mexico were selections of the History Book Club. Sponsor: The = Latin American Studies Program/JSIS. For more info: visit = depts.washington.edu/lasuw or contact LAS by email at = lasuw@u.washington.edu, or by phone at (206) 685-3435. May 12 Latin American Studies 2005 Speaker Series: Blossoms of Fire (2000). = 4:00-5:30 PM, 322 Gould Hall. Speaker: Maureen Gosling, a documentary = filmmaker, is best known for her collaboration with acclaimed director, = Les Blank. "Blossoms of Fire", a feature documentary, represents her = debut as a Producer/Director. This film is a colorful exploration of the = Isthmus Zapotecs of southern Oaxaca, Mexico, whose strong work ethic and = fierce independent streak rooted in their indigenous culture, have = resulted not only in powerful women but also in the region's progressive = politics and tolerance of homosexuality. Sponsor: The Latin American = Studies Program/JSIS. For more info: visit depts.washington.edu/lasuw or = contact LAS by email at lasuw@u.washington.edu, or by phone at (206) = 685-3435. May 13 Latin American Studies 2005 Speaker Series: Malinche in Matriarchal = Utopia: Reflections on Maureen Gosling's Blossoms of Fire. 4:00-5:30 PM, = 322 Gould Hall. Speaker: Analisa Taylor, Assistant Professor, University = of Oregon. Taylor, Romance Languages (Spanish), looks through the lens = of the documentary Blossoms of Fire, to analyze how images of gender and = sexual freedom limited to one specific, remote region relate to the ways = in which national identity has been imagined -gendered, sexualized, = racialized- within a wider field of Mexican visual and literary culture. = Taylor teaches contemporary Latin American literature. Sponsor: The = Latin American Studies Program/JSIS. For more info: visit = depts.washington.edu/lasuw or contact LAS by email at = lasuw@u.washington.edu, or by phone at (206) 685-3435. May 17 Latin American Studies 2005 Speaker Series: Authenticity, = Representation, and Indigenous Politics in Peru. 4:00-5:30 PM, 322 Gould = Hall. Speakers: Maria Elena Garcia, Assistant Professor, Sarah Lawrence = and Jose Antonio Lucero, Assistant Professor, Temple University. In this = final lecture of the 2005 LAS Speaker Series, Maria Elena Garcia, = Anthropologist, and Jose Antonio Lucero, Political Scientist, focus on = the "authenticators" of indigenous identity and politics. Garcia = recently published Making Indigenous Citizens: Identities, Education, = and Multicultural Development in Peru (Stanford). Lucero has articles in = Latin American Perspectives, Journal of Democracy, and Comparative = Politics. Sponsor: The Latin American Studies Program, JSIS. 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March 11, 2005

 

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Feb.=20 4-March 17

Ozu Retrospective

 

Regional Conflicts in the Former = Soviet=20 Union

 

March 2-April 1

They Still Draw Pictures: Children=92s = Art in=20 Wartime from the Spanish Civil War to Kosovo

 

March 16

Social = Narcotics: Betel=20 Nut In India And Qat In Yemen

 

March=20 23

Genocide Emergency:=20 Darfur, Sudan, Who will Survive? What Can We Do = Now?

 

March=20 28

'Black Arm and = Cuban=20 Heart': War & the Erosion of Slavery in Guantanamo,=20 1869-1880

 

March=20 30

The North Korean = Refugee=20 Conundrum - Clash Between Idealism and=20 Realism

 

March=20 31

The Effects of = Racial=20 Stereotyping on Maternal Health-Care in=20 Brazil

 

April=20 1

A = Question of Honor=20 - The Kosciuszko Squadron: Forgotten Heroes of = WWII

 

April=20 7

Geography Topics in=20 = China

 

The Evolution of = Ritual in=20 the African Diaspora: Central African Kilundu in Brazil, = St.=20 Domingue, and the United States, 17th-19th=20 Centuries

 

April=20 8

Shareholders, Managers, Bureaucrats: = Who Governs=20 Japanese=20 = Companies? 

 

April=20 9

Politics and=20 Culture in the Post-Communist World

 

April=20 11

Remaining Relevant=20 After Communism: The Role of the Writer in Eastern Europe,=20 1989-2004

 

April=20 13

Reward of = Resistance:=20 Legalizing Identity Among Descendants of Indians and Fugitive = Slaves in=20 Northeastern Brazil

 

Kosovo Final=20 Status: Independence or Something Less?

 

Iran as = a Model Case=20 in Social Theory: Revolution, Education, and the=20 Media

 

April=20 14

Late=20 Imperial China in Photography: The First 60=20 Years

 

A Comment = by Confucius=20 in Light of Newly Excavated=20 = Manuscripts

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April=20 18

A Comparative = Look at=20 Racial Discourse in Oaxaca/Chiapas, Mexico and Salvador da Bahia,=20 Brazil

 

Monks as = Collectors and=20 Connoisseurs in the Shadow of the Early-Ming=20 = Throne

 

April=20 21

Remilitarizing=20 = Japan

 

April=20 27

Latin America = in the XXI=20 century: In Search of a New Agenda

 

April=20 28

Mexico: = Democratic=20 Transition and Social Violence

 

April 29

Hegemony and=20 Multilateralism

 

Politics=20 of the Meiji Restoration: Rational-Choice and=20 Beyond

 

Meeting Rising Community = Expectations ~=20 From Landslide Prevention to Harbour Enhancement in Hong=20 Kong

 

Political = Prisoners in=20 Twentieth-Century Peru: From APRA to Shining=20 Path

 

May=20 5

Conservatism, = Liberalism,=20 and Revolution in Mexico: The Case of Emilio Rabasa=20 (1856-1930)

 

May=20 11

How a Puppet = Saved Mexico=20 from the French: Popular Sources of Mexican National=20 Identity

 

May=20 12

Blossoms of = Fire=20 (2000)

 

May=20 13

Malinche in = Matriarchal=20 Utopia: Reflections on Maureen Gosling's Blossoms of=20 Fire

 

May=20 17

Authenticity,=20 Representation, and Indigenous Politics in=20 Peru

 

Full=20 Listings

 

2005

 

February 4-March 17

 

Ozu Retrospective.  The = retrospective is=20 scheduled for February 4-March = 17 and will=20 include commissioned live scores for six of his silent films.  Northwest Film=20 Forum, = 1515 12th Avenue (at Pike), = Seattle, WA 98122.=20 The films of Yasujiro Ozu examine the = basic=20 struggles that we all face in life: the cycles of birth and death, the=20 transition from childhood to adulthood, and the tension between = tradition and=20 modernity.  Their titles = often=20 emphasize the changing of seasons, a symbolic backdrop for the evolving=20 transitions of human experience.  Seen together, Ozu's oeuvre = amounts to=20 one of the most profound visions of family life in the history of = cinema. Co-sponsored by=20 the East Asia Center with the Northwest Film=20 Forum.  Movie Line:=20 206.267.5380,  Office: 206.329.2629.  =20 For movie schedule and descriptions, see=20 http://www.nwfilmforum.org/ozu/
 

March=20 2-April 1

They Still Draw Pictures: Children=92s Art in = Wartime from=20 the Spanish Civil War to Kosovo. Tuesday-Saturday, 12:00-4:00 PM, = Jacob=20 Lawrence Gallery, 132 Art Building. Opening Reception: March 1, = 4:00-6:00 PM.=20 Curated by Anthony Geist, a Professor of Spanish and Portuguese = Studies=20 and Comparative Literature, UW. This acclaimed exhibition features = children=92s=20 drawings from the refugee camps of the Spanish Civil War (1936-1939) and = subsequent twentieth-century war zones as well documentary prints by=20 photojournalist Robert Capa. Sponsored by the Simpson Center for the = Humanities.=20 For further information, please visit www.simpsoncenter.org or call=20 206/543-3920.

 

March=20 16
 
International Update Dinner-Lecture - Social = Narcotics:=20 Betel Nut In India And Qat In Yemen.  5:30-8:30 PM, Kane Hall, = Walker=20 Ames Room. Speakers: Mathew Schmalz, Assistant Professor, = Department of=20 Religious Studies, College of Holy Cross; and Robert Burrowes, Lecturer, = Middle=20 East Center, Jackson School and Political Science, University of=20
Washington.  A dinner-lecture series addressing current = international=20 issues with insights from university scholars and experts, dinners = featuring=20 international cuisine. Sponsored: The Jackson School of International = Studies=20 Outreach Centers and the Global Business Center,
University of=20 Washington.  Pre-registration of $25 per lecture per person is = required (no=20 refunds).  Registration must be received one week before = lecture. =20 Please send check (payable to the University of Washington), $25 per = lecture per=20 person (no refunds) to: International Updates Registration, c/o Canadian = Studies=20 Center, Box 353650, University of Washington, Seattle, WA 98195.  = For more=20 information call Canadian Studies Center (206) 221-6374 or email canada@u.washington.edu

 

March=20 23

Genocide Emergency: Darfur, Sudan, Who will Survive? = What Can=20 We Do Now? 7:00 PM, Temple Beth Am, 2632 NE 80th St, Seattle. = Speaker: Jerry=20 Fowler, JD. Jerry Fowler is an
expert on international justice, = human rights=20 and genocide. He is Director of the Committee on Conscience at the = United States=20 Holocaust Memorial Museum in Washington, DC. This program is supported = by funds=20 through: Temple Beth Am, Temple B'nai Torah, Washington State Holocaust=20 Education Resource Center, Congregation Beth Shalom, African American = Jewish=20 Coalition for Justice, B'nai B'rith, and United Nations Association of = Seattle.=20 In addition, this program is co-sponsored by: Faith Forward, Church = Council of=20 Greater Seattle, Marc Lindenberg Center for Humanitarian Action, = International=20 Development and Global Citizenship, Western Washington Fellowship of=20 Reconciliation, the UW School of Social Work, and the UW School of = Social Work=20 International Committee.  Free and open to the public. For = directions, call=20 525-0915.

 

March=20 28

 

Latin American Studies = 2005=20 Speaker Series: 'Black Arm and Cuban Heart': War & the Erosion of = Slavery=20 in Guantanamo, 1869-1880. 4:00-5:30 PM, 322 Gould Hall.

Speaker: David = Carlson,=20 Ph.D. candidate, University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill, will present = a=20 regional study of the "invasion" of Guant=E1namo by Cuban separatists = during the=20 first sustained anti-colonial rebellion. His dissertation is entitled,=20 "Guant=E1namo 1868-1915: Colonial Cuban Frontier to North American = Enclave" and is=20 based on archival research in Cuba, the United States, and Spain. = Sponsor: The=20 Latin American Studies Program/JSIS. For more info: visit=20 depts.washington.edu/lasuw or contact LAS by email at = lasuw@u.washington.edu, or=20 by phone at (206) 685-3435.

 

March 30

 

The North Korean Refugee Conundrum - = Clash=20 Between Idealism and Realism.  3:30-5:00 PM, 317 Thomson=20 Hall.  Speaker: C. Kenneth Quinones, Director, = Korea=20 Peninsula Program, International Action, Washington, D.C.  Dr. C. = Kenneth=20 Quinones has been involved with Korea since 1962 as a soldier, scholar = and=20 diplomat.  He was the first U.S. diplomat to visit the = DPRK in=20 1992, participated in the US-DPRK nuclear negotiations and remains = active in=20 several North Korea related "track two" endeavors.  Dr. Quinones = holds a=20 Ph.D. from Harvard University, and has lived and worked in both South = and North=20 Korea.  He also has published many articles and three books about = the two=20 Koreas.  He currently lives in northern Virginia, USA.  Dr. = Quinones=20 will discuss and examine the North Korean refugee in the context of = Northeast Asia's complex security and diplomatic situation, particularly = as it=20 pertains to the Six Party Talks which aim at ending North Korea's = Nuclear=20 Weapons Program.  His comments will reflect his most recent = (early=20 February) of four extensive visits to the China-DPRK border, as = well as,=20 continuing "track two" engagement with all the governments involved in = the Six=20 Party Talks.  The flow of tens of thousands of North Koreans=20 into China since 1995 has created a complex=20 diplomatic hassle between North and South Korea with China = caught in=20 the middle.  The U.S. Congress' passage last fall of the North = Korean=20 Freedom Act has drawn the U.S. government further into this = conundrum=20 problem, and has been used by the government in Pyongyang as further = evidence of=20 the U.S. "hostile" policy toward it.  These developments came = together=20 last fall in a federal court in Seattle when a judge ruled = against the=20 entry of a North Korean refugee into the United States. =20 Sponsored by the Korea Studies Program.  For further information, = contact=20 abernier@u.washington.edu or=20 206.543.4391.

 

March=20 31

 

Latin American Studies = 2005=20 Speaker Series: The Effects of Racial Stereotyping on Maternal = Health-Care in=20 Brazil. 4:00-5:30 PM, 322 Gould Hall. Speaker: Molly = Robertson,=20 Medical Anthropologist, Ph.D. candidate, Brown University, will discuss = how the=20 silence of marginality plays a significant part in the analysis of = racial=20 health-care disparities in northeastern Brazil. Robertson has conducted = research=20 in maternal and infant care, provided policy advisory services to = maternal=20 mortality committees, and continues to work on issues of religion, = health and=20 social justice. Her dissertation addresses Brazilian racial inequalities = in=20 maternal care. Sponsor: The Latin American Studies Program/JSIS. For = more info:=20 visit depts.washington.edu/lasuw or contact LAS by email at=20 lasuw@u.washington.edu, or by phone at (206) 685-3435.

 

April=20 1

A Question of Honor - The Kosciuszko Squadron: Forgotten = Heroes=20 of WWII. 7:00 PM, Walker Ames Room, Kane Hall. Speakers: Lynne = Olson and=20 Stanley Cloud will discuss their new book, about the Polish fighter = pilots=20 who, after fleeing Poland, helped save England
during the Battle of=20 Britain.  It also tells how these Poles, despite their contribution = to the=20 Allied war effort, were ultimately betrayed by the Allies after the = war. =20 This event is sponsored by the UW Polish Studies Endowment Fund and the=20 Department of Slavic Languages and Literatures.  Please contact = (206)=20 543-6848 for further information.
The lecture is free and open to the = public.  A reception to follow.

 

April=20 7

 

Geography Topics in=20 China. 3:30-5:00 PM, 317 Thomson Hall. =20 Speaker: Dr. Su Hong, = Visiting=20 Scholar,=20 Department of Geography, University of = Washington.  Sponsored by the = China=20 Studies Program.  For further information, contact abernier@u.washington.edu or=20 206.543.4391.

 

April=20 7

 

Latin American Studies = 2005=20 Speaker Series: The Evolution of Ritual in the African Diaspora: = Central=20 African Kilundu in Brazil, St. Domingue, and the United States, = 17th-19th=20 Centuries. 4:00-5:30 PM, 322 Gould Hall. Speaker: James = Sweet,=20 Assistant Professor, University of Wisconsin. In this lecture, Sweet, = Brazilian=20 Historian, will show how kilundu (a form of ancestor worship) = evolved and=20 was subsumed under other cultural forms, both =93Brazilian=94 and = =93African.=94 Sweet=20 has published on topics related to the African diaspora, including race, = religion, kinship, and sexuality. Sweet=92s book, =93Recreating = Africa=94, was a=20 finalist for the 2004 Frederick Douglass Prize. Sponsor: The Latin = American=20 Studies Program/JSIS. For more info: visit depts.washington.edu/lasuw or = contact=20 LAS by email at lasuw@u.washington.edu, or by phone at (206)=20 685-3435.

 

April = 8 
 
Shareholders, Managers, Bureaucrats: = Who=20 Governs Japanese Companies?  3:30-5:00 PM, = 2260Communications Building.  Speaker: = Professor Ronald=20 Dore, Formerly=20 London School of Economics. =20 Professor Ronald Dore = learned=20 Japanese on a wartime army course = and=20 graduated from London University with a degree in Japanese Language and=20 Literature.  Through = various teaching=20 jobs at the London School of Economics; the School of Oriental and = African=20 Studies, University of London; University of British = Columbia; Sussex=20 University; Harvard; and at MIT, he has spent a lifetime in the = study of=20 Japanese society and economy.  He = has been=20 using the Japanese language for 60 years, is the author of several books = in=20 Japanese and writes a regular column in Japanese for a Tokyo = newspaper. =20 With that background, there are few subtle nuances of the Japanese = language that=20 escape him.  As for his English style, his books on management and=20 economics, have often been praised for their pithy prose.  = His focus=20 has shifted over the years.  = In the=20 1950s and 1960s (when he published City Life in Japan = [1958]; =20 Land Reform in Japan [1959]; and Education in Tokugawa = Japan [1964]), he was largely concerned with describing and = analyzing the=20 remarkable process of Japanese industrialization and modernization. In = the=20 1970s, the focus was on what developing countries could take in the way = of=20 lessons from the analysis of Japan's development (British Factory, = Japanese=20 Factory  [1973]; Shinohata [1978]; and The = Diploma=20 Disease [1976]).  In = the=20 1980s, he concentrated on = British problems=20 and wrote two books on the differences between Britain and Japan which = might=20 explain Japan's apparent superiority in manufacturing (Flexible=20 Rigidities  [1986] and Taking Japan Seriously =20 [1987]).  His theme in the 1990s was the (critical) analysis of the = neo-liberal Americanization of Japanese institutions.  He is currently working on a = book about the transformation of corporate = governance=20 in Japan.  Recently retired, = translation is=20 what he calls his "third age job."  He is a Fellow of the British = Academy=20 and an Honorary Foreign Fellow of both the Japanese Academy and the = American=20 Academy of Arts and Sciences.  = Sponsored by=20 the Japan Studies Program.  For further information, contact abernier@u.washington.edu or=20 206.543.4391.
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April = 9

Politics=20 and Culture in the Post-Communist World. 9:00 AM-6:00 PM, Reed = College,=20 Portland, Oregon. The Eleventh Annual Russian East European and Central = Asian=20 Studies Northwest Conference.

 

April=20 11

Remaining Relevant After Communism: The Role of the = Writer in=20 Eastern Europe,
1989-2004. 3:00 PM, Parrington Hall Forum, Room = 309.=20 Speaker: Professor Andrew Wachtel is Dean of the Graduate School = at=20 Northwestern. He is also the Director of Northwestern=C2's Center for=20 International and Comparative Studies(CICS) and holds the Bertha and Max = Dressler Chair in the Humanities. In May 2003 Wachtel was elected to = membership=20 in the American Academy of Arts and Sciences Sponsored by REECAS, for = more=20 information please call (206) 543 4852.

 

April=20 13

 

Latin American Studies = 2005=20 Speaker Series: Reward of Resistance: Legalizing Identity Among = Descendants=20 of Indians and Fugitive Slaves in Northeastern Brazil. 4:00-5:30 PM, = 322=20 Gould Hall. Speaker: Jan Hoffman French, Rockefeller Foundation = Fellow,=20 Northwestern University. French, Anthropologist (Brazil), will examine = the=20 meanings of law, land, and identity among neighboring mixed-race rural = workers=20 who have received land from the Brazilian government one as an = indigenous tribe=20 and the other as a community of descendants of fugitive slaves=20 (quilombo). French received her Ph.D. from Duke Univ. after a = career as an=20 attorney in Brazil and the United States. Sponsor: Latin American = Studies=20 Program/JSIS. For more info: visit depts.washington.edu/lasuw or contact = LAS by=20 email at lasuw@u.washington.edu, or by phone at (206) = 685-3435.

 

April=20 13

Kosovo Final Status: Independence or Something = Less?=20 7:00-8:30 PM, You must pre-register for this event. Speaker: = Professor=20 Fredrick Lorenz teaches international law and international = relations at the=20 University of Washington's Jackson School, and is an adjunct professor = of law at=20 Seattle University. Lorenz was formerly a Professor of Political Science = at the=20 National Defense University. General Admission Tickets $15. For more = information=20 please call (206) 897 8939. For additional information go to http://extension.washington.edu/ext/special/jackson/
 

April=20 13

Iran as a Model Case in Social Theory: Revolution, = Education,=20 and the Media. 7:30 PM, 110 Kane Hall.  Speaker: Michael = M.J.=20 Fischer, Professor of Anthropology and Science and Technology = Studies, MIT.=20 This lecture is part of the series "Iranian Futures: Reflections on 25 = Years of=20 Islamic Republic" sponsored by the Middle East Center. Info: = 206-543-4227; or mecuw@u.washington.edu

 

April = 14 

 

Late Imperial China in Photography: = The First=20 60 Years.  3:30-5:00 PM, 317=20 Thomson Hall.  Speaker: = Dr. Regine=20 Thiriez, Associate Research Fellow,=20 Institut D=92Asie Orientale, Lyon, = France.  Only a = minute=20 percentage of the images produced in China before 1900 have been = published, yet=20 the early development of photography was crucial for Chinese = history.  Dr.=20 Regine Thiriez explores the significance and context of photography in = late=20 imperial China.  Sponsored by the = China=20 Studies Program.  For further information, contact abernier@u.washington.edu or=20 206.543.4391.

 

April=20 14

 

A=20 Comment by Confucius in Light of Newly Excavated=20 Manuscripts.  3:30-5:00 PM, Allen Auditorium, Allen Library.  = Speaker: Dr.=20 Imre=20 Galambos, Overseas=20 Project Manager, International = Dunhuang=20 Project, British = Library, London.  Imre Galambos received = his Ph.D.=20 from UC Berkeley where his main line of research was the evolution of = early=20 Chinese orthography.  Since 2002, he has worked for the = International=20 Dunhuang Project at the British  Library and extended his interest = to=20 medieval Chinese writing.  This year, he is co-authoring a large = dictionary=20 of Dunhuang character forms called "Dunhuang zihai."  Confucius laments=20 in the Analects that the scribes of old, unlike his contemporaries, = would rather=20 leave an empty space in the text than write a character they were not = sure=20 about.  Since the Han dynasty, advocates of orthographic = standardization=20 have used this passage as a justification for their cause.  = However, the=20 textual discoveries of the past decades show that the Chinese script in = pre-Qin=20 times exhibited a considerable degree of orthographic variability.  = He will=20 use the Houma covenant texts from about the time of Confucius to show = that sage=20 could not have made such a statement about the writing habits of the=20 scribes.   A second look at the passage in question also = reveals that=20 it did not refer to writing but was misinterpreted in later times for a = specific=20 agenda.  Sponsored by the China Studies Program.  For further=20 information, contact abernier@u.washington.edu or=20 206.543.4391.

 

April=20 18

 

Latin American Studies = 2005=20 Speaker Series: A Comparative Look at Racial Discourse in = Oaxaca/Chiapas,=20 Mexico and Salvador da Bahia, Brazil. 4:00-5:30 PM, 322 Gould Hall.=20 Speaker: Dawn Hewett, MPA, Project Manager for Princeton Project = on=20 National Security (Princeton, NJ). Hewett offers a comparative look at = racial=20 discourse (how people discuss issues of race, racism, identity, and=20 mestizaje/mesti=E7ajem) in two field sites: Oaxaca/Chiapas, Mexico and = Salvador da=20 Bahia, Brazil. At Princetion Univ. she was a Truman Scholar and Public = Policy=20 and International Affairs Fellow focusing on development, international = law,=20 human rights, security, management, and program evaluation.  = Sponsor: The=20 Latin American Studies Program/JSIS. For more info: visit=20 depts.washington.edu/lasuw or contact LAS by email at = lasuw@u.washington.edu, or=20 by phone at (206) 685-3435.

 

April=20 18

 

Monks=20 as Collectors and Connoisseurs in the Shadow of the Early-Ming = Throne.  5:00-7:00 PM, = Art Building, Room 3.  Speaker: = Marsha=20 Haufler, = Senior=20 Professor, Chinese Art, = University of=20 Kansas.  Sponsored by the China = Studies=20 Program.  For further information, contact abernier@u.washington.edu or=20 206.543.4391.

 

April=20 21

 

Remilitarizing Japan.  = 3:30-5:00 PM, 226 = Communications = Building. Speaker: = Gavan=20 McCormack, Professor, = Research=20 School of Pacific and Asian Studies, Australian National University = and Visiting Professor, International Christian = University, Tokyo, Japan.  Sponsored by the Japan Studies = Program. =20 For further information, contact abernier@u.washington.edu or=20 206.543.4391.

 

April=20 27

 

Latin American Studies = 2005=20 Speaker Series: Latin America in the XXI century: In Search of a New=20 Agenda. 4:00-5:30 PM, 322 Gould Hall. Speaker: Susana = Nudelsman,=20 Brandeis University. Professor Nudelsman, Economist (Argentina), = explores the=20 opportunities and challenges faced by Latin American countries in terms = of=20 growth and stability in the years ahead. An Argentine citizen, Susana = has taught=20 at Brandeis, UCLA-San Diego, and the University of Buenos Aires in = distinguished=20 visiting research positions. She has written widely on the macro economy = and=20 political economy of Latin America. Sponsor: Latin American = Studies=20 Program/JSIS. For more info: visit depts.washington.edu/lasuw or contact = LAS by=20 email at lasuw@u.washington.edu, or by phone at (206) = 685-3435.

 

April=20 28

 

Latin American Studies = 2005=20 Speaker Series: Mexico: Democratic Transition and Social = Violence.=20 4:00-5:30 PM, 322 Gould Hall. Speaker: Luis Garcia Abusaid, = Independent=20 Journalist/Activist, Mexico. In this lecture Abusaid suggests that the=20 unfinished Mexican political transition opened a vacuum of institutional = power=20 which has been filled by social and political violence over the last 4 = years.=20 This lecture justifies the historical uniqueness of the current = situation;=20 explores links between the Mexican political transition, and related = events; and=20 suggests a hypothesis that could define future scenarios for the Mexican = nation.=20 Sponsor: The Latin American Studies Program/JSIS. For more info: visit=20 depts.washington.edu/lasuw or contact LAS by email at = lasuw@u.washington.edu, or=20 by phone at (206) 685-3435.

 

April=20 29

Hegemony and Multilateralism. 12-1:30 PM, 1A Gowen. = Speaker: Richard Price, University of British Columbia. For more=20 information, email Christi Siver at chsiver@u.washington.edu.

 

April=20 29

 

Politics of the Meiji Restoration:=20 Rational-Choice and Beyond. =20 3:30-5:00 PM, 317=20 Thomson Hall.  = Speaker:=20 Professor Masaru Kohno, Waseda = University.  Masaru Kohno is = Professor of=20 Political Science at Waseda University in Tokyo.  He received his = Ph.D.=20 from Stanford University in 1994, and previously taught at the = University of=20 British Columbia and Aoyama Gakuin University.  He is the author of = Japan's Postwar Party Politics (Princeton University Press, = 1997), and=20 Seido [Institutions] (University of Tokyo Press, = 2002).  Sponsored by the Japan Studies = Program. =20 For further information, contact abernier@u.washington.edu or=20 206.543.4391.

 

April = 29
 
Meeting Rising Community Expectations = ~ From=20 Landslide Prevention to Harbour Enhancement in Hong Kong.  = 3:30-5:00 PM, 226 Communications = Building. Speaker: = Dr. Chack=20 Fan Lee,=20 Pro-Vice Chancellor, = University of=20 Hong Kong, 2004-5 Hong Kong = Fulbright=20 Distinguished Lecturer.  Dr. Chack Fan Lee = graduated from=20 the University of Hong Kong in 1968, with First Class Honours in Civil=20 Engineering.  This was followed by postgraduate research with the = late=20 Peter Lumb (M.Sc., University of Hong Kong, 1970) and with K.Y. Lo = (Ph.D.,=20 University of Western Ontario, 1972).  He then worked for Ontario = Hydro for=20 some 18 years in various engineering and management positions on the = design and=20 construction of hydro and nuclear power projects, dam safety, nuclear = waste=20 disposal, etc. Chack served as TAC's first Secretary/Treasurer, as well = as on=20 the board and technical committees of the Canadian Geotechnical Society = (CGS)=20 and on the Editorial Board of the Canadian Geotechnical Journal.  = He has=20 also worked as a consultant and advisor to the World Bank, the United = Nations=20 Development Plan, the International Atomic Energy Agency, CIDA, etc, on = various=20 power projects overseas and in China, including the Three Gorges = Project. =20 He is presently Chair and Professor of Geotechnical Engineering = and=20 Pro-Vice-Chancellor for Research at the University of Hong Kong.  = He has=20 published over 150 papers in the geotechnical field.  He is a = Fellow of the=20 Engineering Institute of Canada (EIC) and a recipient of the EIC's K.Y. = Lo=20 Medal. His other interests include volunteer work for charities as well = as=20 archaeological studies of the Silk Road and Central Asia.  For = further=20 information, contact abernier@u.washington.edu or=20 206.543.4391.

 

April=20 29

 

Latin American Studies = 2005=20 Speaker Series: Political Prisoners in Twentieth-Century Peru: From = APRA=20 to Shining Path. 4:00-5:30 PM, 322 Gould Hall.=20 Speaker:

Carlos Aguirre, = Director,=20 Latin American Studies, University of Oregon. In this lecture Aguirre, = Associate=20 Professor (History), discusses the ways in which the Peruvian state = dealt with=20 political subversion at two critical periods in recent history, the = 1930s and=20 the 1980s. A native of Peru, Aguirre most recently published The = Criminals of=20 Lima and Their Worlds (Duke University). In 1999 he was awarded = a=20 Guggenheim Fellowship, and in 2002 received the University of Oregon = Ersted=20 Award for Distinguished Teaching. Sponsor: Latin American Studies = Program/JSIS.=20 For more info: visit depts.washington.edu/lasuw or contact LAS by email = at=20 lasuw@u.washington.edu, or by phone at (206) 685-3435.

 

May = 5

 

Latin American Studies = 2005=20 Speaker Series: Conservatism, Liberalism, and Revolution in Mexico: = The Case=20 of Emilio Rabasa (1856-1930). 4:00-5:30PM, 322 Gould Hall. = Speaker:=20 Charles A. Hale, Professor Emeritus, University of Iowa. In = this=20 lecture Hale, Historian, deals with the problem of the political = designations=20 =93liberal=94 and =93conservative=94 in Mexico since the Reforma, = Mexico=92s civil war of=20 1854-1867. Hale authored Mexican Liberalism in the Age of Mora, = 1821-53=20 (1968) and Transformation of Mexican Liberalism in Late 19th-Century=20 Mexico (1989). He is currently writing a biography of Emilio Rabasa=20 (1856-1930). Sponsor: The Latin American Studies Program/ JSIS. For more = info:=20 visit depts.washington.edu/lasuw or contact LAS by email at=20 lasuw@u.washington.edu, or by phone at (206) 685-3435.

 

May 11

 

Latin American = Studies 2005=20 Speaker Series: How a Puppet Saved Mexico from the French: Popular = Sources of=20 Mexican National Identity. 4:00-5:30 PM, 322 Gould Hall. Speaker: = William=20 H. Beezley, Professor (History) & Interim Director, Latin = American=20 Studies Center, University of Arizona. Beezley examines itinerant = puppet=20 theater in the 19th century as one of the major sources that created = sentiments=20 of nationalism and national identity. He has written or edited 13 = books on=20 history and culture of Mexico and Latin America. Judas at the Jockey = Club=20 and The Oxford History of Mexico were selections of=20 the History Book Club. Sponsor: The Latin American Studies = Program/JSIS.=20 For more info: visit depts.washington.edu/lasuw or contact LAS by email = at=20 lasuw@u.washington.edu, or by phone at (206) 685-3435.

 

May=20 12

 

Latin American Studies = 2005=20 Speaker Series: Blossoms of Fire (2000). 4:00-5:30 = PM, 322=20 Gould Hall. Speaker: Maureen Gosling, a documentary filmmaker, is = best=20 known for her collaboration with acclaimed director, Les Blank. = =93Blossoms of=20 Fire=94, a feature documentary, represents her debut as a = Producer/Director. This=20 film is a colorful exploration of the Isthmus Zapotecs of southern = Oaxaca,=20 Mexico, whose strong work ethic and fierce independent streak rooted in = their=20 indigenous culture, have resulted not only in powerful women but also in = the=20 region=92s progressive politics and tolerance of homosexuality. Sponsor: = The Latin=20 American Studies Program/JSIS. For more info: visit = depts.washington.edu/lasuw=20 or contact LAS by email at lasuw@u.washington.edu, or by phone at (206)=20 685-3435.

 

May=20 13

 

Latin American Studies = 2005=20 Speaker Series: Malinche in Matriarchal Utopia: Reflections on = Maureen=20 Gosling's Blossoms of Fire. 4:00-5:30 PM, 322 = Gould=20 Hall. Speaker: Analisa Taylor, Assistant Professor, University of = Oregon. Taylor, Romance Languages (Spanish), looks through the = lens of=20 the documentary Blossoms of Fire, to analyze how images of gender = and=20 sexual freedom limited to one specific, remote region relate to the ways = in=20 which national identity has been imagined -gendered, sexualized, = racialized-=20 within a wider field of Mexican visual and literary culture. Taylor = teaches=20 contemporary Latin American literature. Sponsor: The Latin American = Studies=20 Program/JSIS. For more info: visit depts.washington.edu/lasuw or contact = LAS by=20 email at lasuw@u.washington.edu, or by phone at (206) = 685-3435.

 

May=20 17

 

Latin American Studies = 2005=20 Speaker Series: Authenticity, Representation, and Indigenous Politics = in=20 Peru. 4:00-5:30 PM, 322 Gould Hall. Speakers: Maria Elena = Garcia,=20 Assistant Professor, Sarah Lawrence and Jose Antonio Lucero, Assistant=20 Professor, Temple University. In this final lecture of the 2005 LAS = Speaker=20 Series, Maria Elena Garcia, Anthropologist, and Jose Antonio Lucero, = Political=20 Scientist, focus on the =93authenticators=94 of indigenous identity and = politics.=20 Garcia recently published Making Indigenous Citizens: Identities, = Education,=20 and Multicultural Development in Peru (Stanford). Lucero has = articles in=20 Latin American Perspectives, Journal of Democracy, and Comparative = Politics.=20 Sponsor: The Latin American Studies Program, JSIS. For more info: = visit=20 depts.washington.edu/lasuw or contact LAS by email at = lasuw@u.washington.edu, or=20 by phone at (206) 685-3435.

 

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Abbreviations and=20 Web site addresses for more detailed = information:  =20

Asian = L&L=20

Department of Asian=20 Languages & Literature  

CANSTUD=20

Canadian Studies=20 = Program/JSIS          &= nbsp;         =20 http://jsis.artsci.washington.edu/programs/canada/canada.= html  

CASG=20

Central = Asian Studies=20 Group/NELC

CIBER

Center for=20 International Business Education & Research  =20

CSDE=20

Center = for Studies in=20 Demography & Ecology

CPHRS=20

Center = for Public=20 Health Research & Evaluation   =

CWES=20

Center for West European Studies,=20 = JSIS           &nb= sp;        =20 http://jsis.artsci.washington.edu/programs/cwesuw/index.h= tml  

EUC =

European Union=20 = Center           &= nbsp;        =20 http://jsis.artsci.washington.edu/programs/europe/euc.htm= l  

GEOG=20

Dept. of Geography  

http://depts.washington.edu/geog/news/colloquium.html

GTI =20

Institute of Transnational = Studies         &nbs= p;         =20 http://depts.washington.edu/tayloruw/seminars.htm<= /A>  

GTTL=20

Global = Trade,=20 Transportation & Logistics Studies   =

IGRSS=20

Inst. = For Global=20 and Regional Security Studies  

IIP =

Institute for International Policy=20 =             &= nbsp;      

 http://www.iip.washington.edu  

IS =

Center for International = Studies/JSIS

 http://jsis.artsci.washington.edu/programs/is/is-ctr.html=   

JSIS=20

The = Henry M. Jackson=20 School of International Studies =

http://jsis.washington.edu/   =

LAS =

Latin = American Studies=20 Program/JSIS  

MEC =

Middle East Center/JSIS =20 = http://jsis.artsci.washington.edu/programs/mideast/events.htm<= FONT=20 color=3D#000080>  

NELC=20

Department of Near Eastern Languages & = Civilization=20 =             &= nbsp;      =20 http://depts.washington.edu/nelc  

REECAS=20

Russian, East European, and Central Asia Studies,=20 = JSIS           &nb= sp;        =20 http://depts.washington.edu/reecas

SEAS=20

Southeast Asia=20 = Studies/JSIS          &= nbsp;         =20 http://jsis.artsci.washington.edu/programs/seasia/seasia.= html  =20

Slavic = L&L=20

Department of Slavic Languages & Literature=20      

SMA

 School=20 of Marine Affairs=20

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