From jsis@u.washington.edu Fri Feb 16 10:19:54 1996 Return-Path: Received: from saul7.u.washington.edu by lists.u.washington.edu (5.65+UW96.02/UW-NDC Revision: 2.33 ) id AA16527; Fri, 16 Feb 96 10:19:53 -0800 Received: by saul7.u.washington.edu (5.65+UW96.02/UW-NDC Revision: 2.33 ) id AA20330; Fri, 16 Feb 96 10:19:53 -0800 X-Sender: jsis@saul7.u.washington.edu Date: Fri, 16 Feb 1996 10:19:53 -0800 (PST) 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 FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 16, 1996 NOTE: ALL EVENTS ARE OPEN TO THE PUBLIC & ARE FREE UNLESS OTHERWISE INDICATED. NEW ITEMS Since Last Issue (2/9/96): FEB. 20: PROGRESS & PROSPECTS OF COMMUNITY MANAGEMENT OF NATURAL RESOURCES IN INDIA. 12:00-1:20 pm, 30 Anderson. Nihal Jain, Hubert H. Humphrey Fellow, UW. Part of brown bag lunch discussion series, "Addressing Natural Resource Conflicts through Community-Based Participatory Approaches." Information: 543-4900. FEB. 22: INTERNATIONAL CAREER DAY. 10:00 am - 3:30 pm, 106B HUB. Alumni and other professionals in internationally-focused careers will share information and advice in panels on: International Education & Exchange, International Business & Trade, Public & Non-Profit Organizations, and International Law. Sponsors: Jackson School Student Association and JSIS Career Services. Information: 543-0176. FEB. 26: MELTING POT OR SALAD BOWL? ETHNIC RELATIONS IN THE SOUTH OF KIRGHIZSTAN -OSH. 12:30 pm, 215A Denny. Ali F. Igmen, UW Ph.D. student. Part of NELC Colloquium Series. Sponsor: Dept. of Near Eastern Languages & Civiliation (NELC), UW. Information: 543-6033. MAR. 1: CENTRAL ASIAN MUSIC THEN AND NOW. 12:30-1:30 pm, 215 Denny. Students from the Dept. of Near Eastern Languages and Civilization (NELC), UW. Part of Uzbek Circle series: conducted in Uzbek & English (translations provided). Sponsor: NELC. Information: 543-6033. MAR. 6: CHANGE IN THE DPRK 1986-1996: FACT AND FICTION. 3:30-5:00 pm, 317 Thomson. Anthony Michell, President, Euro-Asian Business Consultancy. Sponsor: Korea Studies Program, JSIS. Information: 543-4391. MAR. 8: UZBEKS IN XINJIANG, CHINA. 12:30-1:30 pm, 215 Denny. Hamit Zakir, Dept. of Near Eastern Languages & Civilization (NELC), UW. Part of Uzbek Circle series: conducted in Uzbek & English (translations provided). Sponsor: NELC. Information: 543-6033. MAR. 29: THE FUTURE OF U.S.-JAPAN RELATIONS. 3:30-5:00 pm, 317 Thomson. Yukio Matsuyama, Former Chairperson, Editorial Board, Asahi Shimbun, and Professor of Kyoritsu Women's University. Sponsor: Japan Studies Program, JSIS. Information: 543-4391. ------------------------------------------------------------------------- REPEATED from last issue: FEB. 20: KNOWLEDGE, PIETY, AND MAGIC: ANCIENT MESOPOTAMIAN DISCIPLESHIP. 3:30-5 pm, 317 Thomson. Scott B. Noegel, Hazel D. Cole Fellow in the Jewish Studies Program, JSIS. Sponsor: Comparative Religion Program, JSIS. Information: 543-4835 (Liesel Van Cleeff). IRANIAN FOREIGN POLICY IN THE POST COLD WAR ERA. 3:30 pm, 135 Thomson. Kaveh Afrasiabi, Political Science, Metropolitan College. Sponsor: Middle East Center, JSIS. Information: 543-4227. PRECURSORS TO DEVELOPMENT: THE REPUBLIC OF KOREA PRIOR TO MILITARY- MANDATED GROWTH. 3:30-5:00 pm, 235 Thomson. David H. Satterwhite, Postdoctoral Fellow, Center for Korean Studies, University of California at Berkeley. Sponsor: Korea Studies Program, JSIS. Information: 543-4391. FEB. 21: AN ALTERNATIVE SPACE: LIBERATION THEOLOGY AND THE POLITICS OF REPRESENTATION. 12:30-1:30 p.m., 317 Thomson. Patrick Provost-Smith. Sponsor: Latin American Studies Program, JSIS (Brown Bag Lunch Series). Information: Prof. Tony Gill, 543-4718; tgill@u.washington.edu. RECONSTRUCTING LEBANON FROM AN HISTORIAN'S VANTAGE. 3:30 pm, 101 Thomson. Philip Khoury, Dean of Humanities and Social Sciences, MIT. Sponsor: Middle East Center, JSIS. Information: 543-4227. CHINA AFTER DENG XIAOPING. 5:30-8:00 p.m., Walker-Ames Room, 2nd Floor, Kane Hall. David M. Bachman, Chair, China Studies Program, JSIS. Part of 8-session dinner/lecture series, "International Updates: Trends and Transitions in Your World." COST: $20; PRE-REGISTER BY FEB. 14. Sponsors: Jackson School Outreach Centers, JSIS, and Center for International Business Education & Research (CIBER), School of Business Administration, UW. Information or Registration: 543-4227 (Charlotte Albright). FEB. 23: GLOBALIZATION AND THE ASIA PACIFIC REGION: THE NEW REALITY. 12:30 pm, 209 Savery. Terry G. McGee, Professor of Geography, University of British Columbia; Co-Director, NW Regional Consortium for Southeast Asian Studies. Sponsors: Southeast Asian Studies, JSIS, and Center for Studies in Demography & Ecology, UW. Information: 543-9606. FOR THE LIBERAL TRANSFORMATION OF JAPANESE LEGAL CULTURE: A REVIEW OF THE RECENT SCHOLARSHIP AND PRACTICE. 3:30-5:00 pm, 317 Thomson. Setsuo Miyazawa, Faculty of Law, Kobe University. Sponsor: Japan Studies Program, JSIS. Information: 543-4391. FEB. 24: SOUTHEAST ASIAN REPRESENTATIONS. 8:45 am - 3:00 pm, Walker-Ames Room, Kane Hall. An all-day colloquium featuring papers by Consortium faculty and graduate students. COLLOQUIUM FREE OF CHARGE; LUNCHEON $10 FACULTY & GENERAL PUBLIC, $7 STUDENTS. R.S.V.P. FOR LUNCHEON BY FEB. 16. Sponsors: NW Regional Consortium for Southeast Asian Studies, and Southeast Asian Studies Program, JSIS. Information (or to RSVP for lunch): 543-9606. FEB. 27: TOLERATED DISSENT IN RABBINIC CULTURE. 3:30 pm, 317 Thomson. Talya Fishman, Professor of Religious Studies at Rice University. Sponsor: Jewish Studies Colloquium, Jewish Studies Program, JSIS. Information: 543-4243. CROSS-DRESSING, SPIRIT POSSESSION, & THE MYSTERY OF GENEALOGY: THE 12TH CENTURY NOVEL "ARIAKE NO WAKARE" ["PARTINGS AT DAWN"]. 3:30-5:00 pm, 235 Thomson. Robert Omar Khan, Visiting Lecturer, Dept. of Asian Languages & Literature, UW; candidate for faculty position in Asian Languages & Literature. Sponsors: Japan Studies Program, JSIS, and Asian Languages & Literature. Information: 543-4391. FEB. 28: CUBAN FILM POSTERS. 4:30 pm, 101 Thomson. Lecture & slide presentation in English, followed by a screening of the video "Carteles son Cantares" ("Posters are Songs"), on Cuban film posters. Jesus Vega, Cuban film critic, writer & editor of the monthly "Cine Cubano." Sponsors: Latin American Studies Program, JSIS, and Dept. of Spanish & Portuguese, UW. Information: 685-3435. FEB. 29: READING OF PAUL CELAN TRANSLATIONS. 4:00 pm, Faculty Club, UW. John Felstiner, author of "Paul Celan: Poet, Survivor, Jew." Sponsors: English Dept., Creative Writing; and Jewish Studies Program, JSIS, UW. Information: 543-2483. MAR. 4: AL-MUWASHAHAT: A CULTURAL UNDERSTANDING. 7:30 p.m., 401 Denny. Prof. Abdullah al-Maatani, King Abdul Aziz University, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia. Part of series, "Voices from al-Andalus: On the Literary History of Iberia Under Arab Rule." Sponsors: Dept. of Near Eastern Languages & Civilization, the Middle East Center & the Jewish Studies Program of JSIS, Center for the Humanities, and Spanish & Portuguese Program, UW. Information: 543-6033. MAR. 6: INCLUSIVE NATIONALISM? THICK IDENTITY AND THE ZAPATISTA MOVEMENT FOR PARTICIPATORY DEMOCRACY. 12:30-1:30 p.m., 317 Thomson. Tom Lewis. Sponsor: Latin American Studies Program, JSIS (Brown Bag Lunch Series). Information: Prof. Tony Gill, 543-4718; tgill@u.washington.edu. MAR. 13: AFTER YELTSIN: PROSPECTS FOR POST-SOVIET POLITICS. 5:30-8:00 p.m., Walker-Ames Room, 2nd Floor, Kane Hall. Stephen E. Hanson, Assistant Professor of Political Science. Part of 8-session dinner/lecture series, "International Updates: Trends and Transitions in Your World." COST: $20; PRE-REGISTER BY MAR. 6. Sponsors: Jackson School Outreach Centers, JSIS, and Center for International Business Education & Research (CIBER), School of Business Administration, UW. Information or Registration: 543-4227 (Charlotte Albright). MAR. 27: RIVERS OF BLOOD: WATER & CONFLICT IN THE MIDDLE EAST. 5:30-8:00 p.m., Walker-Ames Room, 2nd Floor, Kane Hall. Ellis Goldberg, Associate Professor of Political Science and Director, Middle East Center, JSIS. Part of 8-session dinner/lecture series, "International Updates: Trends and Transitions in Your World." COST: $20; PRE-REGISTER BY MAR. 20. Sponsors: Jackson School Outreach Centers, JSIS, and Center for International Business Education & Research (CIBER), School of Business Administration, UW. Information or Registration: 543-4227 (Charlotte Albright). MAR. 31: ISLAM MOSAIC. 8:30 am - 4:00 pm, 101 Thomson. Opportunity for K-9 teachers to explore influences of Islam on arts & culture, with particular emphasis on South & Southeast Asia & the Middle East. Speakers: Don Holsinger, Assoc. Professor of History, Seattle Pacific University; Jere Bacharach, Professor of History & Director, Jackson School of International Studies, UW; Hiromi Lorraine Sakata, Professor of Music, UW. COST: $35; includes Malaysian buffet lunch. PRE-REGISTRA- TION REQUIRED, at least 48 hours prior to event. Sponsors: Jackson School Outreach Centers and the Washington State Council for the Social Studies. For further information or to pre-register: 543-4800. APR. 1: BLOODY METAPHORS & OTHER ALLEGORIES OF THE ORDINARY (on contemporary Quebec). 1:30-2:45 pm, 311 Smith. Dr. Elspeth Probyn, Assoc. Professor & Director, Women's Studies, University of Sydney. Sponsors: Canadian Studies Center, JSIS; Center for Humanities; and the Women Studies Program, UW. Information: 543-6269. APR. 10: THE EUROPEAN UNION AND THE UNITED STATES: TOWARD A NEW TRANS-ATLANTIC RELATIONSHIP? 5:30-8:00 p.m., Walker-Ames Room, 2nd Floor, Kane Hall. Christopher Piening, European Union Fellow, JSIS. Part of 8-session dinner/lecture series, "International Updates: Trends and Transitions in Your World." COST: $20; PRE-REGISTER BY APR. 3. Sponsors: Jackson School Outreach Centers, JSIS, and Center for International Business Education & Research (CIBER), School of Business Administration, UW. Information or Registration: 543-4227 (Charlotte Albright). APR. 24: EMERGING MARKETS: SIMILARITIES & DIFFERENCES. 5:30-8:00 p.m., Walker-Ames Room, 2nd Floor, Kane Hall. Richard W. Moxon, Associate Professor of Management and Organization, School of Business Administration. Part of 8-session dinner/lecture series, "International Updates: Trends and Transitions in Your World." COST: $20; PRE-REGISTER BY APR. 17. Sponsors: Jackson School Outreach Centers, JSIS, and Center for International Business Education & Research (CIBER), School of Business Administration, UW. Information or Registration: 543-4227 (Charlotte Albright). APR. 27: FESTIVAL MOSAIC. 8:30 am - 4:00 pm, 101 Thomson. Exploration of art forms, issues, & cultures represented at the Seattle International Children's Festival. Designed to complement the Festival and to enrich the classroom of any teacher interested in India, China, French Canada, and World Music. Speakers: Doug Selwyn, STAR mentor teacher for Seattle Public Schools and author of "Living History in the Classroom," and Bobbie McKean, actor and arts educator. COST: $35, includes lunch. PRE-REGISTRATION REQUIRED, at least 48 hours prior to event. Sponsors: Jackson School Outreach Centers, Seattle International Children's Festival, and the Washington State Council for the Social Studies. For further information or to pre-register: 543-1921. MAY 2: TRANSNATIONALIZATION, CITIZENSHIP & THE NATION-STATE: A COMPARATIVE ANALYSIS OF MEXICO & THE DOMINICAN REPUBLIC. 12:30 pm, 317 Thomson. Prof. Luis Guarnizo, University of California, Davis. Part of the State-Society Relations workshop series on "Transnationalism & the Limits of State." Sponsor: International Studies Program, JSIS. Information: 543-5194. MAY 2 (THURS.), MAY 5 (SUN.), & MAY 8 (WED.): SAMUEL & ALTHEA STROUM LECTURES IN JEWISH STUDIES: "THE AMERICANIZATION OF THE HOLOCAUST." Sunday lecture, 7:00 pm; others, 8:00 pm -- 210 Kane Hall. Alan Mintz, Joseph H. & Belle R. Braun Professor of Modern Hebrew Literature, Brandeis University. Sponsor: Jewish Studies Program, JSIS. Information: 543-4243. MAY 8: LOOKING EAST: INDIA'S INTEGRATION WITH CHANGING ASIA. 5:30-8:00 p.m., Walker-Ames Room, 2nd Floor, Kane Hall. Anthony D'Costa, Assistant Professor of Economic Development, Tacoma Branch Campus, UW. Part of 8-session dinner/lecture series, "International Updates: Trends and Transitions in Your World." COST: $20; PRE-REGISTER BY MAY 1. Sponsors: Jackson School Outreach Centers, JSIS, and Center for International Business Education & Research (CIBER), School of Business Administration, UW. Information or Registration: 543-4227 (Charlotte Albright). MAY 22: THREE CONFLICTING GEOGRAPHIES OF CASCADIA. 5:30-8:00 p.m., Walker-Ames Room, 2nd Floor, Kane Hall. Matthew Sparke, Assistant Professor of Geography and International Studies, JSIS. Part of 8-session dinner/lecture series, "International Updates: Trends and Transitions in Your World." COST: $20; PRE-REGISTER BY MAY 15. Sponsors: Jackson School Outreach Centers, JSIS, and Center for International Business Education & Research (CIBER), School of Business Administration, UW. Information or Registration: 543-4227 (Charlotte Albright). MAY 30: STATE-SOCIETY WORKSHOP. (Specific title, time, & location TBA.) Professor Michael Watts, University of California at Berkeley. Sponsor: International Studies, JSIS. Information: 543-5194. ******** 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 .