From jsis@u.washington.edu Fri Feb 9 10:03:14 1996 Return-Path: Received: from saul3.u.washington.edu by lists.u.washington.edu (5.65+UW96.02/UW-NDC Revision: 2.33 ) id AA05032; Fri, 9 Feb 96 10:03:13 -0800 Received: by saul3.u.washington.edu (5.65+UW96.02/UW-NDC Revision: 2.33 ) id AA10529; Fri, 9 Feb 96 10:03:12 -0800 X-Sender: jsis@saul3.u.washington.edu Date: Fri, 9 Feb 1996 10:03:12 -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 9, 1996 NOTE: ALL EVENTS ARE OPEN TO THE PUBLIC & ARE FREE UNLESS OTHERWISE INDICATED. NEW ITEMS Since Last Issue (2/2/96): FEB. 20: 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. 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 ar 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. 30: 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-REGISTRATION 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. 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 teach for Seattle Public Schools & author of "Living History in the Classroom," and Bobbie McKean, actor & 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. ------------------------------------------------------------------------- REPEATED from last issue: FEB. 9: THE CONTEMPORARY ECONOMIC SITUATION IN SCANDINAVIA AND THE BALTIC STATES. 11:30 am - 12:50 pm, 325 Thomson. Paul A. Goble, Senior Fellow, The Potomac Foundation, McLean, Virginia. Sponsors: Russian, East European & Central Asian Programs, JSIS, Baltic Studies Program, IPE Colloquium, UW, & Lithuanian-American Community, Washington Chapter. Information: 543-0675. LUNCHEON FOR PAUL A. GOBLE. 1:00-2:00 pm, Faculty Club, UW. (See above entry). THE RUSSIAN EMPIRE: PAST, PRESENT, & FUTURE. 2:30-4:00 pm, 202 Balmer Hall. Paul A. Goble. (See above entry for sponsors, information phone.) FEB. 10: LITHUANIA, FIVE YEARS AFTER INDEPENDENCE. 5:30 pm, Latvian Community Center, 11710 3rd Ave. NE, Seattle. Paul A. Goble, Senior Fellow, The Potomac Foundation, McLean, Virginia. Sponsors: Russian, East European & Central Asian Programs, JSIS, Baltic Studies Program, IPE Colloquium, UW, & Lithuanian-American Community, Washington Chapter. Information: Rasa Raisys, 725-1764. FEB. 12: COMMUNITIES AND COMMUNICATION: A STUDY OF THE CASE OF YANG NAIWU, 1873-1877. 3:30 pm, 317 Thomson. Madeleine Yue Dong, Dept. of History, University of California at San Diego; candidate for position in 20th Century Chinese History at JSIS. Sponsor: JSIS and China Studies Program. Information: 543-4391. LOVE STORIES OF RABBI JACOB BEN ELEAZAR OF TOLEDO: BETWEEN ARABIC AND ROMANCE. 7:30 p.m., 401 Denny. Professor Raymond Sheindlin, Jewish Theological Seminary of America. Sponsors: Dept. of Near Eastern Languages & Civilization, the Middle East Center and the Jewish Studies Program of JSIS, Center for the Humanities, and Spanish and Romance Languages, UW. Information: 543-6033. FEB. 13: LOVERS, PILGRIMS AND TORTURED SOULS: NEW TRANSLATIONS OF MEDIEVAL HEBREW POETRY FROM SPAIN. 3:30 p.m., 317 Thomson. Raymond Scheindlin, Professor of Hebrew Literature at the Jewish Theological Seminary of America. Sponsor: Jewish Studies Colloquium, Jewish Studies Program, JSIS. Information: 543-4243. 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). TOPICS CONCERNING IRAN SINCE THE IRAN-IRAQ WAR. 3:30 pm, 135 Thomson. Kaveh Afrasiabi, Political Science, Metropolitan College. Sponsor: Middle East Center, JSIS. Information: 543-4227. 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. 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). 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). 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 .