From jsis@u.washington.edu Fri Jan 7 16:29:29 2005 Received: from mxi2.u.washington.edu (mxi2.u.washington.edu [140.142.33.12]) by lists.u.washington.edu (8.13.2+UW04.12/8.13.2+UW04.12) with ESMTP id j080TTsq102722 for ; Fri, 7 Jan 2005 16:29:29 -0800 Received: from mxout2.cac.washington.edu (mxout2.cac.washington.edu [140.142.33.4]) by mxi2.u.washington.edu (8.13.2+UW04.12/8.13.2+UW04.12) with ESMTP id j080TSWW003520 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=EDH-RSA-DES-CBC3-SHA bits=168 verify=NO) for ; Fri, 7 Jan 2005 16:29:28 -0800 Received: from mailhost2.u.washington.edu (mailhost2.u.washington.edu [140.142.33.2]) by mxout2.cac.washington.edu (8.13.1+UW04.08/8.13.2+UW04.12) with ESMTP id j080TRir011870 for ; Fri, 7 Jan 2005 16:29:27 -0800 Received: from BEVERLYW (D-128-95-200-98.dhcp4.washington.edu [128.95.200.98]) by mailhost2.u.washington.edu (8.13.1+UW04.08/8.13.2+UW04.12) with SMTP id j080TQHU018741 for ; Fri, 7 Jan 2005 16:29:27 -0800 Message-ID: <01c901c4f519$1c3db490$62c85f80@jsis.washington.edu> From: "Jackson School of International Studies" To: "JSIS - Calendar" Subject: The Jackson School Calendar (HTML) Date: Fri, 7 Jan 2005 16:29:26 -0800 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/related; type="multipart/alternative"; boundary="----=_NextPart_000_01C5_01C4F4D6.0E0E3F90" 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_P5 0, __CHILD_PORN_NOT_1 0, __CT 0, __CTYPE_HAS_BOUNDARY 0, __CTYPE_MULTIPART 0, __CTYPE_MULTIPART_ALT 0, __EXTRA_MPART_TYPE_1 0, __EXTRA_MPART_TYPE_N1 0, __FRAUD_419_LOC 0, __HAS_MSGID 0, __HAS_MSMAIL_PRI 0, __HAS_X_MAILER 0, __HAS_X_PRIORITY 0, __MIME_HTML 0, __MIME_VERSION 0, __SANE_MSGID 0' This is a multi-part message in MIME format. ------=_NextPart_000_01C5_01C4F4D6.0E0E3F90 Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary="----=_NextPart_001_01C6_01C4F4D6.0E0E3F90" ------=_NextPart_001_01C6_01C4F4D6.0E0E3F90 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable the=20 JACKSON SCHOOL CALENDAR -------------------------------------------------------------------------= - January 7, 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 January 7 Sufism Yesterday and Today =20 From Spiritual Fathers to Tokyo Godfathers: The Family in = Anime =20 January 10 Against Eurocentrism: the Relevance of Latin America and = China =20 January 11 Duane Hulbert with Sherman Clay and Company =20 January 12 From Seattle with Love: A Benefit Boncert for = Tsunami Relief =20 Offshoring: Another Side of the Story (Perspectives from = Overseas) =20 January 13 Civilizing by Force: Implications of Qing Expansion =20 An African Perspective on Globalization and International = Trade =20 January 14 African Armies and African Guerrillas: = Understanding the Dynamics of Conflict =20 January 15 Koolhaas, and the Obsolete Book =20 January 15 & 16 Fuse (Gori Vatra), Global Lens Film Series =20 January 18 REECAS Performance Series presents REECA regional music with = Sherman Clay and Company =20 January 21 Security in East Asia and Foreign Direct = Investment: Two Key Issues Facing Japan Today =20 January 24 Chinese Calligraphy in its Cultural Context =20 January 27 When the Deal Goes Sour in China...What's a Company to Do? = Contracting and Dispute Resolution Among Chinese Firms =20 February 2 Window to Paris -International Film and = Discussion Series =20 February 3 Reflections on Forgotten Surfaces: The Calligraphy of Hua = Rende =20 Public Health in Asia =20 Feb. 4-March 17 Ozu Retrospective =20 February 9 In The Mood For Love =20 February 11-13 Seattle Balkan Fest 05 =20 February 16 Good Bye Lenin! International Film and = Discussion Series =20 February 17 China Inc.--Bookreading =20 Iraq and the Global Rise of Religious Violence: A Report from = Baghdad =20 February 20 Searching for Hassan: A Journey into the Heart of Iran =20 February 23 Autumn Spring - International Film and = Discussion Series =20 March 9 Tourism in China and Vietnam.=20 =20 =20 =20 =20 =20 =20 =20 =20 =20 =20 =20 =20 =20 =20 =20 =20 =20 =20 =20 -------------------------------------------------------------------------= - Full Listings 2005 =20 January 7 Sufism Yesterday and Today. 12:30 PM, 215 Denny Hall. The history = of the spread of Islam in Central Asia is undeniably associated with the = activity of the Sufis. Speaker: Sabit Madaliev explores the changing = place of Sufism in Central Asia and its most recent rebirth in modern = Uzbek society. Madaliev is a prominent figure in Russian-language = literature of Central Asia. His work embraces modern and traditional = Uzbeki themes and poetry genres; he seeks to express them in traditional = as well as in contemporary, often Western, forms. Sponsored by REECAS, = for more information please call (206) 543 4852. January 7 From Spiritual Fathers to Tokyo Godfathers: The Family in Anime. = 3:30-5:00 PM, Walker-Ames Room, Kane Hall. Speaker: Susan Napier, = Assistant Professor, University of Texas, Austin. Professor of Japanese = Literature and Culture at the University of Texas at Austin, Susan = Napier explores the cultural elements of anime and manga on both sides = of the Pacific. Napier did her undergraduate and graduate studies at = Harvard University and was a research student at Ochanomizu Women's = University in Tokyo. In addition to teaching classes at Princeton and = the University of London, she served as a guest lecturer at Harvard = University. Napier has written two books on Japanese literature, one = focusing on Oe Kenzaburo and Mishima Yukio and the other on the history = of Japanese fantasy literature. Her most recent book, "Anime: from Akira = to Princess Mononoke", investigates the impact of anime towards the end = of the twentieth century. Co-sponsored by the UW East Asia Center and = Japan Studies Program. Please contact 206-543-4391 for further = information. January 10 Against Eurocentrism: the Relevance of Latin America and China. = 3:30 PM, 226 Communications Bldg. Speaker: Enrique Dussel. Philosophy, = Universidad Nacional Aut=F3noma de M=E9xico, Mexico City. Enrique = Dussel is the founder of the Latin American Liberation philosophy = movement, whose debates in Spanish parallel those in English in South = Asian and Latin American Subaltern Studies. He is the author of more = than thirty books on religion, sociology, history, theology, and = philosophy, some of which have been translated into English Modernity = can be conceptualized as the opening of Europe, long besieged by the = Ottoman world, to the world of trans-Atlantic space. Although = anticipated by China in its great discoveries between 1405 and 1433, the = Hispanic 15th century inaugurates modernity in all its dimensions of = meaning. The subsequent redefinition of modernity by the Enlightenment = denies the importance of the European "South"; and with it disappears = the significance of the Iberian and Latin American worlds. Along with = the covering over of China through the ideology of Orientalism, these = developments inaugurate Eurocentrism, which is today expanding as = "Americanocentrism." (Note: the material culture of Europe's first = Hispanic modernity is currently on display in SAM's exhibition on "Spain = in the Age of Exploration, 1492 -1819"). Professor Dussel will also hold a small seminar at 10:00 AM in 202 = Communications Bldg. To register, please call 206.543.3920 or email = afahale@u.washington.edu This is the third of five events in the Global = Languages and Literatures speaker series, which is co-sponsored by the = Simpson Center for the Humanities, the Department of English, and the = Division of Spanish and Portuguese. Contributions have also been made by = Modern Language Quarterly, Anthropology, China Studies, Comparative = Literature, Communications, Geography, Linguistics, the Middle East = Center, and the College of Architecture and Urban Planning. January 11 Duane Hulbert with Sherman Clay and Company. 7:00 PM Sherman Clay, = 1624 Fourth Avenue. REECAS Performance Series presents REECA regional = music with Sherman Clay and Company featuring Duane Hulbert. Hulbert has = appeared as soloist with many major orchestras in the United States. = Duane Hulbert received his degrees from the Juilliard and Manhattan = Schools in New York and is in his nineteenth year as professor at the = University of Puget Sound. Sponsored by REECAS, for more information = please call (206) 543 4852.=20 =20 January 12 From Seattle with Love: A Benefit Boncert for Tsunami Relief. 7:00 = PM, Eighth Avenue and Seneca Street. Local political leaders, artists, = and media personalities will donate their talents and time to raise = money to go to the victims of this unprecedented natural disaster. All = receipts from the concert will be sent to Mercy Corps and CARE, two of = the major international relief organizations responding to this crisis. = Special guests, with more to be announced shortly, include radio = personality Dave Ross, noted local pianist Craig Sheppard, and ensembles = performing music and dance from the nations impacted by the tsunami: = Chao Praya Ensemble, music and dance of Thailand; Indian classical = dancers Joyce Paul and Priyanka Wilkins; the internationally renowned = Indonesian performer I Wayan Sinti; and singers from the Somali Youth = Leader Program. Tickets for "From Seattle with Love" are $75, $50, $25, = available in advance from www.ticketweb.com, or at the door. There are = no service charges for advance ticket purchases. As a Pacific Rim city, Seattle has a special relationship with = many of the countries that were hardest hit by the tsunamis. There are = many thousands of individuals living in our area who were born in, or = who trace their ancestry to these countries. Our region also has strong = and enduring commercial and cultural ties with these nations. "From = Seattle With Love: A Benefit Concert for Tsunami Relief" is made = possible through the generous support of Microsoft Corporation, with = further support from the Lindenberg Center for Humanitarian Action, = International Development and Global Citizenship, KUOW-FM, and = Ticketweb.com. Additional supporters will be listed in subsequent = informational releases in the coming days.=20 =20 January 12 Offshoring: Another Side of the Story (Perspectives from = Overseas). 7:30-9:00 AM, Rainier Club, 820 4th Avenue, Seattle, WA = 98104. Register by calling the World Affairs Council at 206-441-5910. = Panelists: Gary G. Hamilton, Professor of Sociology and the Jackson = School of International Studies, University of Washington and Anthony P. = D'Costa, Professor in Comparative International Development and member = of the International Studies and the South Asian Studies Program of the = Jackson School of International Studies, University of Washington; and = Ali Tahouni, Senior Lecturer in Business Economics at the UW Business = School. We know that offshoring, while not a new phenomenon, has = recently created a flurry of debate about loss of U.S. jobs and the = concern about the U.S. economy. While there are varying points of view = on the subject from inside the U.S., what are the effects of the = increased offshoring on the recipient nations? When jobs and income = arrive, what economic and social changes follow? Join us for a = breakfast briefing and panel discussion on the other side of the = offshoring story in specific Asian countries. Jointly sponsored by the = World Affairs Council, UW Global Business Center, UW East Asia Center, = South Asia Center and Southeast Asian Studies at the Jackson School of = International Studies. Please contact 206-543-6938 or = barnesk@u.washington.edu for further information.=20 January 13 Civilizing by Force: Implications of Qing Expansion. 3:30-5:00 = PM, Thomson Hall 317. Speaker: Peter Perdue, Professor of History, = Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Peter C. Perdue teaches courses = on Chinese history and civilization, Chinese social and economic = history, the Silk Road, and historical methodology. His first book, = "Exhausting the Earth: State and Peasant in Hunan, 1500-1850 A.D." was = published by Harvard University Press in 1987. His current research = focused on environmental change, ethnicity, and the relationship between = long-term economic change and military conquest in the Chinese and = Russian empires. His new book, "China Marches West: The Qing Conquest = of Central Eurasia" (Harvard UP, 2005) combines these perspectives into = an integrated account of the Chinese and Russian conquest of Siberia and = Central Eurasia in the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries. The Manchu = rulers of the Qing dynasty expanded their empire to unprecedented size = in the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries with a series of relentless = military campaigns, accompanied by policies to promote economic = integration, cultural legitimation, and multi-ethnic administrative = control. Professor Perdue will discuss some of the broader implications = of his forthcoming book in this lecture. Did the Qing have a = "civilizing mission" comparable to European empires, and did its = expansion account for both the economic growth of the eighteenth century = and the social conflicts of the nineteenth century? How did = twentieth-century nationalists build on, and reject, the Qing legacy? = Sponsored by the China Studies Program. Please contact 206-543-4391 or = abernier@u.washington.edu for further information. =20 January 13 An African Perspective on Globalization and International Trade. = 4:30-6:00 PM, at Discovery Institute, located at 1511 Third Avenue, = Suite 808 in downtown Seattle. Speaker: June Arunga, a Kenyan journalist = and law student who spent six weeks traveling the length of Africa from = Egypt, Sudan and Congo to Angola, Namibia and South Africa to examine = the opportunities and challenges facing these countries. The result was = a documentary she produced for the BBC entitled, "The Devil's Footpath." = She was also featured in a segment on Kenya in Johan Norberg's 2003 = documentary "Globalisation is Good." June is currently in Seattle = working on a short documentary on recent African immigrants. She is a = fellow at IREN-Kenya, the International Policy Network and E Pluribus = Unum Films. Cost of the lecture is $10 and includes a selection of = regional wines and cheese. To register, please contact Rachel Krauskopf = at (206) 292-0401 ext. 153 or by email at rachelk@discovery.org=20 January 14 African Armies and African Guerrillas: Understanding the Dynamics = of Conflict. 12:00-1:30 PM, 1A Gowen. Speaker: Jeffrey Herbst, Professor = of Political Science and International Affairs at Princeton University. = War in Africa has recently attracted significant attention because the = continent seems more prone to conflict than others and because any = disruption in security is especially threatening to populations, like = those in most of Africa, where people are already living at the margins. = A growing and productive literature has emerged focusing on the = motivations of rebels during these wars: Important econometric work has = attempted to explain the economic and political motivations of rebels; = there have been case studies of different guerilla movements; and = cross-national analysis of the organization of rebellion. However, = there has been no corresponding literature on, quite literally, the = other side: the political economy of how and why national militaries = perform during civil war. This presentation will examine the geographic, = political and economic determinants of how African militaries face the = threat of rebellion and of differential levels of effectiveness in = combating insurgents. PNCIS is a joint program sponsored by the Jackson = Foundation, the Department of Political Science, the Jackson School of = International Studies, and the Institute for Transnational Studies. For = an updated list of speakers and times, contact the chair of the = colloquia, Christi Siver, at chsiver@u.washington.edu. January 15 Koolhaas, and the Obsolete Book. 1:00-3:00 PM. Seattle Central = Public Library, 1000 4th Ave., Conference Room 2. Speaker: Meredith = Clausen, Professor of Architecture. Does Rem Koolhaas' new Seattle = Central Library predict the future? What does it tell us about the = relationship between architecture, books, and society in the 21st = century? Meredith Clausen, Professor of Architecture and Art History, = will give a fascinating lecture on the meaning of Koolhaas' new = building, comparing it to other great library structures around the = world. She will also situate Koolhaas' work in the context of = contemporary architectural trends in Europe and questions about the = future of the library itself. Open to the public, no tickets necessary. = Sponsored by the Center for West European Studies. For more = information, contact cwes@u.washington.edu or 206-543-1675. January 15 and 16 Fuse presented by the Global Lens Film Series. 9:00 PM Northwest = Film Forum, 1515 12th Avenue, Cinema Seattle, in association with The = Northwest Film Forum, is proud to present the Global Lens Film Series. = Fuse (Gori Vatra) Directed by Pjer Zalica is from Bosnia/Herzegovina = (105 minutes). A droll, soulful comedy-drama follows the mounting = turmoil as an opportunistic town in Bosnia awaits a visit from President = Bill Clinton, with ghosts of centuries-old conflict, ethnic = misunderstanding and casual violence never far away. Starring Enis = Beslagic, Bogdan Diklic, Sasa Petrovic. Individual tickets are $10 each. = For additional information or tickets, please call 206 464 5830, or go = to http://www.seattlefilm.com/programs/globallens/ January 18 Sherman Clay and Company 7:00 PM. 1624 Fourth Avenue, Seattle. = REECAS Performance Series presents REECA regional music with Sherman = Clay and Company. Sponsored by REECAS, for more information please call = (206) 543 4852.=20 =20 January 21 Security in East Asia and Foreign Direct Investment: Two Key = Issues Facing Japan Today. 3:30-5:00 PM, Communications (CMU) 226. = Speaker: Alec Wilczynski, Senior Foreign Policy Advisor, National Center = for APEC. Mr. Wilczynski is a Foreign Service officer on detail from = the State Department and joined the National Center for APEC (Seattle) = in October 2004. Prior to coming to the Center, Mr. Wilczynski served = as U.S. Consul General in Sapporo, Japan, where he was responsible for = U.S. interests in Hokkaido and Northern Japan. In addition to this most = recent assignment, he has served in Mexico City, Manila, and Washington = D.C., in a variety of economic and consular positions. For the past ten = years, he has worked primarily on trade matters, including intellectual = property rights and aviation negotiations. Mr. Wilczynski is a graduate = of the University of Rochester in New York and the University of San = Diego Law School. Sponsored by the Japan Studies Program. Please = contact 206-543-4391 or view = http://depts.washington.edu/japan/events.shtml for further information. =20 January 24 Chinese Calligraphy in its Cultural Context. 1:00-2:20 PM, Art = Building, Room 3. Speaker: Qianshen Bai, Associate Professor of Chinese = Art, Boston University. Sponsored by the Mary and Cheney Cowles = Fellowship. January 27 When the Deal Goes Sour in China...What's a Company to Do? = Contracting and Dispute Resolution Among Chinese Firms. 3:30-5:00 PM, = Thomson Hall 317. Speaker: Susan Whiting, Associate Professor, = Department of Political Science, University of Washington. Sponsored by = the China Studies Program. Please contact 206-543-4391 or = abernier@u.washington.edu for further information. February 2 Window to Paris (Russia, 1993 ). 4:30 and 7:00 p.m., UWB2 021, UW = Bothell. The Chancellor & Dean's Office of University of = Washington-Bothell and the Jackson School of International Studies at = the University of Washington-Seattle Present: International Film and = Discussion Series. UW faculty will provide insight into this film = through discussions before and following the showings. Window to Paris = is a colorful, hilarious film that gains much of its humor by = brilliantly portraying the stereotypical extremes of the Russian and = Parisian cultures, while maintaining the humanity of its characters. = Nikolai, a music teacher, is fired from his job and moves into a = communal apartment in early post-Soviet St. Petersburg. When the cat of = the long-dead previous owner mysteriously appears, the apartment tenants = discover a hidden window in Nikolai's room that magically transports = them to Paris. Free to the public.=20 February 3 Reflections on Forgotten Surfaces: The Calligraphy of Hua Rende. = 5:00-7:00 PM, Art Building Room 3. Speakers: Ian Boyden, Director, = Sheehan Gallery, Whitman College, and Rende Hua, Renowned Contemporary = Calligrapher from Suzhou, China. In this talk, Ian Boyden will discuss = curating Mr. Hua's exhibition and several of the works currently on = display in the Sheehan Gallery. Mr. Rende Hua will discuss his work and = knowledge of classical Chinese calligraphy, in particular the Jin = Dynasty calligraphy and inscriptions. At the end of the lecture, Mr. = Hua will give a calligraphy demonstration. Sponsored by the China = Studies Program. Please contact 206-543-4391 or = abernier@u.washington.edu for further information. February 3 Public Health in Asia. 5:30-7:30 PM, Thomas Hall, Room 317. = Speaker: Panel Discussion with health experts from the region or working = on the region. Co-sponsored by the East, South and Southeast Asia = Centers. Please contact 206-543-6938 or barnesk@u.washington.edu for = further information. =20 February 4-March 17 Ozu Retrospective. The retrospective is scheduled for February 4 = =AD- March 17, 2005 and will include commissioned live scores for six of = his silent films. 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=B9s 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. =20 February 9=20 =20 In The Mood For Love ( Hong Kong , 2000). 7:00 p.m., UWB2 021, UW = Bothell. University of Washington-Bothell and the Jackson School of = International Studies at the University of Washington-Seattle Present: = Films from Around the World. The Film will be introduced by Professor = Yomi Braester, Comp. Lit. UW. Set in Hong Kong, 1962, Chow Mo-Wan is a = newspaper editor who moves into a new building with his wife. At = approximately the same time, Su Li-zhen, a beautiful secretary and her = executive husband also move into the crowded building. With their = spouses often away, Chow and Li-zhen spend most of their time together = as friends. Soon, they are shocked to discover that their spouses are = having an affair. Hurt and angry, they find comfort in their friendship = even as they resolve not to be like their unfaithful mates. Free of = charge for the community. Please contact 206-543-6938 for further = information.=20 February 11-13 Seattle Balkan Fest 05. Featuring Yves Moreau renowned teacher of = Bulgarian dances. There will be teaching of dance, music and singing, = Friday Saturday and Sunday. There will also be Saturday Night Banquet = with performances and dancing to live music. February 16 Good Bye Lenin! (Germany, 2003). 4:30 and 7:00 p.m., UWB2 021, UW = Bothell. The Chancellor & Dean's Office of University of = Washington-Bothell and the Jackson School of International Studies at = the University of Washington-Seattle Present: International Film and = Discussion Series. UW faculty will provide insight into this film = through discussions before and following the showings. Good Bye Lenin! = is set in East Germany, the year is 1989: A young man protests against = the regime. His mother suffers a heart attack, while watching the police = arrest him, and falls into a coma. Some months later, the country does = not exist anymore and his mother awakes. Her heart is so weak that any = shock might kill her. To save his mother, Alex lovingly dupes her into = believing that nothing has changed. What begins as a little white lie = gets more and more out of hand as Alex's mother wants to watch TV and = even to leave her bed one day. Free to the public.=20 February 17 China Inc.--Bookreading. 7:00 pm, UW Bookstore, Seattle. = Speaker: Ted Fishman. Book Description: What will happen when China = can make nearly everything that the U.S. and Europe can make, at = one-third the cost? It's a dangerous question that not everyone wants = answered. The burgeoning power of China's vast low-cost factories and = the swelling appetite of its consumers, driven by enormous infusions of = outside capital and technological know-how (much of it American), are = rapidly changing the global economy. What happens in China will affect = who makes what everywhere else. And that affects everyone. This, in = broad strokes, is the occasion of China, Inc. Ted Fishman is a seasoned = financial and economic journalist whose work has appeared in the New = York Times Sunday Magazine, Money, Harper's, Worth, Esquire, USA Today, = (where he is a member of the board of contributors), GQ, Chicago = Magazine, and Business 2.0. He has served as a commentator on Public = Radio International's "Marketplace Radio" and been a frequent guest on = WGN-Radio Chicago's "Extension 720" with Milt Rosenberg. Other = appearances include featured segments on National Public Radio, the = Canadian Broadcast Corporation, the Australian Broadcast Corporation, = Chicago Tonight and local news shows. He was a member of the Chicago = Mercantile Exchange from 1985-1992 during which time he ran his own = trading firm and served as a floor trader in currencies, cattle and = equity stock indexes. He lives in Chicago. Please contact 206-543-4391 = for further information.=20 February 17 Iraq and the Global Rise of Religious Violence: A Report from = Baghdad. 7:30 PM, 110 Kane Hall. Speaker: Mark Juergensmeyer, = University of California, Santa Barbara. This is the Founders Annual = Lecture in Comparative Religion and Contemporary Life. An expert on = religious violence resolution, Juergensemeyer is author of Terror in the = Mind of God: The Global Rise of Religious Violence based on interviews = with violent religious activists around the world. Visit Coordinator: = Loryn Paxton lpaxton@u.washington.edu=20 February 20 Searching for Hassan: A Journey into the Heart of Iran. 5:00-7:00 = PM, 110 Kane Hall. Speaker: Terence Ward. Growing up in Tehran in the = 1960s, Terence Ward and his brothers were watched over by Hassan's = family, their housekeepers. After an absence of forty years, Ward = embarked on a pilgrimage with his family in search of Hassan. Taking us = across the landscape of Iran, he plumbs its unimaginably rich past, = explores its deep conflicts with its Arab neighbors, and anticipates the = new "Great Game" now being played out in central Asia. Insightful, = informative, and moving, Searching for Hassan enhances our understanding = of the Middle East with the story of a family who came to love and = admire Iran through their deep affection for its people. February 23 Autumn Spring (Czech Republic, 2002). 4:30 and 7:00 p.m., UWB2 = 021, UW Bothell. The Chancellor & Dean's Office of University of = Washington-Bothell and the Jackson School of International Studies at = the University of Washington-Seattle Present: International Film and = Discussion Series. UW faculty will provide insight into this film = through discussions before and following the showings. Autumn Spring is = a bittersweet comedy starring the great Vlastimil Brodsk=FD as Fanda, an = old man who refuses to grow up. Despite pleas from his exasperated wife = who wants him to make serious decisions about the future, Fanda ignores = the nagging and spends his days seeking amusement and adventure. Free = to the public=20 March 9 Tourism in China and Vietnam. 5:30-8:30 pm, Walker-Ames Room, = Kane Hall. Speaker: Hanh Bich Duong, University of Washington = Anthropology Doctoral Candidate. Sponsored by the Outreach Centers in = the Henry M. Jackson School of International Studies, the China Studies = Program and the Global Business Center in the School of Business = Administration, University of Washington. Please contact 206-543-4391 = for further information.=20 -------------------------------------------------------------------------= - Abbreviations and Web site addresses for more detailed = information: =20 Asian L&L=20 Department of Asian Languages & Literature =20 =20 CANSTUD=20 Canadian Studies Program/JSIS = http://jsis.artsci.washington.edu/programs/canada/canada.html =20 =20 CASG=20 Central Asian Studies Group/NELC=20 =20 CIBER Center for International Business Education & Research =20 =20 CSDE=20 Center for Studies in Demography & Ecology=20 =20 CPHRS=20 Center for Public Health Research & Evaluation =20 =20 CWES=20 Center for West European Studies, JSIS = http://jsis.artsci.washington.edu/programs/cwesuw/index.html =20 =20 EUC=20 European Union Center = http://jsis.artsci.washington.edu/programs/europe/euc.html =20 =20 GEOG=20 Dept. of Geography =20 http://depts.washington.edu/geog/news/colloquium.html=20 =20 GTI =20 Institute of Transnational Studies = http://depts.washington.edu/tayloruw/seminars.htm =20 =20 GTTL=20 Global Trade, Transportation & Logistics Studies =20 =20 IGRSS=20 Inst. For Global and Regional Security Studies =20 =20 IIP=20 Institute for International Policy =20 http://www.iip.washington.edu =20 =20 IS=20 Center for International Studies/JSIS http://jsis.artsci.washington.edu/programs/is/is-ctr.html = =20 JSIS=20 The Henry M. Jackson School of International Studies =20 =20 LAS=20 Latin American Studies Program/JSIS =20 =20 MEC=20 Middle East Center/JSIS = http://jsis.artsci.washington.edu/programs/mideast/events.htm =20 =20 NELC=20 Department of Near Eastern Languages & Civilization = http://depts.washington.edu/nelc =20 =20 REECAS=20 Russian, East European, and Central Asia Studies, JSIS = http://depts.washington.edu/reecas=20 =20 SEAS=20 Southeast Asia Studies/JSIS = http://jsis.artsci.washington.edu/programs/seasia/seasia.html =20 =20 Slavic L&L=20 Department of Slavic Languages & Literature =20 =20 SMA School of Marine Affairs=20 =20 -------------------------------------------------------------------------= - The Jackson School Calendar is updated and e-mailed weekly. There = is no charge for subscribing. To subscribe to the on-line Calendar, or = for further information, please post a message to: = jsis@u.washington.edu. 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January=20 7

Sufism Yesterday and=20 Today

 

From Spiritual Fathers to Tokyo Godfathers: The = Family in=20 Anime

 

January 10

Against Eurocentrism: the Relevance = of Latin=20 America and China

 

January 11

Duane Hulbert with Sherman Clay and=20 Company

 

January 12

From Seattle with Love: A = Benefit Boncert=20 for Tsunami Relief

 

Offshoring: Another Side of the Story (Perspectives = from=20 Overseas)

 

January 13

Civilizing by Force: Implications of Qing=20 Expansion

 

An African Perspective on = Globalization and=20 International Trade

 

January 14

African Armies and African = Guerrillas: =20 Understanding the Dynamics of Conflict

 

January 15

Koolhaas, and the Obsolete=20 Book

 

January 15 & 16

 Fuse=20 (Gori Vatra), Global=20 Lens Film Series

 

January 18

REECAS=20 Performance Series presents REECA regional music with = Sherman Clay=20 and Company

 

January 21

Security in East Asia and Foreign Direct = Investment: Two Key=20 Issues Facing Japan Today

 

January 24

Chinese=20 Calligraphy in its Cultural=20 Context

 

January 27

When the Deal=20 Goes Sour in China...What's a Company to Do?  = Contracting and=20 Dispute Resolution Among Chinese=20 Firms

 

February 2

Window to=20 Paris -International = Film and=20 Discussion Series

 

February 3

Reflections on=20 Forgotten Surfaces: The Calligraphy of Hua=20 Rende

 

Public Health in = Asia

 

Feb. 4-March 17

Ozu Retrospective

 

February 9

In The Mood For=20 Love

 

February 11-13

Seattle Balkan Fest 05

 

February 16

Good Bye Lenin!  =20 International Film and Discussion=20 Series

 

February 17

China=20 Inc.--Bookreading

 

Iraq and the Global Rise of = Religious Violence:=20 A Report from Baghdad

 

February 20

Searching for Hassan:  A = Journey into=20 the Heart of Iran

 

February 23

Autumn Spring -=20 International Film and Discussion=20 Series

 

March 9 Tourism in = China and=20 Vietnam.

Full=20 Listings

 

2005

=20

January=20 7

 

Sufism=20 Yesterday and Today. 12:30 PM, 215 Denny Hall.  The = history of=20 the spread of Islam in Central Asia is undeniably associated with = the=20 activity of the Sufis. Speaker: Sabit Madaliev explores the = changing place of Sufism in Central Asia and its most recent = rebirth in=20 modern Uzbek society. Madaliev is a prominent figure in = Russian-language=20 literature of Central Asia.   His work embraces modern = and=20 traditional Uzbeki themes and poetry genres; he seeks to express = them in=20 traditional as well as in contemporary, often Western, forms. = Sponsored by = REECAS,=20 for = more=20 information please call (206) 543 = 4852.

 

January=20 7

 

From Spiritual=20 Fathers to Tokyo Godfathers: The Family in Anime.  = 3:30-5:00=20 PM, Walker-Ames Room, Kane Hall.  Speaker: = Susan=20 Napier, Assistant Professor, University of Texas, = Austin.  Professor of = Japanese=20 Literature and Culture at the University of Texas at Austin, Susan = Napier=20 explores the cultural elements of anime and manga on both sides of = the=20 Pacific.  Napier did her undergraduate and graduate studies = at=20 Harvard University and was a research student at Ochanomizu = Women's=20 University in Tokyo.  In addition to teaching classes at = Princeton=20 and the University of London, she served as a guest lecturer at = Harvard=20 University.  Napier has written two books on Japanese = literature, one=20 focusing on Oe Kenzaburo and Mishima Yukio and the other on the = history of=20 Japanese fantasy literature. Her most recent book, = "Anime: from=20 Akira to Princess Mononoke", investigates the impact of = anime=20 towards the end of the twentieth century.  = Co-sponsored by the UW East Asia Center = and Japan=20 Studies Program.  Please contact 206-543-4391 for further=20 information.

 

January = 10

 

Against = Eurocentrism: the=20 Relevance of Latin America and China. 3:30 PM, 226 = Communications=20 Bldg.  Speaker: Enrique=20 Dussel.  Philosophy, = Universidad=20 Nacional Aut=F3noma de M=E9xico, Mexico City.  Enrique Dussel = is the=20 founder of the Latin American Liberation philosophy movement, = whose=20 debates in Spanish parallel those in English in South Asian and = Latin=20 American Subaltern Studies. He is the author of more than thirty = books on=20 religion, sociology, history, theology, and philosophy, some of = which have=20 been translated into English  Modernity can be conceptualized = as the=20 opening of Europe, long besieged by the Ottoman world, to the = world of=20 trans-Atlantic space. Although anticipated by China in its great=20 discoveries between 1405 and 1433, the Hispanic 15th = century=20 inaugurates modernity in all its dimensions of meaning. The = subsequent=20 redefinition of modernity by the Enlightenment denies the = importance of=20 the European "South"; and with it disappears the significance of = the=20 Iberian and Latin American worlds. Along with the covering over of = China=20 through the ideology of Orientalism, these developments inaugurate = Eurocentrism, which is today expanding as "Americanocentrism." = (Note: the=20 material culture of Europe=92s first Hispanic modernity is = currently on=20 display in SAM=92s exhibition on "Spain in the Age of Exploration, = 1492=20 =961819").

 

Professor Dussel = will also=20 hold a small seminar at 10:00 AM in 202 Communications Bldg. To = register,=20 please call 206.543.3920 or email afahale@u.washington.edu  This is = the third=20 of five events in the Global Languages and Literatures = speaker=20 series, which is co-sponsored by the Simpson Center for the = Humanities,=20 the Department of English, and the Division of Spanish and = Portuguese.=20 Contributions have also been made by Modern Language = Quarterly,=20 Anthropology, China Studies, Comparative Literature, = Communications,=20 Geography, Linguistics, the Middle East Center, and the College of = Architecture and Urban Planning.

 

January 11

 

Duane Hulbert = with=20 Sherman Clay and Company. 7:00 PM Sherman Clay, 1624 Fourth = Avenue.=20 REECAS=20 Performance Series presents REECA regional music with Sherman Clay = and=20 Company featuring Duane Hulbert. Hulbert has appeared as soloist = with many=20 major orchestras in the United States. Duane Hulbert received his = degrees=20 from the Juilliard and Manhattan Schools in New York and is in his = nineteenth year as professor at the University of Puget Sound.=20 Sponsored by=20 REECAS, for=20 more information please call (206) 543=20 4852.=20

=20

January=20 12

From Seattle with Love: A Benefit Boncert for = Tsunami=20 Relief. 7:00 PM, Eighth Avenue and Seneca Street. Local = political=20 leaders, artists, and media personalities will donate their = talents and=20 time to raise money to go to the victims of this unprecedented = natural=20 disaster. All receipts from the concert will be sent to Mercy = Corps and=20 CARE, two of the major international relief organizations = responding to=20 this crisis. Special guests, with more to be announced shortly, = include=20 radio personality Dave Ross, noted local pianist Craig Sheppard, = and=20 ensembles performing music and dance from the nations impacted by = the=20 tsunami: Chao Praya Ensemble, music and dance of Thailand; Indian=20 classical dancers Joyce Paul and Priyanka Wilkins; the = internationally=20 renowned Indonesian performer I Wayan Sinti; and singers from the = Somali=20 Youth Leader Program. Tickets for "From Seattle with Love" are = $75, $50,=20 $25, available in advance from www.ticketweb.com, or at the door. = There=20 are no service charges for advance ticket purchases.

As a = Pacific=20 Rim city, Seattle has a special relationship with many of the = countries=20 that were hardest hit by the tsunamis. There are many thousands of = individuals living in our area who were born in, or who trace = their=20 ancestry to these countries. Our region also has strong and = enduring=20 commercial and cultural ties with these nations. "From Seattle = With Love:=20 A Benefit Concert for Tsunami Relief" is made possible through the = generous support of Microsoft Corporation, with further support = from the=20 Lindenberg Center for Humanitarian Action, International = Development and=20 Global Citizenship, KUOW-FM, and Ticketweb.com. Additional = supporters will=20 be listed in subsequent informational releases in the coming=20 days.=20

=20

January=20 12

 

Offshoring: Another=20 Side of the Story (Perspectives from Overseas).  = 7:30-9:00=20 AM, Rainier Club, 820 4th Avenue, Seattle, WA 98104.  = Register by=20 calling the World Affairs Council at 206-441-5910. =20 Panelists: Gary G. Hamilton, Professor of = Sociology=20 and the Jackson School of International Studies, University of = Washington=20 and Anthony P. D'Costa, Professor in = Comparative=20 International Development and member of the International Studies = and the=20 South Asian Studies Program of the Jackson School of International = Studies, University of Washington; and Ali Tahouni,=20 Senior Lecturer in Business Economics at the UW Business=20 School.  We know that offshoring, while not a new phenomenon, = has=20 recently created a flurry of debate about loss of U.S. jobs and = the=20 concern about the U.S. economy.  While there are varying = points of=20 view on the subject from inside the U.S., what are the effects of = the=20 increased offshoring on the recipient=20 nations? =20 When jobs and = income arrive,=20 what economic and social changes=20 follow? =20 Join us for a breakfast briefing and panel = discussion=20 on the other side of the offshoring story in specific Asian=20 countries.  Jointly sponsored by the World Affairs Council, = UW Global=20 Business Center, UW East Asia Center, South Asia Center and = Southeast=20 Asian Studies at the Jackson School of International = Studies. =20 Please contact 206-543-6938 = or barnesk@u.washington.edu for further=20 information. 

 

January=20 13

 

Civilizing by=20 Force: Implications of Qing Expansion.  3:30-5:00 = PM,=20 Thomson Hall 317.  Speaker: Peter Perdue, = Professor=20 of History, Massachusetts Institute of Technology.  Peter C. = Perdue=20 teaches courses on Chinese history and civilization, Chinese = social and=20 economic history, the Silk Road, and historical methodology.  = His=20 first book, "Exhausting the Earth: State and Peasant in = Hunan,=20 1500-1850 A.D." was published by Harvard University Press = in=20 1987.  His current research focused on environmental change,=20 ethnicity, and the relationship between long-term economic change = and=20 military conquest in the Chinese and Russian empires.  His = new book,=20 "China Marches West: The Qing Conquest of Central = Eurasia" =20 (Harvard UP, 2005) combines these perspectives into an integrated = account=20 of the Chinese and Russian = conquest=20 of Siberia and Central Eurasia in the seventeenth and eighteenth=20 centuries.  The Manchu rulers of the Qing dynasty expanded = their=20 empire to unprecedented size in the seventeenth and eighteenth = centuries=20 with a series of relentless military campaigns, accompanied by = policies to=20 promote economic integration, cultural legitimation, and = multi-ethnic=20 administrative control.  Professor=20 Perdue will discuss some of the broader implications=20 of his forthcoming = book in this=20 lecture.  Did the Qing have a "civilizing mission" comparable = to=20 European empires, and did its expansion account for both the = economic=20 growth of the eighteenth century and the social conflicts of the=20 nineteenth century? How did twentieth-century nationalists build = on, and=20 reject, the Qing legacy?  Sponsored by the China Studies=20 Program.  Please contact = 206-543-4391=20 or abernier@u.washington.edu for further=20 information.

=20

January=20 13


An=20 African Perspective on Globalization and International Trade.=20 4:30-6:00 PM, at Discovery Institute, located at 1511 Third = Avenue, Suite=20 808 in downtown Seattle. Speaker: June Arunga, a Kenyan = journalist=20 and law student who spent six weeks traveling the length of Africa = from=20 Egypt, Sudan and Congo to Angola, Namibia and South Africa to = examine the=20 opportunities and challenges facing these countries.  The = result was=20 a documentary she produced for the BBC entitled, "The Devil's = Footpath."=20  She was also featured in a segment on Kenya in Johan = Norberg's 2003=20 documentary "Globalisation is Good."  June is currently in = Seattle=20 working on a short documentary on recent African immigrants. =  She is=20 a fellow at IREN-Kenya, the International Policy Network and E = Pluribus=20 Unum Films. Cost of the lecture is $10 and includes a selection of = regional wines and cheese. To register, please contact Rachel = Krauskopf at=20 (206) 292-0401 ext. 153 or by email at rachelk@discovery.org =

 

January=20 14

African Armies and African Guerrillas: =20 Understanding the Dynamics of Conflict. 12:00-1:30 PM, 1A Gowen. = Speaker: Jeffrey=20 Herbst, Professor of Political Science and International = Affairs at=20 Princeton University. War in Africa has recently attracted = significant=20 attention because the continent seems more prone to conflict than = others=20 and because any disruption in security is especially threatening = to=20 populations, like those in most of Africa, where people are = already living=20 at the margins.  A growing and productive literature has = emerged=20 focusing on the motivations of rebels during these wars:  = Important=20 econometric work has attempted to explain the economic and = political=20 motivations of rebels;  there have been case studies of = different=20 guerilla movements; and cross-national analysis of the = organization of=20 rebellion.  However, there has been no corresponding = literature on,=20 quite literally, the other side: the political economy of how = and why=20 national militaries perform during civil war. This = presentation will=20 examine the geographic, political and economic determinants of how = African=20 militaries face the threat of rebellion and of differential levels = of=20 effectiveness in combating insurgents. PNCIS is a joint program = sponsored=20 by the Jackson Foundation, the Department of Political Science, = the=20 Jackson School of International Studies, and the Institute for=20 Transnational Studies. For an updated list of speakers and times, = contact=20 the chair of the colloquia, Christi Siver, at chsiver@u.washington.edu.

 

January=20 15

 

Koolhaas, and the = Obsolete=20 Book.  1:00-3:00 PM.  Seattle Central Public = Library, 1000 4th Ave., Conference Room 2. =  Speaker:=20  Meredith Clausen, Professor of Architecture.  Does = Rem=20 Koolhaas' new Seattle Central Library predict the future? =  What does=20 it tell us about the relationship between architecture, books, and = society=20 in the 21st century?  Meredith Clausen, Professor of = Architecture and=20 Art History, will give a fascinating lecture on the meaning of = Koolhaas'=20 new building, comparing it to other great library structures = around the=20 world.  She will also situate Koolhaas' work in the context = of=20 contemporary architectural trends in Europe and questions about = the future=20 of the library itself.  Open to the public, no tickets = necessary.=20  Sponsored by the Center for West European Studies.  For = more=20 information, contact cwes@u.washington.edu or = 206-543-1675.

 

January 15=20 and 16

 

Fuse presented by the = Global=20 Lens Film Series. 9:00 PM Northwest Film Forum, 1515 12th Avenue,=20 Cinema Seattle,=20 in association with The Northwest Film Forum, is proud to present = the=20 Global Lens Film Series. Fuse (Gori Vatra) Directed by Pjer = Zalica=20 is from Bosnia/Herzegovina (105 minutes). A droll, soulful = comedy-drama=20 follows the mounting turmoil as an opportunistic town in Bosnia = awaits a=20 visit from President Bill Clinton, with ghosts of centuries-old = conflict,=20 ethnic misunderstanding and casual violence never far away. = Starring Enis=20 Beslagic, Bogdan Diklic, Sasa Petrovic. Individual tickets = are $10=20 each. For=20 additional=20 information or tickets, please call 206 464 5830, or go to http://www.seattlefilm.com/programs/globallens/

 

January=20 18

 

Sherman Clay = and=20 Company 7:00 PM. 1624 Fourth Avenue, Seattle. REECAS Performance = Series=20 presents REECA regional music with Sherman Clay and Company. = Sponsored by = REECAS,=20 for = more=20 information please call (206) 543 = 4852.=20

=20

January=20 21

 

Security in=20 East Asia and Foreign Direct Investment: Two Key Issues Facing = Japan=20 Today.  3:30-5:00 PM, Communications (CMU) 226.  = Speaker: Alec=20 Wilczynski, Senior Foreign Policy Advisor, National = Center for=20 APEC.  Mr. Wilczynski = is a=20 Foreign Service officer on detail from the State Department and = joined the=20 National Center for APEC (Seattle) in October 2004.  Prior to = coming=20 to the Center, Mr. Wilczynski served as U.S. Consul General in = Sapporo,=20 Japan, where he was responsible for U.S. interests in Hokkaido and = Northern Japan.  In addition to this most recent assignment, = he has=20 served in Mexico City, Manila, and Washington D.C., in a variety = of=20 economic and consular positions.  For the past ten years, he = has=20 worked primarily on trade matters, including intellectual property = rights=20 and aviation negotiations.  Mr. Wilczynski is a graduate of = the=20 University of Rochester in New York and the University of San = Diego Law=20 School.  Sponsored by the Japan Studies=20 Program.  Please contact 206-543-4391 or view http://depts.washington.edu/japan/events.shtml for further = information.

=20

January = 24
 

Chinese Calligraphy in its Cultural = Context. =20 1:00-2:20 PM, Art Building, Room 3.  Speaker: = Qianshen Bai,=20 Associate Professor of Chinese Art, Boston = University. =20 Sponsored by the Mary and Cheney Cowles Fellowship.

 

January 27

 

When the Deal Goes Sour in China...What's a = Company to=20 Do?  Contracting and Dispute Resolution Among Chinese = Firms. =20 3:30-5:00 PM, Thomson Hall 317.  Speaker: = Susan=20 Whiting, Associate Professor, Department of = Political=20 Science, University of Washington.  Sponsored by the = China=20 Studies Program.  Please = contact=20 206-543-4391 or abernier@u.washington.edu for further=20 information.

 

February 2

 

Window to=20 Paris = (Russia,=20 1993 ). 4:30 and 7:00 p.m., UWB2 021, UW = Bothell.  The=20 Chancellor & Dean's Office of University of = Washington=96Bothell and the=20 Jackson School of International Studies at the University of=20 Washington=96Seattle Present: International Film and Discussion=20 Series.  UW faculty will provide insight = into=20 this film through discussions before and following the showings.=20  Window to=20 Paris is a colorful, hilarious film that = gains=20 much of its humor by brilliantly portraying the stereotypical = extremes of=20 the Russian and Parisian cultures, while maintaining the humanity = of its=20 characters.  Nikolai, a music teacher, is fired from his job = and=20 moves into a communal apartment in early post-Soviet St. = Petersburg. When=20 the cat of the long-dead previous owner mysteriously appears, the=20 apartment tenants discover a hidden window in Nikolai=92s room = that=20 magically transports them to Paris. Free to the public. =

 

February 3

 

Reflections on Forgotten Surfaces: The = Calligraphy of Hua=20 Rende.  5:00-7:00 PM, Art Building Room 3. =20 Speakers: Ian Boyden, Director, Sheehan Gallery, = Whitman=20 College, and Rende Hua, Renowned Contemporary=20 Calligrapher from Suzhou, China.  In this talk, Ian = Boyden will=20 discuss curating Mr. Hua's exhibition and several of the = works=20 currently on display in the Sheehan = Gallery.  Mr. Rende Hua=20 will discuss his work and knowledge of classical Chinese = calligraphy,=20 in particular the Jin Dynasty calligraphy and = inscriptions.  At=20 the end of the lecture, Mr. Hua will give a calligraphy=20 demonstration.  Sponsored by the China Studies Program.  = Please contact 206-543-4391 or abernier@u.washington.edu for further=20 information.

 

February 3

 

Public Health in Asia.  5:30-7:30 = PM, Thomas=20 Hall, Room 317.  Speaker: Panel Discussion with = health=20 experts from the region or working on the region. =20 Co-sponsored by the East, South and Southeast Asia Centers.  = Please contact 206-543-6938 or barnesk@u.washington.edu for further=20 information.

=20

February 4-March 17

 

Ozu Retrospective.  The = retrospective=20 is scheduled for February 4 ­- March 17, 2005 and will = include=20 commissioned live scores for six of his silent films.  The films of Yasujiro Ozu = examine=20 the basic struggles that we all face in life: the cycles of birth = and=20 death, the transition from childhood to adulthood, and the tension = between=20 tradition and modernity.  = Their=20 titles often emphasize the changing of seasons, a symbolic = backdrop for=20 the evolving transitions of human experience.  Seen together, = Ozu=B9s=20 oeuvre amounts to one of the most profound visions of family life = in the=20 history of cinema. =20 Co-sponsored by the East Asia Center with the Northwest = Film=20 Forum.

=20

February=20 9=20

=20

In The Mood For Love ( Hong Kong , = 2000). 7:00 p.m., UWB2 = 021, UW=20 Bothell. Unive= rsity=20 of Washington=96Bothell and the Jackson School of International = Studies at=20 the University of Washington=96Seattle=20 Present: Films from Around the=20 World.  The = Film will=20 be introduced by Professor Yomi Braester, Comp. Lit. UW.  Set in Hong Kong, 1962, Chow = Mo-Wan is a=20 newspaper editor who moves into a new building with his = wife.  At=20 approximately the same time, Su Li-zhen, a beautiful secretary and = her=20 executive husband also move into the crowded building.  With = their=20 spouses often away, Chow and Li-zhen spend most of their time = together as=20 friends.  Soon, they are shocked to discover that their = spouses are=20 having an affair.  Hurt and angry, they find comfort in their = friendship even as they resolve not to be like their unfaithful=20 mates.  Free of = charge=20 for the community.  Please contact 206-543-6938 for = further=20 information.=20  

February=20 11-13

 

Seattle Balkan = Fest=20 05. Featuring Yves Moreau renowned teacher of Bulgarian = dances. There=20 will be teaching of dance, music and singing, Friday Saturday and = Sunday.=20 There will also be Saturday Night Banquet with performances and = dancing to=20 live music.

 

February 16

 

Good Bye Lenin! = (Germany,=20 2003).  4:30 and 7:00 p.m., UWB2 021, UW Bothell.  The=20 Chancellor & Dean's Office of University of = Washington=96Bothell and the=20 Jackson School of International Studies at the University of=20 Washington=96Seattle=20 Present: International Film and Discussion=20 Series.  UW faculty will provide insight into = this film=20 through discussions before and following the=20 showings.  Good Bye Lenin! is set = in East=20 Germany, the year is 1989: A young man protests against the = regime. His=20 mother suffers a heart attack, while watching the police arrest = him, and=20 falls into a coma. Some months later, the country does not exist = anymore=20 and his mother awakes. Her heart is so weak that any shock might = kill her.=20 To save his mother, Alex lovingly dupes her into believing that = nothing=20 has changed. What begins as a little white lie gets more and more = out of=20 hand as Alex's mother wants to watch TV and even to leave her bed = one=20 day.  Free to the public. 

 

February=20 17

 

China=20 Inc.--Bookreading. =20 7:00 pm, UW Bookstore, Seattle.  Speaker: = Ted=20 Fishman.  Book Description:  What will happen = when=20 China can make nearly everything that the U.S. and Europe can = make, at=20 one-third the cost?  It's a dangerous question that not = everyone=20 wants answered.  The burgeoning power of China's vast = low-cost=20 factories and the swelling appetite of its consumers, driven by = enormous=20 infusions of outside capital and technological know-how (much of = it=20 American), are rapidly changing the global economy.  What = happens in=20 China will affect who makes what everywhere else.  And that = affects=20 everyone.  This, in broad strokes, is the occasion of China,=20 Inc.  Ted Fishman is a seasoned financial and economic = journalist=20 whose work has appeared in the New York Times Sunday Magazine, = Money,=20 Harper's, Worth, Esquire, USA Today, (where he is a member of the = board of=20 contributors), GQ, Chicago Magazine, and Business 2.0.  He = has served=20 as a commentator on Public Radio International's "Marketplace = Radio" and=20 been a frequent guest on WGN-Radio Chicago's "Extension 720" with = Milt=20 Rosenberg.  Other appearances include featured segments on = National=20 Public Radio, the Canadian Broadcast Corporation, the Australian = Broadcast=20 Corporation, Chicago Tonight and local news shows.  He was a = member=20 of the Chicago Mercantile Exchange from 1985-1992 during which = time he ran=20 his own trading firm and served as a floor trader in currencies, = cattle=20 and equity stock indexes.  He lives in Chicago.  Please = contact=20 206-543-4391 for further = information. 

 

February=20 17

 

Iraq and=20 the Global Rise of Religious Violence: A Report from Baghdad.=20  7:30 PM,  110 Kane Hall.  Speaker: Mark=20 Juergensmeyer, University of California, Santa Barbara.  = This is=20 the Founders Annual Lecture in Comparative Religion and = Contemporary=20 Life.  An expert on religious violence resolution, = Juergensemeyer is=20 author of Terror in the Mind of God: The Global Rise of = Religious=20 Violence based on interviews with violent religious activists = around=20 the world. Visit Coordinator:  Loryn Paxton lpaxton@u.washington.edu

 

February = 20

 

Searching for = Hassan: =20 A Journey into the Heart of Iran. 5:00-7:00 PM, 110 Kane = Hall. =20 Speaker: Terence Ward.  Growing up in Tehran in the = 1960s,=20 Terence Ward and his brothers were watched over by Hassan's = family, their=20 housekeepers.  After an absence of forty years, Ward embarked = on a=20 pilgrimage with his family in search of Hassan. Taking us across = the=20 landscape of Iran, he plumbs its unimaginably rich past, explores = its deep=20 conflicts with its Arab neighbors, and anticipates the new "Great = Game"=20 now being played out in central Asia. Insightful, informative, and = moving,=20 Searching for Hassan enhances our understanding of the Middle East = with=20 the story of a family who came to love and admire Iran through = their deep=20 affection for its people.

 

February=20 23

 

Autumn = Spring=20 (Czech Republic, 2002).  4:30 and 7:00 p.m., UWB2 021, UW=20 Bothell.  The Chancellor & Dean's Office of University of = Washington=96Bothell and the Jackson School of International = Studies at the=20 University of Washington=96Seattle=20 Present: International Film and Discussion=20 Series.  UW faculty will provide insight into = this film=20 through discussions before and following the=20 showings.  Autumn Spring is a = bittersweet=20 comedy starring the great Vlastimil Brodsk=FD as Fanda, an old man = who=20 refuses to grow up. Despite pleas from his exasperated wife who = wants him=20 to make serious decisions about the future, Fanda ignores the = nagging and=20 spends his days seeking amusement and adventure.  Free to the = public 

 

March=20 9

 

Tourism = in China=20 and Vietnam. =20 5:30-8:30 pm, Walker-Ames Room, Kane Hall. =20 Speaker: Hanh Bich Duong, University of = Washington=20 Anthropology Doctoral Candidate.  Sponsored by the Outreach = Centers=20 in the Henry M. Jackson School of International Studies, the China = Studies=20 Program and the Global Business Center in the School of Business=20 Administration, University of Washington.  Please contact=20 206-543-4391 for further=20 information. 

 

 

 

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

Asian L&L=20

Department of=20 Asian Languages & Literature   =

CANSTUD=20

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

CASG=20

Central Asian=20 Studies Group/NELC

CIBER

Center for=20 International Business Education & Research  =20

CSDE=20

Center for=20 Studies in Demography & Ecology =

CPHRS=20

Center for=20 Public Health Research & Evaluation  =20

CWES=20

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

EUC=20

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

GTTL=20

Global Trade,=20 Transportation & Logistics Studies  =20

IGRSS=20

Inst. For=20 Global and Regional Security Studies   =

IIP=20

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.=20 Jackson School of International Studies  =20

LAS=20

Latin American=20 Studies Program/JSIS  

MEC=20

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 &=20 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 of Marine = Affairs=20

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