From jsis@u.washington.edu Fri Sep 18 13:26:06 1998 Received: from jason03.u.washington.edu (root@jason03.u.washington.edu [140.142.77.10]) by lists.u.washington.edu (8.8.4+UW97.07/8.8.4+UW98.06) with ESMTP id NAA26466 for ; Fri, 18 Sep 1998 13:26:05 -0700 Received: from saul4.u.washington.edu (jsis@saul4.u.washington.edu [140.142.83.2]) by jason03.u.washington.edu (8.8.4+UW97.07/8.8.4+UW98.06) with ESMTP id NAA39804 for ; Fri, 18 Sep 1998 13:26:04 -0700 Received: from localhost (jsis@localhost) by saul4.u.washington.edu (8.8.4+UW97.07/8.8.4+UW98.06) with SMTP id NAA31258 for ; Fri, 18 Sep 1998 13:26:03 -0700 (PDT) Date: Fri, 18 Sep 1998 13:26:03 -0700 (PDT) From: Jackson School of International Studies To: jsis-uw@u.washington.edu Subject: The Jackson School Calendar, September 18, 1998 Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII the JACKSON SCHOOL CALENDAR September 18, 1998 ALL EVENTS ARE OPEN TO THE PUBLIC & ARE FREE UNLESS OTHERWISE INDICATED. *New Events (or changes) not previously listed are indicated by an asterisk* Abbreviations: Asian L&L = Department of Asian Languages & Literature CIBER = Center for International Business Education & Research CWES = Center for West European Studies, JSIS JSIS = The Henry M. Jackson School of International Studies NELC = Department of Near Eastern Languages & Civilization REECAS = Russian, East European, and Central Asia Studies, JSIS Slavic L&L = Department of Slavic Languages & Literature SMA = School of Marine Affairs ______________________________________________________________________ September 13 - 20 * Second Annual Mira! Festival de cine y video Latino. Activities at five Seattle venues, includes 8 days of film, video and performance, from Mexico to Argentina. Opening night fiesta and preview party at 7:30 pm at Richard Hugo House, off Broadway. Organized by 9-1-1 Media Arts Center. Co-sponsors include: Henry Art Gallery, the W Center for the Humanities, and the Latin American Studies Program, JSIS. For more information and a full schedule of events, visit the 9-1-1 website at www.911media.org/events/mira/ or call 682-6552. September 18 Global Climate and Health: The Cholera Paradigm. 3:30 pm, Kane Hall 110. Speaker: Dr. Rita R. Colwell, Incoming Director, National Science Foundation. Info: no number given. September 24 Going Global: View From A Changing China. 12:00 noon, Portside Cafe, Pier 69, First Floor. Speaker: Nancy Bacon, Director of Educational Programs, World Affairs Council. Sponsor: World Affairs Council. Cost (includes brown-bag lunch): Free for members of Council, $7.00 for all others. Registration & Info: 682-6986. September 30 East and West: China, Power and the Future of Asia. 12:15 pm registration, 12:30 pm luncheon, Washington Athletic Club, 1325 6th Avenue. Speaker: The Honorable Christopher F. Patten, last British governor of Hong Kong. Sponsors: World Affairs Council; Puget Sound Business Journal; KUOW 94.9FM; REECAS; Center for International Studies, JSIS; CWES; Center for International Business Education and Research. Cost: $35 for members of World Affairs Council, $45 for non-members. Registration & Info: 682-6986. October 3 * Dirty Secrets: Jennifer Harbury, Everardo, and the CIA in Guatemala (Lecture preceded by video of same title). 7:00 pm, Kane Hall130. Speaker: Jennifer Harbury, immigration lawyer and human rights activist. Sponsors: Human Rights Network; Ethnic Cultural Center; Graduate School of Public Affairs; Dept. of Political Science; Latin American Studies, JSIS. Info: 685-3435. October 8 Reception: Central Asian Studies Group. 3:30 - 6:00 pm, Denny Hall 215A. Reception for students and faculty interested in Central Asia; Welcoming Central Asian students and visiting scholars from Central Asia. Host: Ilse D. Cirtautas. Sponsor: NELC. Info: 543-9963. * Revisiting Feminism: A Malaysian Perspective. 3:30 - 5:00 pm, Thomson 125. Speaker: Wong Soak-Koon, Department of English, Universiti Sains, Penang. Sponsor: Southeast Asian Studies, JSIS. Info: 543-9606. October 9 News from Kirghizstan. 12:30 - 1:1:20 pm, Denny Hall 215. Speakers: Elmira Kochumkulova and Jipar Duyshembiyeva, Exchange Students from Kirghizstan. Sponsor: NELC Central Asian Studies Group. Info: 543-9963. Truman, Acheson/Clinton,Albright: Creating the American World. 12:15 pm registration, 12:30 luncheon, Columbia Tower Club, 701 Fifth Ave., Suite 7500. Speaker: James Chace, Henry Luce Professor in Freedom of Inquiry and Expression, Bard College, and Editor, World Policy Journal. Sponsor: World Affairs Council. Cost: $25 for Council members, $30 for non-members. Registration & Info: 682-6986 October 10 UW World Music Series. 8:00 pm, Meany Hall. Featuring Angelique Kidjo, "afro funk" vocalist from Benin, West Africa. Cost: $24. Ticket Office: 543-4880. October 14 Paths to Power - The Role of Writing in the Political Lives of Christian Lahu. 12:30 - 1:30 pm, Smith 320. Speaker: Judith Pine, doctoral candidate in Anthropology, UW. Sponsor: Southeast Asian Studies, JSIS. Info: 543-9606. October 15 China Colloquium: The Place of the Yijing (Classic of Changes) in World Culture: Some Contemporary and Historical Perspectives. 3:30 - 5:00 pm, Thomson 317. Speaker: Richard Smith, Department of History, Rice University. Sponsor: China Studies Program, JSIS. Info: 543-4391. News from Kazakhstan. 12:30 - 1:20 pm, Denny Hall 215. Speakers: Bill Clark, Ph.D.C., Interdisciplinary Ph.D. Program in Near and Middle Eastern Studies; Talgat Imangaliev, Graduate Student, NELC. Sponsor: NELC Central Asian Studies Group. Info: 543-9963. * The History of Vietnam's Kich noi Theatre (Lecture & Workshop). 7:30 pm, Seattle Public Library, Lee Auditorium. Presented by members of Nha Hat Kich Viet Nam (Central Dramatic Company of Vietnam). Sponsor: Seattle Public Library. Info: 386-4115. October 16 News from Uzbekistan. 12:30 - 1:20 pm, Denny Hall 215. Speakers: Ilse D. Cirtautas, NELC; Dilbar Akhmedova, Exchange Student from Tashkent State University. Sponsor: NELC Central Asian Studies Group. Info: 543-9963. * Nha Hat Kich Viet Nam (Central Dramatic Company of Vietnam) presents a performance of Hon Truong Ba da Hang Thit (Truong Ba's Soul in the Butcher's Skin). In Vietnamese with English Supertitles. 7:30 pm, Room 130 Kane Hall. Sponsors: Vietnam America Theatre Exchange; the Ford Foundation; Southeast Asian Studies, JSIS; the Greater Seattle Vietnam Association, and the Seattle Public Library. Cost: General admission is $10.50; students $5.25. Info: 543-9606. October 19. Ho Anh Thai & Wayne Karlin: A Reading. 3:30 - 5:00 pm, Thomson 317. Speakers: Ho Anh Thai, author and editor, World Affairs Weekly, Hanoi; and Author Wayne Karlin. Sponsor: Southeast Asian Studies, JSIS. Info: 543-9606. October 23 Japan Colloquium: The Origins of the Verb Conjugations in Japanese and Korean. 3:30 pm, Thomson 317. Speaker: John Whitman, Cornell University. Sponsor: Japan Studies Program, JSIS. Info: 543-4391. October 27 The Jazz Singer and the Jews. 3:30 pm, Thomson 317. Speaker: Michael Alexander, 1998-99 Cole Fellow in Jewish Studies from Yale University. Sponsor: Jewish Studies Program, JSIS. Info: 543-4243. October 29 The Tragedy of Philippines History As reflected In Its Literature. 12:00 - 1:30 pm, Thomson 317. Speaker: Peter Bacho, Liberal Studies Program, UW Tacoma. Sponsor: Southeast Asian Studies, JSIS. Info: 543-9606. The Uighur Community in Kazakhstan. 12:30 - 1:20 pm, Denny Hall 215. Speaker: Dr. Ablet Kamalov, Chair, Department of Uighur History, Institute of Oriental Studies of the Kazakh Academy of Sciences, Almaty, Kazakhstan. Sponsor: NELC Central Asian Studies Group. Info: 543-9963. October 29-30 UW World Music Series. 8:00 pm both evenings, Meany Hall. Featuring Tangueros with Orquesta Color Tango (an evening of tango, straight from the dancehalls of Buenos Aires). Cost: $24. Ticket Office: 543-4880. October 30 - November 1 * Domestic Violence (4th Annual Love of Violence Conference). 7:30 - 9:30 pm on October 30, 8:30 am - 4:30 pm on October 31, and 8:30 - noon on November 1. Kane Hall Room 220. Speakers Include: Robert Hare, Univ. of British Columbia; Barbara Smuts, Univ. of Michigan; Martha Reinke, Univ. of N. Iowa. Co-sponsors: Ernest Becker Foundation; Comparative Religion Program, JSIS. Cost: For preregistrants, $25 for all 3 days or $15 for a half day; At the door, $30 and $20 respectively; Box lunch with speaker for $9. Conference is free to sstudents or those unable to pay. Info: 232-2994. October 30 Chevron's Impact on Kazakhstan's Oil-Rich Region of Atyrau. Speaker: Talmat Imangaliev, Graduate Student, NELC. Sponsor: NELC Central Asian Studies Group. Info: 543-9963. November 5 My. Research in Kazakhstan (tentative topic). 12:30 - 1:20 pm, Denny Hall 215. Speaker: Bill Clark, Ph.D.C., Interdisciplinary Ph.D. Program in Near and Middle Easters Studies. Sponsor: NELC Central Asian Studies Group. Info: 543-9963. November 6 A Critical Look at the Educational System (Kindergarten to University) in the Central Asian Republics Before and After Independence. 12:30 - 1:20 pm, Denny Hall 215. Panel Discussion with Students from Kazakhstan, Kirghizstan and Uzbekistan: Dilbar Akhmedova, Jipar Duyshembieva, Elmira Kochumkulova, Talgat Imangaliev and Maria Kozhevnikova. Sponsor: NELC Central Asian Studies Group. Info: 543-9963. November 7 Islam Mosaic: Teacher Training Program. 8:30 am - 3:30 pm, Thomson 101. All-day program for K-9 teachers, featuring sessions by international experts and experienced teachers, resource displays, hands-on activities, and lesson plans. Regions covered will include Southeast Asia, South Asia, the Middle East and Central Asia. Sponsor: Southeasst Asian Studies. Registration fee of $35 covers all sessions, lunch, and clock hours. Info: 543-9606. November 10 - 15 * 1998 Polish Film Festival. Broadway Performance Hall. Info: Web site November 12 The Eastern Turkestan Republic (1944-1949). 12:30 - 1:20 pm, Denny Hall 215. Speaker: Dr. Ablet Kamalov, Chair, Department of Uighur History, Institute of Oriental Studies of the Kazakh Academy of Sciences, Almaty, Kazakhstan. Sponsor: NELC Central Asian Studies Group. Info: 543-9963. November 13 In Search of Central Asian Women Writers. 12:30-1:20 pm, Denny Hall 215. Panel Discussion with students from Kirghizstan and Uzbekistan: Dilbar Akhmedova, Jipar Duyshembieva, Elmira Kochumkulova. Sponsor: NELC Central Asian Studies Group. Info: 543-9963. November 17 UW International Chamber Music Series. 8:00 pm, Meany Hall. Featuring the Moscow String Quartet. Cost: 25. Ticket Office: 543-4880. November 19, 20, 21 UW World Dance Series. 8:00 pm each evening, Meany Hall. Featuring Ballet Philippines (an evening of neo-ethnic repertory works in celebration of the Philippines' 100th anniversary of independence). Cost: $32 adults, $16 ages 5 - 18. Ticket Office: 543-4880. November 19 The Kirghiz Writer Tugolbay Sidiqbekov (1912-1997) (Tentative Event). 12:30 - 1:20 pm, Denny Hall 215. Speaker: Ilse D. Cirtautas, NELC. Sponsor: NELC Central Asian Studies Group. Info: 543-9963. November 20 Uzbek and Kazakh Web Site-Based Teaching Materials: Demonstration of Projects in Progress. 12:30 - 1:20 pm, Denny Hall 215. Speakers: Talgat Imangaliev, Graduate Student, NELC; Dilbar Akhmedova, Exchange Student from Tashkent State University. Sponsor: NELC Central Asian Studies Group. Info: 543-9963. November 20-22 Conference: Agriculture in Central Asia, Between Russia and the Middle East. HUB 106B. Time and speakers to be announced. Info: Kurt Engelmann, 543-6938. December 2 Living Arrangements After Marriage in the Red River Delta (North Vietnam): Patrilocal or Neolocal Residence? 12:30 - 1:30 pm, Smith 320. Speaker: Nguyen Huu Minh, PhD candidate, Dept. of Sociology, UW. Sponsor: Southeast Asian Studies, JSIS. Info: 543-9606. December 8 Spinoza's Rupture with Tradition and his Plan for a Jewish Modernity. 3:30 pm, Thomson 317. Speaker: Heidi Raven, Hamilton College. Sponsor: Jewish Studies Program, JSIS. Info: 543-4243. 1999 February 6 UW World Music Series. 8:00 pm, Meany Hall. Featuring Koffi Koko (shaman/performance artist from Benin, West Africa, performs an evening-length, ritualistic work entitled "Passage"). Cost: 21. Ticket Office: 543-4880. February 20 UW World Music Series. 8:00 pm, Meany Hall. Featuring Huun-Huur-Tu: Throat Singers of Tuva. Cost: 21. Ticket Office: 543-4480. April 3 UW World Music Series. 8:00 pm, Meany Hall. Featuring Cubanismo! Starring Jesus Alemany (big band sounds straight from Cuba). Cost: 24. Ticket Office: 543-4480. April 8, 9, 10 UW World Dance Series. 8:00 pm each evening, Meany Hall. Featuring Joe Chvala & The Flying Foot Forum (Joe Chvala is joined by Swedish folk-based rock group Hedningarna). Cost: $28 for adults, $19 ages 25 and under. Ticket Office: 543-4480. April 19, 20, 21 New Faiths, Old Fears: Recent Immigrants and the Challenge of Diasporic Spiritual Practices to North American Norms and Values. Series of 3 lectures, 3:30 pm each day at the HUB. Speaker: Professor Bruce Lawrence, Duke University, American Academy of Religion lecturer. Sponsors: Comparative Religion Program, JSIS; NELC; UW. Info: 543-4835. April 26, 28 and May 3 Israel Among the Nations: Retrieving Jewish Diplomatic Traditions (1999 Samuel and Althea Stroum Lectures). All lectures will be held in Kane Hall 220 at 8:00 pm, with a reception following the first lecture. Speaker: Professor Aharon Klieman, the Nahum Goldmann Professor in Diplomacy, Tel Aviv University. Sponsor: Jewish Studies Program, JSIS. Info: 543-4243. May 14-15 Japan at the Millenium: A UW Japan Studies Conference. Location: to be announced. International panel of speakers. Sponsor: Japan Studies Program, JSIS. 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