From jsis@u.washington.edu Fri Sep 21 09:29:50 2001 Received: from jason02.u.washington.edu (jason02.u.washington.edu [140.142.8.52]) by lists.u.washington.edu (8.11.6+UW01.08/8.11.6+UW01.08) with ESMTP id f8LGTnN61384 for ; Fri, 21 Sep 2001 09:29:49 -0700 Received: from homer06.u.washington.edu (daemon@homer06.u.washington.edu [140.142.15.40]) by jason02.u.washington.edu (8.11.6+UW01.08/8.11.6+UW01.08) with ESMTP id f8LGTmq42182 for ; Fri, 21 Sep 2001 09:29:48 -0700 Received: from localhost (jsis@localhost) by homer06.u.washington.edu (8.11.6+UW01.08/8.11.6+UW01.08) with ESMTP id f8LGTlB25986 for ; Fri, 21 Sep 2001 09:29:47 -0700 Date: Fri, 21 Sep 2001 09:29:47 -0700 (PDT) From: Jackson School of International Studies To: Subject: The Jackson SWchool Calendar, September 21, 2001 Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII the JACKSON SCHOOL CALENDAR September 21, 2001 All events are free and open to the public unless otherwise indicated. *New Events (or changes) not previously listed are indicated by an asterisk* At the end of this calendar is a list of abbreviations and a list of Web sites where you can find more detailed information. September 21 * Rural-Urban Migration, Urbanization and Employment in China: Past Experiences and Future Scenarios. 3:30 - 5:00 pm, Thomson 317. Speaker: Xuejin Zuo, Vice President and Senior Fellow Shanghai Academy of Social Sciences. Sponsor: China Studies Program/JSIS. Info: 543-4391 October 4 * Comparitative History of Ideas Program (UW) Presents An Evening of Film. 6pm, Room A102 Physics/ Astronomy Building. Learning With the Whole Being: An integral service learning program in Auroville, India "The documentary film follows eighteen students in their journey through a quasi-utopian international community in South India, and their search for sustainable development, community and spirituality." On Shaken Ground: Relief efforts in post-earthquake Gujarat. "The film follows an NGO's relief efforts in the rural areas after the devastating earthquake that destroyed thousands of people's lives in Gujrat, and the individuals who volunteered their time to support the survivors and rebuild hope." For more information: viraj2singh@yahoo.com, (206) 325-8492 * Who are the Taiwanese? Taiwan in the Chinese Diaspora. 3:30 - 5:00 pm, Thomson 317. Speaker: Jack Williams, Professor of Geography, Michigan State University. Sponsor: China Studies Program/JSIS. Info: 543-4391 October 8 * 2001 Severyns-Ravenholt Lecture: "Human Rights: Democracy and the Rule of Law in the Asian Pacific Region." 7:00 pm, Kane Hall 210. Reception follows in the Walker-Ames Room. Speaker: Jose Ramos-Horta, recipient of the 1996 Nobel Peace Prize and currently the Timorese Foreign Affairs Chief in Timor's U.N. transitional government. Sponsor: Dept. of Political Science. Info: 543-2780. October 9 * Economic Importance, Opportunities and Challenges in Puget Sound/Georgia Basin Ecosystem. 11:30-1 pm, HUB Auditorium. Speakers: Sheila Martin, Executive Policy Advisor, Governor Locke's Executive Policy Office; Keith Ogilvie, Senior Advisor, International Relations Section, Intergovernmental Relations Secretariat, Premier Gordon Campbell's Office. Info: 543-6269. October 10 - 11 * Symposium: Norway's Niche in World Politics: Promoting Peace and Security in the New Millenium (2001 Holst Foreign Policy Symposium). Keynote address by Knut Vollebaek (Norway's Ambassador to the U.S.): 7:00 pm, October 10, Kane Hall 210. Symposium: 9:00 am - 3:00 pm, October 11, 3rd floor Conference Room, Husky Union Building. Speakers at October 11 symposium to include Iver Neumann (NUPI/UD), Marilyn McMorrow (Georgetown University), and Christine Ingebritsen (UW). Sponsors: Scan Studies. Info: 206-543-0645. October 13 * South Asia Center presents sessions at Washington State Council for Social Studies Teacher In-Service day on "Resources for Teaching about Recent Terrorism: America and its Relationships with Afghanistan, the Taliban, Pakistan, Islam, and the Middle East" and on "Democracy in India." Registration required. Info and registration at (206) 543-1921. October 13-14 Egypt Revealed: Reports from the 2001 Excavation Season. Kane Hall, Roethke Auditorium, 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Speakers: Kent Weeks, Director of the Theban Mapping Project; Mark Lehner, Director of the Giza Plateau Mapping Project; David Silverman, Curator, Egyptian Section University of Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology; and Salima Ikram, American University in Cairo. The symposium will feature illustrated slide lectures, question-and-answer sessions with experts, and a special session for teachers. REGISTRATION FEE: $195, which includes 16 WA state clock hours for teachers. Deadline to register: October 5, 2001. Contact: Janice Brannon, Seven Wonders Travel, tel: 773-549-2852; fax: 773-549-2853; or email: SWTEgypt@aol.com. Cosponsored by the Middle East Center/JSIS. October 15 * Japan's Tempest in a Textbook: A Closer Look at the Historical Revisionism and Political Controversy of the Atarashi Rekishi Kyoukasho (New History Textbook). 3:30 - 5:00 pm, Communications 202. Speaker: John Nelson, Assistant Professor, Department of Theology and Religious Studies, University of San Francisco. Sponsor: Japan Studies Program/JSIS. Info: 543-4391 October 16 * Tribal Philosophy, Views, Rights and Points of Conflict in Protecting Puget Sound/Georgia Basin. 11:30 am-1 pm, Faculty Center, Conference Room. Speakers: Scott Sufficool, Director, Office of Tribal Operations, Environmental Protection Agency, Region 10; Nolan Charles, Council Member, Musqueam Nation; Cecile Hansen, Chair of the Duwamish Tribe; James Rasmussen, Council Member, Duwamish Tribe. Info: 543-6269. October 18 'Great Russians' and 'Little Russians': Russian-Ukrainian Relations and Perceptions in Historical Perspective (The Donald W. Treadgold Lecture). 3:30-5:00 p.m., Parrington Hall Forum (Room 309). Speaker: Andreas Kappeler, Institute for East European History, University of Vienna. Sponsors: REECAS, History, Jackson School of International Studies. Info: 543-4852. * Situating Themselves in History and Reconstructing Identity: A Preliminary Note on the Meenas of Jaipur Locality. Speaker: Dr. Nandini Sinha, Delhi University. 3:30 PM, Balmer Hall 312, UW Campus, Seattle. Presented by the Jackson School and The South Asia Center. Info: 206-543-4800. * Mao's War Against Nature: Lessons for Today. 3:30 - 5:00 pm, Thomson 317. Speaker: Judith Shapiro, Co-Director, Environmental Policy MA Program, American University. Sponsor: China Studies Program/JSIS. Info: 543-4391 October 18 - 21 * Educator "Experience Canada Field Trip: 2nd Annual Vancouver International Writers Festival Field Trip". $200/15 clock hours. (Price includes transportation, shared accommodation, events, lectures, clock hours.) Sponsored by the Canadian Studies Center. Information: (206) 221-6374/canada@u.washington.edu October 20 * Mainstreaming India Workshop. A day for educators and community members to learn and discuss ways to mainstream India as a topic into K-12 education. Presented by the South Asia Center. Info and registration: 206-543-4800. October 25 * Byzantine Diplomacy and the Balkans. 3:30pm, Smith 205. Speaker: Calliope Bourdara (Athens University; Onassis Foundation Lecturer). Sponsor: Hellenic Studies, CWES/JSIS. Info: 206-543-1675; cwes@u.washington.edu, theodore@u.washington.edu October 27 * Educator Workshop: "Teaching Diversity and Cross Cultural Understanding through Documentary Film". 8:30-4:30. Cost: $40/8 clock hours. Sponsored by the Outreach Centers, Jackson School of International Studies. Information: (206) 221-6374. Info: canada@u.washington.edu October 30 * Science, Public Policy and Challenges in Puget Sound/Georgia Basin Environmental Management. 11:30 am-1 pm, Faculty Center, Conference Room. Speakers: Charles Findley, Regional Administrator, Environmental Protection Agency, Region 10; Tom Fitzsimmons, Director, Washington State Department of Ecology; Don Fast, Regional Director General, Pacific and Yukon Region, Environment Canada; Derek Thompson, Deputy Minister of the Ministry of Water, Land and Air Protection, British Columbia. Info: 543-6269. November 1 * Jon Krakauer, author of "Into Thin Air." Giving a reading to benefit the Central Asia Institute. Presented by the Central Asia Institute with the American Alpine Club and University Bookstore. Tickets: $25, available after October 1 from University Bookstore (206) 634-3400, or Central Asia Institute (877)585-7841, www.ikat.org. Our mission: To promote literacy, women's vocational skills, and awareness of public health and environmental issues through community-initiated education programs in mountain regions of Central Asia including northern Pakistan. November 4 * Reading: "At Home Afloat: Women on the Waters of the Pacific Northwest" by Nancy Pagh, Faculty, Western Washington University, and "The Arbutus Madrone Files: Reading Northwest Writing" by Laurie Ricou, Professor, UBC Department of English. 4:00 - University Book Store, 2nd Floor. Sponsored by the Canadian Studies Center and University Book Store. Information: (206) 221-6374/canada@u.washington.edu November 6 * Reporting on Environmental Issues in Puget Sound/Georgia Basin. 11:30 am-1 pm, Faculty Center, Conference Room. Speakers: Joel Connelly, Columnist, Seattle Post-Intelligencer; Larry Pynn, Columnist, Vancouver Sun Moderator: R.H. "Andy" Anderson, Director of Bellingham Office for Congressman Rick Larsen. Info: 543-6269 November 7 "A Conversation with Dr. Oscar Arias Sanchez" (tentative title). 7:00 pm, Kane Hall 120. The former president of Costa Rica, Dr. Arias received the 1987 Nobel Peace Prize for his leadership in bringing peace to war-torn Central America. The Arias Peace Plan resulted in the Esquipulas II Accords, and to ongoing efforts to build sustainable peace in the region, many of which are now being carried out by the Arias Foundation for Peace and Human Progress. Current UW sponsors: Jackson School of International Studies, Latin American Studies Program/JSIS, Dan Evans School of Public Affairs. Free and open to all. *More information will be available after Sept. 15, when staffing resumes at the LAS Program, 685-3435, lasuw@u.washington.edu* * The Mountain Spirit's Return: Storytelling in the Indigenous Siberian Cultural Revival. 1:30-3:00 p.m., Thomson 317. Speaker: Kira Van Deusen. Sponsor: REECAS. Info: 543-4852. November 13 * Forest Management in Washington/British Columbia: New Approaches to Environmental Challenges. 11:30 am-1 pm, Faculty Center, Conference Room. Speakers: Cassie Phillips, Vice President, Sustainable Forestry, Weyerhaeuser, Washington State; Linda Coady, Vice President, Environmental Enterprise, B.C. Coastal Group, Weyerhaeuser, Canada. Info: 543-6269. 2002 January 12 Gateway to the Silk Road: An Introductory Workshop for Educators. 8:30 a.m.--4:30 p.m. Mary Gates Hall, Room 389. This all-day workshop on the silk road is designed to serve as a gateway to the numerous activities that are planned for the spring of 2002 in cooperation with the Seattle Symphony, the Seattle Art Museum, the Seattle Silkroad Foundation, and the University of Washington. Scheduled before the opening of the spring series, this workshop will preview the major activities and provide information on accessing these opportunities for best use in the classroom setting. To register, send check for $40.00 payable to: University of Washington to REECAS, Box 353650, University of Washington, Seattle, WA 98195-3650. Please, checks only, no purchase orders. No refunds. Eight WA State clock hours issued at no additional charge. For more information, contact the Russian, East European, Central Asian Center, email: reecas@u.washington.edu; tel: 206-543-4852; fax: 206-685-0668. For more details visit: http:// depts.washington.edu/uwch/silkroad/index.html Cosponsored by the East Asia Center, the Middle East Center, and the Russian, East European & Central Asian Center, Jackson School of International Studies; and the Simpson Center for the Humanities, University of Washington. ______________________________________________________________________________ Abbreviations and Web site addresses for more detailed information: Asian L&L = Department of Asian Languages & Literature CANSTUD = Canadian Studies Program/JSIS http://jsis.artsci.washington.edu/programs/canada/canada.html CASG = Central Asian Studies Group/NELC CIBER = Center for International Business Education & Research CSDE = Center for Studies in Demography & Ecology CPHRS = Center for Public Health Research & Evaluation CWES = Center for West European Studies, JSIS http://jsis.artsci.washington.edu/programs/cwesuw/index.html EUC = European Union Center http://jsis.artsci.washington.edu/programs/europe/euc.html GEOG = Dept. of Geography http://depts.washington.edu/geog/news/colloquium.html GTI = George Taylor Institute Depts.washington.edu/tayloruw/seminars.htm GTTL = Global Trade, Transportation & Logistics Studies IGRSS = Inst. For Global and Regional Security Studies IIP = Institute for International Policy www.iip.washington.edu IS = Center for International Studies/JSIS http://jsis.artsci.washington.edu/programs/is/is-ctr.html JSIS = The Henry M. Jackson School of International Studies LAS = Latin American Studies Program/JSIS MEC = Middle East Center/JSIS http://jsis.artsci.washington.edu/programs/mideast/events.htm NELC = Department of Near Eastern Languages & Civilization http://depts.washington.edu/nelc REECAS = Russian, East European, and Central Asia Studies, JSIS http://depts.washington.edu/reecas SEAS = Southeast Asia Studies/JSIS http://jsis.artsci.washington.edu/programs/seasia/seasia.html Slavic L&L = Department of Slavic Languages & Literature SMA = School of Marine Affairs ****************************************************************************** The Jackson School Calendar is updated and e-mailed weekly. There is no charge for subscribing. 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