From jsis@u.washington.edu Fri Nov 13 09:47:05 1998 Received: from jason02.u.washington.edu (root@jason02.u.washington.edu [140.142.76.8]) by lists.u.washington.edu (8.8.4+UW97.07/8.8.4+UW98.06) with ESMTP id JAA24908 for ; Fri, 13 Nov 1998 09:47:05 -0800 Received: from saul3.u.washington.edu (jsis@saul3.u.washington.edu [140.142.83.1]) by jason02.u.washington.edu (8.8.4+UW97.07/8.8.4+UW98.06) with ESMTP id JAA36306 for ; Fri, 13 Nov 1998 09:47:03 -0800 Received: from localhost (jsis@localhost) by saul3.u.washington.edu (8.8.4+UW97.07/8.8.4+UW98.06) with SMTP id JAA31723 for ; Fri, 13 Nov 1998 09:47:02 -0800 (PST) Date: Fri, 13 Nov 1998 09:47:02 -0800 (PST) From: Jackson School of International Studies To: jsis-uw@u.washington.edu Subject: The Jackson School Calendar, November 13, 1998 Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII the JACKSON SCHOOL CALENDAR November 13, 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 _______________________________________________________________________ CORRECTION: The writers panel featuring Latino writers was previously listed under November 20. Wrong! Please note the correct date of November 19. My apologies for any confusion. cap _______________________________________________________________________ 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. Films: "Kathleen Alcala: Heritage and Magical Realism" (Interview with local writer Kathleen Alcala) and "Julio Cortazar: Entrevista" (Interview with Argentine-born writer Julio Cortazar). Latin American Studies Program Friday Film Series. 1:30, Kane 23B. Sponsor: LAS, JSIS. Info: 685-3435. Big Neighbors of Japan: Japan-U.S. Relations and Japan-China Relations (Japan Studies Colloquium). 3:30 - 5:00 pm, Thomson 317. Speaker: Yoshio Nomoto, Consul-General of Japan. Sponsor: Japan Studies Program, JSIS. Info: 543-4391. November 15 Peace Through Justice: Working for Human Rights in Mexico. 6:00 pm, Campion Ballroom, Seattle University. Speaker: Father Edgar Cortez, SJ, Director, Miguel Augustin, Pro-Human Rights Center, Mexico City. Sponsors: El Comite Contra la Represion y por la Democracia en Mexico; Seattle University Campus Ministry's Peace and Justice Center; and others. Cost: $10 donation includes dinner. Info: 523-3271. November 16 Russia and Central Asia: What Does the Future Hold? 7:15 am registration, 7:30 am breakfast. Speaker: Dr. S. Frederick Starr, Chairman, Central Asia Institute, Johns Hopkins University School of Advanced International Studies. Sponsors: World Affairs Council; Puget Sound Business Journal; KUOW 94.9FM; REECAS, JSIS. Cost: $30 for Council members, $40 for non-members. Registration & Info: 682-6986. November 17 UW International Chamber Music Series. 8:00 pm, Meany Hall. Featuring the Moscow String Quartet. Cost: 25. Ticket Office: 543-4880. * Beyond Barbed Wire: Broadening Our Understanding of Human Rights. 3:30 pm, Thomson 135. Informal panel discussion commemorating the 50th anniversary of the UN Declaration of Human Rights. Panelists: Bruce Kochis, Interdisciplinary Studies, UW-Bothell and UW Human Rights Education and Research Network (HRERN); Webster Walker, Democracy and Globalization Working Group (DGWG); Gigi Peterson, DGWG and Latin American Studies, JSIS. Sponsors: HRERN, DGWG, LAS-JSIS. Info: 685-3435. * The Asian Financial Crisis. 11:30 am registration, 12 noon luncheon, Petter Pettersen's Hidden Harbor, 1500 Westlake Ave. North. Speaker: John K. Walsh, Assistant Vice President, International Banking Division, U.S. Bank. Sponsor: Norwegian American Chamber of Commerce. Cost: $13 students, $17 members, $20 non-members. Reservations required. Info: 292-1695. November 18 Reception: Comparative Religion Program. 3:30-5:00 pm, Parrington Hall, The Commons, Room 308. Social for undergraduate majors, graduate students and faculty in Comparative Religion. Sponsor: Comparative Religion Program, JSIS. Info: 543-4835. Genetics in the Service of Human Rights. 12:30-1:30, Thomson 317. Speaker: Michele Harvey, Postdoctoral Fellow, Division of Medical Genetics. Sponsor: LAS, JSIS. Info: 685-3435. Electronic Resources for the Study of Islam (Comparative Islamic Studies Seminar). 1:30 pm, Denny 215. Speaker: Deborah Wheeler, Visiting Lecturer and Senior research Associate. Sponsors: Center for Humanities; NELC. Info: 543-6033. * "The Vicissitudes of Whaling Policy" and "Everything You Always Wanted to Know About Whaling, But Were Afraid to Ask." 12:00 - 1:00 pm, Marine Studies Bldg., Room 268, 3707 Brooklyn Ave. NE. Speaker: Dr. William Aron, Schools of Oceanography & Marine Affairs and Former Director, Alaska Fisheries Science Center. Sponsor: School of Marine Affairs. Info: lragone@u.washington.edu 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. The New World Order, Globalization, and Caribbean Politics. 4:00 pm, Thomson 317. Speaker: Alex Dupuy, Professor of Sociology, Wesleyan University. Sponsors: International Political Economy Colloquium; Pacific Northwest Colloquium on International Security; International Studies Center, JSIS. Info: 685-2707. * Latino Letters: A Literary Evening with Juan Felipe Herrera, Kathleen Alcala, Lauro Flores, and Erasmo Gamboa. 6:00 - 7:15 p.m., Henry Art Gallery Auditorium; Reception to follow in the Parrington Forum. Sponsors: LAS-JSIS; Ethnic Cultural Center; Dept. of American Ethnic Studies; Spanish & Portuguese Division; U.W. Press. Info: 685-3435. 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. China Colloquium: Robinson Crusoe's Earthenware PotScience and Aesthetics in the 18th Century. 3:30-5:00 pm, Thomson 317. Speaker: Lydia Liu, Dept. of Comparative Literature and East Asian Languages, Univ. of California, Berkeley. Sponsor: China Colloquium, JSIS. Info: 543-4391. Film: "La Historia Oficial" (The Official Storylegacy of terror under Argentina's military dictatorship). Complements Michele Harvey's Nov. 18 talk on genetics and human rights victims. Latin American Studies Friday Film Series. 1:30 pm, Kane 19. Sponsor: LAS, JSIS. Info": 685-3435. Sibship Composition and Women's Educational Attainment in Taiwan. 12:30, Savery 209. Speaker: Daphne Kuo, UW Dept. of Sociology. Sponsors: Center for Studies in Demography & Ecology; Center for Public Health Research. Info: 543-5412. November 20-22 Conference: Agriculture in Central Asia: Between Russia and the Middle East. HUB 106B. (Friday Dinner and Keynote Speaker at 6:30 pm at the Edmond Meany Hotel; cost approx. $25; call 543-4852 for more info). Saturday and Sunday sessions in HUB 106B are free and are open to the public. Saturday program is 8:40 am until 4:30 pm and Sunday program is 9:00 am until noon. Sponsors: The Russian, East European and Central Asian Center and the Middle East Center, JSIS. For more information, including abstracts, visit http://weber.u.washington.edu/~reecas/events/aridprog.htm or contact Kurt Engelmann, 543-6938. November 25 Money and the Law: Commitment and Compliance in International Monetary Affairs. 1:30-3:00 pm, Gowen 1B. Speaker: Beth Simmons, UC-Berkeley (copy of written work available from ingie@u.washington.edu). Sponsor: International Political Economy Colloquium. Info: Christine Ingebritsen, 543-0675. 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. Study of Islam and Politics in Southeast Asia (Comparative Islamic Studies Seminar). 1:30 pm, Denny 215. Speaker: Dan Lev, Professor of Political Science, UW. Sponsors: Center for Humanities; NELC. Info: 543-6033. December 4 Comparisons of Pre-Industrial Chinese and European Demographic Systems. 12:30, Savery 209. Speakers: William Lavely, UW Dept. of Sociology and JSIS; R. Bin Wong, Dept. of History, Univ. of California in Irvine. Sponsors: Center for Studies in Demography & Ecology; Center for Public Health Research. Info: 543-5412. December 7 Europe in the New Century: Union and the Euro. 7:15 am registration, 7:30 am breakfast, Winslow Room, Columbia Tower Club, 701 Fifth Avenue. Speaker: Robert Gutman, Editor-in-Chief, EUROPE Magazine. Sponsors: World Affiars Council; Puget Sound Business Journal; KUOW 94.9 FM. Cost: $30 for Council members, $40 non-members. Registration & Info: 682-6986. * Human Rights and Transitions to Democracy. 7:00 pm, Room 130, Kane Hall. Speaker: Raul Alfonsin, former President of Argentina, with an extended introduction by Jaime Malamud-Goti, former Attorney General and legal advisor to President Alfonsin. Sponsors: UW Human Rights Education and Research Network (HRERN); JSIS International Studies Program; JSIS Latin American Studies Program; UW Tacoma Arts and Lectures; UW Bothell Chancellor's Office; American Airlines; Sheraton Hotel, Tacoma; World Affairs Council. Info: Bruce Kochis, (425) 352-5364. 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. December 29-30 The Asian Crisis: The Economics Front (International Conference). Time & Location to be announced. Sponsors and Supporting Units: UW Dept. of Economics; Dept. of Economics, Chinese University of Hong Kong; Faculty of Business, City University of Hong Kong; UW College of Arts & Sciences; JSIS; Copenhagen Business School, Denmark; Chung-Hua Institution for Economic Research, Taiwan; Research Institute for Economics and Business Administration, Kobe University, Japan; Dept. of Economics, McGill Univ., Canada; Dept. of Finance & Accounting, National University of Singapore; Institute of Economics, Academia Sinica, Taiwan; Dept. of Economics, University of Inchon, Korea; Review of International Economics. Info: Kar-yiu Wong, 543-5955. 1999 January 20 'Detalles humanos' inside the Social Conscience: A Study of Argentine Militancy 1966-1978. 12:30-1:30, Thomson 317. Speaker: Rachel A. May, Tacoma Interdisciplinary Arts and Sciences. Sponsor: LAS, JSIS. Info: 685-3435. 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 HUB 310. Speaker: Professor Bruce Lawrence, Duke University, American Academy of Religion lecturer. Topic for April 19 is "North American Religion or Religions?" Topic for April 20 is "Where is Society Civil?" Topic for April 21 is "Revisiting Religious Pluralism." 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 of 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. Info: 543-9302. May 17 * America in the Twenty-First Century: A Reporter's Perspective. Meany Hall, time to be announced. Speaker: Tom Friedman, Reporter, New York Times. Sponsor: The Jackson School. Info: 543-4372. June 2 "In a country without forest no life is good": Environmental Management in the Neo-liberal Context of Nicaragua. 12:30-1:20, Thomson 317. Speaker: Patrick Christie, Postdoctoral Fellow at the School of Marine Affairs and Associate Researcher, Center for Research and Documentation of the Atlantic Coast (Nicaragua). Sponsor: LAS, JSIS. Info: 685-3435. ****************************************************************************** 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. Thank you 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. 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