From jsis@u.washington.edu Mon Oct 14 09:35:25 2002 Received: from mailscan3.cac.washington.edu (mailscan3.cac.washington.edu [140.142.32.15]) by lists.u.washington.edu (8.12.1+UW01.12/8.12.1+UW02.09) with SMTP id g9EGZEFD088410 for ; Mon, 14 Oct 2002 09:35:14 -0700 Received: FROM mxu1.u.washington.edu BY mailscan3.cac.washington.edu ; Mon Oct 14 09:35:13 2002 -0700 Received: from mxout2.cac.washington.edu (mxout2.cac.washington.edu [140.142.33.4]) by mxu1.u.washington.edu (8.12.1+UW01.12/8.12.1+UW02.09) with ESMTP id g9EGZCdY008677 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=EDH-RSA-DES-CBC3-SHA bits=168 verify=NO) for ; Mon, 14 Oct 2002 09:35:12 -0700 Received: from mailscan-out3.cac.washington.edu (mailscan-out3.cac.washington.edu [140.142.32.18]) by mxout2.cac.washington.edu (8.12.1+UW01.12/8.12.1+UW02.09) with SMTP id g9EGZCOZ028409 for ; Mon, 14 Oct 2002 09:35:13 -0700 Received: FROM homer39.u.washington.edu BY mailscan-out3.cac.washington.edu ; Mon Oct 14 09:35:09 2002 -0700 Received: from localhost (jsis@localhost) by homer39.u.washington.edu (8.12.1+UW01.12/8.12.1+UW02.08) with ESMTP id g9EGZ9RS025086 for ; Mon, 14 Oct 2002 09:35:09 -0700 Date: Mon, 14 Oct 2002 09:35:09 -0700 (PDT) From: Jackson School of International Studies To: jsis-uw@u.washington.edu Subject: The Jackson School Calendar Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII the JACKSON SCHOOL CALENDAR October 11, 2002 A brief look ahead. Scroll down for complete details or visit our website at October 17: Sex and Space: Outlaw Territories October 18: Fearful Symmetry: Explaining the Indo-Pakistani Conflicts October 18: Female Education, Male Sexuality and Age at Sexual Debut among Ariaal Rendille of Northern Kenya ____________________________________________________________________ Complete Listings: October 17 Sex and Space: Outlaw Territories (Part of the series "Thinking Sex in Transnational Times"). 7:00 pm, Communications 226. Speaker: Cindy Patton, Interdisciplinary Studies, Emory University. Sponsor: Simpson Center for the Humanities. Info: 543-3920. NOTE: A workshop on this topic will be held the following day. To register, contact the Simpson Center. October 18 Fearful Symmetry: Explaining the Indo-Pakistani Conflicts. 7:00 PM, Walker-Ames Room, Kane Hall, UW Campus, Seattle. Speaker: Sumit Ganguly, University of Texas. Sponsored by the South Asia Center, the Institute for Global and Regional Security Studies, and the Indo American Friendship. Forum. For info, call 206-543-4800 Female Education, Male Sexuality and Age at Sexual Debut among Ariaal Rendille of Northern Kenya. 12:30 - 2:00 pm, Parrington Commons 308. Speaker: Eric Roth, Anthropology. Sponsor: CSDE. Info: 543-5412. October 21 APSIA Graduate Admissions Forum. Admissions officers from top U.S. graduate schools of International Affairs will meet with prospective students to discuss admission requirements, curricula, financial aid, joint degree programs, and career opportunities. No admission fee or RSVP required. 4:00 - 6:00 pm, Walker Ames Room, Kane Hall. Info: 543-6001. October 22 Unlikely Heroes: Women in the Bible. 7:00 pm, Brechemin Auditorium, Room 126 Music Building. Speaker: Gary Rendsburg, Paul and Berthe Hendrix Memorial Professor of Jewish Studies, Cornell Univ. Sponsors: NELC; Comparative Religion Program/JSIS. Info: 543-4835. Tribal Rights, Views, Philosophies, and Challenges in Protecting and Managing Puget Sound/Georgia Basin. 11:30 am -1:00 pm, HUB, Rm 108. Speakers: Kathleen Johnnie, Land and Resources Coordinator, Snuneymuxw First Nation; Sandra Johnson, Tribal Director, Environmental Protection Agency, Region 10. Sponsors: Canadian Studies Center and International Studies /JSIS and Program on the Environment. Info: Canadian Studies, 221-6374; canada@u.washington.edu . October 23 Reading the Abraham Story. 7:00 pm, Temple Beth-Am, 2632 NE 80th. Speaker: Gary Rendsburg, Paul and Berthe Hendrix Memorial Professor of Jewish Studies, Cornell Univ. Sponsors: NELC; Comparative Religion Program/JSIS. Info: 543-4835. October 24 Negotiating Nuclear Power: India and the great powers from 1944. 3:30PM, Thomson Hall 317. Speaker: Robert Anderson, Simon Fraser University. Sponsored by the South Asia Center, the Institute for Global and Regional Security Studies, and the Indo American Friendship Forum. For info, call 206-543-4800 October 25 Intra-household Spillovers of a Health Care program: Evidence from Rural Bangladesh. 12:30 - 2:00 pm, Parrington Commons 308. Speaker: Anoshua Chandhuri, PhD candidate, Economics. Sponsor: CSDE. Info: 543-5412. The Future is Not What It Was: Realities of Economic Transformation in Poland. (Part of the lecture series, "50 Years of Polish at the UW: Celebrating Polish-American Heritage.") 7:00 pm, Northwest Horticultural Society Hall, Center for Urban Horticulture, 3501 NE 41st Street, Seattle. Speaker: Witold Sulimirski. Sponsors: Dept. of Slavic Languages & Literatures, REECAS, Simpson Center for the Humanities, College of Arts & Sciences Exchange Program. Info: 543-6848. October 25 - 26 Conference on Globalization, Justice and the International Trafficking of Women and Children. Fri 7:00 pm-8:30pm, Sat 9:00am - 6:00pm, Kane Hall. Speakers: Begum Khurshid Jahan Haque, Minister for Women and Children Affairs, Bangladesh; Ambassador Nancy Ely-Raphel, Director, Office to Monitor and Combat Human Trafficking at the US Department of State; and numerous state elected officials, representatives from non-profits, international organizations and academic institutions. Sponsors: Russian, East European and Central Asian Studies; International Studies Center; and UW Women's Center. Info: 685-1090. October 26 The Kosciuszko Foundation and Polish Studies in the US (Part of the lecture series, "50 Years of Polish at the UW: Celebrating Polish-American Heritage.") Speaker: Witold Sulimirski. 4:00 pm, Simpson Center for the Humanities. Info: 543-6848. October 28 * The United States, Iraq, and the International Community. 7:00 pm, Kane Hall 130 (overflow to Kane 120, which will have a remote TV feed). Speaker: Congressman Jim McDermott. Notes: Backpacks and bags will be inspected at the door. No passes will be issued to allow attendees to re-enter the room: if you leave the room, you will be required to go to the end of the line to get back in. No tickets needed. Doors open at 6:30 pm. Sponsors: The Jackson School of International Studies; The World Affairs Council. Info: 543-4372 October 29 Title to be announced. 3:30 - 5:00 pm, Simpson Center for the Humanities, CMU 202. Speaker: Linda Angst, Anthropology, Lewis & Clark University. Sponsor: Japan Studies Program/JSIS. Info: 543-4391 Economic Importance, Opportunities and Challenges in Puget Sound/Georgia Basin Ecosystem. 11:30 am -1:00 pm, HUB, Rm 108. Speakers: Brenda Plowman, First Vice Chair, BC Chamber of Commerce; Bruce Agnew, Cascadia Project Director, Discovery Institute. Sponsors: Canadian Studies Center and International Studies /JSIS and Program on the Environment. Info: Canadian Studies, 221-6374; canada@u.washington.edu . Reading "Reversion": Women and the Politics of Culture in Okinawa . 3:30 pm - 5:00 pm, Simpson Humanities Center, CMU 202. Speaker: Linda Angst, Postdoctoral Fellow at the Edwin Reishauer Institute for Japanese Studies, Harvard University; Assistant Professor of Anthropology, Lewis and Clark University. Sponsor: Japan Studies Program/JSIS. Info: 543-4391. October 30 * A Debate: The Case for Invading Iraq. 7:00 pm, Seattle University, Piggott Auditorium. Speakers: Congressman Jim McDermott and Kenneth Pollack, Director, National Security Studies with the Council of Foreign Relations (author of "The Threatening Storm, A Case for Invading Iraq". Sponsor: World Affairs Council. Cost: $10 general public, $ 5 members and Students. Info: 441-5910 November 1 Sex and Space: Workshop: Desiring Arabs (Part of the series "Thinking Sex in Transnational Times"). Time and location tba. Speaker: Joseph Massad, Modern Arab Politics, Columbia University. Sponsor: Simpson Center for the Humanities. Registration required: 543-3920. November 7 * Daughters of Tunis. University Bookstore, 4326 University Way, NE, 4:00 p.m. Speaker: Paula Holme-Eber, visiting scholar, Middle East Center/JSIS, Anthropology. Reception to follow with Tunisian sweets. Contact: 206-634-3400, Kim Ricketts. November 12 Environmental Challenges Confronting Puget Sound/Georgia Basin. 11:30 am -1:00 pm, HUB, Rm 108. Speakers: Phil Mote (invited), Public Information Specialist-Research Scientist, UW-Climate Change Impacts; Michael Rylko, Puget Sound Coordinator, Environmental Protection Agency. Sponsors: Canadian Studies Center and International Studies /JSIS and Program on the Environment. Info: Canadian Studies, 221-6374 November 13 Conflicting Memories, Contested Pasts: Some Reflections on Polish-Jewish Relations (Part of the lecture series, "50 Years of Polish at the UW: Celebrating Polish-American Heritage.") 7:00 pm Walker Ames Room, UW Campus. Reception to follow. Speaker: Eva Hoffman, editor and writer. Sponsors: Dept. of Slavic Languages & Literatures, Simpson Center for the Humanities, College of Arts & Sciences Exchange Program, Dept. of History, Jewish Studies Program, Seattle Public Library. Info: 206-543-6848 November 14 Multiple Connotations: Language Politics in Colonial South India. 3:30 PM, Thomson Hall Room 317, UW Campus, Seattle. Speaker: M. Pandian. Sponsored by the South Asia Center, 206-543-4800. Israel and the Middle East: Poltics and Strategy. 7:30 p.m., HUB 200 ABC. Speaker: Yossi Amrani, Consulate General, Israel. Sponsored by Huskies for Israel; Middle East Center/JSIS. Info: huskipac@u.washington.edu. November 15 -16 Educators Workhop: CANADA ON THE WEB. November 15, 7 - 9:00 pm, November 16, 8:30 am - 4:30 pm. Mary Gates Hall, Rm 030. This workshop (10 clock hours) will guide educators to a wealth of information on Canada while providing educators with the ability to locate and judge the accuracy and reliability of online Canadiana. Instructor: Cheri Rauser, Media Librarian, TELUS Media Solutions, Canada. Sponsor: Canadaian Studies Center/JSIS. Info: 221-6374, canada@u.washington.edu. November 20 * 7th Annual Seattle Sister Cities Awards Reception honoring Seattle's 21 Sister City Associations. 5:30 - 7:30 p.m., Arctic Building Dome Room, 700 Third Avenue, Seattle. Speaker: Seattle Mayor Greg Nickels. Sponsored by: Regal Bank, Port of Seattle, American Red Cross and hosted by: City of Seattle Sister City Coordinating Committee, with the cooperation of the Ethnic Heritage Council; Trade Development Alliance of Greater Seattle; Washington State Council of International Trade and the World Affairs Council. Tickets are $15.00 per person online at www.ticketwindowonline.com or via phone at 206-325-6500, or via fax at 425-450-3839. November 22 Gender Equality, Women's Employment: Cross-national Patterns of Policy and Politics. 12:30 - 2:00 pm, Parrington Commons 308. Speaker: Ann Orloff, Sociology & Political Science, Northwestern University. Sponsor: CSDE. Info: 543-5412. 2003 February 11 Sex and Political Economy: Sexuality, the State and Nation Building (Part of the series "Thinking Sex in Transnational Times"). 7:00 pm, Communications 226. Speaker: Jacqui Alexander, Gender & Women's Studies, Connecticut College. Sponsor: Simpson Center for the Humanities. NOTE: A workshop on this topic will be held on Feb. 13. Registration required for workshop: 543-3920. February 28 Workshop: Sex and Political Economy: Queer of Color Critique (Part of the series "Thinking Sex in Transnational Times"). Time and location tba. Speaker: Roderick Ferguson, American Studies, Univ. of Minnesota. Sponsor: Simpson Center for the Humanities. Registration required: 543-3920. Sex and Ethnography: Legislation of Desire (Part of the series "Thinking Sex in Transnational Times"). 7:00 pm, Communications 226. Speaker: Lisa Rofel, Anthropology, UC Santa Cruz. Sponsor: Simpson Center for the Humanities. NOTE: A workshop on this topic will be held on April 25, registration required: 543-3920. May 1 Workshop: Sex and Ethnography: Queer Self-Writing in Hong Kong (Part of the series "Thinking Sex in Transnational Times"). Time and location tba. Speaker: Helen Hok-Sze Leung, Women's Studies, Simon Fraser University. Sponsor: Simpson Center for the Humanities. Registration required: 543-3920. May 16 Workshop: Sex and Ethnography: Dubbing Culture (Part of the series " Thinking Sex in Transnational Times"). Time and location tba. Speaker: Tom Boellstorff, Anthropology, UC Irvine. Sponsor: Simpson Center for the Humanities. Registration required: 543-3920. ______________________________________________________________________________ All events are free and open to the public unless otherwise indicated. *New Events (or changes) not previously listed are indicated by an asterisk* ______________________________________________________________________________ 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 jsis.artsci.Washington.edu LAS = Latin American Studies Program/JSIS http://jsis.artsci.washington.edu/programs/latinam/ 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. 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