From jsis@u.washington.edu Fri Jan 5 09:24:44 1996 Return-Path: Received: from saul3.u.washington.edu by lists.u.washington.edu (5.65+UW95.12/UW-NDC Revision: 2.33 ) id AA04533; Fri, 5 Jan 96 09:24:43 -0800 Received: by saul3.u.washington.edu (5.65+UW95.12/UW-NDC Revision: 2.33 ) id AA13633; Fri, 5 Jan 96 09:24:43 -0800 X-Sender: jsis@saul3.u.washington.edu Date: Fri, 5 Jan 1996 09:24:43 -0800 (PST) From: Jackson School of International Studies To: JSIS-UW@u.washington.edu Subject: JSIS Calendar Message-Id: Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII THE JACKSON SCHOOL ELECTRONIC CALENDAR FRIDAY, JANUARY 5, 1996 -- HAPPY NEW YEAR! NOTE: ALL EVENTS ARE OPEN TO THE PUBLIC & ARE FREE UNLESS OTHERWISE INDICATED. NEW ITEMS Since Last Issue (12/29/95): JAN. 9: (continuing every Tuesday) DISCUSSION GROUP ON SPECIAL TOPICS: ADDRESSING NATURAL RESOURCE CONFLICTS THROUGH COMMUNITY BASED PARTICIPATORY APPROACHES. 12:00-1:30 p.m., every Tuesday, 30 Anderson. Dr. Robert G. Lee, Professor & Assoc. Dean, College of Forest Resources, Convener. Sponsor: Dr. Nihal C. Jain, 1995-96 Hubert Humphrey Fellow, UW. "Brown-bag." Information: Dr. Jain, 543-4900; ncjain@u.washington.edu. JAN. 19: FACILITATING THE GROWTH OF INTERNATIONAL COMMERCIAL NETWORKS: TRANSPORTATION AND COMMUNICATION REGIMES OVER THE 20TH CENTURY. 3:30-5:00 p.m., 1-B Gowan. Prof. Mark Zacher, University of British Columbia. Sponsor: International Studies Center, International Political Economy Colloquium, JSIS. Information: 543-0675 (Prof. Christine Ingebritsen). FEB. 5: PRINCIPLED IDEAS, INTERNATIONAL INSTITUTIONS, AND DOMESTIC POLITICAL CHANGE IN THE HUMAN RIGHTS AREA: INSIGHTS FROM AFRICAN CASES. 3:30-5:00 p.m., Petersen Room 485, Allen Library. Prof. Thomas Risse-Kappen, Visiting Scholar, Stanford University. Sponsor: International Studies Center, International Political Economy Colloquium, JSIS. Information: 543-0675 (Christine Ingebritsen). FEB. 9: THE CONTEMPORARY POLITICAL AND ECONOMIC SITUATION IN SCANDINAVIA AND THE BALTIC STATES. 11:30 a.m.-12:50 p.m., 325 Thomson. Paul Goble, Senior Fellow, The Potomac Foundation. Sponsor: International Studies Center, International Political Economy Colloquium, JSIS. Information: 543-0675 (Christine Ingebritsen). FEB. 20: KNOWLEDGE, PIETY, AND MAGIC: ANCIENT MESOPOTAMIAN DISCIPLESHIP. 3:30-5:00 p.m., 317 Thomson. Scott B. Noegel, Hazel D. Cole Fellow in the Jewish Studies Program, JSIS. Sponsor: Comparative Religion Program, JSIS. Information: 543-4835 (Liesel Van Cleeff). ------------------------------------------------------------------------- REPEATED from last issue: JAN. 10: TERRORISMO ECOLOGICO: INTERNATIONAL HUMAN RIGHTS VIOLATIONS AND OIL DEVELOPMENT IN ECUADOR. 12:30-1:30 p.m., 1-B Gowen. Paul Rudnick and Hans Slette. Sponsor: Latin American Studies Program, JSIS (Brown Bag Lunch Series). Information: Prof. Tony Gill, 543-4718; tgill@u.washington.edu. RUSSIAN FOREIGN POLICY: AN AMERICAN ASSESSMENT. Coffee reception & registration, 6:30 p.m.; Program, 7:00 p.m., Madison Hotel, South Room (3rd floor). The Honorable Jack F. Matlock, US Ambassador to Moscow 1987-1991. COST: Free to World Affairs Council members & their guests; $10 non-members. No pre-registration required. Sponsors: World Affairs Council, American Airlines, Seattle Post-Intelligencer, and KUOW 94.9. Information: 682-6986. IN PRAISE OF EMPIRE: A MODEL FOR LITERARY HISTORY. 7:30 p.m., 401 Denny. Professor Maria Rosa Menocal, Yale University. Part of lecture series, "Voices from al-Andalus: On the Literary History of Iberia Under Arab Rule." Sponsors: Near Eastern Languages & Civilization, the Middle East Center and the Jewish Studies Program of JSIS, the Center for the Humanities, and Spanish & Portuguese, UW. Information: 543-6033. JAN. 11: WHY THE SOVIET UNION COLLAPSED. 3:30 p.m., HUB 106B. Professor & Ambassador Jack F. Matlock, Harriman Institute, Columbia University; last US Ambassador to the Soviet Union, 1986-1991. Sponsors: Russian, East European & Central Asian Studies (REECAS), JSIS, and the World Affairs Council. Information: 543-4852. PROBLEMS AND CHALLENGES OF FEDERALISM IN INDIA AND CANADA. 3:30-5:00 p.m., 317 Thomson. Professor Harish Puri, Guru Nanak Dev University, Amritsar, India; Visiting Fellow, University of British Columbia, Shastri Indo-Canadian Institute. Sponsors: South Asian Studies and Canadian Studies, JSIS. Information: 543-6269. JAN. 12: DISCOURSES OF GLOBALIZATION: INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS/WORLD POLITICS. 12:30-2:00 p.m., 317 Thomson. Professor Robert Walker, University of Victoria. Fourth in the Workshop on State-Society Relations series, "Transnationalism and the Limits of the State." Sponsor: Workshop on State-Society Relations, International Studies Center, JSIS. Information: 543-5194. CORPSE OR CORPUS? THE DEAD BODY IN NINETEENTH-CENTURY DANISH ART AND LITERATURE. 1:30 p.m., 211 Denny. Karin Sanders, Scandinavian Department, University of California at Berkeley. Sponsor: Center for West European Studies, JSIS. Information: 543-1675. JAN. 16: THE IDEA OF INCOGNITO: AUTHORITY AND ITS OCCULTATION ACCORDING TO HENRY CORBIN. 3:30-5:00 p.m., 317 Thomson. Steven Wasserstrom, Visiting Professor, Reed College. Sponsor: Comparative Religion Program, Discipleship Colloquium. Information: 543-4835. JAN. 22: TIBETANS IN EUROPE. 2:30 p.m., 209 Balmer. Frank Korom, Santa Fe Museum of International Folk Art. Sponsor: Center for West European Studies. Information: 543-1675. JAN. 23: INTERNATIONAL CAREER WORKSHOP. 12:30-1:30 p.m., 317 Thomson. Information session for students thinking about an international career. Sponsor: Jackson School of International Studies, Office of Student Services. Information: 543-0176. LANDSCAPE OF MEMORY: HOLOCAUST MEMORIES. 3:30 p.m., 317 Thomson. James Young, Walker-Ames Professor. Sponsor: Jewish Studies Colloquium, Jewish Studies Program, JSIS. Information: 543-4243. JAN. 24: NATIONAL STRENGTH FOR INTERNATIONAL LEADERSHIP (on the occasion of the World Affairs Council's Annual Meeting). Members meeting, 6:00 p.m.; Coffee and dessert reception, 6:30 p.m.; Program, 7:30 p.m. -- Sheraton Hotel, Cirrus Room. Robert J. Samuelson, nationally-syndicated columnist for Newsweek and The Washington Post. COST: $17 WAC members; $22 non-members. PRE-REGISTER & PRE-PAY by January 19 (checks payable to & sent to: World Affairs Council, 515 Madison St., Suite 500, Seattle, WA 98104). Information: 682-6986. EXPLAINING RURAL UNREST AND RURAL CALM IN COSTA RICA. 12:30-1:30 p.m., 1-B Gowen. Lloyd Jansen. Sponsor: Latin American Studies Program, JSIS (Brown Bag Lunch Series). Information: Prof. Tony Gill, 543-4718; tgill@u.washington.edu. JAN. 25: WALKER-AMES LECTURE: THE JEWISH ARTS OF MEMORY IN A POSTMODERN AGE. 7:30 p.m., 220 Kane Hall. James E. Young, Professor of English and Judaic Studies, University of Massachusetts, Amherst. Sponsors: Near Eastern Languages & Civilization (NELC), UW, and the Jewish Studies Program, JSIS. Information: 616-1825. JAN. 29: "SCRIPTURE" AS LITERARY GENRE: SOME LESSONS FROM THE KORAN. 12:30 p.m., 215A Denny. Terri DeYoung, Assistant Professor of Arabic, Dept. of Near Eastern Languages & Civilization. Sponsor: Near Eastern Languages & Civilization. Information: 543-6033. FEB. 5: THE PICARESQUE IN AL-ANDALUS: THE MAQAMAT OF AL-ASHTARQUWI. 7:30 p.m., 401 Denny. Prof. James Monroe, University of California at Berkeley. Part of series, "Voices from al-Andalus: On the Literary History of Iberia Under Arab Rule." Sponsors: Dept. of Near Eastern Languages & Civilization, the Middle East Center and the Jewish Studies Program of JSIS, Center for the Humanities, and Spanish & Portuguese Program, UW. Information: 543-6033. FEB. 7: WOMEN, FAMILY, AND THE CUBAN REVOLUTION. 12:30-1:30 p.m., 317 Thomson. Marisela Fleites-Lear. Sponsor: Latin American Studies Program, JSIS (Brown Bag Lunch Series). Information: Prof. Tony Gill, 543-4718; tgill@u.washington.edu. AMERICA'S ALLY? AMERICA'S ENEMY? THAILAND & VIETNAM TWENTY YEARS AFTER THE END OF THE VIETNAM WAR. 5:30-8:00 p.m., Walker-Ames Room, 2nd Floor, Kane Hall. Charles F. Keyes, Professor of Anthropology and Director, Southeast Asia Center, JSIS. Part of 8-session dinner/lecture series, "International Updates: Trends and Transitions in Your World." COST: $20; PRE-REGISTER BY JAN. 31. Sponsors: Jackson School Outreach Centers, JSIS, and Center for International Business Education & Research (CIBER), School of Business Administration, UW. Information or Registration: 543-4227 (Charlotte Albright). FEB. 12: LOVE STORIES OF RABBI JACOB BEN ELEAZAR OF TOLEDO: BETWEEN ARABIC AND ROMANCE. 7:30 p.m., 401 Denny. Professor Raymond Sheindlin, Jewish Theological Seminary of America. Sponsors: Dept. of Near Eastern Languages & Civilization, the Middle East Center and the Jewish Studies Program of JSIS, Center for the Humanities, and Spanish and Romance Languages, UW. Information: 543-6033. FEB. 13: LOVERS, PILGRIMS AND TORTURED SOULS: NEW TRANSLATIONS OF MEDIEVAL HEBREW POETRY FROM SPAIN. 3:30 p.m., 317 Thomson. Raymond Scheindlin, Professor of Hebrew Literature at the Jewish Theological Seminary of America. Sponsor: Jewish Studies Colloquium, Jewish Studies Program, JSIS. Information: 543-4243. FEB. 21: AN ALTERNATIVE SPACE: LIBERATION THEOLOGY AND THE POLITICS OF REPRESENTATION. 12:30-1:30 p.m., 317 Thomson. Patrick Provost-Smith. Sponsor: Latin American Studies Program, JSIS (Brown Bag Lunch Series). Information: Prof. Tony Gill, 543-4718; tgill@u.washington.edu. CHINA AFTER DENG XIAOPING. 5:30-8:00 p.m., Walker-Ames Room, 2nd Floor, Kane Hall. David M. Bachman, Chair, China Studies Program, JSIS. Part of 8-session dinner/lecture series, "International Updates: Trends and Transitions in Your World." COST: $20; PRE-REGISTER BY FEB. 14. Sponsors: Jackson School Outreach Centers, JSIS, and Center for International Business Education & Research (CIBER), School of Business Administration, UW. Information or Registration: 543-4227 (Charlotte Albright). MAR. 4: AL-MUWASHAHAT: A CULTURAL UNDERSTANDING. 7:30 p.m., 401 Denny. Prof. Abdullah al-Maatani, King Abdul Aziz University, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia. Part of series, "Voices from al-Andalus: On the Literary History of Iberia Under Arab Rule." Sponsors: Dept. of Near Eastern Languages & Civilization, the Middle East Center & the Jewish Studies Program of JSIS, Center for the Humanities, and Spanish & Portuguese Program, UW. Information: 543-6033. MAR. 6: INCLUSIVE NATIONALISM? THICK IDENTITY AND THE ZAPATISTA MOVEMENT FOR PARTICIPATORY DEMOCRACY. 12:30-1:30 p.m., 317 Thomson. Tom Lewis. Sponsor: Latin American Studies Program, JSIS (Brown Bag Lunch Series). Information: Prof. Tony Gill, 543-4718; tgill@u.washington.edu. MAR. 13: AFTER YELTSIN: PROSPECTS FOR POST-SOVIET POLITICS. 5:30-8:00 p.m., Walker-Ames Room, 2nd Floor, Kane Hall. Stephen E. Hanson, Assistant Professor of Political Science. Part of 8-session dinner/lecture series, "International Updates: Trends and Transitions in Your World." COST: $20; PRE-REGISTER BY MAR. 6. Sponsors: Jackson School Outreach Centers, JSIS, and Center for International Business Education & Research (CIBER), School of Business Administration, UW. Information or Registration: 543-4227 (Charlotte Albright). MAR. 27: RIVERS OF BLOOD: WATER & CONFLICT IN THE MIDDLE EAST. 5:30-8:00 p.m., Walker-Ames Room, 2nd Floor, Kane Hall. Ellis Goldberg, Associate Professor of Political Science and Director, Middle East Center, JSIS. Part of 8-session dinner/lecture series, "International Updates: Trends and Transitions in Your World." COST: $20; PRE-REGISTER BY MAR. 20. Sponsors: Jackson School Outreach Centers, JSIS, and Center for International Business Education & Research (CIBER), School of Business Administration, UW. Information or Registration: 543-4227 (Charlotte Albright). APR. 10: THE EUROPEAN UNION AND THE UNITED STATES: TOWARD A NEW TRANS-ATLANTIC RELATIONSHIP? 5:30-8:00 p.m., Walker-Ames Room, 2nd Floor, Kane Hall. Christopher Piening, European Union Fellow, JSIS. Part of 8-session dinner/lecture series, "International Updates: Trends and Transitions in Your World." COST: $20; PRE-REGISTER BY APR. 3. Sponsors: Jackson School Outreach Centers, JSIS, and Center for International Business Education & Research (CIBER), School of Business Administration, UW. Information or Registration: 543-4227 (Charlotte Albright). APR. 24: EMERGING MARKETS: SIMILARITIES & DIFFERENCES. 5:30-8:00 p.m., Walker-Ames Room, 2nd Floor, Kane Hall. Richard W. Moxon, Associate Professor of Management and Organization, School of Business Administration. Part of 8-session dinner/lecture series, "International Updates: Trends and Transitions in Your World." COST: $20; PRE-REGISTER BY APR. 17. Sponsors: Jackson School Outreach Centers, JSIS, and Center for International Business Education & Research (CIBER), School of Business Administration, UW. Information or Registration: 543-4227 (Charlotte Albright). MAY 8: LOOKING EAST: INDIA'S INTEGRATION WITH CHANGING ASIA. 5:30-8:00 p.m., Walker-Ames Room, 2nd Floor, Kane Hall. Anthony D'Costa, Assistant Professor of Economic Development, Tacoma Branch Campus, UW. Part of 8-session dinner/lecture series, "International Updates: Trends and Transitions in Your World." COST: $20; PRE-REGISTER BY MAY 1. Sponsors: Jackson School Outreach Centers, JSIS, and Center for International Business Education & Research (CIBER), School of Business Administration, UW. Information or Registration: 543-4227 (Charlotte Albright). MAY 22: THREE CONFLICTING GEOGRAPHIES OF CASCADIA. 5:30-8:00 p.m., Walker-Ames Room, 2nd Floor, Kane Hall. Matthew Sparke, Assistant Professor of Geography and International Studies, JSIS. Part of 8-session dinner/lecture series, "International Updates: Trends and Transitions in Your World." COST: $20; PRE-REGISTER BY MAY 15. Sponsors: Jackson School Outreach Centers, JSIS, and Center for International Business Education & Research (CIBER), School of Business Administration, UW. Information or Registration: 543-4227 (Charlotte Albright). MAY 2: TRANSNATIONALIZATION, CITIZENSHIP AND THE NATION-STATE: A COMPARATIVE ANALYSIS OF MEXICO & THE DOMINICAN REPUBLIC. Time: 12:30 p.m., 317 Thomson. Professor Luis Guarnizo, University of California, Davis. Part of the State-Society Relations workshop series on "Transnationalism & the Limits of State." Sponsor: International Studies Program, JSIS. Information: 543-5194. MAY 2 (THURS.), MAY 5 (SUN.), & MAY 8 (WED.): SAMUEL & ALTHEA STROUM LECTURES IN JEWISH STUDIES: "THE AMERICANIZATION OF THE HOLOCAUST." Sunday lecture, 7:00 p.m.; others, 8:00 p.m. -- 210 Kane Hall. Alan Mintz, Joseph H. & Belle R. Braun Professor of Modern Hebrew Literature, Brandeis University. Sponsor: Jewish Studies Program, JSIS. Information: 543-4243. MAY 30: STATE-SOCIETY WORKSHOP. (Specific title, time, & location TBA.) Professor Michael Watts, University of California at Berkeley. Sponsor: International Studies, JSIS. Information: 543-5194. ******** 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. Jackson School of International Studies University of Washington Box 353650 Seattle, WA 98195-3650 .