From jsis@u.washington.edu Fri Dec 8 08:53:44 2000 Received: from jason01.u.washington.edu (root@jason01.u.washington.edu [140.142.8.10]) by lists.u.washington.edu (8.9.3+UW00.05/8.9.3+UW99.09) with ESMTP id IAA44266 for ; Fri, 8 Dec 2000 08:53:42 -0800 Received: from homer31.u.washington.edu (jsis@homer31.u.washington.edu [140.142.8.41]) by jason01.u.washington.edu (8.9.3+UW00.05/8.9.3+UW00.01) with ESMTP id IAA25498 for ; Fri, 8 Dec 2000 08:53:40 -0800 Received: from localhost (jsis@localhost) by homer31.u.washington.edu (8.9.3+UW00.05/8.9.3+UW99.09) with ESMTP id IAA68758 for ; Fri, 8 Dec 2000 08:53:38 -0800 Date: Fri, 8 Dec 2000 08:53:37 -0800 (PST) From: Jackson School of International Studies To: jsis-uw@u.washington.edu Subject: The Jackson School Calendar, December 8, 2000 Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII the JACKSON SCHOOL CALENDAR December 8, 2000 ALL EVENTS ARE FREE & 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 on the events. ____________________________________________________________________ December 12 Writers Rivka and Ben-Zion Dorfman ("Synagogues with Jews - and the communities that built and used them,") speak at 7:00 pm in Kane Hall. Info: 545-9477 ext. 202. * Book Reading: "The Ingenuity Gap", by author Thomas Homer-Dixon, Director of the Peace and Conflict Studies Program, Univ. of Toronto, and Advisor to the Clinton White House. 5:00 pm, Elliott Bay Book Company, 101 Main Street. Sponsor: World Affairs Council. Cost: $5 members, $10 non-members. Info: 441-5910. December 13 Slideshow: "Traces of Silk: mages from Ladakh and from Tibet", featuring images of Ladakh, the Northwest frontier of India, where the spirit of old Silk Road feeder routes pervades the memories and character of modern traders. 7:00 pm, Smith 205. Speaker: Paul Harris, photographer. Sponsor: South Asia Center/JSIS; REECAS/JSIS. Info: 543-4852. * Public Policy Forum: "The United Nations; Role in Promoting Health and Human Rights in Africa." 5:30 pm buffet, 6:00 pm program, Parrington Hall, Third Floor. Featured speaker: Ambassador Patrick Hayford, Director of African Affairs in the UN Secretary-General's office. Sponsors: United Nations Association; the Northwest Forum; African Studies Program/JSIS; African Chamber of Commerce; Global Connections; Washington State Peace Corps Association; Washington State Africa Network. 2001 January 11 Speaker Series: Rethinking Mobility, Identity, and Nature in an Era of Globalization. 3:30 - 5:00 pm. Speaker: Charis Thompson, Depts. Of Sociology and Women's Studies, Univ. of Illinois. Sponsors: Taylor Institute for Transnational Studies/JSIS. Info: 616-1190. * When Elephants Stand for Competing Philosophies of Nature: Amboseli National Park, Kenya. 3:30 - 5:00 pm, HYB 209A. Speaker: Charis Thompson, Depts. Of Sociology and Women's Studies, Univ. of Illinois. Sponsor: The Taylor Institute/JSIS. Info: 616-1190. January 18 Chinese Characters as the medium for transmitting the vocabulary of modernization from Japan to Vietnam in the early twentieth century. 3:30 - 5:00 pm, location tba. Speaker: Vinh Sinh, Dept. of History, Univ. of Alberta. Sponsor: Southeast Asia Center/JSIS. Info: 543-9606. * The Ottoman Image in Europe. 7:30 - 9:00 pm, Kane Hall 110. Speaker: Walter Denny, Prof. Of Art History, Univ. of Mass. Sponsor: MEC/JSIS. Info: 543-4227. January 19 International Health Care in the 21st Century: A Canadian and American Perspective on the Future of Health Care - Political and Ethical Issues in Health Care. 9:00 am - 4:00 pm, Thomson 317. Moderator: Kieran O'Malley, Dept. of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Affiliated Faculty, Canadian Studies/JSIS. Sponsors: Canadian Studies Center/JSIS; Canadian Embassy, Washington, D.C. Info: 543-6269. Komatsu Kiyoshi (1900-62) and French Indochina. 3:30 - 5:00 pm, Thomson 231. Speaker: Sinh Vinh. Sponsor: Japan Studies Program/JSIS. Info: 543-4391. January 24 The Nature of Codes (Part of the series "Rethinking Mobility, Identity, and Nature in an Era of Globalization). 3:30 - 5:00 pm, HUB 200AB. Speaker: Katherine Hayles, Dept. of English, UCLA. Sponsors: Taylor Institute for Transnational Studies/JSIS; Dept. of English; Dept. of Comparative Literature. Info: 616-1190. January 27 Canadian Multicultural Stories, First Nations and Quebecois Literature - Teaching Diversity and Cross-Cultural Understanding through Canadian Stories and Myths. All-day workshop for K-6 educators/librarians - 8 clock hours available. 8:30 am - 4:30 pm, Thomson Hall. Cost: $40 (includes coffee, muffins, and box lunch). Sponsors: Pacific Northwest National Resource Center for the Study of Canada. Info: 543-6269. January 30 Globalization in the Public Interest: Business, the World Bank and Voices of the Poor. 11:45 am registration, noon luncheon, Columbia Tower Club, 701 Fifth Avenue. Speaker: Jan Piercy, US Executive Director, The World Bank. Sponsors: World Affairs Council; Puget Sound Business Journal; US Bank; Grant Thornton LLP. Cost: $32 members, $40 non-members. Registration & info: 441-5910. January 31 * The Euro R.I.P.? (part of the series "International Updates: Trends and Transitions in Your World") 5:30 - 8:00 pm, Kane Hall, Walker-Ames Room. Speaker: Robert C. (Rocky) Higgins, School of Business. Sponsors: Jackson School Outreach Centers/JSIS, CIBER. Cost for dinner/lecture is $22. Registration & info: 543-1675. February 1 Conference: The EU and Scandinavia. Begins at 9:00 am in HUB 310. Speakers: Eric Einhorn, political scientist, U-Mass/Amherst; Christine Ingebritsen, political scientist, UW; Paulette Kurzer, political scientist, Univ. of Arizona; Lars Svasand, political scientist, Univ. of Bergen; Lykke Friis, EU expert, Danish Institute of International Affairs; Baldur Thorhallsson, political scientist, Univ. of Iceland; Robert Rinehart, diplomatic historian, US Foreign Service Institute; Annica Kronsell-Young, political scientist, Univ. of Lund; Ann-Catherine Jungar, political scientist, Univ. of Uppsala. Sponsor: European Union Center/JSIS. Info: 616-2415. February 2 Contemporary North West Coast Art & the Work of Susan Point, Coast Salish Artist (a dinner/lecture). 6:30 - 9:30 pm, Kane Hall, Walker-Ames Room. Speaker: Gary Wyatt, Curator, Spirit Wrestler Gallery, Vancouver, B.C., and editor of "Susan Point: Coast Salish Artist, 2000." Cost: $30 (includes dinner, wine and lecture). Sponsors: Canadian Studies Center/JSIS; Center for Canadian-American Studies, Wester Washington University; the Canada-America society; the Pacific North West Canadian Studies Consortium. Info: 543-6269. February 3 International Cultural Documentary - Using Film to Teach About International Education (Workshop for Middle/High School Teachers). 8:00 am - 5:00 pm, Thomson Hall. Workshop Leaders: Carol Hermer and Mary Barber. Cost: $40 (includes coffee, muffins & box lunch). Sponsors: JSIS Educational Outreach Centers. Info: 543-6269. February 8 Speaker Series: Rethinking Mobility, Identity, and Nature in an Era of Globalization. 3:30 - 5:00 pm, HUB 209A. Speaker: James McCarthy, Dept. of Geography, Pennsylvania State University. Sponsor: Taylor Institute for Transnational Studies/JSIS. Info: 616-1190. February 10 NOTE: THE FOLLOWING EVENT HAS BEEN POSTPONED TO MARCH 24: Teaching Canadian History & Culture Through Canadian Art - A Workshop for Middle/High School Teachers/Librarians (8 clock hours available). 8:00 am - 5:00 pm, Thomson Hall. Workshop Leadsers: Dr. Nancy Pagh and Dr. Douglas Jackson. Cost: $40 (includes coffee, muffins and box lunch). Sponsors: Pacific Northwest National Resource Center for the Study of Canada. Info: 543-6269. Asia-2-O: Water Issues Across Asia (A workshop for K-12 educators and the general public. 8:00 am - 4:00 pm, Thomson Hall. Speakers will include a number of UW faculty and professionals/specialists from the community. Sponsors: East Asia Program; REECAS; South Asia Center; Southeast Asia Center/JSIS; Program on the Environment. Cost: $45 (clock hours and lunch included). Registration & info: 543-9606. February 14 * Sexuality in Scandinavia - Myth and Reality: A Cultural Perspective (part of the series "International Updates: Trends and Transitions in Your World") 5:30 - 8:00 pm, Kane Hall, Walker-Ames Room. Speaker: Ia Dubois, Dept. of Scandinavian Studies. Sponsors: Jackson School Outreach Centers/JSIS, CIBER, CWES. Cost for dinner/lecture is $22. Registration & info: 543-1675. February 24 Experience Canadian Art: An Educator's Field Trip to the "Cornelius Krieghoff: Images of Canada" Exhibit at the Vancouver Art Gallery. (Two clock hours available). 7:30 am - 10:00 pm. Trip leaders: Dr. Douglas Jackson and Nadine FabbiShushan. Cost: $60 includes Amtract round-trip to Vancouver, breakfast and a sandwich dinner, and admission to the Gallery. Sponsors: Pacific Northwest National Resource Center for the Study of Canada. Info: 543-6269. February 28 * Challenges of Democracy in an Undemocratic Culture: The Case of Iran (part of the series "International Updates: Trends and Transitions in Your World") 5:30 - 8:00 pm, Kane Hall, Walker-Ames Room. Speaker: Ahmad Karimi-Hakkak, Dept. of Near Eastern Languages and Civilization. Sponsors: Jackson School Outreach Centers/JSIS, CIBER, Middle East Center. Cost for dinner/lecture is $22. Registration & info: 543-1675. March 1 Putin's Foreign Policy: Challenging the U.S. with a Practical Approach. 7:30 pm, Kane Hall 210. Speaker: Celeste Wallander, Council on Foreign Relations. Sponsors: Henry M. Jackson Foundation; World Affairs Council; REECAS/JSIS. Info: 543-4852. March 2 * In the Eye of the Revolution: A Symposium on Early Soviet Film. 8:45 am - 5:30 pm, HUB Room 310. Speakers include Anthony Anemone (College of William and Mary), Zoran Kuzmanovic (Davidson College, North Carolina), Anne Nesbet (University of California, Berkeley) and UW faculty. Sponsors: REECAS/JSIS, Slavic L&L, Simpson Center for the Humanities, College of Arts and Sciences, Comparative Literature and interdisciplinary Arts and Sciences (UW Tacoma). Info: 543-4852. March 8 * The Promotion of Democracy in Putin's Russia: Myths and Realities. 7:30 pm, Kane Hall 210. Speaker: Sarah Mendelson, Tufts University. Sponsors: Henry M. Jackson Foundation; World Affairs Council; REECAS/JSIS. Info: 543-4852. March 14 * From Genocide to Reconciliation: Varieties of Ethnic Conflict in Today's World (part of the series "International Updates: Trends and Transitions in Your World") 5:30 - 8:00 pm, Kane Hall, Walker-Ames Room. Speaker: Daniel Chirot, Jackson School of International Studies. Sponsors: Jackson School Outreach Centers/JSIS, CIBER, International Studies Center. Cost for dinner/lecture is $22. Registration & info: 543-1675. March 24 Teaching Canadian History & Culture Through Canadian Art - A Workshop for Middle/High School Teachers/Librarians (8 clock hours available). 8:30 am - 4:30 pm, Thomson Hall. Workshop Leaders: Dr. Nancy Pagh and Dr. Douglas Jackson. Cost: $40 (includes coffee, muffins and box lunch). Sponsors: Pacific Northwest National Resource Center for the Study of Canada. Info: 543-6269. March 28 * The Coming Collapse of Russian Education? Demographics and the Fate of Schooling in the Former Soviet Union (part of the series "International Updates: Trends and Transitions in Your World") 5:30 - 8:00 pm, Kane Hall, Walker-Ames Room. Speaker: Stephen T. Kerr, College of Education. Sponsors: Jackson School Outreach Centers/JSIS, CIBER, REECAS. Cost for dinner/lecture is $22. Registration & info: 543-1675. March 29 * Russia's Road to a Market Economy under Putin. 7:30 pm, Kane Hall 210. Speaker: Anders Aslund, Carnegie Endowment for International Peace. Sponsors: Henry M. Jackson Foundation; World Affairs Council; REECAS/JSIS. Info: 543-4852. April 6 Open Secrets: Edo Era Politics in Their Own Terms. 3:30 - 5:00 pm, Thomson 317. Speaker: Luke Roberts. Sponsor: Japan Studies Program/JSIS. Info: 543-4391. Constructing Primordialism: Old Histories for New Nations in the Post-Soviet Region. 3:30 - 5:00 pm, Thomson 317. Speaker: Ronald Grigor Suny, Dept. of Political Science, Univ. of Chicago. Sponsor: REECAS/JSIS. Info: 543-4852. April 11 * Beyond Rangoon: Political Instability in Burma (part of the series "International Updates: Trends and Transitions in Your World") 5:30 - 8:00 pm, Kane Hall, Walker-Ames Room. Speaker: Mary Callahan, Jackson School of International Studies. Sponsors: Jackson School Outreach Centers/JSIS, CIBER, Southeast Asia Center. Cost for dinner/lecture is $22. Registration & info: 543-1675. April 12 Russia's Relations with Eastern Europe and the Baltic States: A New Divide in Europe? 7:30 pm, Kane Hall 210. Speaker: Mark Kramer, Harvard Project on Cold War Studies, Harvard Univ. Sponsors: Henry M. Jackson Foundation; World Affairs Council; REECAS/JSIS. Info: 543-4852. April 25 * North-South Interactions on the Korean Peninsula: Implications for the U.S. (part of the series "International Updates: Trends and Transitions in Your World") 5:30 - 8:00 pm, Kane Hall, Walker-Ames Room. Speaker: Clark Sorenson, Jackson School of International Studies. Sponsors: Jackson School Outreach Centers/JSIS, CIBER, East Asia Center. Cost for dinner/lecture is $22. Registration & info: 543-1675. May 9 * The Emergence of Canadian Cinema: The Making of an Industry through Government Policy (part of the series "International Updates: Trends and Transitions in Your World") 5:30 - 8:00 pm, Kane Hall, Walker-Ames Room. Speaker: Darryl Macdonald, Director, Seattle International Film Festival. Sponsors: Jackson School Outreach Centers/JSIS, CIBER, Canadian Studies Center. Cost for dinner/lecture is $22. Registration & info: 543-1675. May 23 * The Cultural Politics of Wildlife Policy in India (part of the series "International Updates: Trends and Transitions in Your World") 5:30 - 8:00 pm, Kane Hall, Walker-Ames Room. Speaker: Kalayanakrishnan Sivaramakrishnan, Dept. of Anthropology. Sponsors: Jackson School Outreach Centers/JSIS, CIBER, South Asia Center. Cost for dinner/lecture is $22. Registration & info: 543-1675. May 31 * Russia's Unfinished Revolution: The Protracted Transition from Communism to Democracy. 7:30 pm, Kane Hall 210. Speaker: Micheal McFaul, Carnegie Endowment for International Peace. Sponsors: Henry M. Jackson Foundation; World Affairs Council; REECAS/JSIS. Info: 543-4852. ______________________________________________________________________________ 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 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 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 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. 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. Jackson . School of International Studies University of Washington Box # 353650 Seattle, WA 98195-3650 Charles Paxton,Secretary to the Director Henry M. Jackson School of International Studies Box 353650, University of Washington Seattle, WA 98195 Ph: (206) 543-4372 .