From jsis@u.washington.edu Fri Oct 6 08:17:39 2000 Received: from jason02.u.washington.edu (root@jason02.u.washington.edu [140.142.8.52]) by lists.u.washington.edu (8.9.3+UW00.05/8.9.3+UW99.09) with ESMTP id IAA193508 for ; Fri, 6 Oct 2000 08:17:35 -0700 Received: from homer38.u.washington.edu (jsis@homer38.u.washington.edu [140.142.16.4]) by jason02.u.washington.edu (8.9.3+UW00.05/8.9.3+UW00.01) with ESMTP id IAA12980 for ; Fri, 6 Oct 2000 08:17:33 -0700 Received: from localhost (jsis@localhost) by homer38.u.washington.edu (8.9.3+UW00.05/8.9.3+UW99.09) with ESMTP id IAA102588 for ; Fri, 6 Oct 2000 08:17:31 -0700 Date: Fri, 6 Oct 2000 08:17:31 -0700 (PDT) From: Jackson School of International Studies To: jsis-uw@u.washington.edu Subject: The Jackson School Calendar, October 6, 2000 Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII the JACKSON SCHOOL CALENDAR October 6, 2000 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 CSDE = Center for Studies in Demography & Ecology CPHRS = Center for Public Health Research & Evaluation CWES = Center for West European Studies, JSIS GTTL = Global Trade, Transportation & Logistics Studies JSIS = The Henry M. Jackson School of International Studies LAS = Latin American Studies Program/JSIS 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 _____________________________________________________________________ October 6 The Integral Argument of the Zhongyong. 2:30 - 4:00 pm, Thomson 317. Speaker: Andrew Plaks, East Asian Studies, Princeton University. Sponsor: China Studies Program/JSIS. Info: 543-4391. * Film: "A Place Called Chiapas." (Subtitled). 1:30 pm, Kane 19. Documents the ceasefire between the Zapatists National Liberation Army and the Mexican army. Admission is only for UW students, faculty and staff. Sponsor: LAS/JSIS. Info: 685-3435. October 7 The Effects of the U.S. "Drug War" on Colombia's Environment. 2:00 - 5:00 pm, Wycoff Auditorium, Seattle University (Broadway & Madison). Speaker: Juliana Gonzalez, Dept. of Geography, Kings College, London. Sponsor: Seattle Colombia Committee. Info: 567-5610. October 9 Big Man, Big Woman: The Shifting Terrain of Rural Credit in Senegalese Hinterlands. 3:30 - 4:50 pm, Denny 401. Speaker: Donna Perry, Anthropology, Western Oregon University. Sponsor: Anthropology. Info: 685-1811. October 10 The Neighborhood as Workshop. 6:30 pm, Architecture Hall Auditorium Room 147. Speaker: Mario Coyula, Director, Group for the Integral Development of the Capital and Professor of Architecture and Planning, Higher Polytechnic Institute, Havana. Sponsors: College of Architecture and Urban Planning; LAS/JSIS. Info: 543-7679. Canadian Studies "Welcome Back" Faculty Wine and Cheese with Canadian Consul General, Roger Simmons. 3:30 - 5:00 pm, Piano Room, Faculty Club. Faculty enrichment grant proposals will be handed out; free Canadian books. All Canadian studies affiliated faculty or those wishing to incorporate Canadian content into their courses are invited. Hosted by Canadian Consulate. RSVP to Nadine at 543-6269. October 11 Colloquium: "Between Ishmael and Edom: Wandering Hebrew Poets of Medieval Spain." 3:30 pm, Thomson 317. Speaker: Jonathan Decter, Hazel D. Cole Fellow 2000-01, JSIS. Sponsor: Jewish Studies Program/JSIS. Info: 543-4243. October 12 * The Dilbert Syndrome: On the Reduction of Work to a Job (a lecture in the series "Utopias at the End of the Millennium/Turn of the Century). 7:30 pm, Faculty Club, Downstairs Conference Room. Reception will follow. Speaker: Iris Marion Young, Dept. of Political Science, Univ. of Chicago. Sponsors: CWES/JSIS; Center for Women and Democracy; Program in Labor Studies; Dept. of Political Science; Evans School of Public Affairs; Dept. of Women Studies. Info: 543-1675. October 12 - 14 Conference: "The Pious and the Profane: Religion and Public Culture." Several venues and times. Info: Center for the Humanities, 543-3920. October 13 Plenary Session: "Religion and Migrants Identity in Post-Colonial Europe: The Experience of North African Jews in France." 2:00 - 5:30 pm, HUB Ballroom. Speaker: Joelle Bahloul, Indiana University. Info: Center for the Humanities, 543-3920. * Film: "Popol Vuh: Sacred Book of the Quiche Maya" (Subtitled). 1:30 pm, Kane 19. Portrays the creation myth of the Quiche Maya of ancient Guatemala. Admission restricted to UW students, faculty, and staff. Sponsor: LAS/JSIS. Info: 685-3435. October 15 Two Trevors go to Washington: South African Perspectives on Globalization (Seattle screening and discussion with South African filmmaker Ben Cashdan). 7:00 pm, Kane Hall 220. Sponsors: Church Council of Greater Seattle; Ustawi, UW Program on African; CHID; American Friends Committee; Jubilee 2000 Northwest Coalition. October 16 Rice Field Medicine or Killer Poison? Pesticides in post-Green Revolution Indoneisan Agriculture. 3:30 - 4:50 pm, Denny 401. Speaker: Wolfgang Linser, Consultant, Harvard Institute for International Development. Sponsor: Anthropology. Info: 685-1811. Book Reading: "Containing Nationalism" by author Michael Hechter. 7:00 pm, University Book Store, 4326 University Way. Info: 634-3400. Creation and Re-Creation: The Case of Modern Korean Fiction. 12:30 - 2:00 pm, Thomson 317. Speakers: Ch'oe In-ho & O Chong-hui, authors. Sponsor: China Studies Program/JSIS. Info: 543-4391. October 17 * European Liberalisms and the Modern Concepts of Liberty in Iran. 3:30 - 5:00 pm, Denny 216. Speaker: M.A. Homayoun Katouzian, Oxford University. Sponsor: Middle East Center/JSIS; NELC. Info: 543-4227. October 18 Russian-Ottoman Warfare on the Danube in the Eighteenth Century. 1:30 - 3:20, Thomson 317. Speaker: Virginia Aksan, McMaster University. Sponsors: Middle East Center/JSIS; International Studies Center/JSIS; Center for the Humanities. Info: 543-4227. Environmental Management and Ethnic Conflicts on the New European Border: The Baltic States and Russia. 1:30 pm, Faculty Club downstairs conference room. Speaker: Geoffrey Gooch, Jean Monet Professor in European Political Integration, Linkoeping University, Sweden. Sponsor: European Union Center/JSIS. Info: 616-2415. October 19 A Bridge Too Far: Senator Jackson's Quest for the Presidency. 7:30 pm, Kane Hall 210. Lecture by Dr. Robert Kaufman, University of Vermont, on the occasion of the publication of his biography on Senator Jackson. Sponsors: Dept. of History's Center for the Study of the Pacific Northwest; University of Washington Press; Emil and Kathleen Sick Book Lecture Series in Western History and Biography. Reception will follow in Lobby, Kane Hall. Book Reading: "Thunder from the East: A Portrait of a Rising Asia." 7:00 PM, Kane Hall 110. Speaker: Author Nicholas Kristof, Pulitzer Prize winning new York Times correspondent. Sponsors: University Book Store; JSIS; World Affairs Council. Info: 634-3400. Book Reading: "Godfather of the Kremlin: Boris Berezovsky and the Looting of Russia. 7:00 pm, Seneca Space, Town Hall, 1119 8th Avenue. Speaker: Paul Klebnikov, Author/Journalist. Sponsor: University Book Store. Info: 545-9477, ext. 443. Sichuan Street Songs. 3:30 - 5:00 pm, Thomson 317. Speaker: Emma Zevik, Research Associate, Fairbank Center for East Asian Studies, Harvard University. Sponsor: China Studies Program/JSIS. Info: 543-4391. October 20 Preserving La Habana. 6:30 pm, Architecture Hall Auditorium Room 147. Speaker: Eduardo Luis Rodriguez, author, critic, historian and Director of Arquitectura Cuba magazine. Sponsors: College of Architecture and Urban Planning; LAS/JSIS. Info: 543-7679. Human Rights, Justice, and International Lending Organizations: The Case of Guatemala. 12:30 - 2:00 pm, Thomson 317. Speaker: Jesus Tecu Osorio, Bufete Popular (People's Law Firm), Guatemala. Sponsors: Network in Solidarity with the People of Guatemala; LAS/JSIS. Info: 685-3435. * Film: "When the Mountains Tremble" (Subtitled). 1:30 pm, Kane 23B. Guatemalan history as told by Nobel Peace Prize honoree Rigoberta Menchu. Sponsor: LAS/JSIS. Info: 685-3435. * Union Disruption in Norway. 12:30 - 2:00 pm, Parrington Commons Room 308. Speaker: Sigve Tjotta, Dept. of Economics, University of Bergen, Norway. Sponsor: CSDE. October 20 - 22 Contemporary Canadian Writers at the Vancouver International Writer's Festival. Earn 8 credit-hours on this field trip to the Vancouver International Writer's Festival with Dr. Nancy Pagh, Pacific Northwest writer and Adjunct Faculty in Canadian Literature at Western Washington University. Accomodations, breakfast, tickets to the events, credit-hours: $100.00. Limit of 10 participants. Sponsors: Canadian Studies Center/JSIS; Center for Canadian-American Studies, Western Washington University. Info: 543-6269. October 22 - 25 Conference: "Rethinking the Line: The Canada-U.S. Border. Waterfront Centre Hotel, Vancouver, B.C. Sponsors/Hosts: Policy Research Secretariat, Ottawa; Canadian Studies Center/JSIS; University of British Columbia. Cost: $525 Canadian. Info: (604) 730-2500 or email October 23 Losing House and Home: Development, Evictions and Human Rights in Bogota, Colombia. 3:30 - 4:50 pm, Denny 401. Speaker: Margaret Everett, Anthropology, Portland State University. Sponsor: Anthropology. Info: 685-1811. October 25 Vanishing Borders: Protecting the Planet in the Age of Globalization (book reading by the author, Hilary French, Vice President for Research, World Watch Institute). 5:00 pm, Elliott Bay Book Company, 101 South Main. Sponsors: World Affairs Council; Elliott Bay Book Company; Earth Day Network. Cost: $5 members, $10 non-members. Info: 441-5910. October 26 Alien Nation: Zombies, Immigrants and Millennial Capitalism in South Africa (Part of the UW Walker-Ames Lecture Series). 7:00 pm, Kane Hall 210. Speakers: Jean and John Comaroff. Sponsors: Program on African History; History; Geography; Anthropology; Comparative History of Ideas. Info: 616-1825. October 27 Open Secrets: Edo Era Politics in Their Own Terms. 3:30 - 5:00 pm, Thomson 317. Speaker: Luke Roberts. Sponsor: Japan Studies Program. Info: 543-4391. * Film: The Silence of Neto." 1:30 pm, Kane 19. Story of a Guatemalan boy's coming of age amidst the events fo the mid-1950's. Admission restricted to UW students, faculty, and staff. Sponsor: LAS/JSIS. Info: 685-3435. October 31 Ladino Literary Culture in the Levant, 18th - 20th Centuries. 7:30 pm, Kane Hall 210. Reception to follow, dietary laws observed. Speaker: Aron Rodrigue, Lokey Professor of History, Stanford University. Sponsor: Jewish Studies Program/JSIS. Info: 543-4243. November 1 Millets and Minorities: Non-Muslims in the Ottoman Empire. 1:30 - 3:20, Parrington Hall, The Commons. Speaker: Aron Rodrique, Lokey Professor of History, Stanford University. Sponsors: Middle East Center/JSIS; International Studies Center/JSIS; Center for the Humanities. Info: 543-4227. November 3 Explaining Postcommunism: Geographic Diffusion and the Transformation of Postcommunist Europe and Asia. 3:30 - 5:00 pm, Thomson 317. Speaker: Jeffrey Kopstein, Dept. of Political Science, University of Colorado (Boulder). Sponsor: REECAS/JSIS. Info: 543-4852. * Spatial and Temporal Reconfigurations of Israel in the Wake of the 1967 War: A Comparison of Jerusalem, Hebron, and the Sinai. 1:30 - 3:30 pm, Thomson 317. Speaker: Gershon Shafir, Dept. of Sociology, UC-San Diego. Sponsors: Middle East Center/JSIS; International Studies/JSIS; Jewish Studies Program/JSIS. Info: 543-4227. November 6 Developing Citizens: The Subject of the State on an Indonesian Periphery. 3:30 - 4:50 pm, Denny 401. Speaker: Cathryn Houghton, Anthropology, Yale University. Sponsor: Anthropology. Info: 685-1811. November 8 Alternative Routes to State Transformation: A Relational Approach to Politics, Culture, and Society in the Ottoman Empire. 1:30 - 3:20, Thomson 317. Speaker: Karen Barkey, Columbia University. Sponsors: Middle East Center/JSIS; International Studies Center/JSIS; Center for the Humanities. Info: 543-4227. November 10 Incorporating Canadian Multicultural Literature into the Classroom (a workshop for middle and high school teachers). 8:00 am - 5 pm, Thomson Hall (room tba). Limit:20. Cost: $40 (includes box lunch). Info: Nadine at 543-6269. November 13 Sherpa Yak Management in Mount Everest National Park, and the High Costs of Mountaineering. 3:30 - 4:50 pm, Denny 401. Speaker: Barbara Brower, Geography, University of Oregon. Sponsor: Anthropology. Info: 685-1811. First Annual Comparative Religion Lecture on Religion and Contemporary Life: "The Force of Faith in the Contemporary World. 7:30 pm, Kane Hall 220. Reception to follow in Walker-Ames Room. Speaker: Eugene Webb, JSIS. Sponsor: Comparative Religion Program/JSIS. Info: 543-4243. November 14 Incorporating Canadian Content - Ideas and Opportunities for Faculty. Noon - 1:30 pm, Faculty Club. Luncheon for faculty interested in incorporating Canadian content into their courses with the Canadian Consul General, Roger Simmons. Publishing opportunities, travel funding for conferences, and subsidized educational trips to Canada will be discussed. 25 person limit. Hosted by the Canadian Consulate. Info: Nadine at 543-6269. * Reflections on the Women of Afghanistan. 3:30 pm, Thomson 403. Speaker: Ms. Shirley Taraki, a resident of Kabul, Afghanistan for 30 years. Sponsor: South Asia Center/JSIS. Info: 543-4800. November 16 (Title to be Announced). 3:30 - 5:00 pm, Thomson 317. Speaker: Dorothy Salinger. Sponsor: China Studies Program/JSIS. Info: 543-4391. * Lithuania on the Threshold of the New Millennium. 7:00 p.m., Faculty Club. Speaker: Vytautas Landsbergis, former president of Lithuania and current chairman of the Lithuanian Parliament. Sponsors: Baltic Studies Program in the Dept. of Scandinavian Studies, Jackson Foundation, World Affairs Council, UW Press, REECAS/JSIS. Info: 543-4852. November 17 * Lithuania and the End of the Soviet Union (A Roundtable). 9:30 a.m., Parrington Hall Commons (Parrington 308). Speakers: Vytautas Landsbergis, former president of Lithuania and current chairman of the Lithuanian Parliament; Paul Goble, Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty; Herbert J. Ellison, Jackson School of International Studies, UW. Moderated by Stephen Hanson, REECAS/JSIS and Political Science. A coffee reception will follow, with Vytautas Landsbergis signing copies of his new book published by the UW Press. Sponsors: Baltic Studies Program in the Dept. of Scandinavian Studies, Jackson Foundation, World Affairs Council, UW Press, REECAS/JSIS. Info: 543-4852. * Ports, Marine Transportation and Economic Integration in the Baltic Region (A Workshop). 2:30 - 6:30 p.m., Parrington Hall Commons (Parrington 308). Participants include Anatoli Alop (Vice-Rector, Estonian Maritime Academy), Zofia Sawiczewska (University of Gdansk, Poland), Paul Goble (Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty), Vlad Kaczynski (Marine Affairs/JSIS, UW), Nathaniel Trumbull (Geography, UW) and Marc Hershman (Marine Affairs, UW). Vytautas Landsbergis will attend, and a reception will follow in the same room. Sponsors: REECAS/JSIS, School of Marine Affairs, Global Trade, Transportation and Logistics, Baltic Studies Studies Program in the Dept. of Scandinavian Studies. Info: 543-4852. November 19 The Quest for Peace and Justice in Colombia: Current Issues and Lessons from the Past. 5:00 pm potluck, 6:30 - 8:00 talk, Woodland Park Presbyterian Church, 225 N 70th Street. Speakers: Kevin Bensel & Gigi Peterson, Seattle Colombia Committee. Sponsor: Fellowship for Reconciliation. Info: 789-5565. November 20 Maps, Metaphors, and Meanings: Boundary Struggles and Village Forest Use on Private and State Land in Malawi. 3:00 - 4:30 pm, Denny 401. Speaker: Peter Walker, Geography, University of Oregon. Sponsor: Anthropology. Info: 685-1811. November 27 Reconfiguration of Responsibility: Ethical Orientations on the Commons in Liangshan. 3:30 - 4:50 pm, Denny 401. Speaker: Nayna Jhaveri, Geography, UW. Sponsor: Anthropology. Info: 685-1811. November 30 * Shaking off the Post-Soviet Hangover: Latvia's Mass Media 10 Years after the Revolution. 3:30 - 5:00 p.m., Thomson 317. Speaker: Karlis Streips, Latvian Journalist and Activist. Sponsor: Baltic Studies Program in the Dept. of Scandinavian Studies, REECAS/JSIS. Info: 543-4852. December 1 * The Rising Rainbow: Emergence of a Gay Community Where There Was None Before (Latvia). 3:30 - 5:00 p.m., Thomson 317. Speaker: Karlis Streips, Latvian Journalist and Activist. Sponsor: Baltic Studies Program in the Dept. of Scandinavian Studies, REECAS/JSIS. Info: 543-4852. December 4 Sustainability and Conservation Debates in the Case of Madagascar's Tropical Forests. 3:30 - 4:50 pm, Denny 401. Speaker: Lucy Jarosz, Geography, UW. Sponsor: Anthropolgy. Info: 685-1811. 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. ****************************************************************************** The Jackson School Calendar is updated and e-mailed weekly. There is no charge for subscribing. 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