From jsis@u.washington.edu Fri May 11 08:57:27 2001 Received: from jason05.u.washington.edu (root@jason05.u.washington.edu [140.142.8.54]) by lists.u.washington.edu (8.11.2+UW01.01/8.11.2+UW01.04) with ESMTP id f4BFvP0122854 for ; Fri, 11 May 2001 08:57:25 -0700 Received: from homer24.u.washington.edu (jsis@homer24.u.washington.edu [140.142.8.24]) by jason05.u.washington.edu (8.11.2+UW01.01/8.11.2+UW01.04) with ESMTP id f4BFvNA30940 for ; Fri, 11 May 2001 08:57:23 -0700 Received: from localhost (jsis@localhost) by homer24.u.washington.edu (8.11.2+UW01.01/8.11.2+UW01.04) with ESMTP id f4BFvLN116222 for ; Fri, 11 May 2001 08:57:21 -0700 Date: Fri, 11 May 2001 08:57:21 -0700 (PDT) From: Jackson School of International Studies To: Subject: The Jackson School Calendar, May 11, 2001 Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII the JACKSON SCHOOL CALENDAR May 11, 2001 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. ______________________________________________________________________ May 11 "Infrastructure Investment and Industrialization in Postwar Asia: How Relevant is Japan?" 3:30-5:00, Room 317. Speaker: Carl Mosk, University of Victoria. Sponsor: Japan Studies Program. Info: 543-4391 "New Publications on/in Uzbekistan." Denny Hall 215, 12:30-1:30pm. Speaker: Ilse D. Cirtautas, NELC. Sponsors: CASG; NELC; MEC; REECAS/JSIS. Info: 543-9963 or 543-6033. Ethno-archaeological Research with Nenets Reindeer Herders on the Yamal Peninsula, Russia. 7:00 - 9:00 pm, R.E.I. flagship store, 222 Yale Ave. North. Speaker: Dr. Sven Haakanson, Jr., Director, Alutiiq Museum, Kodiak Island, Alaska. FREE to members, $10.00 to non-members. Refreshments provided (Please bring cookies/snacks to share with the beverages) May 12 Diversity in Spain (four films about Spain and its geographical and cultural diversity). 8:30 am - 5:00 pm, BLM 413. Sponsor: Center for Spanish Studies. Info: 221-6571. May 14 Post-Traditional Jewish Identities: "Jewish Learning, Jewish Hope." (Samuel and Althea Stroum Lecture 2001). 8:00 pm, Kane Hall 220. Speaker: Professor Paul Mendes-Flohr, Hebrew University of Jerusalem. Sponsor: Jewish Studies Program/JSIS. Info: 543-4243. May 14-19 * Nagpuri Music and Chhau Dance, World Premiere. Various times and locations, see www.seattleinternational.org/perform.htm for schedule. Kunjban and the Shiv Shakti Dance Party for the Seattle International Childrens' Festival. Contact (206) 684-7338 for info. May 15 "When Corporations Rule the World", Law, Globalization and Human Rights Series. 3:30-5:00 pm, Condon Hall, Room 109. Speaker: David Korten, is the author of numerous books and is the board-chair of the Positive Futures Network, publishers of Yes! A Journal of Positive Futures". He has worked for USAID and for the Ford Foundation in a variety of overseas postings. Sponsors: International Studies Center/JSIS and the Colloquium on Law and Multinational Corpoations, UW Law School. Info: 685-2707 "Architectural Transformation: Space, Structure, and Light in Ottoman Mosques", Envisioning the Ottoman Empire Lecture Series. 5:00-6:30 pm, Denny Hall, Room 314. Speaker: Henry Matthews, Art Historian. Sponsored by the International Studies Center and Middle East Center/JSIS and the Simpson Center for the Humanities. Info: 685-2707 May 16 Putin as the Un-Yeltsin: A Sea Change in Russian Foreign Policy (part of the lecture series "Putin and the New Russian Foreign Policy"). 6:30 pm, Kane Hall 120. Speaker: Strobe Talbott, Former U.S. Deputy Secretary of State. Sponsors: Henry M. Jackson Foundation; World Affairs Council; Foundation for Russian-American Economic Cooperation; Seattle Post-Intelligencer; REECAS/JSIS; IGRSS. Info: 543-4852. (Re)Building a Sustainable Peace in El Salvador. 12:30 pm, Thomson 317. Speaker: Jose "Chencho Alas, Foundation for Self-Sufficiency in Central America. Sponsors: LAS/JSIS; Foundation for Self-Sufficiency in Central America. Info: 685-3435. Looking for Truth in the Midst of Crisis: The Cost of the Past in Indonesia. 3:30-5:00pm, Thomson 317. Speaker: Mary Zurbuchen, Visiting Professor, Department of East Asian Languages and Cultures, University of California-Los Angeles. Sponsor: SEAS/JSIS. Info: 543-9606. May 17 What Happened to the Oslo Peace Process? (New Title) (Part of the series on Ethnic conflict in the Modern World). 3:30 pm, Parrington Hall Forum. Speaker: Joel Beinin, Stanford University. Sponsor: Center for the Study of Ethnic Conflict and Conflict Resolution, International Studies/JSIS. Info: 685-2707 "New Publications in/on Kirghizstan." Denny Hall 215, 12:30-1:30pm. Speaker: Ilse D. Cirtautas, NELC. Sponsors: CASG; NELC; MEC; REECAS/JSIS. Info: 543-9963 or 543-6033. Film: "The Decalogue, V-VI" (Krzysztof Kieslowski, Poland, 1988-89). 6:00 p.m., Mary Gates Hall 234. Sponsor: REECAS/JSIS. Info: 543-4852. May 18 Moga: The Modern Girl in Japan (Part of the lecture series "Modern Girl Around the World"). 3:30- 5:00 pm, Communications 206 (NOTE NEW LOCATION). Speaker: Miriam Silverberg, Dept. of History, UCLA. Sponsors: Taylor Institute for Transnational Studies; Simpson Center for the Humanities; Japan Studies Program/JSIS. Info: 616-1190. "Kirghiz Students Studying Abroad and Their Contributions to Kirghiz Society." Denny Hall 215, 12:30-1:30pm. Speaker: Anara Jamasheva, Head, IREX-Educational Information Center, Bishkek. Sponsors: CASG; NELC; MEC; REECAS/JSIS. Info: 543-9963 or 543-6033. * The Hitler Diaries: The Fascination of a Fake. 1:30 pm, Denny 308. Speaker: Eric Rentschler, Harvard University. Sponsor: Germanics. Info: 543-4580. * Global Commons Distance Learning Event. 10:00am-12:00pm, Health Sciences Video Center. Speaker: Elizabeth DeSombre. Info: Christine Ingebritsen, ingie@u.washington.edu May 18 - 19 Indigenous Mobilization in the Americas: Forging Hemispheric Ties. A Conference with First Nations Speakers from Latin America, Canada, and the United States. Free & open to all. (K-12 teacher clock hours avail. For $40 registration fee, through Canadian Studies, 206-543-6269) FRI. MAY 18, 7:00 pm, Sieg Hall 134 (SE of the HUB) -Keynote: Guillermo Delgado, Quechua activist/scholar, UC-Santa Cruz. SAT. MAY 19, Sieg Hall 134 (SE of the HUB) -9:00 am-5:00 pm: Panel discussions on sovereignty, legal & land issues, cultural revitalization and education. -7-9 pm: Film screeining & discussion of Dan Hart (UW) For details, visit: http://jsis.artsci.washington.edu/programs/latinam. UW Sponsors: Latin American Studies Program, JSIS; Walter Chapin Simpson Center for the Humanities; Canadian Studies, JSIS; Division of Spanish and Portuguese; Spanish Resource Center; American Ethnic Studies Department; Department of Anthropology; UW-First Nations. Community Sponsors: People for Justice in Chile, El Centro de la Raza, Washington State-Chile Partners for the Americas. For more information contact LAS-JSIS, 206-685-3435; lasuw@u.washington.edu Moral Aggression: The Evil Uses of Goodness. The Ernest Becker Foundation and the S.U. Department of Psychology will host Dr. Kirby Farrell from the English Department of the University of Massachusetts. Dr. Kirby will present the above titled lecture on May 18 at 7:30 pm in the Schafer Auditorium of the Lemieux Library. The lecture is free. On Saturday, May 19, is a workshop from 9:30 a.m. 4:00 pm. The workshop will take place in the Stimson Room of the Lemieux Library. A $25.00 donation is requested for the workshop. Scholarships are available for the asking (206-232-2994). Pre-registration for the workshop is highly recommended so you can study the handouts and see the videos. The experience is designed to "blow the cover" of the socio-drama and the cultural fiction, to hone our skills at looking beneath the veneer, to expose especially the hurtful ways our culture denies death, and to identify those institutions and ideas that are helpful. May 21 The Diasporic Crow and the Fabulization of Instinct: How Natural History Enters General History around the Indian Ocean (Part of the Colloquium Series "Whose nature? Conflicting Interests and Perceptions"). 3:30 - 5:00, Mary Gates Hall, Room 241. Speaker: Paul Greenough, Dept. of History, University of Iowa. Sponsor: South Asia Center/JSIS. Info: 543-4800. Positive Identity: Women living with HIV in Thailand's Northeast. Time and location TBA. Speaker: Suchada Thaweesit, Anthropology, Ubon Ratchathani University, Thailand. Sponsor: SEAS/JSIS. Info: 543-9606. Severyns-Ravenholt Lecture: "Human Rights: Democracy and the Rule of Law in the Asia Pacific Region." 7:00 pm, Kane Hall 210. Speaker: Jose Ramos-Horta, Nobel Peace Prize Winner. A reception in the Walker-Ames room will follow the lecture. Sponsors: Political Science; JSIS. Info: 543-9163. May 22 Narratives of German Jewish Refugees in 1930s New York City. 3:30 pm, Thomson 317. Speaker: Judith Gerson, Sociology and Women's Studies, Rutgers University. Sponsors: Jewish Studies Program/JSIS; Germanics; Women's Studies. Info: 543-4243. Two Workshops for Spanish Teachers. 4:00 - 8:00 pm, Loew 102. Workshop Leader: Oscar Cerrolaza, Spanish consultant. Sponsor: Center for Spanish Studies. Info: 221-6571. The Andrew Markus Lecture: Cognitive Approaches to Chinese Historical Linguistics. 8:00 pm, Walker-Ames Room, Kane Hall. Speaker: Christoph Harbsmeier, Univ. of Oslo. Sponsor: Asian L&L. Info: 543-4996. 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. Visualizing Power: Illustrated Histories of the Ottoman Dynasty. 1:30-3:20 pm, Thomson Hall, 317. Speaker: Serpil Bagci, Associate Professor of Art History, Hacettept University, Turkey. Sponsors: Walter Chapin Simpson Center for the Humanities, Middle East Center/JSIS, and International Studies Center/JSIS. Info: 685-2354. Zagreb Everywhere: An Unorthodox Lecture on the City of Zagreb, Croatia (incorporating video, sound and the spoken word). 8:00 p.m., Mary Gates Hall Room 231. Speaker: Gordana Crnvovic, Slavic L&L, UW. Sponsored by Slavic L&L, REECAS/JSIS, Comparative Literature and the Jack Straw Foundation's Artist Support Program. Info: 543-6848. Film: "The Decalogue, VII-VIII" (Krzysztof Kieslowski, Poland, 1988-89). 6:00 p.m., Mary Gates Hall 234. Sponsor: REECAS/JSIS. Info: 543-4852. May 24 * NOTE NEW LOCATION. Slide Show/Reading: "Labrador: Canada's Forgotten Frontier." 7:30 - 9:00 pm, Kane 220. Speaker: Lynne Fitzhugh, Author. Sponsor: Canadian Studies Center/JSIS. Info: 543-6269. Russia's Unfinished Revolution: The Protracted Transition from Communism to Democracy (part of the lecture series "Putin and the New Russian Foreign Policy"). 7:30 pm, Kane Hall 210. Speaker: Michael McFaul, Senior Associate, Carnegie Endowment for International Peace. Sponsors: Henry M. Jackson Foundation; World Affairs Council; Foundation for Russian-American Economic Cooperation; REECAS/JSIS. Info: 543-4852. Labor Migration, Transnational Communities, and State Strategies in East Asia. 3:30 - 5:30 pm, Parrington Forum. Speaker: Stephen Castles, Oxford University. Sponsor: Center for the Study of Ethnic conflict and Conflict Resolution, International Studies Center, JSIS. Info: 685-2707. "The Recent Resurgence of Islamic Education in China and the Revival of Ties to the International Islamic Community." 3:30-5:00, Savery 131. Speaker: Jacqueline Armijo, Department of Religious Studies, Stanford University. Sponsored by China Studies Program/JSIS. Info: 543-4391 May 26 13th Annual Nicholas Poppe Symposium on Central/Inner Asian Studies. Denny Hall 215, 8:30-6:00pm. Preliminary List of Presentations: "International Programs and Their Effects on Kirghizstan's Educational System" (Anara Jamasheva, Head, IREX-Educational Information Center, Bishkek, Kirghizstan). "Recent Legislation on Land Reform in Kazakhstan" (Zhakshylyk Khuseinov, former Advisor to the President and Parliament of Kazakhstan; Visiting Scholar, Russian, East European and Central Asian Program (REECAS), University of Washington). "Land Reforms in Kirghizstan" (Renee Giovarelli, J.D., LL.M, Staff Attorney, Rural Development Institute, Seattle). "The Deportation of the Karachai People from the Caucasus to Central Asia in 1943: Eyewitness Accounts" (Zulfiya Lafi, former Representative of the International Research and Exchange Board (IREX) in Kazakhstan and Central Asia ). "Women in Uzbekistan Since Independence" (Adolat Najimova, RFE/RL Correspondent, Prague). "Abdulla Qodiriy's (1894-1938) Influence on the Uzbek Literary Language" (Ilse D. Cirtautas, Near Eastern Languages & Civilization, University of Washington). "On Vowel Harmony in Turkmen" (Tim Miller, Graduate Student, Near Eastern Languages & Civilization, University of Washington). Info: 543-9963. May 30 Film: "The Decalogue, IX-X" (Krzysztof Kieslowski, Poland, 1988-89). 6:00 p.m., Mary Gates Hall 234. Sponsor: REECAS/JSIS. Info: 543-4852. June 1 Reading and Storytelling with Canadian Inuk Writer Michael Kusagak. 7:00 pm, Kane Hall 210. Sponsor: Canadian Studies Center/JSIS. Info: 543-6269. Southeast Asia Center spring reception. 4:30-6:30pm, location TBA. Friends, food and drinks! Info: 543-9606. * When the Fat Raven Sings: Mimesis and Environmental Alterity in Kamchatka's Environmentalist Age. 12:30 - 2:00 pm, Mary Gates Hall 248. Speaker: David Koester, University of Alaska, Fairbanks. Sponsors: REECAS/JSIS, UW Program on the Environment. Info: 543-4852. June 2 Educator's Mosaic Workshop: "Northern Dreams: Art, Life and the Environment in the Far North." 8:30 - 4:30 pm, UW location TBA. Workshop for K-7 educators includes overview of the history and geography of Siberia, Greenland and far north in Russia; representatives from three countries will give insider's view of traditional life and culture; and sessions devoted to storytelling, mythology, northern music, and arts & crafts. Extensive information packets. Sponsors: Canadian Studies Center/JSIS; REECAS; CWES. Cost: $45 includes eight clock hours, coffee/muffins and lunch. Registration and info: 543-6269. June 4 Global Trade, Transportation, and Logistics Studies Annual Conference: "The Prospect of Regional Intermodal Hubs as a Measure toward Decreasing Traffic Congestion and Promoting Commerce. 3:00 - 6:00 pm (including reception), Seafirst Executive Education Center, Fourth Floor, Douglas Forum. Speakers TBA. Sponsor: Global Trade, Transportation, and Logistics Studies. RSVP by May 29. Info: 616-5778. June 5 Stigma, Acceptance, and the End to Liminality: Jews and Christians in Early Modern Italy. 1:30 pm, Thomson 317. Speaker: Ken Stow, University of Haifa (former Stroum Professor). Sponsor: Jewish Studies Program/JSIS. Info: 543-4243. June 8 Bookfest at Lunch featuring Bharti Kirchner and Anita Rau Badami. 12:30 pm, Claremont Hotel, 4th and Virginia, Seattle. Sponsored by Northwest Bookfest, for tickets call (206) 378-1883. June 27-29 Jackson School Joint Outreach Summer Seminar. Time and location TBA. SEA speaker: Paul Stange, Prof. History, Murdoch University, Australia. Parangtritis: a Javanese Sacred Site in troubled times. Info: 543-9606. July 17-22 * UW Summer Arts Festival. July 18: Tibetan Rol Mo Buddhist Ritual Music, 4:15 pm Brechemin Auditorium. UW Artist-in-Residence Ven. Kelak Lama leads his ensemble July 19 Lutes of India: Sitar and Sarod. 8 pm, Meany Theater. Nayan Ghosh and Yogesh Samsi with Amjad Ali Khan and Amaan and Ayaan Ali Bangash. Visit www.summerartsfest.org for more information. Tickets through UW Arts Ticket Office (206)543-4880. ______________________________________________________________________________ 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 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 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. 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