From jsis@u.washington.edu Fri Oct 10 09:55:30 1997 Received: from jason02.u.washington.edu (root@jason02.u.washington.edu [140.142.76.8]) by lists.u.washington.edu (8.8.4+UW97.07/8.8.4+UW97.05) with ESMTP id JAA48794 for ; Fri, 10 Oct 1997 09:55:29 -0700 Received: from saul5.u.washington.edu (jsis@saul5.u.washington.edu [140.142.83.3]) by jason02.u.washington.edu (8.8.4+UW97.07/8.8.4+UW97.05) with ESMTP id JAA49722 for ; Fri, 10 Oct 1997 09:55:27 -0700 Received: from localhost (jsis@localhost) by saul5.u.washington.edu (8.8.4+UW97.07/8.8.4+UW97.04) with SMTP id JAA01542 for ; Fri, 10 Oct 1997 09:55:27 -0700 (PDT) Date: Fri, 10 Oct 1997 09:55:26 -0700 (PDT) From: Jackson School of International Studies To: jsis-uw@u.washington.edu Subject: Jackson School Calendar, October 10, 1997 Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII the JACKSON SCHOOL CALENDAR October 10, 1997 (Electronic Update) NOTE: ALL EVENTS ARE OPEN TO THE PUBLIC & ARE FREE UNLESS OTHERWISE INDICATED. The Jackson School Calendar is on-line -- updated and distributed weekly! For instructions on how to subscribe to the on-line Calendar, or for further information, please post a message to: JSIS-UW@u.washington.edu. Thank you New Events October 10 The History, Needs, and Conditions of Farm Workers: An educational forum and 25th anniversary event of El Centro de la Raza. 8:30 am - 4:00 pm., HUB East Ballroom. Moderator: Washington State Legislative Rep. Phyllis Guitierrez Kenney. Sonsors: UW Movimiento Estudiantil Chicanos de Aztlan, UW Center for Labor Studies, Dept. of American Ethnic Studies. Information: 329-2974. The International Monetary Transmission Mechanism: A Model of Real Exchange Rate Adjustment Under Pricing to Market. 2:00 pm., Savery 302. Speaker: Caroline Betts, Univ. of Southern California. Sponsor: Dept. of Economics. Information: 543-5955 October 14 The Wars Within: Peoples and States in Conflict. 3:30 pm., Savery 239. Speaker: Robin M. Williams, Jr., Henry Scarborough Professor of Political Science, Emeritus , Dept. of Sociology, Cornell Univ. Sponsor: UW Dept. of Sociology and the Earl & Edna Stice memorial Lectureship in Social Science. Information: 543-5882. October 15 Universal Societal Dilemmas: Promlems Without Solutions? 3:30 pm., Savery 239. Speaker: Robin M. Williams, Jr., Henry Scarborough Professor of Political Science, Emeritus, Dept. of Sociology, Cornell Univ. Sponsors: UW Dept. of Sociology and the Earl & Edna Stice Memorial Lectureship in Social Science. Information: 543-5882. October 17 Falling Apart: The Danger of Disintegration of the Human Individual in Malay Adventure Stories. 12:30 - 1:30 pm., Thomson 317. Speaker: Marije Plomp, Ph.D. Candidate, Research School CNWS, Leiden Univ., the Netherlands. Sponsor: Southeast Asian Studies, Jackson School. Information: 543-9606. October 30 American Leadership in an Interdependent World. 11:30 a.m. registration, 12:00 noon program and lunch. Sheraton Hotel Grand Ballroom C, 1400 Sixth Ave., Seattle. Speaker: Ambassador Strobe Talbott, Deputy Secretary of State. Sponsor: World Affairs Council. Cost varies from $5 to $35 depending on amenities. Information & enrollment: 682-6986. November 3 Note new meeting location for Etel Solingens presentation: Miller Hall 302A. See full entry below. November 6 The World Bank: Forging an International Future. Registration at 7:15 am., program begins at 8:00 a.m., The Edgewater Inn, Olympia Room, Pier 67, 2411 Alaska Way, Seattle. Speakers: Mark M. Brown, Vice President, External Affairs, The World Bank; Russ Cheetham, fmr. Vice President, East Asia & Pacific Region, The World Bank; John Donaldson, External Affairs, The World Bank. Sponsors: World Affairs Council, Washington Council on International Trade. For cost and other information, call 682-6986.. November 7 Family Planning and Reproductive Health in Kenya. 12:30 pm., Savery 209. Speakers: Bettina Shell-Duncan, UW Dept. of Anthropology, and Dr. Leunita Muruli, Univ. of Nairobi. Sponsors: UW Center for Studies in Demography and Ecology, and the Battelle Center for Public Health Research and Evaluation. Information: 543-5412. November 21 Foreign Direct Investment Patters of Firms Involved in Antidumping Investigations. 2:00 pm., Savery 302. Speaker: Bruce Blonigen, Univ. of Oregon. Sponsor: Dept. of Economics. Information: 543-5955. Chinese Infant Mortality: A Multi-level Analysis using the 1990 Census. 12:30 pm., Savery 209. Speaker: Bill Lavely, UW Dept. of Sociology. Sponsors: UW Center for Studies in Demography and Ecology, and the Battelle Center for Public Health Research and Evaluation. Information: 543-5412. December 5 Child Health in Rural Pakistan. 12:30 pm., Savery 209. Speaker: Elaina Rose, Dept. of Economics. Sponsor: Center for Studies in Demography and Ecology, and the Battelle Center for Public Health Research and Evaluation. Information: 543-5412. **************************************************************************** Events Reported in Previous Issues October 10 One Year of Study and Research in Uzbekistan. (I) 12:30 - 1:20 p.m., Denny Hall 215. Speaker: Ken Peterson, Grad Student, Near Eastern Languages & Civilization. Sponsor: Central Asian Studies Group, Dept. of Near Eastern Languages & Civilization. Information: Ilse Cirtautas, 543-9963 or 543-6033. Japan Colloquium: Serial Crime, Serial Fiction: The Notorious Origins of the Modern Japanese Novel. 3:30 pm., 317 Thomson Hall. Speaker: Professor John Whittier Treat, UW Dept. of Asian Languages & Literature. Sponsor: Japan Studies Program, JSIS. Information: 543-9302. Friday Film Series, Latin American Studies Program, the Jackson School. Due to copyright agreements, these film screenings are open only to UW students, faculty and staff. Screenings are on Fridays, beginning at 1:30 p.m. in Kane 19. Films are as follows: Chile: Culture and Resistance - I Am Pablo Neruda (1966 29 min. Spanish and English translation) Follows Chiles Nobel Prize-wining poet through several days in his life in Santiago, Chile, and at his coastal home. - Chile: Hasta Cuando? (1987 57 min. In Spanish) Records the violent military coup of 1973, and repression under the dictatorship of General Augusto Pinochet. October 12 BAFOCHI (Ballet folklorico de Chile): desde el fin del mundo (from the edge of the world). 7:00 p.m., Meany Hall, UW. Sponsors: Latin American Studies Program, Jackson School of International Studies; Centro Cultural Chileno; and Washington/Chile Partners of the Americas. Cost: $20 in advance, $25 at door, $18 for groups of 20 or more. Tickets available thru Ticketmaster or by sending check or money order, along with stamped self-addressed envelope, to Washington State/Chile Partners of the Americas, P.O. Box 1017, Seattle, WA 98111-1017. For group sales and more information, contact Paula Laschober at 684-3957. October 15 Careers in International Services. 9:30 am - 12:00 noon, SeaFirst Board Room, Greater Seattle Chamber of Commerce, 1301 Fifth Ave., 24th Floor. Speakers from the Frank Russell Company, the Port of Seattle, and the Fritz Companies. Cost: $5 payable at door or by calling 389-7301. Sponsors: Washington Council on International Trade and the International Staff Group. October 16 Privatization in Kazakhstan. 12:30 - 1:20 p.m., Denny Hall 215. Speaker: Kenley Butler, Grad Student, School of Public Affairs. Sponsor: Central Asian Studies Group, Dept. of Near Eastern Languages & Civilization. Information: Ilse Cirtautas, 543-9963 or 543-6033. October 17 One Year of Study and Research in Uzbekistan. 12:30 - 1:30 p.m., Denny Hall 215. Speaker: Ken Peterson, Grad Student, Dept. of Near Eastern Languages & Civilization. Information: Isle Cirtautas, 54309963 or 543-6033. Friday Film Series, Latin American Studies Program, the Jackson School. Due to copyright agreements, these film screenings are open only to UW students, faculty and staff. Screenings are on Fridays, beginning at 1:30 p.m. in Kane 19. Films are as follows: Andean Glimpses - Mountain Music Of Peru (1984 58 min. Spanish with English subtitles) From remote mountain villages to the capital city, Peru's popular Huaynos music connects even isolated groups of people. - Viracocha (1974 31 min. Native languages and Spanish w/ Eng subtitles) Explores rural society in an area northwest of La Paz, Bolivia, inhabited by Aymara and Quechua Indians and mestizos. October 17 - 19 3rd Annual Love of Violence and its Variants Conference: Militias and Gangs. Oct. 17 at 7:30 p.m. thru noon, Oct. 19, Room 220 Kane Hall. Keynote speaker: James Aho, Dept. of Sociology, Idaho State Univ. Sponsors: Comparative Religion Program, Jackson School of International Studies, and Ernest Becker Foundation. Students free. Others $20. Preregistration and Information: Neil Elgee at 232-2994. October 21 Refugee Resettlement and Sustainable Development in Guatemala. 3:30-5:00 pm., Thomson 325. Speaker: Amanda Rodas, Guatemalan refugee rights worker, CONGCOOP (Coordination of Non-Governmental Organizations and Cooperatives). Sponsor: Latin American Studies, JSIS. Information: 685-0668. October 23 Need for Changes in Kirghizstans Higher Education. 12:30 - 1:30 p.m., Denny Hall 215. Speaker: Rsbb Beybutova, Head, Dept. of International Relations, Institute for Integration of International Education Programs, Kirghiz National State University, Bishkek, Kirghizstan. Sponsor: Central Asian Studies Group, Dept. of Near Eastern Languages & Civilization. Information: Ilse Cirtautas, 543-9963 or 543-6033. Two Talks with Jane Miller Floyd (talk titles to be announced). 3:30-5:00 p.m., Smith 105; and 7:00 p.m., Russian/German House, 2104 NE 45th Street. Speaker: Jane Miller Floyd, UW Alum, U.S. Consul General in Vladivostok, Russia. Sponsor: Dept. of Slavic Languages & Literatures. Information: David Miles, 543-6848, email dmiles@u.washington.edu. China Colloquium. Chinese Nationalism in Minority Language Readers: The Case of the Nuosu (YI) of Liangshan, Sichuan. 3:30 - 5:00 pm., Thomson 317. Speaker: Prof. Steven Harrell, UW Dept. of Anthropology. Sponsor: Chinese Studies Program, Jackson School. Information: 543-4391. October 24 Uzbek Short Stories. Report on a Translation Project, Summer 1997. 12:30 - 1:20 p.m., Denny Hall 215. Speaker: Erdag Gknar, Grad Student, Dept. of Near Eastern Languages & Civilization. Sponsor: Central Asian Studies Group, Dept. of Near Eastern Languages & Civilization. Information: Ilse Cirtautas, 543-9963 or 543-6033. Friday Film Series, Latin American Studies Program, the Jackson School. Due to copyright agreements, these film screenings are open only to UW students, faculty and staff. Screenings are on Fridays, beginning at 1:30 p.m. in Kane 19. Actors for Change - Teatro! Theater And The Spirit Of Change (1991 58 min.) Follow a grassroots theater company through rural Honduras as it dramatizes inspiring messages of social justice. October 28 Colloquium. The Rabbis - Defenders of the Law or Benders of the Law: A Study of Mortgages in the Gaonic Period. 3:30 pm., Thomson 317. Speaker: Dr. Hillel Gamoran, Visiting Lecturer, Jackson School. Sponsor: Jewish Studies Program, Jackson School. Information: Julie Eulenberg, 543-6811. October 29 Turning -s into +s: Art, Politics, and Historical Memory in Contemporary Chile. 12:30 p.m., Thomson 317. Speaker: Joanne Pottlitzer, playwright, theatre director and arts critic. Sponsors: Latin American Studies Program of the Jackson School of International Studies, the Division of Spanish & Portuguese, Centro Cultural Chileno, and Washington State/Chile Partners of the Americas. Information: 685-3435. In Their Own Words: Artists Remember Changing Metaphors of Arts and Politics in Chile, 1973-1996. 7:00 p.m., Savery 239. Speaker: Joanne Pottlitzer, playwright, theatre director and arts critic. Sponsors: Latin American Studies Program of the Jackson School of International Studies, the Division of Spanish & Portuguese, Centro Cultural Chileno, and Washington State/Chile Partners of the Americas. Information: 685-3435. October 30 Kirghiz Songs of Mourning (Koshok). 12:30 - 1:20 p.m., Denny Hall 215. Speaker: Elmira Kochumkulkizi, Grad Student, Dept. of Near Eastern Languages & Civilization. Sponsor: Central Asian Studies Group, Dept. of Near Eastern Languages & Civilization. Information: Ilse Cirtautas, 543-9963 or 543-6033. October 31 Friday Film Series, Latin American Studies Program, the Jackson School. Due to copyright agreements, these film screenings are open only to UW students, faculty and staff. Screenings are on Fridays, beginning at 1:30 p.m. in Kane 19. - In Women's Hands (1993 57 min.) Examines the changing political climate in Chile and the involvement of Chilean women of every social class. November 3 Domestic Coalitions, Grand Strategies, and Regional Orders. 3:30-5:00 p.m., Miller Hall 302A (New Location). Speaker: Etel Solingen, Assoc. Professor, Dept. of Politics, UC-Irvine. Sponsor: International Studies Centers International Political Economy Colloquium, Jackson School of International Studies. Information: Christine Ingebritsen, 543-0675 (ingie@u.washington.edu). Presentation on Human Rights in Guatemala, title TBA. 1:30 p.m., location TBA. Speaker: Juan Pu Hernandez, Guatemalan human rights and indigenous rights activist. He will speak, with a translator, at 2:00 pm. following a brief video, "School of the Assassins, and a presentation on the School of the Americas. Sponsors: Green Guatemala and the Jennifer Harbury Support Group. Information: 685-3435. November 6 The Kazakh Writer and Scholar Muxtar Auezov: (1897-1961). 12:30 - 1:20 p.m., Denny Hall 215. Speaker: Ilse Cirtautas, Professor, Near Eastern Languages & Civilization. Sponsor: Central Asian Studies Group, Dept. of Near Eastern Languages & Civilization. Information: 543-9963 or 543-6033. Teaching with a Global Perspective: Inspiring Students in the 21st Century. 3:30-4:40 pm., Cunningham Hall Conference Room. Speaker: Elena Pereyra, History. Sponsor: Northwest Center for Research on Women. Information: 543-9531. China Colloquium. History of Public Speaking in China. 3:30-5:00 pm., Thomson 317. Speaker: Dr. David Strand, Dept. of Political Science, Dickenson College. Sponsor: China Studies Program, Jackson School. Information: 543-4391. November 7 The Issyk Kul Forum, Bishkek, July 14-18, 1997. 12:20-1:20 p.m., Denny Hall 215. Speaker: Ilse Cirtautas, Professor, Dept. of Near Eastern Languages & Civilization. Sponsor: Central Asian Studies Group, Dept. of Near Eastern Languages & Civilization. Information: 543-9963 or 543-6033. Friday Film Series, Latin American Studies Program, the Jackson School. Due to copyright agreements, these film screenings are open only to UW students, faculty and staff. Screenings are on Fridays, beginning at 1:30 p.m. in Kane 19. Guatemala: Tragedy and Courage - When The Mountains Tremble (1983 83 min. Spanish w Eng. subtitles) Nobel prize winner Rigoberta Menchu weaves together the rich fabric of recent Guatemalan history and her people's courage. November 12 Russia and China: A New Strategic Convergence? 3:30-5:00 pm., Smith Room, Suzzallo Library. Speaker: Christoph Bluth, Director, Graduate School of European and International Studies, University of Reading (UK). Sponsors: Pacific Northwest Colloquium on International Security, JSIS International Studies Center, and the China Studies Colloquium. Information: Christopher Jones, 543-9831, cdjones@ November 13 Research on the Epic Manas in Kirghizstan. 12:30-1:20 p.m., Denny Hall 215. Speaker: Rsbb Beybutova, Fulbright Scholar, Head, Dept. of International Relations, Institute for Integration of International Educational Programs, Kirghiz National State Univ., Bishkek, Kirghizstan. Sponsor: Central Asian Studies Group, Dept. of Near Eastern Languages & Civilization. Information: Ilse Cirtautas, 543-9963 or 543-6033. Informal social reception for undergraduate and graduate students majoring in comparative religion. 3:30 pm., Parrington 308. Sponsor: Comparative Religion Program, JSIS. Information: Loryn Paxton, 543-4835. November 14 Research on Kazakh Oral Traditions. 12:30-1:20 p.m., Denny Hall 215. Speaker: Kagan Ark, Ph.D. Candidate, Interdisciplinary Ph.D. Program in Near and Middle Eastern Studies. Sponsor: Central Asian Studies Group, Dept. of Near Eastern Languages & Civilization. Information: Ilse Cirtautas, 543-9963 or 543-6033. Friday Film Series, Latin American Studies Program, the Jackson School. Due to copyright agreements, these film screenings are open only to UW students, faculty and staff. Screenings are on Fridays, beginning at 1:30 p.m. in Kane 19. Films are as follows: Brazil: Struggles for Cultural Survival - Iawo (1978 40 min. In Portuguese with English subtitles) Since colonial times, the Cult of the Orisha (Yoruba in origin), has provided elements of cultural resistance and integration. - Contact: The Yanomami Indians Of Brazil (1991 18 min.) Depicts the devastating impact of contact with the outside world, including mining operations, on an isolated indigenous tribe. - This Land Is Our Land: The Struggle For Land In Southern Brazil (1990, 28 min.) Family farmers who want to stay on their land struggle with corporate and agribusiness interests trying to force them out. November 21 IPE Colloquium: Domestic Politics and International Migration. 1:30-3:30 pm., Thomson 403. Speaker: Gary Freeman, Professor of Political Science, Univ. of Texas at Austin. (A short paper is available on request) Sponsor: International Studies Center, JSIS. Information: Christine Ingebritsen, 543-0675. Friday Film Series, Latin American Studies Program, the Jackson School. Due to copyright agreements, these film screenings are open only to UW students, faculty and staff. Screenings are on Fridays, beginning at 1:30 p.m. in Kane 19. Films are as follows: Reflections from Latina/o Writers Interviews with Marcia Alvar, fr. the Upon Reflection Series - Heritage And Magical Realism (Kathleen Alcal) 1997 29 min. Kathleen Alcala, author of Mrs. Vargas and the Dead Naturalist and Other Stories and Spirits of the Ordinary. - The Storyteller's Roots (Victor Villasenor) 1996 29 min. Victor Villasenor, writer of Rain of Gold and Wild Steps of Heaven, and screenplays including The Ballad of Gregorio Cortez. December 4 Planning a Curriculum for an American Studies Program at Arabayev Kirghiz State Pedagogical University. 12:30 - 1:20 p.m., Denny Hall 215. Speaker: Cholpon Naimanova, Fulbright Scholar, Arabayev Kirghiz State Pedagogical University, Bishkek, Kirghizstan. Sponsor: Central Asian Studies Group, Dept. of Near Eastern languages & Civilization. Information: Isle Cirtautas, 543-9963 or 543-6033. No Place Called Home: Gender, Migration, and Development in South Sulawesi. 3:30-4:40 pm., Cunningham Hall Conference Room. Speaker: Rachel Silvey, Geography. Sponsor: Northwest Center for Research on Women. Information: 543-9531. ****************************************************************************** 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 .