From jsis@u.washington.edu Fri Nov 3 08:43:24 2000 Received: from jason03.u.washington.edu (root@jason03.u.washington.edu [140.142.8.11]) by lists.u.washington.edu (8.9.3+UW00.05/8.9.3+UW99.09) with ESMTP id IAA335332 for ; Fri, 3 Nov 2000 08:43:23 -0800 Received: from homer29.u.washington.edu (jsis@homer29.u.washington.edu [140.142.8.39]) by jason03.u.washington.edu (8.9.3+UW00.05/8.9.3+UW00.01) with ESMTP id IAA35876 for ; Fri, 3 Nov 2000 08:43:22 -0800 Received: from localhost (jsis@localhost) by homer29.u.washington.edu (8.9.3+UW00.05/8.9.3+UW99.09) with ESMTP id IAA55078 for ; Fri, 3 Nov 2000 08:43:17 -0800 Date: Fri, 3 Nov 2000 08:43:17 -0800 (PST) From: Jackson School of International Studies To: jsis-uw@u.washington.edu Subject: The jackson School Calendar, November 3, 2000 Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII the JACKSON SCHOOL CALENDAR November 3, 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 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 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 ____________________________________________________________________ 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: 685-2354. New Publications in Kirghizstan: Review of Books and Periodicals. 12:30 - 1:30 pm, Denny Hall 215. Speaker: Jipar Duyshembiyeva, graduate exchange student from Kirghizstan. Sponsor: CASG. Info: 543-9963. Current State of the Japanese Economy. Noon - 1:30 pm (brown bag lunch lecture), City Centre Building, 1420 5th Avenue, 4th Floor Conference Room. Speaker: T.J. Pempel, JSIS. Sponsors: CIBER; Japan-America Society. Registration required. Info: 685-3433. Film: "Men With Guns" (subtitled, 128 minutes). Part of LAS Friday film series for students, faculty and staff. 1:30 pm, Kane 23B. Sponsor: LAS/JSIS. Info: 685-3435. Display and Identity at the Paris Colonial Exhibition. 3:30 - 5:30 pm, Kane Hall, Walker Ames Room. Speaker: Steve Ungar, Chair of Cinema and Comparative Literature, Univ. of Iowa. Sponsor: CWES Politics and Society Colloquium/JSIS; CWES Culture Colloquium; Walter H. Simpson Center for the Humanities; Division of French and Italian Studies. Info: 543-1675. Sinn Fein's Role in the Northern Ireland Peace Process. 11:45 am registration, Noon luncheon, Washington Athletic Club Lobby Lounge, 1325 6th Avenue. Speaker: Rita O'Hare, Sinn Fein Representative to the United States. Sponsor: World Affairs Council. Cost: $32 members, $40 non-members. Registration & info: 441-5910. 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 7 The Ottowa Convention: Efforts by the International Community to Eliminate Anti-Personnel Mines. 9:30 - 10-20 am, Thomson 101. Speaker: Christopher Kirkey, Dept. of Canadian Studies and Political Science, Bridgewater State College. Sponsor: Canadian Studies Center/JSIS; Canadian Consulate General. Info: 543-6269. 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. Study Abroad in Latin America. 3:30 pm, Thomson 317. Panel discussions and Information sessions with study abroad students and representatives of the Office of International Programs and Exchanges. Sponsor: LAS/JSIS. Info: 685-3435. November 9 New Publications in Uzbekistan: Review of Books and Periodicals. 12:30 - 1:30 pm, Denny Hall 215. Speaker: Ilse D. Cirtautas, NELC. Sponsor: CASG. Info: 543-9963. Book Reading: "Ho Chi Minh" by author William J. Duiker. 7:00 pm, University Book Store, U-District Branch. Sponsor: University Book Store. Info: 543-9477, ext. 443. Conference: China eCommerce 2000. Time tba. Bell Harbor International Conference Center. Sponsor: Washington State China Relations Council. Info: 441-4419. November 10 NOTE: The Following Event Has Been Cancelled: Incorporating Canadian Multicultural Literature into the Classroom. November 11 * North Korea Today and US Foreign Policy. 3:30 - 5:00 pm, Smith 205. Speakers: Roger Rumpf, Rural Development Specialist; Josepg Gerson, Director of Regional Program, American Friends Service Committee; Randall Ireson, DPRK Development Assistant Coordinator, American Friends Service Committee; John Swomley. Sponsor: China Studies Program/JSIS. Info: 543-4391. 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 NOTE: FOLLOWING EVENT POSTPONED: Incorporating Canadian Content - Ideas and Opportunities for Faculty. 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. * Book Reading: "The Global Me: New Cosmopolitans and the Competitive Edge." 11:45 am registration, 12:00 noon luncheon, Columbia Tower Club, 75th Floor, 701 5th Avenue. Speaker: Author G. Pascal Zachary, Senior Writer, Wall Street Journal. Cost: $32 members, 440 non-members. Sponsors: World Affairs Council; Puget Sound Bisiness Journal, Elliott Bay Book Company. Info: 441-5910. November 15 New Fronts in Worker Power: The Challenges of Immigrant and Temporary Labor Organizations in the Northwest. 12:30 - 1:20 pm, Thomson 317. Speaker: Brian Peters, UW International Studies major and intern with Seattle Union Now (SUN). Sponsor: LAS/JSIS. Info: 685-3435. Dams, Floods and Migrants: "Development" in Northeastern Thailand. 3:30 - 5:00 pm, location tba. Speaker: Charles Keyes, Anthropology. Sponsor: Southeast Asia Center/JSIS. Info: 543-9606. * Taking Responsibility for Social Development. 6:45 pm registration, 7:00 pm lecture, Kane Hall Room 210. Speaker: Thandika Mkandawire, Director, United Nations Research Institute for Social Development. Sponsors: World Affairs Council; Daniel J. Evans School of Public Policy; JSIS; Trade Development Alliance. Free for students; $5 members; $10 non-members. Info: 441-5910. 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. New Publications in Uzbekistan: Review of Books and Periodicals. 12:30 - 1:30 pm, Denny Hall 215. Speaker: Ilse D. Cirtautas, NELC. Sponsor: CASG. Info: 543-9963. A Conversation with the Ambassador. 3:30 pm, location tba. Speaker: Ambassador Luis Alberto Moreno, Colombia's Ambassador to the USA. Presentation followed by Q&A. Sponsor: LAS/JSIS. Info: 685-3435. 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. Uzbek Movie: "The Orator" (1999). 12:30 - 1:30 pm, Denny Hall 123. Sponsor: CASG. Info: 543-9963. Film: "Todos Santos: The Survivors" (subtitled, 58 minutes). Effects of guerrilla warfare and government reprisal in Guatemalan village. 1:30 pm, Kane 19. Sponsor: LAS/JSIS. Info: 685-3435. * German Identity within the Greater Seattle Area. 7:00 pm, German House, 613 9th Avenue. Speaker: Dagmar Reese, DAAD Professor, JSIS, German Academic Exchange Service. Info: pacarr@attglobal.net * "The Great Proustian Wars About Literature: 'Queering' 'Virile' Readers." (new title) (A lecture in the series "Text, Gender and Society"). 3:00 pm, Mary Gates Hall 284. Speaker: Greet van Belle, Columbia University. Sponsors: CWES/JSIS; Division of French and Italian Studies. Info: 543-4692. 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: Diana Leal & 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 21 Laying Claim to Power: Justifying Rebellion in the Tay Son Era. 12:30 - 1:30 pm, Thomson 317. Speaker: George Dutton, Ph.C., History. Sponsor: Southeast Asia Center/JSIS. Info: 543-9606. 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 28 * Politics of Denationalization: Responses of Political Interest Groups to Globalization Challenges in Europe and the United States. 3:30 - 5:00 pm, Lower Conference Room, Faculty Club. Speaker: Michael Zurn, Univ. of Bremen. Sponsors: EU Center; CWES/JSIS. Info: 616-2415. November 29 Cartoons and Comic Strips as Native Malay Discourse on Modern Malaysian Civilization. 3:30 - 5:00 pm, Thomson 317. Speaker: Ron Provencher, Dept. of Anthropology, Northern Illinois University. Sponsor: Southeast Asia Center/JSIS. Info: 543-9606. Teach for America: Service and Opportunity. 1:30 pm, Thomson 317. Speaker: Connie Phegley (B.A. Spanish, UW 1991) served with Teach for America for two years. Sponsor: LAS/JSIS. Info: 685-3435. * The 2000 Election: Polling and the Public. 3:30 - 5:00 pm, Communications 120. Speaker: Dr. Kathleen A. Frankovic, Director of Surveys and Producer, CBS News. Sponsors: School of Communications; Daniel J. Evans School of Public Affairs. 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, Dept. of Journalism, Univ. of Latvia, and independent radio and television journalist. Sponsor: Baltic Studies Program in the Dept. of Scandinavian Studies, REECAS/JSIS. Info: 543-4852. "Kokand's Mahallas" (Neighborhoods). 12:30 - 1:30 pm, Denny Hall 215. Speaker: Mark Reese, graduate student, NELC. Sponsor: CASG. Info: 543-9963. * 13th Annual World Citizen Award Banquet, Honoring the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation and World Educator recipient Sue Pike, Foster High School, Tukwila. 5:30 pm reception; 7:00 pm dinner; 8:00 pm program, Sheraton Hotel, 1400 Sixth Avenue. Presenter: Carol Bellamy, Director, UNICEF. Cost: $90 members; $110 non-members. Sponsors: World Affairs Council. Info: 441-5910. 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, Dept. of Journalism, Univ. of Latvia, and independent radio and television journalist. Sponsor: Baltic Studies Program in the Dept. of Scandinavian Studies, REECAS/JSIS. Info: 543-4852. Films: "Daughters of Ixchel: Maya Threads of Change" (29 minutes), Maya weavers in the context of cultural globalization; and "Cases of Violence against Native Communities in Chiapas" (53 minutes, subtitled). 1:30 pm, Kane 19. Part of LAS Friday film series for UW students, faculty and staff. Sponsor: LAS/JSIS. Info: 685-3435. Race, Writing, and Fighting: European Identities and Nationalisms in Rhodesian War Narratives, 1965-95. 2:00 pm, location tba. Speaker: Luise White, Univ. of Florida at Gainesville. Sponsors: Program on Africa; JSIS; CWES Politics and Society Colloquium; History. Info: 543-4499. December 2 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. 8:00 am - 5:00 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. 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. December 13 Slideshow: "Traces of Silk", 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. 2001 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. 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. 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 10 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. 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. 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. May 9 Canadian Film and Filmmakers - Dinner/Lecture. Part of the series "International Trends and Transitions in Your World." 5:30 - 8:00 pm, Walker-Ames Room, Kane Hall. Speaker: Darryl Macdonald, Director, Seattle International Film Festival. Cost: $22, checks must be received at least one week in advance of event. Info: 543-1675. ****************************************************************************** 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 .