From jsis@u.washington.edu Fri May 24 08:51:38 2002 Received: from mailscan5.cac.washington.edu (mailscan5.cac.washington.edu [140.142.32.14]) by lists.u.washington.edu (8.12.1+UW01.12/8.12.1+UW02.01) with SMTP id g4OFpWw3072660 for ; Fri, 24 May 2002 08:51:32 -0700 Received: FROM mxu2.u.washington.edu BY mailscan5.cac.washington.edu ; Fri May 24 08:51:32 2002 -0700 Received: from mxout3.cac.washington.edu (mxout3.cac.washington.edu [140.142.32.19]) by mxu2.u.washington.edu (8.12.1+UW01.12/8.12.1+UW02.01) with ESMTP id g4OFpVs6026037 for ; Fri, 24 May 2002 08:51:31 -0700 Received: from mailscan-out3.cac.washington.edu (mailscan-out3.cac.washington.edu [140.142.32.18]) by mxout3.cac.washington.edu (8.12.1+UW01.12/8.12.1+UW02.01) with SMTP id g4OFpV9L026103 for ; Fri, 24 May 2002 08:51:31 -0700 Received: FROM homer07.u.washington.edu BY mailscan-out3.cac.washington.edu ; Fri May 24 08:51:31 2002 -0700 Received: from localhost (jsis@localhost) by homer07.u.washington.edu (8.12.1+UW01.12/8.12.1+UW02.01) with ESMTP id g4OFpVaH195022 for ; Fri, 24 May 2002 08:51:31 -0700 Date: Fri, 24 May 2002 08:51:31 -0700 (PDT) From: Jackson School of International Studies To: jsis-uw@u.washington.edu Subject: The Jackson School Calendar, May 24, 2002 Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII the JACKSON SCHOOL CALENDAR May 24, 2002 A brief look at the coming week. Scroll down for complete details or visit our website at May 24: The Growing Russian Community in Seattle: Programmers and their Spouses; Jewish Refugees; Evangelical Christians; Mail-Order Brides; and Other Russian Women Married to Americans May 24: An Economic Perspective of Transnational Terrorism May 24: Family Strategies in Reproductive Success among the Matrilineal Khasi of Northeast India May 28: Palestine Film Festival May 28: Rejoining Europe? Socialization and European Institutions May 28: Intergovernmental Contracting: Everyday Choice and Long-Run Change in European Union Institutions May 29: Whither the Peace Process? Understanding the Realities of the Palestinian-Israeli conflict May 30: Transnational, Ethnic, or Cosmopolitan? Second Generation Identity in New York City May 30: Great Unerring Nature Once Seems Wrong": Natural History and New World Tropicality May 30: Courtly Art and Cultural Transmission in Western Asian in the 13th - 15th Centuries May 30: Proceeding Toward Disarmament? May 30: A Historical Perspective on Ocean Policy May 30: Canada's Response to September 11th and the War on Terrorism May 30: "Access to Evil" Film Series: Breaking Bread May 30: Ideology and Landscape: The Case of Sixteenth-Century France May 30: Palestine Film Festival May 31: The U.S. Nuclear Posture Review and Weapons Reductions Announcements: Where Do We Go from Here? May 31: Thailand's Foreign Trade, Economy, and Tourism ____________________________________________________________________________ Complete Listings: May 24 The Growing Russian Community in Seattle: Programmers and their Spouses; Jewish Refugees; Evangelical Christians; Mail-Order Brides; and Other Russian Women Married to Americans. 12:00 noon - 1:00 p.m., Miller Hall, Room 104. Speaker: Olga Makhovskaia, UW Visiting Fulbright Scholar, Institute of Psychology, Russian Academy of Sciences . Sponsor: College of Education and REECAS/JSIS. Info: 543-4852. * An Economic Perspective of Transnational Terrorism. 2:00 pm, 302 Savery. Speaker: Todd Sandler, USC. Sponsor: Economics. The primary purpose of this article is to demonstrate novel insights gained from applying an economic perspective to transnational terrorism. * Family Strategies in Reproductive Success among the Matrilineal Khasi of Northeast India. 12:30 pm, Denny 401. Speaker: Donna Leonetti, Anthropology. Sponsors: CSDE and CPHRE. May 28 Palestine Film Festival, HUB Auditorium, 6:00 pm "Frontiers of Dreams & Fears," Traces the delicate friendship that evolves between two Palestinian girls in different refugee camps. 7:00pm: Speaker Lena Khalaf Tuffaha - human rights activist and spokesperson for the Arab-American Anti-Discrimination Committee will talk about the refugee situation and life under occupation. 7:30pm: Documentary film "Jerusalem: An Occupation Set in Stone?" Filmmaker Marty Rosenbluth, of Amnesty International, details the effects of Israel's urban planning policies. Free entry. Info: www.palestinefilmfestival.com Presented by HAYAAT - a student organization for Palestinian human rights (hayaat.org). Co-sponsored by Associated Students of the UW, Graduate & Professional Students Union, Jackson School Graduate Council, Jackson School Students Association, UW Office of Minority Affairs, and numerous others. "Rejoining Europe? Socialization and European Institutions", 1:30-3:30, Parrington Forum. Speaker: Jeffrey T. Checkel, Professor of International Politics and coordinator of research on European identity change at ARENA- Advanced Research on Europeanization of the Nation-State, University of Oslo, Norway. Sponsored by: The Center for West European Studies. Info: 206-616-2415. "Intergovernmental Contracting: Everyday Choice and Long-Run Change in European Union Institutions", 12:00-1:30, Parrington Forum by Joseph Jupille, Department of Political Science at Florida International University and Associate Director of the Miami European Union Center. Sponsored by the Center for West European Studies. Info: 206-616-2415. May 29 * NOTE: The following event has been cancelled: Labor and Human Rights Activism in Colombia Today. Speaker: Magda Ortega, Colombian labor activist. * Whither the Peace Process? Understanding the Realities of the Palestinian-Israeli conflict. 8:00pm, Kane Hall 130. Speaker: Norman Finkelstein. Sponsored by the Arab Student Union, Jackson School of International Studies, ASUW, and others. Entry $2 with UW id, $5 public. Info: www.hayaat.org/lecture May 30 Transnational, Ethnic, or Cosmopolitan? Second Generation Identity in New York City (Part of the Seminar of Global Migration and Identities). 3:30-5:30, Parrington Hall Forum. Speaker: Phil Kasinitz, Hunter College and the City University of New York Graduate Center. Sponsors: International Studies Center, Center for the Study of Ethnic Conflict and Conflict Resolution, Sociology Department, Andrew W. Mellon Foundation. Info: 685-2354. "Great Unerring Nature Once Seems Wrong": Natural History and New World Tropicality (Part of the lecture series "Nature and Its Publics in the Tropical World"). 3:30 pm, Communications 226. Speaker : Alan Bewell, Comparative Literature, Univ. of Toronto. Sponsors: Walter Chapin Simpson Center for the Humanities; Institute for Transnational Studies; Departments of Anthropology, Comparative Literature, History, Geography, and Women's Studies; Program on the Environment; Program on Africa. Info: 616-1190. Courtly Art and Cultural Transmission in Western Asian in the 13th - 15th Centuries. (Part of the lecture series "Art and Religion on the Silk Road."). Volunteer Park, Stimson Auditorium, Seattle Asian Art Museum. Speaker: Dr. Linda Komaroff, Curator of Islamic Art and Head of the Department of Ancient and Islamic Art at the L.A. County Museum of Art. This series is part of Silk Road Seattle, a collaborative public education project sponsored by the Simpson Center using the Silk Road theme to explore cultural interaction across Eurasia from the beginning of the Common Era to the Sixteenth Century. Included in museum admission (Suggested $3). Co-sponsored by The Simpson Center for the Humanities. Info: 543-6938. Proceeding Toward Disarmament? (Part of the lecture series "Open Classroom on International Law and Arms Control). 5:30-6:20pm in Kane Hall 220.Speakers: Damien LaVera; Robert McNamara, former Secretary of Defense from 1961 to 1968 in the Kennedy and Johnson administrations. He is a renowned expert on arms control, disarmament, and international security. Sponsor: Institute for Global and Regional Security Studies. Info: http://depts.washington.edu/igrss/openclassroom.com A Historical Perspective on Ocean Policy. 2:30 - 3:50 pm, Fishery Sciences Auditorium. Speakers: Harry N. Scheiber, Director, Center for the Study of Law and Society, Stefan A. Risenfeld Professor of Law and History, UC Berkeley; William T. Burke, Professor Emeritus, School of Law. Sponsor: School of Marine Affairs. Info: tml@u.washington.edu Canada's Response to September 11th and the War on Terrorism. 7:30-9:00 pm, Kane Hall, Room 210. (part of the Jackson School of International Studies Global Perspectives Lecture Series) Speaker: Roger Simmons, P.C., Consul General of Canada, Canadian Consulate, Seattle. Sponsor: Canadian Studies Center/JSIS; Co-sponsors: Canadian Consulate, Seattle; World Affairs Council; Pacific Northwest Economic Region; Canada-America Society; International Studies, Seattle University. Info: (206) 221-6374, Website: http://jsis.artsci.washington.edu/programs/canada/ "Access to Evil" Film Series: Breaking Bread. 4:30pm-6:30pm. Electrical Engineering I - 105. Documentary of the unique cultural exchange that takes place between a North Korean U.S. immigrant's family and that of his Iranian-immigrant friend. There will be and introduction and an after-screening discussion session with Professor of Anthropology and Korean Studies Program Chair, Clark Sorensen. Sponsors: the Graduate Student and Professional Student Senate, Associated Students of the UW, Jackson School Graduate Council, Jackson School Students Association, Hayaat Palestinian Human Rights Organization, Jackson School of International Studies, Jackson School Korean Studies Program, Center for Middle East Studies, and UW Office of Minority Affairs. * Ideology and Landscape: The Case of Sixteenth-Century France. 5:00 pm in Thomson 331. Speaker: Louisa Mackenzie, Department of French and Italian Studies, University of Washington. Sponsored by the Simpson Center for the Humanities, the Center for West European Studies, and the Departments of History and Geography. Refreshments will be served after the talk. * Palestine Film Festival, Mary Gates Auditorium (389). 6:00 pm "Checkpoint" explores the Oslo peace process and its effects, including the assassination of Israeli Prime Minister Rabin, the first Palestinian elections, suicide bus bombings, Arafat's abuse of power, and the growing frustration among Palestinians. Film director Tom Wright will join us for a discussion of the film. Free entry! Info: www.palestinefilmfestival.com . May 31 The U.S. Nuclear Posture Review and Weapons Reductions Announcements: Where Do We Go from Here? (Part of the lecture series "Arms Control, Disarmament and the Proliferation of Weapons of Mass Destruction After September 11). 7:30pm, Kane Hall 110. Speaker: Robert McNamara, Former Secretary of Defense. Sponsors: Institute for Global and Regional Security Studies; The Jackson School, and numerous others. Info: http://depts.washington.edu/igrss/forums.html * Thailand's Foreign Trade, Economy, and Tourism. 11:30 - 1:00 pm, Washington Athletic Club, 1325 Sixth Avenue. Speaker: H.E. Mr. Sakthip Krairiksh, Ambassador of Thailand to the U.S. Sponsor: Trade Development Alliance of Greater Seattle. Cost: $32 members; $35 non-members, advance registration required. Info: 389-7227. June 1 14th Annual Nicholas Poppe Symposium for Inner/Central Asian Studies. 8:30 a.m.-6:00 p.m., Denny Hall, Room 215/215a. The Department of Near Eastern Languages and Civilization is currently seeking paper proposals from students and faculty pertaining to inner or Central Asia. Graduate students from all disciplines are encouraged to participate. Please submit abstracts (250 words maximum) by May 10, 2002 to: Ilse D. Cirtautas, Department of Near Eastern Languages and Civilization, Denny Hall, Box 353120, University of Washington, Phone: (206) 543-9963/Fax: (206) 686-7936, e-mail: icirt@u.washington.edu. Organized by the Central Asian Studies Group. Sponsor: The Department of Near Eastern Languages and Civilization; REECAS and the Middle East Studies Program, in JSIS. June 3 Contracting with Relationships and Institutions in Eastern Europe and Vietnam. 3:30-5:00 pm, 1B Gowen Hall. Speaker: Christopher Woodruff, University of California, San Diego. Sponsor: East Asia Center, International Studies Center with Comparative Law and Society Studies and The Asian Law Center. Info: 206-543-2780. Power, Perceptions, and Pacts: Institutional Change and Political Continuity in Post-Soviet Central Asia. 3:30 - 5:00 p.m., Thomson Hall, Room 317. Speaker: Pauline Jones Luong, Assistant Professor of Political Science, Yale University. Sponsor: REECAS/JSIS. Info: 543-4852. What's in a Convention?: The Convention on the Future of Europe. 3:30-5:00, Thomson Hall 125. Speaker: Jo Shaw, Professor of European Law and Jean Monnet Chair at the University of Manchester. Info: CWES 206-543-1675. June 5 * Global Trade Transportation and Logistics Studies Annual Conference: Safeguarding Security in Commerce. 2:30 to 6:00 p.m., Douglas Forum, Bank of America, Executive Education Center. Speakers: Bill Center, President, Washington Council on International Trade; Mic Dinsmore, Executive Director, Port of Seattle; Marsha Landolt, Vice Provost, University of Washington Graduate School; Glenn Pascall, Coordinator, West Coast Corridor Coalition. Sponsor: GTTL Studies. Contact: Greg Shelton at 206/616-5778, or gttl@u.washington.edu. Cost: Free and open to the public (please RSVP) June 6 New Journeys Down Old Roads: 20th Century Impressions of the Silk Road (Part of the lecture series "Art and Religion on the Silk Road."). Volunteer Park, Stimson Auditorium, Seattle Asian Art Museum. Speaker: Dr. Karil Kucera, Visiting Instructor at the Dept. of Art History This series is part of Silk Road Seattle, a collaborative public education project sponsored by the Simpson Center using the Silk Road theme to explore cultural interaction across Eurasia from the beginning of the Common Era to the Sixteenth Century. Included in museum admission (Suggested $3). Co-sponsored by The Simpson Center for the Humanities. Info: 543-6938. June 8 Educator Conference: Comparative Multicultural Policies in Canada & the U.S. 10 am -4:30 pm, Walker-Ames Room, Kane Hall. Presenters: Edward Taylor, School of Education/UW; Reva Joshee, Ontario Institute for Studies in Education, University of Toronto; Lauri Johnson, University of Buffalo; Tracey Derwing, University of Alberta; Carlos Ovando, Teacher Education/Curriculum and Instruction, Arizona State University. Co-sponsors: Canadian Studies Center/JSIS; UW School of Education; Educational Studies, University of British Columbia; Washington State Association for Multicultural Education. $15 Registration fee (free for enrolled students at UW/UBC) includes: continental breakfast, lunch, 8 clock hours. Pre-registation is required. Send $15 check payable to University of Washington to Canadian Studies Center/JSIS, Box 353650, University of Washington, Seattle, WA 98195. Students call: 206-221-6374 or email (canada@u.washington.edu) with your name, institution and student number. June 18 * Lumbering Toward Protectionism? The Future of US-Canada Trade Relations. 12 Noon, Washington Athletic Club. Presenters: Roger Simmons, Consul General, Seattle; Hugo Llorens, United States Consul General, Vancouver, B.C. Sponsors: Discovery Institute, Greater Seattle Chamber of Commerce, Canadian Studies Center / JSIS. Cost: $30 (includes lunch). To register, contact Discovery Institute, 206-292-0401, ext. 111. June 22 * Symposium on Family Policy in the U. S. & Canada. 9 am -5:30 pm, Burke Room, Burke Museum. The symposium will feature invited presentations and discussion of the determinants and effects of policies such as parental leave and tax treatment of families. Presenters from Univ. of Calgary; Carleton Univ.; Univ. of North Carolina; CUNY; and UW. Sponsors: Center for Research on Families and Canadian Studies Center/JSIS. FREE. Registration is required. Call 206-221-6374 or email canada@u.washington.edu by June 17. Lunch is provided. (8 clock hours are available for Educators - send a check, payable to the UW for $20 to: Canadian Studies, Box 353650, University of Washington, Seattle WA 98195, by June 17th.) June 25-26 Storytelling and Oral Traditions from around the World. JSIS Summer Seminar for Teachers.16 clock hours for educators. Registration $75 required; registration deadline: June 18, 2002. Call 206-221-6374; email: for more details. Downloadable registration form available at: http://jsis.artsci.washington.edu/jackson/sumseminar.pdf June 27 * A Conversation between the Canadian Consul General, Roger Simmons and Seattle Times reporter, Joel Connelly. 12:30-1:30 pm, Harbor Club, 2nd Avenue, Seattle. FREE. Connelly, will be interviewing Roger Simmons about bilateral issues between Canada and the United States as well as Mr. Simmons' perspectives on life as a diplomat in the Pacific Northwest. Co-sponsors: CityClub, Seattle; Canada-America Society, Seattle; Canadian Studies Center/JSIS. Info: Deborah Swets, CityClub, 206-682-7395. ______________________________________________________________________________ All events are free and open to the public unless otherwise indicated. *New Events (or changes) not previously listed are indicated by an asterisk* 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 EUC = European Union Center http://jsis.artsci.washington.edu/programs/europe/euc.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 jsis.artsci.Washington.edu LAS = Latin American Studies Program/JSIS http://jsis.artsci.washington.edu/programs/latinam/ MEC = Middle East Center/JSIS http://jsis.artsci.washington.edu/programs/mideast/events.htm NELC = Department of Near Eastern Languages & Civilization http://depts.washington.edu/nelc 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. 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