From jsis@u.washington.edu Wed Nov 19 13:25:39 2003 Received: from mxu6.u.washington.edu (mxu6.u.washington.edu [140.142.33.12]) by lists.u.washington.edu (8.12.10+UW03.09/8.12.10+UW03.09) with ESMTP id hAJLPbuL031270 for ; Wed, 19 Nov 2003 13:25:37 -0800 Received: from mxout1.cac.washington.edu (mxout1.cac.washington.edu [140.142.32.134]) by mxu6.u.washington.edu (8.12.10+UW03.09/8.12.10+UW03.09) with ESMTP id hAJLPZLH022935 for ; Wed, 19 Nov 2003 13:25:35 -0800 Received: from mailhost1.u.washington.edu (mailhost1.u.washington.edu [140.142.32.141]) by mxout1.cac.washington.edu (8.12.10+UW03.09/8.12.10+UW03.09) with ESMTP id hAJLPYXT018770 for ; Wed, 19 Nov 2003 13:25:34 -0800 Received: from reception (D-128-95-200-98.dhcp4.washington.edu [128.95.200.98]) by mailhost1.u.washington.edu (8.12.10+UW03.09/8.12.10+UW03.09) with SMTP id hAJLPYnO016701 for ; Wed, 19 Nov 2003 13:25:34 -0800 Message-ID: <031401c3aee3$a933a850$62c85f80@reception> From: "Jackson School of International Studies" To: "JSIS - Calendar" Subject: the JACKSON SCHOOL CALENDAR Date: Wed, 19 Nov 2003 13:25:31 -0800 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook Express 6.00.2800.1158 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2800.1165 X-Uwash-Spam: Gauge=XIIII, Probability=14%, Report='NO_COST 1.021, CLICK_BELOW 0.307' the JACKSON SCHOOL CALENDAR November 19, 2003 A brief look ahead. Scroll down for complete details. * Unless stated otherwise, all events will take place on the main campus of the University of Washington, Seattle. Click here to receive the JSIS Calendar by email November 19 The Emperor's Naked Army Marches On November 20 Uzbekistan's Stolen Cultural Wealth Roundtable discussion on issues in Chinese Politics (in Chinese) Fun Thai Films for Fall. Mekong Full Moon Party The Palestinians People: A History Contemporary Chinese Artist Li Jin The Emerging East Asian Economic Bloc: Not?? November 21 Historical Research of Uzbekistan's Recent Past Labor and Human Rights in China November 22-23 Pre-Christmas Bazaar November 23 The Last Island: A Naturalist's Sojourn on Triangle Island (Harbour) November 24 Narrating the Heroes of Pearl Harbor: Literary Imagination in Wartime Japan. November 25 Rose or Jade? Problems in Translating Medieval Chinese Literature November & December Beneath the Banyan Tree December 1 Russia's Forecast: Transformation in the 21st Century Lecture Series. December 2 US-Canadian Tension. Global Business Breakfast Series welcomes Jim Blanchard December 4 Expanding Boundaries: NATO and the EU Moving Eastward-Master Teacher Workshops December 5 War Trauma or Path Dependence? Explaining the Rise of Civic Activities in Postwar Japan Curiosity and Cinema. Polish 50th Anniversary Lecture Series December 10 Formal Demands, Informal Responses: EU Enlargement and Domestic Politics in East Central Europe Early 20th Century Himalayan Explorers December 17 Japanese New Religions: Self Immolation in Medieval Chinese Buddhism January 28 Blinded by Social Distance--On the inability to Produce a Record of Killings between Neighbors February 10 Investor Perceptions of Russia's Business Climate February 18 Monks, Guns, and Rice: Theravada Buddhism, Political Violence, and Social Injustice Full Listings 2003 November 19 Contemporary Japanese Film Series: The Emperor's Naked Army Marches On. 7:00 PM, 006 Johnson Hall. Director Hara Kazuo. Hara Kazuo’s film is quite simply one of the most important films ever made. This film is not readily available on VHS or DVD and so will be screened on 16mm. A documentary about WWII vet Okuzaki Kenzo, who famously railed against Emperor Hirohito and berated fellow soldiers into confessing the brutal acts they committed during wartime. Extremely rare and provocative. Not to be missed! November 20 Uzbekistan's Stolen Cultural Wealth. 12:30-1:30 PM, 215 Denny Hall. Speaker: Ilse D. Cirtautas, Department of Near Eastern Languages & Civilization. November 20 Roundtable discussion on issues in Chinese Politics (in Chinese). 3:30 PM, 317 Thomson Hall. Li Qiang, Labor and Human Rights Activist, New York. Sponsored by the China Studies Program, Henry M. Jackson School of International Affairs. November 20 The Emerging East Asian Economic Bloc: Not?? 3:30-5:00 PM, 226 Communications Bldg. Simpson Center for the Humanities. Speaker: Dr. Edward J. Lincoln. Dr. Lincoln is a candidate for the Job and Gertrud Tamaki Chair of Japan Studies, a full professorship with tenure, in the Jackson School. He received his Ph.D. in economics from Yale University in 1978. Prior to joining the Council on Foreign Relations in February 2003, he had been a senior fellow at the Brookings Institution since 1984. In 1994-96 he took leave to serve as Special Economic Advisor to Ambassador Walter Mondale in Tokyo. In that capacity, he was responsible for providing Ambassador Mondale with analysis and advice on economic developments important to the conduct of bilateral affairs. His latest book, "East Asian Economic Regionalism," has just been published by the Brookings Institution. For further information call: 206-685-9997 To request disability accommodation contact the Office of the ADA coordinator in advance of the event: 206-543-6450 (voice), 206-543-6452 (TDD), 206-685-7264 (fax) or dso@u.washington.edu November 20 Fun Thai Films for Fall. Mekong Full Moon Party. 6:30 PM, Simpson Center, 206 Communications Bldg. (Free. Thai with English subtitles). More than 100,000 people gather by the Mekong River in Northeast Thailand on November Full Moon each year. After sunset, mysterious fireballs rise up from the river and disappear into the sky. While the locals still adhere to the traditional myth of the dragon, Great Naga, making a sacred offering to Buddha, the Western visitors take a more skeptical stance: Dr. Norati sets out to prove that the fireballs are natural; Dr. Surapol wants to prove the phenomenon a hoax. Meanwhile, temple-custodian Abbot Loh believes his monks have been responsible for the "miracle" for the past 30 years. The critically-acclaimed movie about the mystery of the controversial naga fireballs in Nong Khai province was honored for Best Movie, Best Director, and Best Actor. November 20 The Palestinians People: A History. 7:00 PM, University Book Store. Reading & Book Signing by Joel Migdal. We return to the subject of peace in the Middle East, with the University of Washington Jackson School's professor Joel Migdal and his portrait of the modern history of the Palestinian people. November 20 Contemporary Chinese Artist Li Jin. 7:00-8:30 PM, Seattle Asian Art Museum, Stimson Auditorium. Li Jin, professor at the Tianjin Academy of Fine Arts, specializes in ink-wash and gong-bi figure painting. The exhibition at SAAM (on view from September 2003-March 2004) will feature Li Jin's latest works, which focus on food and animal themes. Sponsored by the Seattle Asian Art Museum, Co-sponsored by the East Asia Center. <ぐ颵ᇏ芻ꨀ봀௎噓۷?譗Ѿ੷譟廎?ދ삅ٴࢋｐࡑڋ셃˨잃㬄狘郛긊捜䔩捛緰捛깚损⾐捵葙捩捦⨦捵⨾捵褡捩 To see more about the exhibit, please visit: > http://www.seattleartmuseum.org/exhibit/exhibitDetail.asp?WHEN=&eventID=4915. November 21 POSTPONED - WILL RESCHEDULE. Afghanistan and the Future of Warfare: Implications for Defense Policy. Noon, 40 Smith. Speaker: Stephen Biddle, Strategic Studies Institute, U.S. Army War College. Discussion Forum. Sponsored by Pacific Northwest Colloquium on International Security, JSIS/IGRSS. For info, contact Terence Lee at tcllee@u.washington.edu November 21 Historical Research of Uzbekistan's Recent Past at the Institute of History of the Uzbek Academy of Sciences. 12:30-1:30 PM, 215 Denny Hall. Speaker: Ilse D. Cirtautas, Department of Near Eastern Languages & Civilization. November 21 Labor and Human Rights in China. 3:30-5:00 PM, 239 Savery Hall. Speaker, Li Qiang, Workers and the Labor Movement: The Current Situation in China. 3:30 PM, 239 Savery Hall. Li Qiang is Founder and Executive Director of China Labor Watch, and is currently a visiting scholar at The Center for the Study of Human Rights at Columbia University. In China he worked for ten years in both state and foreign owned factories, where he organized and participated in more than forty strikes and demonstrations. He has carried out independent research on more than sixty different trademarks, and has written ten different factory reports. Recently he has been active in promoting socially responsible policies by multi-national corporations and American companies doing business in China. Mr. Li will describe current labor conditions in China, comparing the situation in state and foreign owned factories. He will also report on the struggle of the Chinese labor movement ­ its strategies and prospects, and the role it can play in China¹s future transition to democracy. Mr. Li will be accompanied by a Chinese-English translator. Sponsored by the Comparative Law and Society Studies (CLASS) Center, the Simpson Center for the Humanities, the China Studies Program, and the Harry Bridges Center for Labor Studies. Additional support is provided by the School of Law, the Jackson School of International Studies, the Institute for Transnational Studies, the Department of Political Science, and the Human Rights Education and Research Network. November 22-23 Pre-Christmas Bazaar. Noon-5:00 PM, Russian Center, 704 19th Avenue East, Seattle. Those interested in a booth for the sale of souvenirs, artwork, and traditional Russian food or those wanting more information should contact 206-323-3877, 206-706-7483 or 425-255-4180. November 23 The Last Island: A Naturalist's Sojourn on Triangle Island (Harbour). 3:00 PM, at the Elliott Bay Book Company. Speaker: Alison Watt. Lavishly illustrated with Alison Watt's watercolors, this is both a fine field guide and written narrative. (free, no tickets required) The Elliott Bay Book Company is located at 101 S. Main St. (1st and Main in Seattle's Pioneer Square). For more information, contact Elliott Bay Book Co. at 206-624-6600 or kmallman@elliottbaybook.com.Co-presented with The Canadian Studies Center and the Jackson School of International Studies. November 24 Narrating the Heroes of Pearl Harbor: Literary Imagination in Wartime Japan. 3:30-5:00 PM, 245 Savery Hall. Speaker: James Dorsey, Associate Professor of Japanese Literature, Dartmouth University. Sponsored by the Department of Asian Languages and Literature and the Japan Studies Program, Jackson School of International Studies. November 25 Rose or Jade? Problems in Translating Medieval Chinese Literature. 8:00 PM, Walker-Ames Room, Kane Hall. Inaugural lecture to be given by: Prof. David Knechtges. The Department of Asian Languages and Literature Distinguished Faculty Series. November & December Beneath the Banyan Tree. This exhibit will take place in 102 Suzzallo Library. The exhibition will focus on four major forms of performed North Indian folk art that capture the intersection of ritual, performance and art in the living traditions of North India. The art forms include: (1) terracotta and brass (cire perdue) sculptures that represent the deities and serve as offerings to them; (2) pata, storytelling scrolls made and performed in West Bengal; (3) women’s paintings from the Mithala region of Bihar, which create auspiciousness for their life cycle rituals and tell the stories of the gods and goddesses that enliven lives there; (4) Rajasthani par, or large scrolls which are used by singers to tell epic stories in the western state of Rajasthan. cosponsored by the Libraries and the South Asia Center. December 1 Russia's Forecast: Transformation in the 21st Century Lecture Series. 7:00-9:00 PM, 110 Kane Hall. A Roundtable Discussion: "The Russian Elections of 2003-2004 and U.S.-Russian Relations" Panelists: Professor Herbert J. Ellison, Professor Stephen E. Hanson and Professor Judith G. Thornton from the University of Washington REECAS program. Sponsored by the Foundation for Russian American Economic Cooperation and the Russian, East European and Central Asian Studies Center. Info: 543-4852 or http://fraec.org/events. December 2 7:30-9:00 AM, Rainier Club, 820 Fourth Ave, Seattle. Recent tension between the U.S. and Canada has been headlined in the media. Yet, last year alone, more than $11.2 billion of American and Canadian goods crossed the Washington-Canada border. Please join the World Affairs Council in co-operation with Battelle and the UW Business School for the final installment of the Global Business Breakfast Series in welcoming Jim Blanchard, former Governor of Michigan & former US Ambassador to Canada and the Consul General of Canada, Pacific Northwest Region. Jim Blanchard is co-chair of the U.S.-Canada Partnership for Growth. He managed a broad range of trade and national security issues while ambassador from 1993 to 1996. Prior to his ambassadorship, he served as Governor of Michigan for eight years. Tickets: Members & Students: $25, Non-members: $35 Co-sponsored by Canada Studies Center, Jackson School of International Studies, University of Washington; Canada-America Society, Washington; and the Pacific Northwest Economic Region To register, please call the Council at (206) 441-5910 or visit us online at www.world-affairs.org. Thank you for your time and we hope to see you there. December 4 Expanding Boundaries: NATO and the EU Moving Eastward-Master Teacher Workshops. 4:00pm - 8:00pm. 228 Mary Gates Hall. $15 Four clock hours per session. To register contact the Center for West European Studies (CWES) at (206)543-1675 or cwes@u.washington.edu. A Master Teacher Certificate in NATO-EU Enlargement will be awarded to those who attend both sessions. December 5 War Trauma or Path Dependence? Explaining the Rise of Civic Activities in Postwar Japan. 3:30 - 5:00 PM, 317 Thomson Hall. Speaker: Professor Rieko Kage, Graduate School of Law, Kobe University. This discussion explores why voluntary associational activity grew dramatically in Japan in the wake of World War II. Contrary to what existing theories by Theda Skocpol and others would expect, new data which suggests that the growth of voluntary civic activities in Japan during the immediate prewar period was quite substantial. This growth in associational activity is particularly surprising, especially given that many of the variables which scholars often argue to be conducive to the growth of civic activities were conspicuously absent: economic growth was low; wartime destruction was high; and the education of many citizens had been interrupted due to wartime mobilization. How, then, can this rise in civic activities be explained? On the basis of quantitative analysis using data from 1945-55, the argument that path-dependency effects appear to be quite strong. That is, associational activity following World War II generally grew fastest where such activities had already flourished prior to the war. This finding is important not only for the historical study of Japanese civil society; it also yields important implications for countries which seek to rebuild war-torn societies, such as the U.S. in Iraq. December 5 Polish 50th Anniversary Lecture Series. Curiosity and Cinema. 7:00 p.m., Walker Ames Room, Kane Hall. Speaker: Angieszka Holland, the acclaimed film director. This event is free and open to the public. A wine and cheese reception will follow the talk. Info: 543-4852 December 10 Formal Demands, Informal Responses: EU Enlargement and Domestic Politics in East Central Europe. 3:30-5:30 PM, 125 Thomson Hall. A lecture by Anna Grzymala-Busse, Yale University. In the process of expanding its membership to the countries of East Central Europe, the European Union has made numerous demands for institutional change and reform in the candidate countries. These demands have been more numerous, unilateral, and paradoxically, more ambiguous than in past rounds of enlargement. Yet the pattern of reforms and changes in the candidate countries has been driven far more by domestic competition than by these formal demands, underlining the importance of informal domestic constraints. Info: 543-4852. December 10 Early 20th Century Himalayan Explorers. Time and Location: TBA. Speaker: Dr. Paul Harris. Documentary Film on Joseph Rock. Sponsored by the China Studies Program and the East Asia Center. December 17 Japanese New Religions: Self Immolation in Medieval Chinese Buddhism. 3:30-5:00 PM, 202 Communications Bldg. Speaker: James Benn, Arizona State University. Sponsored by the Comparative Religion Program, the China Studies Program. January 28 Blinded by Social Distance--On the inability to Produce a Record of Killings between Neighbors. 7:30 PM, 226 Communications Bldg. Speaker: Jan Gross, New York University. Historicizing Genocide: The Holocaust in Comparative Perspective Lecture Series Sponsors: REECAS, CWES, Institute for Transnational Studies, et al. For more information on sponsors and event see http://depts.washington.edu/its/genocide.html. February 10 Investor Perceptions of Russia's Business Climate. 3:30-5:00 PM, Parrington Hall Forum. Speaker: George F. Russel Jr., Chairman Emeritus, Russell Investment Group. Russia's Forecast: Transformation in the 21st Century Lecture Series. Sponsored by the Foundation for Russian American Economic Cooperation and the Russian, East European and Central Asian Studies Center. Info: 543-4852 or http://fraec.org/events. February 18 Monks, Guns, and Rice: Theravada Buddhism, Political Violence, and Social Injustice. 7:30 PM, 220 Kane Hall. Speaker: Charles Keyes (Anthropology and Comparative Religion, UW) Religion, Conflict, and Violence: Exploring Patterns Past and Present, East and West. The Annual Lecture in Religion and Contemporary Life. Free and open to the public. 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 CIBERCenter 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 Institute of Transnational Studies http://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 http://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 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. 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. 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