From jsis@u.washington.edu Fri Mar 17 08:48:28 2000 Received: from jason05.u.washington.edu (root@jason05.u.washington.edu [140.142.78.6]) by lists.u.washington.edu (8.9.3+UW99.09/8.9.3+UW99.09) with ESMTP id IAA51422 for ; Fri, 17 Mar 2000 08:48:26 -0800 Received: from saul7.u.washington.edu (jsis@saul7.u.washington.edu [140.142.82.2]) by jason05.u.washington.edu (8.9.3+UW99.09/8.9.3+UW00.01) with ESMTP id IAA50644 for ; Fri, 17 Mar 2000 08:48:25 -0800 Received: from localhost (jsis@localhost) by saul7.u.washington.edu (8.9.3+UW99.09/8.9.3+UW99.09) with ESMTP id IAA27934 for ; Fri, 17 Mar 2000 08:48:24 -0800 (PST) Date: Fri, 17 Mar 2000 08:48:22 -0800 (PST) From: Jackson School of International Studies To: jsis-uw@u.washington.edu Subject: The Jackson School Calendar, March 17, 2000 Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII the JACKSON SCHOOL CALENDAR March 17, 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 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 ______________________________________________________________________ March 18 Workshop for Teachers: "Mountain Patterns: The Survival of the Nuosu Culture in China." 8:30 am - 3:30 pm, Burke Museum. Sponsors: East Asia Resource Center/JSIS; Burke Museum. Cost: $25. Pre-registration required. Clock hours available free of charge. Registration and info: 543-1921. March 18 & March 25 (Teachers Workshop) East Meets West: Trade, Technology and Teapots (course especially for history and social studies teachers). 10:00 am - 4:00 pm, lunch provided, Seattle Art Museum, Downtown. Sponsors: World Affairs Council; Seattle Art Museum; CWES/JSIS. Cost: $40 for members, $34 nonmembers. Registration and info: 654-3121. March 20 * Education in Indonesia Pre- and Post-Crisis. 3:30 - 5:00 pm, Thomson 317. Speaker: Gavin Jones, Professor and Head of the Division of Demography and Sociology, Australian National University. Sponsors: Southeast Asia Center/JSIS; Center for Studies in Demography and Ecology. Info: 543-9606. March 21 Come Meet Young European Diplomats! Time and location tba. The German Marshall Fund is sending six Fellows to visit Seattle. Call to register for event location and directions. Free for members; $5 for non-members. Sponsor: World Affairs Council. Info: 441-5910. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers. 7:30 pm, Seneca Room of Town Hall, 8th and Seneca. Book Reading and Signing by author Loung Eng, national spokesperson of 1997 Nobel Peace Prize winner "Campaign for a Landmine Free World. Sponsors: University Book Store; JSIS. Free tickets are required for entry and are available at all branches of University Bookstore. Info: 634-3400, ext. 256. March 23 Chile: Allende, Pinochet, and Beyond. 5:30 pm, Parrington Forum. Speaker: Jose Cademartori, Minister of the Economy in the Allende government. Sponsor: UW Tacoma Arts and Lectures; Latin American Studies Association; LAS/JSIS; International Studies/JSIS. Info: 685-3435. March 24 Not the Gift of Nature Only: Egypt's Search for Comparative Advantage. Noon - 1:00 pm, Thomson 403. Speaker: Ellis Goldberg, Dept. of Political Science. Sponsor: Middle East Center/JSIS. Info: 543-4227. March 24-25 Institutionalism and the European Union: Beyond International Relations and Comparative Politics. An Interdisciplinary Conference. March 24: 9:00 am - 5:00 pm; March 25: 9:00 am - Noon, Parrington Commons. Participants: Jeffrey Checkel, University of Oslo; Bart Kerremans, Universiteit Katholiek Leuven, Belgium; Simon Hug, Universite de Geneve; Stephen Brams, NYU; Dan Keleman, Rutgers University; Amie Kreppel, Univ. of Florida; Mark Pollack, Univ. of Wisconsin, Madison; Gerald Schneider, Univ. of Konstanz; Joe Jupille, UW; Jim Caporaso, UW.. Sponsor: European Union Center/JSIS; Center for International Studies. Info: 616-2415. March 25 Film: "Song of the Sephardi." Explores the history of the Sephardic communities of Seattle and Jerusalem. Part of the First Sephardic/Mizrahi Film Series. 8:00 - 10:30 pm., Sephardic Bikur Holim Congregation, 6500 52nd Avenue South. Reception will follow. Speakers: Dr. Aviva Ben-Ur, Hazel D. Cole Fellow at JSIS; and Filmmaker Dr. David Raphael. Sponsors: Jewish Studies Program/JSIS; The Walter Chapin Center for the Humanities; UW Libraries; Seattle Jewish Film Festival; Washington State Jewish Historical Society; Canadian Studies Program; Seattle Independent Film and Video Consortium; Jackson School Student Association; Congregation Ezra Bessaroth and Sephardic Bikur Holim. Info: 543-0138. March 26 Poetry and the Political Imagination. Discussion 11:00 am - 1:00 pm; Reading 5:00 pm, Richard Hugo House. Puerto Rican poet Martin Espada will discuss political poetry of the Americas. Sponsor: LAS/JSIS. Cost: Discussion & reading $25; Reading only $6. Info: 322-7030. March 27 The Historical and Geographical Roots of Modern Health Care with Particular Reference to Canada (Part of the Lecture Series "International Health Care in the 21st Century: A Canadian and American Perspective on the Past & Future of Health Care). 4:00 - 6:00 pm, Parrington Hall, 3rd Floor Commons. Speaker: Kieran D. O'Malley, MD, Acting Assistant Professor, Dept. of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences. Sponsor: Canadian Studies Center/JSIS. Info: 543-6269. March 28 * Can Europe Have a Constitution: The European Union, Enlargement to the East and Who are the People? 3:30 - 5:00 pm, Condon Hall, room 109/129. Reception following in the Tunks Lounge. Speaker: Mads Andenas, Director, British Institute of International and Comparative Law, and Fellow, Oxford Institute of European and Comparative Law. Sponsor: EU Center/JSIS; Law School. Info: 616-2415. March 29 Faith and Friction: Religion Confronts Modernity/Modernity Confront Religion. Part of the lecture series "International Updates: Trends and Transitions in Your World." 5:30 - 8:00 pm, Kane Hall, Walker-Ames Room. Speaker: Frank Conlon, Professor, History and International Studies. Sponsors: Jackson School Outreach Centers/JSIS. Cost for dinner/lecture is $22. Registration and info: 543-1675. Breakfast Meeting with Michael Vickers, Director of Strategic Studies, Center for Strategic and Budgetary Assessment. 7:30 am, location tba. Sponsor: World Affairs Council. Cost: $5 for members, $10 non-members. Info and registration: 441-5910. The Information Revolution and Future Warfare: Security and the Challenges of the 21st Century. 7:00 pm, Town Hall, Seneca Room, 1119 8th Avenue. Speaker: Michael Vickers, Director of Strategic Studies, Center for Strategic & Budgetary Assessment. Sponsor: World Affairs Council. Cost: $10 members, $15 non-members. Info: 441-5910. March 30 Peace and Progress. 7:30 pm, Town Hall, 1119 8th Avenue. Speaker: Former Senator George Mitchell. Sponsor: Evans School of Public Affairs. Free tickets required for entry and will be available beginning Monday, March 20 at University Book Store. Info: 634-3400. March 31 * Impact of the Single Currency on British Business. Business Luncheon noon - 1:30 pm, The Harbor Club, North Cascade Room, Norton Bldg., 17th Floor, 801 Second Avenue. Speaker: Dr. Mads Andenas, Director, British Institute of International and Comparative Law, and Fellow, Oxford Institute of European and Comparative Law. Sponsors: EU Center/JSIS; British American Chamber of Commerce. Cost: $27. Info and registration: 382-4230. April 1 - 2 Self, Identity, and Communication: A Workshop for Developing Cultural Proficiency Goals in Arabic, Hebrew, Persian, and Turkish (The Western Consortium of Centers for Middle Eastern Studies, Multi-Language Workshop). Sat. 8:30 am - 4:30 pm, Sun. 8:30 am - Noon, Walker Ames Room, Jane Hall. Call 543-4227 for details. Registration form and program downloadable at: http://artsci.washington.edu/programs/mideast/events.htm April 5 US Policy in the New Century: The US and Asia (Part of the Lecture Series "American Policy in the New Century"). 7:30 pm, Kane Hall 130. Speaker: Michael Armacost, President of the Brookings Institution and former US Ambassador to Japan. Sponsors: JSIS; World Affairs Council. Info: 543-4842. * Linda Mapes, reporter for the Seattle Times, will address issues regarding her recent reporting in the US and Mexico on migrant laborers and their families. 12:30 - 1:30 pm, Thomson 317. Sponsor: LAS/JSIS. Info: 684-3435. April 6 Fruits of Our Labor: The Accomplishments and Contributions of Hispanics in Washington State. 7:30 pm, location tba. Speaker: Antonio Sanchez, Research Analyst, Washington State House of Representatives. Sponsor: LAS/JSIS. Info: 685-3435. * Ethnic Entrepreneurs in Liangshan. 3:30 - 5:00 pm, Thomson 317. Speaker: Thomas Heberer, Director, Institute of East Asian Studies, Gerhard-Mercator University, Duisburg, Germany. Sponsor: China Studies Program/JSIS. Info: 543-4391. April 7 What is Wrong with Turkey? (new title) 1:30 - 3:30 pm, Thomson 317. Speaker: Cengiz Candar, Political Columnist for the Turkish daily, Sabah. Sponsor: International Studies Center/JSIS. Info: 543-1666. * Egyptian mass Media and the Transformation of Musical Life. 2:30 - 3:30, Music Bldg., Room 223. Speaker: Virginia Danielson, Harvard University. Sponsor: Middle East Center/JSIS. Info: 543-4227. * The Political Dimensions to Health Care Delivery in Canada with Specific Examples from the Province of Alberta (Part of the lecture series "International Health Care in the 21st Century: A Canadian and American Perspective on the Past & Future of Health Care."). 4:00 - 6:00 pm, Parrington Hall, 3rd Floor Commons. Speaker: Jackie D. Sieppert, Dept. of Social Work, University of Calgary, Alberta. Sponsor: Canadian Studies Center/JSIS. Info: 543-6269. April 11 The Pittsburgh Platform Revisited: Changes in Reform Judaism 1885-1999. 3:30 pm, Thomson 317. Speaker: Julie Eulenberg, Jewish Studies Program/JSIS. Sponsor: Jewish Studies Program/JSIS. Info: 543-4243. April 12 Disease as a Social Force: AIDS, Economics and Families in Thailand. 5:30 - 8:00 pm, Kane Hall, Walker-Ames Room. Speaker: Marjorie Muecke, Professor, Psychosocial and Community Health. Sponsors: Jackson School Outreach Centers/JSIS. Cost for dinner/lecture is $22. Registration and info: 543-1675. Round Table Discussion: "Burma: Military Rule and Civil Society." 3:30 - 5:00 pm, Thomson 317. Panelists: Mary Callahan, JSIS; Gavin Douglas, Ethnomusicology; Larry Dohrs, Burm,a Action Network; Christina Fink, Author; Jennifer Leehey, Ph.C. Anthropology; Edith Mirante, Project Director for "Project Maje: Information about Burma." Sponsor: Southeast Asia Center/JSIS. Info: 543-9606. April 13 Intellectual Property in China: The Question of Private Property, Damages Assessment and Strategy of Social Control. 3:30 - 5:00 pm, Thomson 325. Speaker: Feng Xiang, Oriental School of Law and Business, East China Normal University. Sponsor: China Program/JSIS. Info: 543-4391. April 15 * Roma in Cinema. 2:00 - 5:30 pm, Henry Art Gallery Auditorium. Two films, "Black and White in Color," and "American Gypsy: A Stranger in Everybody' Land," explore aspects of the contemporary Roma (gypsy) experience in the United States and Europe. Discussions led by James Felak, Department of History, and REECAS MA candidate Julie Broome. Sponsors: Center for the Humanities; JSIS; the Program on Africa; Comparative History of Ideas; Women's Studies; American Ethnic Studies; Art History; the Graduate School; Anthropology; the South Asia Center/JSIS; and REECAS;JSIS. Info: 543-9601. April 18 US Policy in the New Century: US Security Challenges (Part of the Lecture Series "American Policy in the New Century"). 7:30 pm, Kane Hall 130. Speaker: Robert M. Gates, Former Director, Central Intelligence Agency. Sponsors: JSIS; World Affairs Council. Info: 543-4842. April 21 * Cinema, Music, and Changing Aesthetics in Turkey. 2:30 - 3:30, Music Bldg., Room 223. Speaker: Munir Nurettin Beken, Turkish film composer. Sponsor: Middle East Center/JSIS. Info: 543-4227. April 22 Northwest Regional Conference for Russian, East European and Central Asian Studies (REECAS-NW). 7:30 am - 6:30 pm, UW Tacoma's GWP Building and in the State History Museum's Tahoma Auditorium. Panel topics include: developments in the Russian Far East and former Yugoslavia; media and politics, human rights and economic transition in Eastern Europe; constructions of national identity; responses to environmental catastrophes in Central Asia and Ukraine; East German history. Free admission, but advance registration required to reserve lunch (also free). Sponsors: REECAS/JSIS; Interdisciplinary Arts & Sciences/UW Tacoma; Port of Tacoma. Info: 543-4852. April 24 * The Proposed One-Payer System in the USA: The Challenges and Opportunities. 4:00 - 6:00 pm, Parrington Hall, 3rd Floor Commons. Speaker: Congressman Jim McDermott, M.D. Sponsor: Canadian Studies Center/JSIS. Info: 543-6269. * Leaders, Images and Viewers: The Riddle of Russian Television. 3:30 - 5:00 pm, Thomson 317. Speaker: Ellen Mickiewicz, Treadgold Lecturer. Sponsors: REECAS/JSIS; History Department. Info: 543-4852. April 26 China Watching in the Year 2000. Part of the lecture series "International Updates: Trends and Transitions in Your World. 5:30 - 8:00 pm, Kane Hall, Walker-Ames Room. Speaker: David Bachman, Chair, China Studies Program, JSIS. Sponsors: Jackson School Outreach Centers/JSIS. Cost for dinner/lecture is $22. Registration and info: 543-1675. April 27 Written on the Body, Written on the Land: Violence and the Environment in Central India. 3:30 pm, Thomson 317. Speaker: Dr. Amita Baviskar, Dept. of Sociology, Delhi University, India. Sponsor: Center for South Asian Studies/JSIS; Anthropology. Indo: 543-9606. April 28 * Sidi ROM: Coming of Age in the Time of the Internet. 2:30 - 3:30, Music Bldg., Room 223. Speaker: Douglas Davis, Haverford College. Sponsor: Middle East Center/JSIS. Info: 543-4227. * Quebec: a View of the Belle Province (Lecture/slide show. Part of the 3rd Annual World Languages day for high school students). 1:30 - 2:30 pm, 306 Balmer Hall. Speaker: Julia Herschensohn, Linguistics Department. Sponsor: Canadian Studies Center/JSIS. Registration and info: 543-2310 or 1-800-543-2320. * Anti-Semitism, Memory, and the Construction of German Culture in America. 1:30 pm, Denny 308. Speaker: Hans Vaget, Helen and Laura Shedd Professor of German Studies and Comparative Literature, Smith College. Sponsor: Dept. of Germanics. Info: 543-4580. April 27 - 29 Conference: "Regulating the Internet: EU and US Perspectives." Time and location tba. Sponsor: European Union Center/JSIS; UW School of Communications; Center for Law, Commerce and Technology/UW Law School. Info: 616-2415. April 29 Workshop: The Festival Mosaic, preparing K-6 teachers for the International Children's Festival at Seattle Center (May 15-20). 8:30 am - 4:30 pm, Thomson 101. Registration required, lunch included. Sponsor: Southeast Asia Center/JSIS. Info: 543-9606. May 1 Notes from the Countryside: Cham Culture Past and Present. 3:30 - 5:00 pm, Thomson 317. Speaker: Phan Lac Tuyen, Vietnamese scholar and specialist on Confucianism and on Cham culture in Vietnam. Sponsor: Southeast Asia Center/JSIS. Info: 543-9606. Reparations for Historical Injustices. 3:30 - 5:00 pm, Gerberding Hall, Room 142. Speaker: John Torpey, Dept. of Sociology and History, Institute for European Studies, University of British Columbia. Sponsors: International Studies Center/JSIS; Center for West European Studies/JSIS. Info: 543-1666. May 3 US Policy in the New Century: America in the Twenty-First Century (Part of the Lecture Series "American Policy in the New Century"). 7:30 pm, Kane Hall 130. Speaker: Paul B. Johnson, British scholar, author, lecturer. Sponsors: JSIS; World Affairs Council. Info: 543-4842. May 4 Where Have All the Flowers Gone: The German Green-Alternative Movement between Utopian Idealism and Political Pragmatism (Part of the lecture series "Utopias at the Turn of the Century/End of the Millenium"). 3:30 pm, location tba. Speaker: Sabine von Dirke, Dept. of German, Univ. of Pittsburgh. Sponsors: CWES/JSIS; History; Political Science; Humanities Center. Info: 543-1675. Freedom and Property Rights in Russia. 3:30 - 5:00 pm, location tba. Speaker: Richard Pipes, Harvard University. Sponsors: History Department; REECAS/JSIS. Info: 543-4852. * EU 2000: Another Crossroad, Another Challenge. 3:30 - 5:00 pm, Parrington Forum, Parrington Hall. Speaker: John Beck, former EU Ambassador to Canada and former Director for External Relations with North America, Australia, New Zealand, NAFTA and APEC. Sponsors: EU Center/JSIS. Info: 616-2415. May 5 - 6 Conference: "The Transformation of NATO and the Question of European Unity. Time to be announced, Petersen Room, Allen Library. Info: 616-2415. May 10 Telling Our Stories Ourselves: Indigenous Media in Canada. Part of the lecture series "International Updates: Trends and Transitions in Your World." 5:30 - 8:00 pm, Kane Hall, Walker-Ames Room. Speaker: Daniel Hart, Director, Native Voices, The Center for Indigenous Media. Sponsors: Jackson School Outreach Centers/JSIS. Cost of dinner/lecture is $22. Registration and info: 543-1675. May 12 * The First Musical Recordings in Arabia: Jeddah, Arabian Gulf, Aden (1904-39). 2:30 - 3:30, Music Bldg., Room 223. Speaker: Jean Lambert, CNRD, Paris. Sponsor: Middle East Center/JSIS. Info: 543-4227. May 13 Ukrainians in North America: Celebrating More Than a Century of History and Culture. Full-day seminar for educators and the general public. Presentations on Ukrainian immigration to Canada and the US, Ukrainian history, culture and art in North America, Ukrainian curriculum resources, live musical performances and a literary reading. $30 registration fee includes lunch, clock hours available for teachers at no extra cost. Sponsors: Canadian Studies Center/JSIS; REECAS/JSIS. Info: 543-4852. May 15 What's Left of Utopia? (Part of the lecture series "Utopias at the Turn of the Century/End of the Millenium). 3:30 pm, Smith 211. Speaker: Geoff Eley, Depts. Of History and German Studies, Univ. of Michigan. Sponsors: CWES/JSIS; History; Political Science; Humanities Center. Info: 543-1675. May 17 * Towards European Defense? On the Development of the Common Security and Defense Policy of the European Union. 1:30 - 3:00 pm, HUB 309. Speaker: Kari Mottola, Special Advisor on Security Policy, Ministry for Foreign Affairs, Finland. Sponsor: EU Center/JSIS. Info: 616-2415. May 19 * Christmas-izing Ramadan: Television and Holiday Consumption. 2:30 - 3:30, Music Bldg., Room 223. Speaker: Walter Armbrust, Georgetown University. Sponsor: Middle East Center/JSIS. Info: 543-4227. May 19-20 Conference: "Communicating Civic Engagement: Citizen Identity and Changing Conceptions of Politics in Europe and the United States." Time, location and other details tba. Sponsor: CWES/JSIS. Info: 543-1675. May 24 US Policy in the New Century: The US and the Global Economy (Part of the Lecture Series "American Policy in the New Century"). 7:30 pm, Kane Hall 130. Speaker: George Russell, Chariman, Frank Russell Company. Sponsors: JSIS; World Affairs Council. Info: 543-4842. June 2 * Radio on the Edge: International Broadcasting in South Asia. 2:30 - 3:30, Music Bldg., Room 223. Speaker: Brian Silver, Voice of America. Sponsor: Middle East Center/JSIS. Info: 543-4227. June 28 Grade 7-12 Teachers Summer Seminar: First Nation Families and Women in Canada. Time and location tba. Sponsor: Canadian Studies Center/JSIS. Info: 543-6269. June 28 - 29 JSIS Summer Seminar: "The Family Across Time and Cultures." Time and location tba. For teachers of grades 7 - 12. Speakers will present different perspectives on families from around the world. Info: 543-9606. Downloadable registration form available at: http://jsis.artsci.washington.edu/programs/mideast/events.htm ****************************************************************************** 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 . 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