From jsis@u.washington.edu Fri Feb 20 15:27:17 2004 Received: from mxu9.u.washington.edu (mxu9.u.washington.edu [140.142.32.174]) by lists.u.washington.edu (8.12.10+UW03.09/8.12.10+UW03.09) with ESMTP id i1KNRGuL094278 for ; Fri, 20 Feb 2004 15:27:16 -0800 Received: from mxout5.cac.washington.edu (mxout5.cac.washington.edu [140.142.32.135]) by mxu9.u.washington.edu (8.12.11+UW04.02/8.12.11+UW04.02) with ESMTP id i1KNRF9i004776 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=EDH-RSA-DES-CBC3-SHA bits=168 verify=NO) for ; Fri, 20 Feb 2004 15:27:15 -0800 Received: from mailhost1.u.washington.edu (mailhost1.u.washington.edu [140.142.32.141]) by mxout5.cac.washington.edu (8.12.11+UW04.02/8.12.11+UW04.02) with ESMTP id i1KNREfx018239 for ; Fri, 20 Feb 2004 15:27:14 -0800 Received: from reception (D-128-95-200-98.dhcp4.washington.edu [128.95.200.98]) by mailhost1.u.washington.edu (8.12.11+UW04.02/8.12.11+UW04.02) with SMTP id i1KNRENs014241 for ; Fri, 20 Feb 2004 15:27:14 -0800 Message-ID: <033801c3f809$11a02d50$62c85f80@reception> From: "Jackson School of International Studies" To: "JSIS - Calendar" Subject: the JACKSON SCHOOL CALENDAR Date: Fri, 20 Feb 2004 15:27:12 -0800 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" 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 1.232, CLICK_BELOW 0.089, __SANE_MSGID 0, __TO_MALFORMED_2 0, __MIME_VERSION 0, __EVITE_CTYPE 0, __CTYPE_CHARSET_QUOTED 0, __CT_TEXT_PLAIN 0, __CT 0, __CTE 0, __HAS_X_PRIORITY 0, __HAS_MSMAIL_PRI 0, __OUTLOOK_MUA 0, __HAS_X_MAILER 0, __ANY_OUTLOOK_MUA 0, __HAS_OUTLOOK_IN_MAILER 0, __HAS_MIMEOLE 0, __NEW_DOMAIN_EXTENSIONS_2 0, __CLICK_BELOW 0, __HAS_MSGID 0, __MIME_TEXT_ONLY 0, __OUTLOOK_MSGID_1 0' the JACKSON SCHOOL CALENDAR February 21, 2004 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. The Jackson School sponsorship of an event does not imply that the School endorses the content of an event. February & March Music in American Cultures February 21 Images of Death in Mexican Art The Theme of Exile in Persian Literature February 23 Re-fashioning Civilization in Turn of the Century Korea, 1894-1919 February 24 Up Close and Personal: Reflections on Iraq from an American Visiting Professor at the University of Baghdad February 26 Women's Emancipation in Northern Nigeria: The Women in Media (WIM) Approach Colonialism, Nationalism and Globalization: The Philippines and Filipino Americans Buddhist Paintings of Kizil Caves Mormonism's Promised Land: Zion, America, and the Quest for a Perfect Place February 27 Colonialism, Nationalism and Globalization: The Philippines and Filipino Americans February 28 Motivations that strongly influence us unconsciously in the presence of death threats March 1 The U.S. and Japan in the 21st Century March 3 Afghanistan and the Future of Warfare March 8 Fighting Violence Against Women as an International Human Right: A Review of a Decade Monthly Global Discussion Series: Russia March 15 Dangerous victims: on a sense of victimhood as a mobilising force in politics March 24 The U.S. and Japan in the 21st Century April 5 Wild Grass April 24 Fun with Persian Calligraphy April 28 Saudi Arabia and the United States: A Relationship in Transition May 27 Go Down Moses: African-American Slaves and the Promised Land. Full Listings 2004 January, February, March Music in American Cultures. Presentations on African American, Jewish American Puerto Rican, and Asian American music and culture. 5:00-6:00 PM on most Thursdays, 213 Music Bldg. The series is organized by Professor Shannon Dudley, in conjunction with his class, Music in American Cultures, which is cross-listed between the School of Music and American Ethnic Studies. Funding for the lectures, as well as associated workshops and concerts, is provided by the Seattle Partnership for American Popular music, a collaboration between the School of Music, the Experience Music Project, and KEXP radio, funded by a gift from the Allen Foundation. All lectures are free and open to the public. February 21 Images of Death in Mexican Art. A Presentation at the Burke Museum. 2:00 PM, Burke Museum, Burke Room. Seattle-Join the Burke Museum on for a slide presentation on Images of Death in Mexican Art. Explore images of death in the art produced in Mexico, beginning with Mayan, Aztec, and other native Mexican cultures in this unusual art history presentation. Works by artists Jose Guadalupe Posada, Francisco Toledo, Alejandro Colunga, Frida Kahlo and Diego Rivera will be presented. The continued use of death images in contemporary and 20th century Mexican art will also be explored. The presentation is given by Dr. Deborah Caplow, lecturer in art history at the University of Washington. Dr. Caplow has a Ph.D. in art history from the University of Washington, with a concentration on Twentieth-Century art of Mexico and a Masters Degree in library science. Since 1994, she has taught a wide variety of art history courses at the University of Washington, as a lecturer, primarily in nineteenth and twentieth century art. The lecture is presented as part of a series related to the current exhibit at the Burke, Reverent Remembrance: Honoring the Dead, on view through Feb. 22. The exhibit explores the variety of ways different cultural groups remember those that have passed on. Fee: included with admission. February 21 The Theme of Exile in Persian Literature. 7:00-9:00 PM, 220 Kane Hall, A presentation for the 6th Annual Hooshang Afrassiabi Distinguished Lecture in Persian Studies. Speaker: Ahmad Karimi-Hakkak. Professor Karimi-Hakkak is the Director of the Persian language and literature in the Department of Near Eastern Languages and Civilizations. The program is hosted by the Department of Near Eastern Languages and Civilizations. It is sponsored by the Afrassiabi Endowed Fund, created for the benefit of the University of Washington's Persian Studies Program and to expand the educational and cultural activities of Persian language and literature and Iranian culture and civilization. Reception to follow in the Walker-Ames room. February 23 Re-fashioning Civilization in Turn of the Century Korea, 1894-1919. 3:30-5:00 PM, 125 Thomson. Speaker: Dr. Susie Jie Young Kim, East Asian Studies, Yale University. Sponsored by the Asian Languages and Literature Department. February 24 Up Close and Personal: Reflections on Iraq from an American Visiting Professor at the University of Baghdad. Fall Quarter 2003. 3:30-5:00, 317 Thomson. Speaker: Kathleen Namphy, Department of English and Program in Writing and Critical Thinking, Stanford University. Professor Namphy taught English at Baghdad University where she was the only American instructor, in the fall of 2002 and 2003. Sponsored by the Middle East Center. Info: mecuw@u.washington.edu; 206-543-4227. The Middle East Center's sponsorship of an event does not imply that the Center endorses the content of the event. February 26 Women's Emancipation in Northern Nigeria: The Women in Media (WIM) Approach. 12:00-1:15 PM. Speaker: Ms. Halima Ben Umar, Program Officer, Johns Hopkins University Center for Communication Programs. 308 Parrington Hall Commons. Ms. Ben Umar, a visiting fellow of the Population Leadership Program, will discuss challenges of women in Nigeria, including barriers for women's development, issues of reproductive health rights, politics, and marriage. In addition to her position with Johns Hopkins University, Ms Ben Umar also serves as Director of Women In Media (WIM), a non-governmental organization with activities in the areas of advocacy and lobbying, facilitation, and monitoring. February 26 Colonialism, Nationalism and Globalization: The Philippines and Filipino Americans. 4:00 PM, Peterson Room, Allen Library 5th floor. Betsy Wilson and Judith Henchy (UW Libraries), Gail Nomura (UW American Ethnic Studies), Peter Bacho (UW Tacoma) 5:00pm Film: An Untold Triumph: America's Filipino Soldiers, Fred and Dorothy Cordova (Filipino American Historical Society), Allen auditorium, Allen library. All events are free and open to the public. Co-sponsored by JSIS, UW Libraries, Critical Asian Studies and the Simpson Center for the Humanities. For more information contact the Southeast Asia Center at seac@u.washington.edu or call 206-543-9606. February 26 Buddhist Paintings of Kizil Caves. 7:00-8:30 PM, Seattle Asian Art Museum, Stimson Auditorium. Speaker: Chen Shiliang, cultural and art historian and former director of the Research Institute of Qiuci Grottoes, gives a beautifully illustrated slide lecture on the monumental paintings of these important Buddhist caves. In Chinese with English translation. Free with Museum Admission. Sponsored by the Seattle Asian Art Museum, Co-sponsored by the East Asia Center. February 26 Mormonism's Promised Land: Zion, America, and the Quest for a Perfect Place. 7:30 p.m., Kane Hall, 220. Speaker: Roger D. Launius, historian of 19th-century American history and author of Joseph Smith III: Pragmatic Prophet. Part of the series "The Promised Land: Place and the Creation of Community in Religious Traditions." Funded in part by the Tillie and Alfred Shemanski Foundation. Sponsored by the Middle East Center. Contact: tel: 206-543-4227. The Middle East Center's sponsorship of an event does not imply that the Center endorses the content of the event. February 27 Colonialism, Nationalism and Globalization: The Philippines and Filipino Americans. 8:30 AM-5:15 PM, Peterson Room, Allen Library 5th Floor. PANEL I. U.S. Colonialism. Michael Salman (University of California Los Angeles, History), Warwick Anderson (University of Wisconsin Madison, Medical History, Discussant: Christoph Giebel (UW History). PANEL II. Approaching Philippine and Filipino American Studies: Students' Perspectives. Discussant: Rick Bonus (UW American Ethnic Studies). PANEL III. Environmental Policies and Politics. Patrick Christie (UW School of Marine Affairs and the Jackson School of International Studies). Dale Marsden (University of British Columbia Fisheries Centre), Discussant: Marc Miller (UW Marine Affairs and Anthropology) KEYNOTE PRESENTATION. Introduction, Vicente L. Rafael, UW History), Rey Ileto (National University of Singapore), Discussant: Nikhil Singh (UW History). All events are free and open to the public. Co-sponsored by JSIS, UW Libraries, Critical Asian Studies and the Simpson Center for the Humanities. For more information contact the Southeast Asia Center at seac@u.washington.edu or call 206-543-9606. February 28 Motivations that strongly influence us unconsciously in the presence of death threats. 1:00-5:00, HUB Auditorium. The Ernest Becker Foundation is pleased to sponsor a special Saturday afternoon film and lecture on the UW campus. Our main objective is to present to the University and the General Public an examination of the motivations that strongly influence us unconsciously in the presence of death threats. Specifically, this talk will be on how, under death threat, our attitudes toward leaders change measurably, dramatically so. Co-sponsored by the UW Dept. of Psychology. March 1 The U.S. and Japan in the 21st Century (Ambassador Series). 11:30-1:30 PM, Columbia Tower Club, Bank of America Tower, 701 Fifth Avenue, 76th Floor, downtown Seattle. Presenter: Ambassador Takakazu Kuriyama. Registration: $35 for JASSW members; $40 for non-members. Please visit the JAS website for registration: http://www.us-japan.org/jassw/ Or call the JASSW office at 206-374-018 March 3 Afghanistan and the Future of Warfare. Noon, 40 Smith Hall. Speaker: Stephen Biddle, Associate Professor, National Security Studies, U.S. Army War College Strategic Studies Institute. Discussion Forum. Sponsored by Pacific Northwest Colloquium on International Security, JSIS/IGRSS. For info, contact Terence Lee at tcllee@u.washington.edu March 8 (International Women's Day) Fighting Violence Against Women as an International Human Right: A Review of a Decade. 3:30 PM, Walker-Ames Room-Kane Hall. Speaker: Radhika Coomaraswamy. Radhika Coomaraswamy currently chairs the Human Rights Commission of Sri Lanka. She has also recently served as the United Nations Special Rapporteur on Violence Against Women, researching and writing reports to the UN Commission on Human Rights on such topics as violence in the family, violence in the community, violence against women during armed conflict and the problem of international trafficking. Dr. Coomaraswamy was also Director of the International Centre for Ethnic Studies in Colombo for many years, and is the author of numerous books, including A Crisis of Legitimacy: - The Anglo-American Constitutional Tradition in Sri Lanka and Ideology; The Constitution: - Essays on Constitutional Jurisprudence; and A Manual on Economic, Social, and Cultural Rights, as well as numerous articles on ethnic conflict in Sri Lanka. Dr. Coomaraswamy has won many awards, including the International Law Award of the American Bar Association, The Human Rights Award of the International Human Rights Law Group, The Bruno Kreisky Award of 2000 and The Leo Ettinger Human Rights prize from the University of Oslo. Sponsored by the Comparative Law and Society Studies (CLASS) Center, the Simpson Center for the Humanities, the South Asian Studies Center, and the Women Studies Program. Additional support is provided by the School of Law, the Jackson School of International Studies, the Institute for Transnational Studies, the Henry M. Jackson Foundation, the Bartley Dobb Endowment for the Study and Prevention of Violence, and the Human Rights Education and Research Network. For more information, visit www.humanrights.washington.edu March 8 Monthly Global Discussion Series: Russia. 4:00-6:00 PM, World Trade Center Seattle, 2200 Alaskan Way, Suite 410, Seattle, WA 98121, Tel 206.441.5144, www.wtcseattle.com. Speaker: Steve Hanson, Director, Russian, East European, and Central Asian Studies, UW Henry M. Jackson School of International Studies. The University of Washington, World Trade Center and the World Affairs Council invite you to a monthly discussion of global topics. Each month, we will receive a briefing on current issues in a major world region, featuring a noted professor from the Henry M. Jackson School of International Studies at the University of Washington, and then have a moderated discussion about the impact and implications for the United States in the areas of politics, trade and business. Join us for this casual conversation and networking opportunity complete with appetizers and no-host bar. Sponsored by World Trade Center Seattle, Henry M. Jackson School of International Studies UW, and World Affairs Council. For more info, or to make reservations for this FREE event, please call 206 441-5910. March 15 Dangerous victims: on a sense of victimhood as a mobilising force in politics. Noon, 1-A Gowen. Speaker: Garrath Williams is Lecturer in Philosophy at Lancaster University, UK. He works in political theory and moral philosophy, with interests in responsibility and blame, normative disagreement and the moral and political roles of institutional frameworks. He has also written on Hannah Arendt, Kant, Nietzsche and Hobbes. This paper follows from an earlier essay arguing that Hobbesian conflict is not, as is usually assumed, a product of competing interests but is in large part normatively driven. Sponsored by the Department of Political Science March 24 The U.S. and Japan in the 21st Century (Ambassador Series). 11:30 - 1:30 PM, Columbia Tower Club, Bank of America Tower, 701 Fifth Avenue, 76th Floor, downtown Seattle. Presenter: Ambassador Kunihiko Saito. Registration: $35 for JASSW members; $40 for non-members . Please visit the JAS website for registration: http://www.us-japan.org/jassw/ Or call the JASSW office at 206-374-018 April 5 Wild Grass. 7:00-8:00 PM, University Bookstore, 4326 University Way N.E., Seattle. Speaker: Ian Johnson, Pulitzer Prize Winning Journalist, Reading from his new book. Three Stories of Change in Modern China (Pantheon Books/March 23, 2004). "Wild Grass" provides a unique portrait of a new Revolution currently under way in China: the demand for civil liberties by ordinary citizens. Johnson focuses on three people, each pushing for change locally, but effecting change on the national level as well. The portraits reveal the personal drama behind the public effects of protest, and Johnson describes how China's economic reforms have created a space for dissent that is undermining the power of the Communist Party. Ian Johnson is the former Beijing correspondent for the Wall Street Journal. He won the Pulitzer Prize for his reporting on China in 2001. The Blakemore Foundation Asian Art Lecture Series. Event is free. Sponsored by the University of Washington Bookstore and the East Asia Center. April 24 Fun with Persian Calligraphy. 8:30-4:30, Thomson Hall. Ali Rouhfar, artist-in-residence, Seattle Children's Museum and visiting faculty member, UW. This will be a 70-minute session as part of the 2004 Festival Mosaic: Folk and Fine Arts Around the World. $45 pre-registration required, seven clock hours, ethnic lunch, and resources are included. To register contact the East Asia Resource Center 206-543-1921. Click here for registration form. The Middle East Center's sponsorship of an event does not imply that the Center endorses the content of the event. April 28 Saudi Arabia and the United States: A Relationship in Transition. 5:30-8:00 PM, Walker-Ames Room, Kane Hall. Speaker: Hugh Renfro, Former Head of Arabian Chevron Oil Company. Part of the 2004 Jackson School International Updates dinner-lecture series. $25 pre-registration required; clock hours available for educators. For more information call 206-543-9460, email: reecas@u.washington.edu. For online registration form visit: http://jsis.artsci.washington.edu/forms/04_updates_registration.pdf The Middle East Center's sponsorship of an event does not imply that the Center endorses the content of the event. May 27 Go Down Moses: African-American Slaves and the Promised Land. 7:30 PM, 210 Kane Hall. Speaker: Albert J. Raboteau, Henry W. Putnam Professor of Religion, Princeton University. Part of "The Promised Land: Place and the Creation of Community in Religious Traditions" series supported in part by the Tillie and Alfred Shemanski Foundation. Sponsored by the Middle East Center. Info: 206-543-4227 or The Middle East Center's sponsorship of an event does not imply that the Center endorses the content of the event. 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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