From jsis@u.washington.edu Fri Oct 25 10:58:10 2002 Received: from mailscan1.cac.washington.edu (mailscan1.cac.washington.edu [140.142.32.16]) by lists.u.washington.edu (8.12.1+UW01.12/8.12.1+UW02.09) with SMTP id g9PHw3FD012334 for ; Fri, 25 Oct 2002 10:58:03 -0700 Received: FROM mxu4.u.washington.edu BY mailscan1.cac.washington.edu ; Fri Oct 25 10:58:03 2002 -0700 Received: from mxout2.cac.washington.edu (mxout2.cac.washington.edu [140.142.33.4]) by mxu4.u.washington.edu (8.12.1+UW01.12/8.12.1+UW02.09) with ESMTP id g9PHw3Is007039 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=EDH-RSA-DES-CBC3-SHA bits=168 verify=NO) for ; Fri, 25 Oct 2002 10:58:03 -0700 Received: from mailscan-out2.cac.washington.edu (mailscan-out2.cac.washington.edu [140.142.33.17]) by mxout2.cac.washington.edu (8.12.1+UW01.12/8.12.1+UW02.09) with SMTP id g9PHw2OZ010666 for ; Fri, 25 Oct 2002 10:58:03 -0700 Received: FROM homer12.u.washington.edu BY mailscan-out2.cac.washington.edu ; Fri Oct 25 10:58:02 2002 -0700 Received: from localhost (jsis@localhost) by homer12.u.washington.edu (8.12.1+UW01.12/8.12.1+UW02.08) with ESMTP id g9PHw1JF066078 for ; Fri, 25 Oct 2002 10:58:01 -0700 Date: Fri, 25 Oct 2002 10:58:01 -0700 (PDT) From: Jackson School of International Studies To: jsis-uw@u.washington.edu Subject: The Jackson School Calendar Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII the JACKSON SCHOOL CALENDAR October 25, 2002 A brief look ahead. Scroll down for complete details or visit our website at October 25: Intra-household Spillovers of a Health Care program: Evidence from Rural Bangladesh October 25: The Future is Not What It Was: Realities of Economic Transformation in Poland October 25/26: Conference on Globalization, Justice and the International Trafficking of Women and Children October 26: The Kosciuszko Foundation and Polish Studies in the US October 27: Performance and panel discussion: Beautiful Treasure October 28: The United States, Iraq, and the International Community October 28: Talking with Animals: Byzantine Natural History in Sixteenth-Century France October 29: Title to be announced October 29: Economic Importance, Opportunities and Challenges in Puget Sound/Georgia Basin Ecosystem October 29: Reading "Reversion": Women and the Politics of Culture in Okinawa October 29: 21st Century Wars: Indonesia, Islam, the Middle East, and the U.S October 30: A Debate: the Case for Invading Iraq November 1: Sex and Space: Workshop: Desiring Arabs November 1: Does Peacekeeping Keep Peace after Civil War? And If So, How? ____________________________________________________________________ Complete Listings: October 25 Intra-household Spillovers of a Health Care program: Evidence from Rural Bangladesh. 12:30 - 2:00 pm, Parrington Commons 308. Speaker: Anoshua Chandhuri, PhD candidate, Economics. Sponsor: CSDE. Info: 543-5412. The Future is Not What It Was: Realities of Economic Transformation in Poland. (Part of the lecture series, "50 Years of Polish at the UW: Celebrating Polish-American Heritage.") 7:00 pm, Northwest Horticultural Society Hall, Center for Urban Horticulture, 3501 NE 41st Street, Seattle. Speaker: Witold Sulimirski. Sponsors: Dept. of Slavic Languages & Literatures, REECAS, Simpson Center for the Humanities, College of Arts & Sciences Exchange Program. Info: 543-6848. October 25 - 26 Conference on Globalization, Justice and the International Trafficking of Women and Children. Fri 7:00 pm-8:30pm, Sat 9:00am - 6:00pm, Kane Hall. Speakers: Begum Khurshid Jahan Haque, Minister for Women and Children Affairs, Bangladesh; Ambassador Nancy Ely-Raphel, Director, Office to Monitor and Combat Human Trafficking at the US Department of State; and numerous state elected officials, representatives from non-profits, international organizations and academic institutions. Sponsors: Russian, East European and Central Asian Studies; International Studies Center; and UW Women's Center. Info: 685-1090. October 26 The Kosciuszko Foundation and Polish Studies in the US (Part of the lecture series, "50 Years of Polish at the UW: Celebrating Polish-American Heritage.") Speaker: Witold Sulimirski. 4:00 pm, Simpson Center for the Humanities. Info: 543-6848. October 27 * Performance and panel discussion: Beautiful Treasure. 7:00 PM at Gallery 110, 110 Washington Street, Seattle WA. This ensemble performance by Akropolis Performance Lab revolves around the questions, "What do we value?" and "How do we honor the things we value?" Using simple actions, explosive movement, and vibrant melodies, APL has crafted a non-narrative performance structure that draws upon the songs and themes of the American Shaker movement to examine the non-quantifiable things valued (or de-valued) by societies - sustenance, labor, memory, and human contact. Following the performance a group discussion will be facilitated by Tamara Leonard of the International Studies Center, Henry M. Jackson School of International Studies, University of Washington. Sponsored by International Studies Center/JSIS, Akropolis Performance Lab, UNICEF, and Gallery 110. For more information call 206-624-9336. Free. October 28 The United States, Iraq, and the International Community. 7:00 pm, Kane Hall 130 (overflow to Kane 120, which will have a remote TV feed). Speaker: Congressman Jim McDermott. Notes: Backpacks and bags will be inspected at the door. No passes will be issued to allow attendees to re-enter the room: if you leave the room, you will be required to go to the end of the line to get back in. No tickets needed. Doors open at 6:30 pm. Sponsors: The Jackson School of International Studies; The World Affairs Council. Info: 543-4372 * Talking with Animals: Byzantine Natural History in Sixteenth-Century France. 3:30 - 5:00 pm, Communications 226. (Copies of the paper will be pre-circulated) Speaker: Glenn Peers, Univ. of Texas at Austin. Sponsors: EMERGE; History. Info: Stafford@u.washington.edu October 29 Title to be announced. 3:30 - 5:00 pm, Simpson Center for the Humanities, CMU 202. Speaker: Linda Angst, Anthropology, Lewis & Clark University. Sponsor: Japan Studies Program/JSIS. Info: 543-4391 Economic Importance, Opportunities and Challenges in Puget Sound/Georgia Basin Ecosystem. 11:30 am -1:00 pm, HUB, Rm 108. Speakers: Brenda Plowman, First Vice Chair, BC Chamber of Commerce; Bruce Agnew, Cascadia Project Director, Discovery Institute. Sponsors: Canadian Studies Center and International Studies /JSIS and Program on the Environment. Info: Canadian Studies, 221-6374; canada@u.washington.edu . Reading "Reversion": Women and the Politics of Culture in Okinawa . 3:30 pm - 5:00 pm, Simpson Humanities Center, CMU 202. Speaker: Linda Angst, Postdoctoral Fellow at the Edwin Reishauer Institute for Japanese Studies, Harvard University; Assistant Professor of Anthropology, Lewis and Clark University. Sponsor: Japan Studies Program/JSIS. Info: 543-4391. * 21st Century Wars: Indonesia, Islam, the Middle East, and the U.S. 7:00-8:30 pm, Smith 120. Speakers: Dan Lev, Professor of Political Science; Ismail Budhiarso, an active member of Indonesian Muslim organizations in Seattle; Magid Shihade, doctoral student in the Interdisciplinary PhD Program in Middle Eastern Studies. Moderated by Laurie Sears, Professor of History. Sponsor: Southeast Asia Center/JSIS. Info: 543-9606. October 30 A Debate: the Case for Invading Iraq. 7:00 pm, Seattle University, Piggott Auditorium. Speakers: Congressman Jim McDermott and Kenneth Pollack, Director, National Security Studies with the Council of Foreign Relations (author of "The Threatening Storm, A Case for Invading Iraq"). Sponsor: World Affairs Council. Cost: $10 general public, $ 5 members and Students. Info: 441-5910 November 1 Sex and Space: Workshop: Desiring Arabs (Part of the series "Thinking Sex in Transnational Times"). Time and location tba. Speaker: Joseph Massad, Modern Arab Politics, Columbia University. Sponsor: Simpson Center for the Humanities. Registration required: 543-3920. * Does Peacekeeping Keep Peace after Civil War? And If So, How? Noon, Smith 40. Speaker: Page Fortna, Columbia University. Part of the Pacific Northwest Colloquium on International Security (PNCIS). Sponsors: College of Arts and Sciences; JSIS International Studies Center; IGRSS; Department of Political Science. For info, ykawato@u.washington.edu November 6 - 10 * The 11th annual Seattle Human Rights Film Festival, presented by Amnesty International, brings you a selection of 14 documentary, feature, and short films which expose and inform about human rights issues around the world. Films produced in countries which include Iran, Holland, India, Argentina, Latvia, the United States, Burma, and the Ivory Coast. Opening night at the Frye Art Museum, 704 Terry Ave, at 7 pm. Subsequent screenings continue through Sunday the 10th at the 911 Media Arts Center, 117 Yale Avenue N, and at the Grand Illusion Cinema, 1403 NE 50th Street, mostly starting at 7 pm. Closing night on Sunday the 10th again at the Frye Art Musuem. For more times and information please call (206) 622-2741, or visit amnestyusa.org/filmfest. Sponsor: Amnesty International of the University of Washington. November 7 Daughters of Tunis. University Bookstore, 4326 University Way, NE, 4:00 p.m. Speaker: Paula Holme-Eber, visiting scholar, Middle East Center/JSIS, Anthropology. Reception to follow with Tunisian sweets. Contact: 206-634-3400, Kim Ricketts. November 8 * Building an Educational Agenda for Peace: Linking the University with Citizens. 7:00pm, Kane Hall 110. Reception following in Walker-Ames Room. Speaker: Terrence Paupp National Chancellor of the United States for the International Association of Educators for World Peace (IAEWP) an NGO under the United Nations. Sponsored by the Bartley Dobb Endowment for Nonviolence and Peace. Arranged by UW Human Rights Education and Research Network. Information: 425-352-5421 * Cultures of War and Peace: National Liberalism and the Social Construction of the Scandinavian Peace. Noon, Smith 40. Speaker: Jonathan Acuff, Ph.D. Student, Department of Political Science, UW. Part of the Pacific Northwest Colloquium on International Security (PNCIS). Sponsors: College of Arts and Sciences; JSIS International Studies Center; IGRSS; Department of Political Science. For info, ykawato@u.washington.edu November 12 Environmental Challenges Confronting Puget Sound/Georgia Basin. 11:30 am -1:00 pm, HUB, Rm 108. Speakers: Phil Mote (invited), Public Information Specialist-Research Scientist, UW-Climate Change Impacts; Michael Rylko, Puget Sound Coordinator, Environmental Protection Agency. Sponsors: Canadian Studies Center and International Studies /JSIS and Program on the Environment. Info: Canadian Studies, 221-6374 November 13 Conflicting Memories, Contested Pasts: Some Reflections on Polish-Jewish Relations (Part of the lecture series, "50 Years of Polish at the UW: Celebrating Polish-American Heritage.") 7:00 pm Walker Ames Room, UW Campus. Reception to follow. Speaker: Eva Hoffman, editor and writer. Sponsors: Dept. of Slavic Languages & Literatures, Simpson Center for the Humanities, College of Arts & Sciences Exchange Program, Dept. of History, Jewish Studies Program, Seattle Public Library. Info: 206-543-6848 The Well Marks the Spot: Buried Treasure and the Prophet Muhammad (Part of the Colloquium Series "Territory and Relics"). 3:30 - 5:00 pm, Parrington Commons 318. Speaker: Brannon Wheeler, NELC and Chair, Comparative Religion Program. Sponsor: Comparative Religion Program/JSIS. Info: religion@u.washington.edu November 14 Multiple Connotations: Language Politics in Colonial South India. 3:30 PM, Thomson Hall Room 317, UW Campus, Seattle. Speaker: M. Pandian. Sponsored by the South Asia Center, 206-543-4800. Israel and the Middle East: Politics and Strategy. 7:30 p.m., HUB 200 ABC. Speaker: Yossi Amrani, Consulate General, Israel. Sponsored by Huskies for Israel; Middle East Center; Jewish Studies Program; JSIS. Info: huskipac@u.washington.edu. November 15 -16 Educators Workhop: CANADA ON THE WEB. November 15, 7 - 9:00 pm, November 16, 8:30 am - 4:30 pm. Mary Gates Hall, Rm 030. This workshop (10 clock hours) will guide educators to a wealth of information on Canada while providing educators with the ability to locate and judge the accuracy and reliability of online Canadiana. Instructor: Cheri Rauser, Media Librarian, TELUS Media Solutions, Canada. Sponsor: Canadaian Studies Center/JSIS. Info: 221-6374, canada@u.washington.edu. November 18 Excavating Medieval Monasteries and Sugar Factories at the Lowest Point on Earth: The Dead Sea Area. 3:30 p.m., room TBA. Speaker: Konstantinos D. Politis, British Museum, Co-Director, Ghor es-Safi Excavations, Jordan; special curator for Deir 'Ain 'Abata Excavations. Info: 206-543-5790. Sponsored by History, MEC, and NELC. November 19 Resignifying Arab Racial Formations (Part of the series "Recasting American Asia"). 3:30 pm, Communications 226. Speaker: Muneer Ahmad, School of Law, American U. Sponsor: Simpson Center for the Humanities. Info: 543-3920. November 20 7th Annual Seattle Sister Cities Awards Reception honoring Seattle's 21 Sister City Associations. 5:30 - 7:30 p.m., Arctic Building Dome Room, 700 Third Avenue, Seattle. Speaker: Seattle Mayor Greg Nickels. Sponsored by: Regal Bank, Port of Seattle, American Red Cross and hosted by: City of Seattle Sister City Coordinating Committee, with the cooperation of the Ethnic Heritage Council; Trade Development Alliance of Greater Seattle; Washington State Council of International Trade and the World Affairs Council. Tickets are $15.00 per person online at www.ticketwindowonline.com or via phone at 206-325-6500, or via fax at 425-450-3839. November 22 Gender Equality, Women's Employment: Cross-national Patterns of Policy and Politics. 12:30 - 2:00 pm, Parrington Commons 308. Speaker: Ann Orloff, Sociology & Political Science, Northwestern University. Sponsor: CSDE. Info: 543-5412. * Whole World on Fire: Organizations, Knowledge, and Nuclear Weapons Devastation. Noon, Smith 40. Speaker: Lynn Eden, Associate Director for Research, Center for International Security and Cooperation, Stanford University. Part of the Pacific Northwest Colloquium on International Security (PNCIS). Sponsors: College of Arts and Sciences; JSIS International Studies Center; IGRSS; Department of Political Science. For info, ykawato@u.washington.edu December 3 * State Building and the Abolition of Extraterritoriality in Japan, Turkey, and China: An Institutional Approach. 3:30pm, Smith 40. Speaker: Turan Kayaoglu, Ph.D. Student, Department of Political Science, UW. Part of the Pacific Northwest Colloquium on International Security (PNCIS). Sponsors: College of Arts and Sciences; JSIS International Studies Center; IGRSS; Department of Political Science. For info, ykawato@u.washington.edu December 5 Roots of Tyranny and Violence: Adolf Hitler's path from trauma to malevolence. First Annual Lecture on Psychoanalysis as Applied to Everyday Life (lecture/book discussion). 7:30 pm, Kane Hall 120. Speaker: Ted Dorpat, Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences. Co-sponsor: Jewish Studies Program. Info: 543-4243. December 6 * The Future of Peacemaking in a World of War: The Case for Prevention. 7:00pm, Kane Hall 110. Reception following in Walker-Ames Room. Speaker: Bridget Moix, Quaker Lobbyist, Friends Committee on National Legislation. Sponsored by the Bartley Dobb Endowment for Nonviolence and Peace. Arranged by UW Human Rights Education and Research Network. Information: 425-352-5421 December 11 Money is not Territory: Religious Dimensions of the Iroquois Wampum (Part of the Colloquium Series "Territory and Relics"). 3:30 - 5:00 pm, Simpson Center for the Humanities, Room 202. Speaker: Philip Arnold, Syracuse University and Harvard Center for World Religions. Sponsor: Comparative Religion Program/JSIS. Info: religion@u.washington.edu 2003 January 29 Relics in the Ancient Near East (Part of the Colloquium Series "Territory and Relics"). 3:30 - 5:00 pm, Simpson Center for the Humanities, Room 202. Speaker: Scott Noegel, NELC. Sponsor: Comparative Religion Program/JSIS. Info: religion@u.washingtpon.edu February 11 Sex and Political Economy: Sexuality, the State and Nation Building (Part of the series "Thinking Sex in Transnational Times"). 7:00 pm, Communications 226. Speaker: Jacqui Alexander, Gender & Women's Studies, Connecticut College. Sponsor: Simpson Center for the Humanities. NOTE: A workshop on this topic will be held on Feb. 13. Registration required for workshop: 543-3920. February 19 The Dome of the Rock: From its Creation to Our Age of Confrontation (Annual Founders Lecture of the Comparative Religion Program). 7:30 pm, Kane Hall 220. Speaker: Jere Bacharach, History. Sponsor: Comparative Religion Program. Info: religion@u.washington.edu February 28 Workshop: Sex and Political Economy: Queer of Color Critique (Part of the series "Thinking Sex in Transnational Times"). Time and location tba. Speaker: Roderick Ferguson, American Studies, Univ. of Minnesota. Sponsor: Simpson Center for the Humanities. Registration required: 543-3920. Sex and Ethnography: Legislation of Desire (Part of the series "Thinking Sex in Transnational Times"). 7:00 pm, Communications 226. Speaker: Lisa Rofel, Anthropology, UC Santa Cruz. Sponsor: Simpson Center for the Humanities. NOTE: A workshop on this topic will be held on April 25, registration required: 543-3920. March 4 Colloquium: On the Frontiers of Oral History: Recording the Lives of American Jewish Women. Time and location tba. Speaker: Pamela Lavitt and Jayne Guberman, Jewish Women's Archives. Co-sponsor: Jewish Studies Program/JSIS. Info: 543-4243. March 5, 7, 12 Samuel and Althea Stroum Lecture Series: "Spirituality in America; the Jewish Renewal Movement." 7:30 pm, Kane Hall 220. Speaker: Chava Weissler, Lehigh University. Sponsor: Jewish Studies Program/JSIS. Info: 543-4243. March 10 Militarism and Race Across the Pacific (Part of the series "Recasting America Asia"). 3:30 pm, Communications 226. Speakers: Takashi Fujitani, History, UC San Diego; Lisa Yoneyama, Literature, UC San Diego. Sponsor: Simpson Center for the Humanities. Info: 543-3920. April 23 The Bible as Relic in American Religions (Part of the Colloquium Series "Territory and Relics"). 3:30 - 5:00 pm, Thomson 317. Speaker: Jim Wellman, JSIS. Sponsor: Comparative Religion Program/JSIS. Info: religion@u.washington.edu May 1 Workshop: Sex and Ethnography: Queer Self-Writing in Hong Kong (Part of the series "Thinking Sex in Transnational Times"). Time and location tba. Speaker: Helen Hok-Sze Leung, Women's Studies, Simon Fraser University. Sponsor: Simpson Center for the Humanities. Registration required: 543-3920. May 5 Critical Pacific islander Cultures (Part of the series "Recasting America Asia"). 3:30 pm, Communications 226. Speakers: Gary Pak, Creative Writing, U of Hawaii; Amy Stillman, American Culture, U of Michigan. Sponsor: Simpson Center for the Humanities. Info: 543-3920. May 16 Workshop: Sex and Ethnography: Dubbing Culture (Part of the series " Thinking Sex in Transnational Times"). Time and location tba. Speaker: Tom Boellstorff, Anthropology, UC Irvine. Sponsor: Simpson Center for the Humanities. Registration required: 543-3920. May 19 Diaspora and Globalization (Part of the series "Recasting America Asia"). 3:30 pm, Communications 226. Speakers: Martin Manalansan, Anthropology, U of Illinois; Gayatri Gopinath, Women & Gender Studies, UC Davis. Sponsor: Simpson Center for the Humanities. Info: 543-3920. May 21 Relics and Buddhist Practice in East Asia (Part of the Colloquium Series "Territory and Relics"). 3:30 - 5:00 pm, Simpson Center for the Humanities, Room 202. Speaker: Kyoko Tokuno, JSIS. Sponsor: Comparative Religion Program/JSIS. Info: religion@u.washington.edu ______________________________________________________________________________ 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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