From jsis@u.washington.edu Fri Sep 28 08:51:58 2001 Received: from jason05.u.washington.edu (jason05.u.washington.edu [140.142.8.54]) by lists.u.washington.edu (8.11.6+UW01.08/8.11.6+UW01.08) with ESMTP id f8SFpvN81526 for ; Fri, 28 Sep 2001 08:51:57 -0700 Received: from homer30.u.washington.edu (daemon@homer30.u.washington.edu [140.142.8.40]) by jason05.u.washington.edu (8.11.6+UW01.08/8.11.6+UW01.08) with ESMTP id f8SFpu327064 for ; Fri, 28 Sep 2001 08:51:57 -0700 Received: from localhost (jsis@localhost) by homer30.u.washington.edu (8.11.6+UW01.08/8.11.6+UW01.08) with ESMTP id f8SFptb29818 for ; Fri, 28 Sep 2001 08:51:55 -0700 Date: Fri, 28 Sep 2001 08:51:55 -0700 (PDT) From: Jackson School of International Studies To: Subject: The Jackson School Calendar, September 28, 2001 Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII the JACKSON SCHOOL CALENDAR September 28, 2001 All events are free and open to the public unless otherwise indicated. *New Events (or changes) not previously listed are indicated by an asterisk* At the end of this calendar is a list of abbreviations and a list of Web sites where you can find more detailed information. -------------------------------------------------------------------- ....Special Announcement...Special Announcement...Special Announcement In response to the tragic events of September 11, the Jackson School will present a series of seven Open Classroom lectures. Experts will present their perspectives and the audience will have an opportunity to pose written questions. These lectures are free and open to the public. No tickets required, open seating. Doors open at 6:30 pm. All sessions will be held on the UW campus in Kane Hall beginning at 7:00 pm and concluding at 9:00 pm. The following presentations will take place on consecutive Thursday evenings beginning October 4. For further info: 543-4372. October 4. An Introduction to Islam. Kane 130 (Roethke Auditorium). Speaker: Jere L. Bacharach, Director, Jackson School of International Studies, Professor of Middle East History. October 11. Jihad, Terror, War, and Justice: Four Words for the 21st Century. Kane 210 (with overflow to Kane 220). Speaker: Ellis Goldberg, Director, Middle East Center, Jackson School of International Studies; Associate Professor, Political Science. October 18. The Taliban and Global Terror Inc. Kane 130. Speaker: Nazif Shahrani, Chair, Near East Department and Professor of Anthropology, Indiana University-Bloomington. October 25. Do They Really Hate Us? Kane 210 (with overflow to Kane 220). Speaker: Resat Kasaba, Professor of International Studies, Jackson School of International Studies. November 1. Conceptions and Misconceptions of Women in the Middle East. Kane 130. Speaker: Paula Holmes Eber, Visiting Lecturer, Jackson School of International Studies and Department of Anthropology. November 8. Response to Terrorism: Military Force and International Law. Kane 210 (limited seating available). Speaker: Frederick M. Lorenz, Visiting Lecturer, Jackson School of International Studies; and Adjunct Professor of Law, Seattle University. November 15. Why Some Wars Become Genocidal and Others Don't. Kane 130. Speaker: Daniel Chirot, Director, International Studies Center and Professor of International Studies, Jackson School of International Studies. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- October 1 * Washington News Council is doing a panel at Town Hall on Monday, October 1, 7-9:30 pm, on the subject of "The News Media During Wartime: What Are Journalists' Rights and Responsibilities?" Among the panelists are: Slade Gorton, Ed Offley, a military reporter who formerly was with the P-I and is writing a book on the panel topic; Kim Murphy, Northwest bureau chief of the LA Times, Adm. Bill Owens (ret.), Co-CEO of Teledesic and former Vice Chairman US Joint Chiefs of Staff; Phil Gold, senior defense fellow at Discovery Institute, and Darin Watkins, military reporter at KING-5. John Hamer, executive director of Washington news Council, is moderator. Info: 652-4255. October 4 Comparitative History of Ideas Program (UW) Presents An Evening of Film. 6pm, Room A102 Physics/ Astronomy Building. "Learning With the Whole Being: An integral service learning program in Auroville, India." The documentary film follows eighteen students in their journey through a quasi-utopian international community in South India, and their search for sustainable development, community and spirituality. "On Shaken Ground: Relief efforts in post-earthquake Gujarat." The film follows an NGO's relief efforts in the rural areas after the devastating earthquake that destroyed thousands of people's lives in Gujrat, and the individuals who volunteered their time to support the survivors and rebuild hope." For more information: viraj2singh@yahoo.com, (206) 325-8492 Who are the Taiwanese? Taiwan in the Chinese Diaspora. 3:30 - 5:00 pm, Thomson 317. Speaker: Jack Williams, Professor of Geography, Michigan State University. Sponsor: China Studies Program/JSIS. Info: 543-4391 * Film: THE DIPLOMAT, a film about Jose Ramos-Horta (56 minutes). 12:20-1:30pm, MEB (Mechanical Engineering Building) 251. THE DIPLOMAT was made in 2000 by Tom Zubrycki, Australia. It follows East Timor's Nobel Prize Winner Jose Romas-Horta in the final tumultuous year of his campaign to secure independence for his country, a former Portuguese colony invaded by Indonesia in 1975. Info: 543-9606. October 8 2001 Severyns-Ravenholt Lecture: "Human Rights: Democracy and the Rule of Law in the Asian Pacific Region." 7:00 pm, Kane Hall 210. Reception follows in the Walker-Ames Room. Speaker: Jose Ramos-Horta, recipient of the 1996 Nobel Peace Prize and currently the Timorese Foreign Affairs Chief in Timor's U.N. transitional government. Sponsor: Dept. of Political Science. Info: 543-2780. October 9 Economic Importance, Opportunities and Challenges in Puget Sound/Georgia Basin Ecosystem. 11:30-1 pm, HUB Auditorium. Speakers: Sheila Martin, Executive Policy Advisor, Governor Locke's Executive Policy Office; Keith Ogilvie, Senior Advisor, International Relations Section, Intergovernmental Relations Secretariat, Premier Gordon Campbell's Office. Info: 543-6269. * Global Business Breakfast Series Part I: Dennis Madsen, CEO of REI, speaking on "The Difficulties of Doing Business in Japan." 7:30AM-9:00AM, Columbia Tower Club, 701 5th Ave., 75th Floor, Seattle. $25 WAC members; $30 non-members. Please RSVP by September 24th to George Munro at (206) 441-5910 or email gmunro@world-affairs.org. Co-sponsored by the World Affairs Council, the East Asia Center, the Center for International Business Education and Resource, and International Studies. Visit http://www.world-affairs.org/ for details. October 10 - 11 Symposium: Norway's Niche in World Politics: Promoting Peace and Security in the New Millenium (2001 Holst Foreign Policy Symposium). Keynote address by Knut Vollebaek (Norway's Ambassador to the U.S.): 7:00 pm, October 10, Kane Hall 210. Symposium: 9:00 am - 3:00 pm, October 11, 3rd floor Conference Room, Husky Union Building. Speakers at October 11 symposium to include Iver Neumann (NUPI/UD), Marilyn McMorrow (Georgetown University), and Christine Ingebritsen (UW). Sponsors: Scan Studies. Info: 206-543-0645. October 11 * "The Anarchy of Empire." 7:00 pm, Communications 226. Speaker: Amy Kaplan, English & American Studies, Mount Holyoke College. Sponsor: The Taylor Institute for Transnational Studies. Info: 616-1190. Note: Professor Kaplan will also lead a workshop on Friday, October 12 from 3-5 pm for 20 students and faculty members. For more details about this workshop and a copy of the paper, contact: tayloruw@u.washington.edu October 13 * Washington State Council for Social Studies Teacher In-Service Day. Many sessions, including "Civics in the World's Largest Democracy: India" by South Asia Center Outreach Coordinator Keith Snodgrass, and part of "Resources for Teaching about Recent Terrorist Events" by Snodgrass. Registration required. Info and registration materials available at www.learningspace.org/socialstudies. October 13-14 Egypt Revealed: Reports from the 2001 Excavation Season. Kane Hall, Roethke Auditorium, 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Speakers: Kent Weeks, Director of the Theban Mapping Project; Mark Lehner, Director of the Giza Plateau Mapping Project; David Silverman, Curator, Egyptian Section University of Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology; and Salima Ikram, American University in Cairo. The symposium will feature illustrated slide lectures, question-and-answer sessions with experts, and a special session for teachers. REGISTRATION FEE: $195, which includes 16 WA state clock hours for teachers. Deadline to register: October 5, 2001. Contact: Janice Brannon, Seven Wonders Travel, tel: 773-549-2852; fax: 773-549-2853; or email: SWTEgypt@aol.com. Cosponsored by the Middle East Center/JSIS. October 15 Japan's Tempest in a Textbook: A Closer Look at the Historical Revisionism and Political Controversy of the Atarashi Rekishi Kyoukasho (New History Textbook). 3:30 - 5:00 pm, Communications 202. Speaker: John Nelson, Assistant Professor, Department of Theology and Religious Studies, University of San Francisco. Sponsor: Japan Studies Program/JSIS. Info: 543-4391 * Book presentation: Death Stalks the Khmer. 3:30-5:00pm, Thomson 317. Patricia Harrington, author. The author presents fresh insights into the Cambodian (Khmer) culture while also providing an entertaining whodunit. Her compassionate, yet objective portrayal of the Cambodian people struggling to acculturate into a western society is integral to the story's plot. Info: 543-9606. October 16 Tribal Philosophy, Views, Rights and Points of Conflict in Protecting Puget Sound/Georgia Basin. 11:30 am-1 pm, Faculty Center, Conference Room. Speakers: Scott Sufficool, Director, Office of Tribal Operations, Environmental Protection Agency, Region 10; Nolan Charles, Council Member, Musqueam Nation; Cecile Hansen, Chair of the Duwamish Tribe; James Rasmussen, Council Member, Duwamish Tribe. Info: 543-6269. * Henry M. Jackson Memorial Lecture: Boris Yeltsin and Russia's Revolution. 7:30 pm, Kane Hall 210. Speaker: Herbert J. Ellison, JSIS. Dr. Ellison is Professor of Russian history and international studies at the Henry M. Jackson School of International Studies and the History Department at the University of Washington. A specialist on the history and politics of Russia and the Soviet Union, and on international relations in East Asia, Dr. Ellison has served as the Director of the Henry M. Jackson School of International Studies of the University of Washington, and as the Director of the Kennan Institute for Advanced Russian Studies in Washington, D.C. Dr. Ellison was also the Executive Producer for the four-part educational television series Messengers from Moscow for BBC and PBS (1995), and Yeltsin (2000) for PBS. He is currently completing a book on the Yeltsin era in Russia. The Henry M. Jackson Memorial Lectures are presented by the Henry M. Jackson Foundation to advance public discussion of important national and international concerns. Co-sponsored by The Seattle Post-Intelligencer. Info: 682-8565. October 17 * The Deadly Ethnic Riot. 7:30-9:00 p.m. Kane Hall, Room 220. Speaker: Donald L. Horowitz, James B. Duke Professor of Law and Political Science, Duke University. Sponsors: The International Studies Center/JSIS, Center for Ethnic Conflict and Conflict Resolution, and Sociology Department. Info: 685-2354. October 18 'Great Russians' and 'Little Russians': Russian-Ukrainian Relations and Perceptions in Historical Perspective (The Donald W. Treadgold Lecture). 3:30-5:00 p.m., Parrington Hall Forum (Room 309). Speaker: Andreas Kappeler, Institute for East European History, University of Vienna. Sponsors: REECAS, History, Jackson School of International Studies. Info: 543-4852. Situating Themselves in History and Reconstructing Identity: A Preliminary Note on the Meenas of Jaipur Locality. Speaker: Dr. Nandini Sinha, Delhi University. 3:30 PM, Balmer Hall 312, UW Campus, Seattle. Presented by the Jackson School and The South Asia Center. Info: 206-543-4800. Mao's War Against Nature: Lessons for Today. 3:30 - 5:00 pm, Thomson 317. Speaker: Judith Shapiro, Co-Director, Environmental Policy MA Program, American University. Sponsor: China Studies Program/JSIS. Info: 543-4391 October 18 - 21 Educator "Experience Canada Field Trip: 2nd Annual Vancouver International Writers Festival Field Trip". $200/15 clock hours. (Price includes transportation, shared accommodation, events, lectures, clock hours.) Sponsored by the Canadian Studies Center. Information: (206) 221-6374/canada@u.washington.edu October 20 Mainstreaming India Workshop. A day for educators and community members to learn and discuss ways to mainstream India as a topic into K-12 education. Presented by the South Asia Center. Info and registration: 206-543-4800. October 24 * Global Business Breakfast Series Part II: Gov. Gary Locke speaking on "The Difficulties of Doing Business in Japan." 7:30AM-9:00AM, Columbia Tower Club, 701 5th Ave., 75th Floor, Seattle. $25 WAC members; $30 non-members. Please RSVP by October 19th to George Munro at (206) 441-5910 or email gmunro@world-affairs.org. Co-sponsored by the World Affairs Council, the East Asia Center, the Center for International Business Education and Resource, and International Studies. Visit http://www.world-affairs.org/ for details. October 25 Byzantine Diplomacy and the Balkans. 3:30pm, Smith 205. Speaker: Calliope Bourdara (Athens University; Onassis Foundation Lecturer). Sponsor: Hellenic Studies, CWES/JSIS. Info: 206-543-1675; cwes@u.washington.edu, theodore@u.washington.edu October 25 - 27 * NW Regional Consortium for SE Asian Studies Conference, University of Victoria--UW SEA Center is a consortium member. Keynote Address: 7:30pm, Fraser Building, Room 159. Anthony Reid (Chair, SE Asian Studies, UCLA). Indonesian Histories and Current Conflicts: Aceh and other Identity Problems. For further conference information and registration, go to www.capi.uvic.ca/seag/seag.htm October 27 *Educator Workshop: "Teaching Diversity and Cross Cultural Understanding through Documentary Film". 8:30-4:30. Cost: $40/8 clock hours. Sponsored by the Outreach Centers, Jackson School of International Studies. Information: (206) 221-6374. Info: canada@u.washington.edu October 30 Science, Public Policy and Challenges in Puget Sound/Georgia Basin Environmental Management. 11:30 am-1 pm, Faculty Center, Conference Room. Speakers: Charles Findley, Regional Administrator, Environmental Protection Agency, Region 10; Tom Fitzsimmons, Director, Washington State Department of Ecology; Don Fast, Regional Director General, Pacific and Yukon Region, Environment Canada; Derek Thompson, Deputy Minister of the Ministry of Water, Land and Air Protection, British Columbia. Info: 543-6269. October 31 * Myanmar/Burma: Conserving the Heritage--Accessing the Future. 3:30-5:00pm. Speaker: John Badgley (UW SE Asia interim librarian). Since arriving at UW in 2000, Dr. Badgley has been actively fundraising for the UW library. He has managed library/archival projects in Burma since 1986. Info: 543-9606. November 1 Jon Krakauer, author of "Into Thin Air." Giving a reading to benefit the Central Asia Institute. Presented by the Central Asia Institute with the American Alpine Club and. University Bookstore. Tickets: $25, available after October 1 from University Bookstore (206) 634-3400, or Central Asia Institute (877)585-7841, www.ikat.org. Our mission: To promote literacy, women's vocational skills, and awareness of public health and environmental issues through community-initiated education programs in mountain regions of Central Asia including northern Pakistan. November 4 Reading: "At Home Afloat: Women on the Waters of the Pacific Northwest" by Nancy Pagh, Faculty, Western Washington University, and "The Arbutus Madrone Files: Reading Northwest Writing" by Laurie Ricou, Professor, UBC Department of English. 4:00 - University Book Store, 2nd Floor. Sponsored by the Canadian Studies Center and University Book Store. Information: (206) 221-6374/canada@u.washington.edu November 6 Reporting on Environmental Issues in Puget Sound/Georgia Basin. 11:30 am-1 pm, Faculty Center, Conference Room. Speakers: Joel Connelly, Columnist, Seattle Post-Intelligencer; Larry Pynn, Columnist, Vancouver Sun Moderator: R.H. "Andy" Anderson, Director of Bellingham Office for Congressman Rick Larsen. Info: 543-6269 November 7 "A Conversation with Dr. Oscar Arias Sanchez" (tentative title). 7:00 pm, Kane Hall 120. The former president of Costa Rica, Dr. Arias received the 1987 Nobel Peace Prize for his leadership in bringing peace to war-torn Central America. The Arias Peace Plan resulted in the Esquipulas II Accords, and contributed to ongoing efforts to build sustainable peace in the region, many of which are now being carried out by the Arias Foundation for Peace and Human Progress. Current UW sponsors: Jackson School of International Studies, Latin American Studies Program/JSIS, Dan Evans School of Public Affairs. Free and open to all. *More information will be available after Sept. 15, when staffing resumes at the LAS Program, 685-3435, lasuw@u.washington.edu* The Mountain Spirit's Return: Storytelling in the Indigenous Siberian Cultural Revival. 1:30-3:00 p.m., Thomson 317. Speaker: Kira Van Deusen. Sponsor: REECAS. Info: 543-4852. November 13 Forest Management in Washington/British Columbia: New Approaches to Environmental Challenges. 11:30 am-1 pm, Faculty Center, Conference Room. Speakers: Cassie Phillips, Vice President, Sustainable Forestry, Weyerhaeuser, Washington State; Linda Coady, Vice President, Environmental Enterprise, B.C. Coastal Group, Weyerhaeuser, Canada. Info: 543-6269. November 15 * "Temporal Perspectives on the Political Economy of East Asia, 1800, 1900, and 2000." 2:30-4:00, 309 Parrington, The Forum. 4:00-5:00, Reception Immediately Following in The Forum. Speaker: Bin Wong, Professor of History, University of California, Irvine. Sponsored by East Asia Center/JSIS. Info: 543-6938 2002 January 12 Gateway to the Silk Road: An Introductory Workshop for Educators. 8:30 a.m.--4:30 p.m. Mary Gates Hall, Room 389. This all-day workshop on the silk road is designed to serve as a gateway to the numerous activities that are planned for the spring of 2002 in cooperation with the Seattle Symphony, the Seattle Art Museum, the Seattle Silkroad Foundation, and the University of Washington. Scheduled before the opening of the spring series, this workshop will preview the major activities and provide information on accessing these opportunities for best use in the classroom setting. To register, send check for $40.00 payable to: University of Washington to REECAS, Box 353650, University of Washington, Seattle, WA 98195-3650. Please, checks only, no purchase orders. No refunds. Eight WA State clock hours issued at no additional charge. For more information, contact the Russian, East European, Central Asian Center, email: reecas@u.washington.edu; tel: 206-543-4852; fax: 206-685-0668. For more details visit: http:// depts.washington.edu/uwch/silkroad/index.html Cosponsored by the East Asia Center, the Middle East Center, and the Russian, East European & Central Asian Center, Jackson School of International Studies; and the Simpson Center for the Humanities, University of Washington. January 28 * Stice memorial Lecture: Anti-Racist Hope or Resignation to Race? (Part of the "Human Agency in a Globalizing World" lecture series). 7:00 pm, Savery 239. Speaker: Paul Gilroy, Sociology and African American Studies, Yale University. Sponsors: Institute for Transnational Studies/JSIS; Simpson Center for the Humanities. Info: 616-1190. March 7 * Making Sense of Post-Colonial Violence (Part of the "Human Agency in a Globalizing World" lecture series). 7:00 pm, Communication 226. Speaker: Mahmood Mamdani, Anthropology and Political Science, Columbia University. Sponsors: Institute for Transnational Studies/JSIS; Simpson Center for the Humanities. Info: 616-1190. April 8 * Politics of the Multitude (Part of the "Human Agency in a Globalizing World" lecture series). 7:00 pm, Savery 239. Speaker: Michael Hardt, Literature and Romance Studies, Duke University. Sponsors: Institute for Transnational Studies/JSIS; Simpson Center for the Humanities. Info: 616-1190. May 9 * Asian Cities of Power (Part of the "Human Agency in a Globalizing World" lecture series). 7:00 pm, Communications 226. Speaker: Aihwa Ong, Anthropology, University of California, Berkeley. Sponsors: Institute for Transnational Studies/JSIS; Simpson Center for the Humanities. Info: 616-1190. ______________________________________________________________________________ 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 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. 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