From jsis@u.washington.edu Mon Feb 7 09:50:59 2000 Received: from jason02.u.washington.edu (root@jason02.u.washington.edu [140.142.76.8]) by lists.u.washington.edu (8.9.3+UW99.09/8.9.3+UW99.09) with ESMTP id JAA12368 for ; Mon, 7 Feb 2000 09:50:57 -0800 Received: from saul1.u.washington.edu (jsis@saul1.u.washington.edu [140.142.82.10]) by jason02.u.washington.edu (8.9.3+UW99.09/8.9.3+UW00.01) with ESMTP id JAA31462 for ; Mon, 7 Feb 2000 09:50:56 -0800 Received: from localhost (jsis@localhost) by saul1.u.washington.edu (8.9.3+UW99.09/8.9.3+UW99.09) with ESMTP id JAA22853 for ; Mon, 7 Feb 2000 09:50:55 -0800 (PST) Date: Mon, 7 Feb 2000 09:50:53 -0800 (PST) From: Jackson School of International Studies To: jsis-uw@u.washington.edu Subject: The Jackson School Calendar, February 7, 2000 Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII the JACKSON SCHOOL CALENDAR February 7, 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 ________________________________________________________________________ February 7 CWES Politics and Colloquium Lecture: The End of Utopia. Noon - 2:00 pm, Thomson 119. Speaker: Russell Jacoby, UCLA. Sponsor: CWES/JSIS. Info: 543-1675. Presentation by Robert Hefner, Candidate for the position of Director, the Henry M. Jackson School of International Studies. 3:30 - 5:00 pm, Thomson 317. Dr. Hefner is a Professor of Anthropology and Associate Director, Institute for the Study of Economic Culturem Boston University. February 8 The Jewish Gangster in America. 3:30 pm, Thomson 317. Speaker: Robert Rockaway. Sponsor: Jewish Studies Program/JSIS. Info: 543-4243. * The Golden Stain of Time, I: The Restoration of Historic Houses, and Textual Studies. 7:30 pm, Faculty Club Conference Room. Speaker: Paul Eggert, Visiting Professor from the University of New South Wales, Canberra, Australia. Sponsors: Walter Chapin Simpson Center for the Humanities; Dept. of English; Dept. of Comparative Literature; Textual Studies Program. Info: 543-3920. * Doing Business in China -- the Case of NutraSweet (A meeting of the Young Associates Discussion Group of the World Affairs Council). 6:30 pm, location tba (will be a Chinese restaurant in the International District). Sponsor: World Affiars Council. Cost: Free to members, $7 non-member. Registration required, space limited. Registration & info: 441-5910. February 9 Turkey Before and After the Earthquakes. Part of the lecture series "International Updates: Trends and Transitions in Your World. 5:30 - 8:00 pm, Kane Hall, Walker-Ames Room. Speaker: Resat Kasaba, JSIS. Sponsor: Jackson School Outreach Centers/JSIS. Registration fee of $22 required for dinner and lecture. Registration & info: 543-1675. * What's Happened to the Korean Strong State?: A New Interpretation of the Institutional Dynamics of Late Industrialization. 3:30 - 5:00 pm, Thomson 317. Speaker: Yong-Chool Ha, Seoul National University. Sponsor: Korea Program/JSIS. Info: 543-4391. February 10 Kirghiz Film: "Song of Love." 12:30 - 2:00 pm, Denny Hall 123. Sponsor: Central Asian Studies Group, NELC. Info: 543-9963. * Economic Reform and the Political System. 3:30 - 5:00 pm, Thomson 135. Speaker: Cui Zhiyuan, MIT. Sponsor: China Studies Program/JSIS. Info: 543-4391. February 11 Kazakh Documentary: Nauriz Celebrations in Atirau, Kazakhstan, March 1994. 12:30 - 2:00 pm, Denny 123. Sponsor: Central Asian Studies Group, NELC. Info: 543-9963. Film: Mr. Ludwig's Tropical Dreamland (explores the debate around Ludwig's city-state in Brazil). 1:30 pm, Kane 19. Due to UW copyright agreements, film is open only to UW students, faculty and staff. Sponsor: LAS/JSIS. Info: 685-3435. Men in Space: The Politics of Subject Formation Among Mexican Migrants in the United States. 2:30 pm, Smith 304. Speaker: Dr. Roger Rouse, Univ. of California at Davis. Sponsors: Dept. of Geography; International Studies Center/JSIS. Info: 543-1494. Traveling Rituals: Shii Passion Plays from Iran via India to the Caribbean. 1:30 pm, Parrington 108. Speaker: Professor Peter Chelkowski, New York University. Sponsors: Comparative Islamic Studies/NELC; The Walter Chapin Simpson Center for the Humanities. Info: 543-6033. February 12 Illuminating the Buddhist Tradition: A Workshop on Learning and Teaching about Buddhism. 8:30 am - 4:30 pm, Thomson Hall 101. Workshop focusing on the history, philosophy, practice and cultural impact of Buddhism. Speakers include Charles Keyes, Richard Saloman and Jeff Schoening. Sponsors: Jackson School Outreach Programs; Global Source Education. Registration fee is $45. Ethnic lunch and materials provided. Clock hours available at no charge. Registration information: Jon Garfunkle at 781-8060. (Note: Room Change) Puccini's Turandot Meets Nezami's Haft Paykar (Second Annual Hooshang Afrassiabi Lecture in Persian Studies). 6:30 pm, Kane Hall 220. Speaker: Peter Chelkowski, New York University. Sponsor: NELC. Info: 543-6928. February 13 Film: "Rhodes For Ever." Historical study of the Sephardic Jews of Rhodes. This film is part of the First Sephardic/Mizrahi Fim Series. 2:00 - 4:00 pm, Odegaard Undergraduate Library, Room 220. Speaker: Sarah Abrevaya Stein, Dept. of History, JSIS. Sponsor: Jewish Studies Program/JSIS and numerous co-sponsors. For complete list of co-sponsors, see March 25 film below. Info: 543-0138. February 14 Islamic Jurisprudence in Twentieth-Century Indonesia. 3:00 - 4:30 pm, Parrington Commons. Speaker: Michael Feener, Reed College, Portland. Sponsor: Southeast Asia Center/JSIS. Info: 543-9606. * Prosecuting Corruption in Postwar Japan. 4:00 - 5:30 pm, Gowen 1B. Speaker: David T. Johnson, Candidate for Assistant Professor in Classics and JSIS, currently Assistant Professor, Dept. of Sociology and Adjunct Professor, School of Law, Univ. of Hawaii, Manoa. Sponsor: Dept. of Political Science. Info: 543-2780. February 15 Canada's Foreign & Trade Policy in the New Millenium. 11:45 am registration, 12 noon luncheon, Columbia Tower Club, 701 Fifth Ave, 75th Floor. Speaker: Raymond Chretien, Canada's Ambassador to the United States. Sponsors: Canadian Studies Center/JSIS; Canadian Consulate General; World Affairs Council; Pacific North West Canadian Studies Consortium. Cost: $32 non-members, $25 UW Canadian Studies Center affiliates, $5 students. Registration & Info: 441-5910. * Turkey's Role in the Post Cold War World. 7:30 pm, registration required for location and reading materials. Sponsor: Global Issues Discussion Group, World Affairs Council. Cost: Free to members, $10 non-members. Info and registration: 441-5910. February 16 NOTE: The following event has been CANCELLED: "'A Dangerous Demagogue' - Containing the Influence of the Mexican Labor-Left and its US Allies. 12:30 - 1:20, Thomson 317. Speaker: Dr. Gigi Peterson, UW History. Sponsor: LAS/JSIS. Info: 685-3435. Resurrecting the Sovereign Plumed Serpent (Quetzalcoatl): Life After Death and the Popul Vuh. 12:30 - 1:20 pm, Thomson 317. Speaker: Thomas Murphy, Ph.D. Candidate in Anthropology. Sponsor: LAS/JSIS. Info: 685-3435. Knowing When to Set Sail: Efficacy and Change in Bugis, Navigational Strategies. 12:30 - 1:30 pm, Thomson 403. Speaker: Gene Ammarell, Ph.D. Yale. Sponsor: Southeast Asia Center/JSIS. Info: 543-9606. Role of Track 2 on Security and Cooperation in Southeast Asia. 3:30 - 5:00 pm, Thomson 317. Speaker: Thanh Duong, Ph.C., UW Political Science, Hanoi Institute of International Relations. Sponsor: Southeast Asia Center/JSIS. Info: 543-9606. Film: "Black Sea Voyage of Healing." 6:30 pm, Thomson 101. Director Peter Davis will introduce and discuss his film and the troubled ecology of the area. Sponsor: REECAS/JSIS. Info: 543-4852. Courting the Dragon: A full-day seminar on doing business in China. 7:30 am - 4:00 pm, Sheraton Seattle Hotel & Towers, Metropolitan Ball Room. Focus on the nuts and bolts of entering the China market, Chinese business practices, distributing products and services in China, China's business legal system, and getting paid. Sponsors: Washington State China Relaitons Council, Washington State Dept. of Community, Trade and Economic Development; U.S. Dept. of Commerce. Cost: $90. Registration limited. Registration & info: 441-4419. * The New Feminist Internationalism: A Public Forum. 9:00 am - 12:00 pm, Peterson Room, Allen Library. Speakers: Chungmoo Choi, Gina Dent, Inderpal Grewal, Yukiko Hanawa, Miranda Joseph, Caren Kaplan, and Maria Josefina Saldana-Portillo. Sponsors: Walter Chapin Simpson Center for the Humanities; UW College of Arts & Sciences; UW Graduate School; Project for Critical Asian Studies; JSIS; George Taylor Institute/JSIS. Info: alysw@u.washington.edu February 17 Kazakh Documentary: "Kazakh Wedding Ceremonies, Shimkent, 1993." 12:30 - 2:00 pm, Denny Hall 123. Sponsor: Central Asian Studies Group, NELC. Info: 543-9963. In Search of "Authentic" NGOs: NGO Discourses and Women's Organizations in China. 3:30 - 5:00 pm, Thomson 317. Speaker: Dr. Naihua Zhang, Florida Atlantic University. Sponsor: China Studies Program/JSIS. Info: 543-4391. * In the Footsteps of Marco Polo: Excavations at Kinet, Turkey, A Medieval Mediterranean Port Town. 4:00 pm, Art Bldg. Room 317. Speaker: Scott Redford, Medieval Archeologist, Director, Georgetown University's McGhee Center for Easter Mediterranean Studies, Alanya. Sponsors: Division of Art History, School of Art; JSIS; American-Turkish Council. Info: 543-4876. February 18 Kazakh Film: "The Angel of Death." (1992; depicts the horrors of collectivization and starvation in Kazakhstan, 1930 - 1933). 12:30 - 3:00 pm, Denny Hall 123. Sponsor: Central Asian Studies Group, NELC. Info: 543-9963. * Focus on Cuba: U.S.-Cuba Relations. 12:00 - 1:30 PM, Parrington Forum. Speakers: Christine Rousseau and Angelyn Frazer, Seattle Cuba Friendship Committee. Sponsor: LAS/JSIS. Info: 685-3435. Films: "Cuba and Fidel" (focuses on interview with Fidel Castro) and "Cuba: In the Shadow Of a Doubt" (examines Castro's revolution). 1:30 pm, Kane 19. Due to UW copyright agreements, film is open only to UW students, faculty and staff. Sponsor: LAS/JSIS. Info: 685-3435. February 22 Global Citizenship and Women's Power: A Critical Assessment. 3:30 - 5:00 pm, Savery 239. Speaker: Dr. Rosalind Petchesky, Professor of Political Science and Women Studies, Hunter College, City University of New York. Sponsor: School of Communications. Info: baldasty@u.washington.edu February 23 * (New Title) Religion and Society in Crusader Jerusalem (Part of the lecture series "Jerusalem in the Western Tradition" celebrating the 25th anniversary of the Comparative Religion Program). 7:00 pm, Kane Hall 220. Speaker: Robert Stacey, Department of History. Sponsors: The Walter Chapin Simpson Center for the Humanities; the Jewish Studies Program; the College of Arts & Sciences; the Graduate School; JSIS; The Medieval Studies Group; University Bookstore. Info: 543-3606. Chinese Immigration Crisis in British Columbia. 1:30 - 3:30 pm, Communication, Room tba. Speakers: Cathy Stigant, Director/Minister for Multiculturalism and Immigration in the province of British Columbia; Chris Taylor, Regional Director, Citizenship and Immigration, Govt. of Canada; and Lois Rhymer, Communications, Citizenship and Immigration, Govt. of Canada. Sponsors: Canadian Studies Center/JSIS; Canadian Consulate General. Info: 543-6269. February 24 Kazakh Film: "A Wolf Cub Among Humans." (1992). 12:30 - 2:00 pm, Denny Hall 123. Sponsor: Central Asian Studies Group, NELC. Info: 543-9963. Democratization and Social Protest in Southeast Asia. 3:30 - 5:00, location tba. Speaker: Vincent Boudreau, Associate Professor, City College, New York. Sponsor: Southeast Asia Center/JSIS. Info: 543-9606. * Prospects for Republic of China-US Relations and Cross-Taiwan Strait Relations. 12:00 noon luncheon, Columbia Tower Club, 701 5th Ave., 75th floor. Speaker: Representative Stephen Chen, Taiwan's Representative to the US. Sponsor: World Affairs Council. Cost: $25 members, $32 non-members. Info: 441-5910. February 25 Gender, Occupation, and Household Division of Labor in Vietnam's Red River Delta. 12:30 - 2:00 pm, Parrington Commons 308. Speaker: Kim Korinek, Dept. of Sociology. Sponsors: CSDE; CPHRS. Info: 543-5412. Kazakh Film: "Qiz Jibek." (Based on the Kazakh epic). 12:30 - 3:00 pm, Denny Hall 123. Sponsor; Central Asian Studies Group, NELC. Info: 543-9963. Film: "Miracles Are Not Enough" (documentary on Brazil and Nicaragua). 1:30 pm, Kane 19. Due to UW copyright agreements, film is open only to UW students, faculty and staff. Sponsor: LAS/JSIS. Info: 685-3435. * Rethinking the Black Death: Biological Approaches to Historical Demographic Questions. 12:30 - 2:00 pm, Parrington Commons Room 238. Speaker: James Wood, Dept. of Anthropology, Penn State University. Sponsors: CSDE; Anthropology; Medical History and Ethics. Info: Daphne Kuo, 543-5882. February 26 Greater Pacific Northwest Middle East Regional Seminar. 8:30 am - 4:00 pm, Kane Hall, Walker Ames Room. Various speakers. Registration required; $5 students, $15 general. Sponsor: Middle East Center/JSIS. Info: 543-4227. February 28 * The Russian Myth of Oscar Wilde. 2:30 pm, Smith 313. Speaker: Evgenii V. Bershtein, Asst. Professor of Russian, Reed College. Sponsor: Slavic L & L. Info: 543-6848. February 29 * Identities in Motion: Questions for a Sociology of Jewish Immigrants from the Gormer Soviet Union and Their Children. 12:30 pm, Thomson 317. Speaker: Kathie Friedman-Kasaba, Liberal Studies, UW Tacoma. Sponsor: Jewish Studies Program/JSIS. Info: 543-4243. * The Golden Stain of Time, II: The Forgery of Historical Documents, Scandals of Authorship and Restoration of Paintings. 7:30 pm, Faculty Club Conference Room. Speaker: Paul Eggert, Visiting Professor from the University of New South Wales, Canberra, Australia. Sponsors: Walter Chapin Simpson Center for the Humanities; Dept. of English; Dept. of Comparative Literature; Textual Studies Program. Info: 543-3920. March 1 Extreme Right Parties Gaining Ground: Recent Electoral Victories in Austria and Switzerland. Part of the lecture series "International Updates: Trens and Transitions in Your World." 5:30 - 8:00 pm, Kane Hall, Walker-Ames Room. Speaker: Terri Givens, Assistant Professor, Political Science. Sponsors: Jackson School Outreach Centers/JSIS. Cost for dinner/lecture is $22. Registration & info: 543-1675. The Common Sense of Indian Resurgence in Brazil. 12:30 - 1:20 pm, Thomson 317. Speaker: Jonathan Warren, JSIS. Sponsor: LAS/JSIS. Info: 685-3435. March 2 Uzbek Documentary: "Independence Celebrations, September 1, 1995." 12:30 - 2:00 pm, Denny Hall 123. Sponsor: Central Asian Studies Group, NELC. Info: 543-9963. March 3 Uzbek Documentary: "The Uzbek Artist Chingiz Akhmarov." 12:30 - 2:00 pm, Denny Hall 123. Sponsor: Central Asian Studies Group, NELC. Info: 543-9963. Film: "Las mujres en la Lucha Zapatists" (Spanish with English subtitles; focuses on indigenous women of the Zapatista movement.) 1:30 pm, Kane 19. Due to UW copyright agreements, film is open only to UW faculty, students and staff. Sponsor: LAS/JSIS. Info: 685-3435. March 3 - 5 Interdisciplinary Symposium on Prayer, Magic, and the Stars in the Ancient and Late Antique World. UW campus, exact times and location tba. Speakers: Jonathan Z. Smith, Univ. of Chicago; Chris Faraone, Univ. of Chicago; Sarah Iles Johnston, Ohio State Univ.; Marvin Meyer, Chapman Univ.; Michael Morony, UCLA; Robert Ritner, Univ. of Chicago; Francesca Rochberg, Univ. of California, Riverside; Mark Smith, St. Joseph's Univ.; Michael Swartz, Ohio State Univ. Sponsor: NELC. Info: http://weber.u.washington.edu/~snoegel/stars.html March 3 - 5 Workshop for Teachers: Incorporating Canada in the Classroom. Lake Chelan. Sposnors: Washington State Council for Social Studies; Canadian Studies Center/JSIS. Registration andf info: Kurt Jacobs, (360) 468-4881. March 8 Russia Between Elections. Part of the lecture series "International Updates: Trends and Transitions in Your World." 5:30 - 8:00 pm, Kane Hall, Walker-Ames Room. Speaker: Steve Hanson, Associate Professor, Political Science. Sponsors: Jackson School Outreach Centers/JSIS. Cost of dinner/lecture is $22. Registration & info: 543-1675. March 9 US Policy in the New Century: The US and Europe in the New Century (Part of the Lecture Series "American Policy in the New Century"). 7:30 pm, Kane Hall 130. Speaker: Dr. Josef Joffe, Editor and Publisher, Die Zeit, Hamburg. Sponsors: JSIS; World Affairs Council. Info: 543-4842. Uzbek Documentary: "Scenes from Tashkent and Samarkand, March 9 - 14, 1997." 12:30 - 2:00 pm, Denny Hall 123. Sponsor: Central Asian Studies Group, NELC. Info: 543-9963. March 10 Uzbek Documentary: "Excerpts from Uzbek TV News Programs, 1999-2000." 12:30 - 2:00 pm, Denny Hall 123. Sponsor: Central Asian Studies Group, NELC. Info: 543-9963. March 13 Films: "The Story of Frank Iny" and "I Miss The Sun" (with the Seattle Jewish Film Festival). Two short films studying the history of two prominent Middle Eastern Jewish families. Part of the First Sephardic/Mizrahi Film Series. 7:00 - 9:00 pm., Kane Hall, Room 220. Speakers: Carole Basri, Esq., creator of "The Story of Frank Iny", and Jere Bacharach, Director, JSIS. Sponsor: Jewish Studies Program/JSIS and numerous co-sponsors. For a complete list of co-sponsors, see March 25 film below). Info: 543-0138. March 15 Ecological and Environmental Aspects of Progress. 7:30 pm, Town Hall, 1119 8th Avenue. Speaker: Dr. Amory Lovins. Sponsor: Evans School of Public Affairs. Info: 616-7316. 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 24 (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 Presentation by Gavin Jones, Professor and Head of the Division of Demography and Sociology, Australian National University. 3:30 - 5:00 pm, Thomson 317. Sponsors: Southeast Asia Center/JSIS; Center for Studies in Demography and Ecology. Info: 543-9606. March 24-25 Institutionalism and the European Union: Beyond International Relations and Comparative Politics. 9:00 am - 5:00 pm, Parrington Commons. Participants: Jeffrey Checkel, University of Oslo; Bart Kerremans, Universiteit Katholiek Leuven, Belgium; and Simon Hug, Universite de Geneve, among others. Sponsor: CWES/JSIS. Info: 543-1675. March 25 Film: "Song of the Sephardi." Explores the history of the Sephardic communities of Seattle and Jerusalem. Part of the First Sephardic/Mizrahi Fil 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 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. March 30 Peace and Progress. 7:30 pm, Town Hall, 1119 8th Avenue. Speaker: Former Senator George Mitchell. Sponsor: Evans School of Public Affairs. Info: 616-7316. April 1 Pittsburgh Platform: Changes in Reform Judaism. 3:30 pm, Thomson 317. Speaker: Julie Eulenberg, Visiting Scholar, JSIS. Sponsor: Jewish Studies Program/JSIS. Info: 543-4243. 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. 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 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 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 - 29 Regulating the Internet: EU and US Perspectives. Time and location tba. Sponsor: European Union Center/JSIS. 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. 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 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 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 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. ****************************************************************************** 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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