From jsis@u.washington.edu Fri Jan 14 10:33:49 2000 Received: from jason01.u.washington.edu (root@jason01.u.washington.edu [140.142.70.24]) by lists.u.washington.edu (8.9.3+UW99.09/8.9.3+UW99.09) with ESMTP id KAA11254 for ; Fri, 14 Jan 2000 10:33:47 -0800 Received: from saul4.u.washington.edu (jsis@saul4.u.washington.edu [140.142.83.2]) by jason01.u.washington.edu (8.9.3+UW99.09/8.9.3+UW99.09) with ESMTP id KAA14044 for ; Fri, 14 Jan 2000 10:33:46 -0800 Received: from localhost (jsis@localhost) by saul4.u.washington.edu (8.9.3+UW99.09/8.9.3+UW99.09) with ESMTP id KAA31248 for ; Fri, 14 Jan 2000 10:33:46 -0800 (PST) Date: Fri, 14 Jan 2000 10:33:44 -0800 (PST) From: Jackson School of International Studies To: jsis-uw@u.washington.edu Subject: The Jackson School Calendar, January 14, 2000 Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII the JACKSON SCHOOL CALENDAR January 14, 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 ________________________________________________________________________ January 14 Experiences in Uzbekistan as Peace Corps Volunteers. 12:30 - 1:30 pm, Denny Hall 215. Speakers: Mark Reese, NELC, and Pamela Strong, REECAS. Sponsor: Central Asian Studies Group/NELC. Info: 543-9963. Film: The Rise and Fall of the Aztecs. 1:30 pm, Kane 19. Dut to UW copyright agreements, film is open only to UW students, staff and faculty. Sponsor: LAS/JSIS. Info: 685-3435. "Yojimbo" (A film by Akira Kurosawa). 6:30 pm, HUB Auditorium. Film will be introduced by a UW film scholar. Sponsors: see January 20 listing. UW ID required. One guest permitted. Coast Salish History: Ancient Houses & Burial Mounds in British History. 3:30 - 5:00 pm, Denny 401. Speaker: Dr. Michael Blake, Dept. of Anthropology & Sociology, University of British Columbia. Sponsors: Canadian Studies Center/JSIS; Dept. of Anthropology. Info: 543-9604. January 18 Russia at the Crossroads: Building a New Russian Economy (Part of the Lecture Series "American Policy in the New Century"). 7:30 pm, Kane Hall 130. Speaker: Dr.Yegor Gaidar, Former Prime Minister of Russia. Sponsors: JSIS; World Affairs Council. Info: 543-4842. "Rashomon" (A film by Akira Kurosawa). 6:30 pm, HUB Auditorium. Film will be introduced by a UW film scholar. Sponsors: See January 20 listing. UW ID required. One guest permitted. January 19 Human Rights and Global Progress. 7:00 pm, location tba. Speaker: Former President Jimmy Carter. Sponsor: Evans School of Public Affairs. Info: 616-7316. Film: "Resurrecting the Sovereign Plumed Serpent: Life after Death & the Popol Vuh." 12:30 - 1:30, Thomson 317. Speaker: Thomas Murphy, Anthropology. Sponsor: LAS/JSIS. Info: 685-3435. Quebecois Literature: A Survey From the Mid-19th Century. 7:30 - 8:30 pm, Parrington Hall Commons (3rd floor). Speaker: Dr. Lise Gauvin, Chair of d'Etudes Francaises at the University of Montreal. Sponsors: Canadian Studies Center/JSIS; Dept. of Romance Languages, Wester Washington University; Govt. of Quebec. Info: 543-6269. January 20 Health Issues in Kazakhstan. 12:30 - 1:30, Denny Hall 215. Speaker: Nancy Nervseen, Head Nurse, Swedish Hospital, Seattle. Sponsor: Central Asian Studies Group/NELC. Info: 543-9963. "High and Low" (A film by Akira Kurosawa). 6:30 pm, HUB Auditorium. Film will be introduced by a UW film scholar. UW ID required. One guest permitted. Sponsors: The Japan Endowment; Japan House; UW Cinema Studies Program; the Simpson Center for the Humanities; JSIS. The EU and Democracy in the New Millenium. 7:00 pm, location tba. Speaker: Karlheinz Reif, Advisor to the Director General of the EU Ministry of Information, Communication, Culture, and AV Policy. Sponsor: World Affairs Council. Limited to 20 participants. Free to members and students with ID, $7 for non-members. Registration and info: 441-5910. * Tokai Sanshi's Chance Encounters: Meeting with National History. 4:00 pm, Thomson 234. Speaker: Christopher Hill, Candidate for Asian Studies position in the Department of Comparative Literature. Sponsor: Dept. of Comparative Literature. Info: 543-7542. * Deng's Remains: Charity and the Strategies of State Legitimation in China. 3:30 - 5:00 pm, Thomson 317. Speaker: Vivienne Shue, Candidate for the position of Director, Henry M. Jackson School of International Studies, Currently Director, East Asia Program, Cornell University. Sponsor: JSIS. January 21 Living and Working in Kazakhstan, 1993-1999. 12:30 - 1:30 pm, Denny Hall 215. Speaker: Zulfiya Lafi, first representative of IREX in Central Asia. Sponsor: Central Asian Studies Group, NELC. Info: 543-9963. Film: The Age of Gold (explores the interchange between Spain and its American colonies. 1:30 pm, Kane 19. Due to UW copyright agreements, film is open only to UW students, staff and faculty. Sponsor: LAS/JSIS. Info: 685-3435. Secret Trades of the Straits: Smuggling and State-Formation Along a Southeast Asian Frontier, 1870 - 1910. 3:30 - 5:00 pm, Thomson 317. Speaker: Eric Tagliacozzo, Killam Postdoctoral Fellow in History, UBC. Sponsor: Southeast Asia Center/JSIS. Info: 543-9606. January 24 Pub Night with the Honorable Bruce Billson, member, Australian Parliament. 6:00 pm, location tba. Sponsor: World Affairs Council. Free to members, $7 for non-members. Registration & info: 441-5910. January 25 Halacha, Social Norms, Economic Demands, and Jewish Politics in European History. 3:30 - 5:00 pm, Thomson 317. Speaker: Alan Zuckerman, Brown University. Sponsor: Jewish Studies Program/JSIS. Info: 543-4243. Annual Meeting: World Affairs Council. 5:00 pm, Columbia Tower Club, Seattle. Cost is $22 for members, $27 for non-members. Registration and info: 441-5910. January 26 The Desert Zion: Jerusalem in Classical Islamic Tradition (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: Brannon Wheeler, NELC. 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. Economic Reform in Japan -- The "Third Revolution" or Dj vu All Over Again? 3:30 - 5:00, Seafirst Executive Education Center 320. Speaker: Edward J. Lincoln, Senior Fellow, Brookings Institution. Sponsors: Japan Studies Program/JSIS; CIBER. Info: 543-4391. * Russian Relations with Ukraine, Belarus and the Baltics in the Putin Era. 3:30 pm, Thomson 334. Speaker: Dr. Arkady Moshes, Head, Section for Security of the CEE and the Baltic Sea Region, Institute of Europe, Moscow. Sponsor: REECAS/JSIS. Info: 543-4852. January 27 Kirghiz Traditional Weddings (with videotape). 12:30 - 1:30 pm, Denny Hall 215. Speaker: Elmira Kochumkulkizi, Ph.D. student in Near and Middle Eastern Studies. Sponsor: Central Asian Studies Group, NELC. Info: 543-9963. January 28 Colostrum feeding behavior and initiation of breastfeeding in rural Bangladesh. 12:30 - 2:00 pm, Parrington Commons 308. Speaker: Darryl Holman, Dept. of Anthropology. Sponsors: CSDE; CPHRS. Info: 543-5412. Kirghiz Documentary: "1000th Anniversary Celebrations of the Epic 'Manas', August 1995." (Filmed by a Kirghiz TV). 12:30 - 3:00 pm, Denny Hall 123. Sponsor: NELC. Info: 543-9963. Film: Iawo (Portuguese with English subtitles; examines the Cult of the Orisha). 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. Christopher Merrill will read from his book, "Only the Nails Remain", a literary perspective on the Balkan wars of the 1990's. 2:00 pm, Parrington Commons, Room 308. Sponsor: REECAS/JSIS; English Dept. Info: 543-4842. January 30 Film: "Expulsion and Memory" (Documentary account of the Jewish Expulsion from Spain). Part of the First Sephardic/Mizrahi Film Series. 2:00 - 4:00 pm, Kane Hall, Room 220. Speaker: Dr. Joan Ullman, Dept. of History, will present the Willner Lecture 2000. Sponsors: Jewish Studies Program/JSIS, and numerous co-sponsors. For a complete list of co-sponsors, see March 25 film below). Info: 543-0138. January 31 The Imprint of Kosovo on Developing Norms of Humanitarian Intervention. 3:30 - 5:00 pm, Thomson 325. Speaker: Julie Mertus, Associate Professor of Law, Ohio Northern University. Sponsors: REECAS/JSIS; Women's Studies; Geography; International Political Economy Colloquium. Info: 543-4852. February 2 The Implementation of Territorial Fishing Rights in the Chilean Artisanal Fishery. 12:30 - 1:20 pm, Thomson 317. Speaker: Prof. J. Orensanz, Visiting Scholar, UW Dept. of Fisheries. Sponsor: LAS/JSIS. Info: 685-3435. The World Trade Organization After Seattle: The Future of the International Trading System. Part of the lecture-dinner series "International Updates: Trends & Transitions in Your World. 5:30 - 8:00 pm, Kane Hall, Walker-Ames Room. Speaker: Debra Glassman, Senior Lecturer, Finance & Business Economics, Business School. Sponsors: Jackson School Outreach Centers/JSIS. Dinner-lecture fee is $22 per session. Deadline for registering for the special series discount (for all 8 lectures) of $132 is Feb. 1. Info: 543-1675. February 3 US Policy in the New Century: US Policy and the Former Communist World (Part of the Lecture Series "American Policy in the New Century"). 7:30 pm, Kane Hall 130. Speaker: Jack F. Matlock, Former United States Ambassador to Czechoslovakia and to the Soviet Union; George F. Kennan Professor of History, Institute of Advanced Study, Princeton. Sponsors: JSIS; World Affairs Council. Info: 543-4842. Kirghiz Documentary: "Manas' Universe." (1998; scenes of Kirghiz nomadic life and culture). Sponsor: Central Asian Studies Group, NELC. Info: 543-9963. * Intellect at the Intersection with Faith. (First of the Dale and Leone Turner Lectures on Faith and Culture) 7:00 pm, Kane Hall 210. Speaker: Robert Bellah, Emeritus Professor of Sociology, Univ. of California, Berkeley. Sponsor: Comparative Religion Program/JSIS. Info: 543-4835. February 4 Health Care Use in Indonesia (tentative). 12:30 - 2:00 pm, Parrington Commons 308. Speaker: Elizabeth Frankenberg, RAND Corporation. Sponsors: CSDE; CPHRS. Info: 543-5412. Kirghiz Film: "Descendant of the Snow Leopard" (based on the ancient Kirghiz epic 'Kojojash'). 12:30 - 3:00 pm, Denny Hall 123. Sponsor: Central Asian Studies Group, NELC. Info: 543-9963. Film: The Price of Freedom (Reflections on Bolivar, San Martin, and new societies in post-colonial Latin America). 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 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. February 8 The Jewish Gangster in America. 3:30 pm, Thomson 317. Speaker: Robert Rockaway. Sponsor: Jewish Studies Program/JSIS. Info: 543-4243. 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. February 10 Kirghiz Film: "Song of Love." 12:30 - 2:00 pm, Denny Hall 123. Sponsor: Central Asian Studies Group, NELC. Info: 543-9963. 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. February 12 Illuminating the Buddhist Tradition: A Workshop on Learning and Teaching about Buddhism. 8:00 am - 3:30 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. Puccini's Turandot Meets Nezami's Haft Paykar (Second Annual Hooshang Afrassiabi Lecture in Persian Studies). 6:30 pm, Kane Hall, Walker-Ames Room. 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 15 Luncheon with Canadian Ambassador Raymond Chretien. Time and location tba. Sponsors: Canadian Studies Center/JSIS; Canadian Consulate General; World Affairs Council; Pacific North West Canadian Studies Consortium. Info: 543-6269. February 16 "'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. 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. 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. 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 23 Jerusalem in the Age of the Crusades (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. 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. 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. 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. 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 & 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 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 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. 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. 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. ****************************************************************************** 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 . School of International Studies University of Washington Box # 353650 Seattle, WA 98195-3650 Charles Paxton,Secretary to the Director Henry M. 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