From jsis@u.washington.edu Fri Jan 28 10:19:02 2000 Received: from jason05.u.washington.edu (root@jason05.u.washington.edu [140.142.78.6]) by lists.u.washington.edu (8.9.3+UW99.09/8.9.3+UW99.09) with ESMTP id KAA39124 for ; Fri, 28 Jan 2000 10:19:01 -0800 Received: from saul9.u.washington.edu (jsis@saul9.u.washington.edu [140.142.82.7]) by jason05.u.washington.edu (8.9.3+UW99.09/8.9.3+UW00.01) with ESMTP id KAA25794 for ; Fri, 28 Jan 2000 10:18:55 -0800 Received: from localhost (jsis@localhost) by saul9.u.washington.edu (8.9.3+UW99.09/8.9.3+UW99.09) with ESMTP id KAA04976 for ; Fri, 28 Jan 2000 10:18:54 -0800 (PST) Date: Fri, 28 Jan 2000 10:18:53 -0800 (PST) From: Jackson School of International Studies To: jsis-uw@u.washington.edu Subject: The Jackson School Calendar, January 28, 2000 Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII the JACKSON SCHOOL CALENDAR January 28, 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 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; CPHRE. 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. Seattle and the World (A forum discussion examining the organization of international production and trade in the wake of the WTO meetings). 9:00 am - 12:30 pm, Walker-Ames Room, Kane Hall. Participamts: Daniel Chirot, JSIS; Richard Moxon, Business School; Raymond Waldmann, The Boeing Company; David Bachman, JSIS; Matt Sparke, Geography; Anita Ramasastry, Law School. Sponsor: International Studies Center/JSIS. Info: 543-1666. Watershed Management: The Case of Laguna de Bay, Philippines. 3:30 - 5:00 pm, Thomson 317. Speaker: Teresa Oledan, UW Humphrey Fellow, Chief Legal Counsel of LLDA, Dept. of Environment, The Philippines. Sponsor: Southeast Asia Center/JSIS. Info: 543-9606. 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. Global Desires: Gender and the New Wave of Cosmopolitanism in China. 3:30 - 5:00 pm, Thomson 317. Speaker: Dr. Lisa Rofel, University of California, Santa Cruz. Sponsor: China Studies Program/JSIS. Info: 543-4391. 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. * Ideologies in 1990s China. 3:30 - 5:00 pm, Thomson 317. Speaker: Dr. Wang Xiaoming, Eastern China Normal University. Sponsor: China Studies Program/JSIS. Info: 543-4391. 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. Presentation by Dr. Anand Yang, Candidate for the position of Director, The Henry M. Jackson School of International Studies. 3:30 - 5:00 pm, Thomson 317. Dr. Yang is presently Director of Asian Studies, University of Utah. February 5 * Dance to World Music for Turkish Earthquake Relief. 6:00 pm, HUB West Ballroom. Featuring live performances by a number of local artists. Dance to Salsa, Reggae, Belly Dance, Qawwali, Klezmer and more. Sponsor: Turkish American Student Association. Tickets $9. Tickets at HUB Ticket Office and all ticketmaster centers. Info: tasa@u.washington.edu 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. 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. 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. 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. 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. 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. 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 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 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. 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. 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. 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 & 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 . School of International Studies University of Washington Box # 353650 Seattle, WA 98195-3650 Charles Paxton,Secretary to the Director Henry M. Jackson School of International Studies Box 353650, University of Washington Seattle, WA 98195 Ph: (206) 543-4372 .