From jsis@u.washington.edu Fri Jan 30 11:14:36 1998 Received: from jason01.u.washington.edu (root@jason01.u.washington.edu [140.142.70.24]) by lists.u.washington.edu (8.8.4+UW97.07/8.8.4+UW97.05) with ESMTP id LAA47052 for ; Fri, 30 Jan 1998 11:14:35 -0800 Received: from saul1.u.washington.edu (jsis@saul1.u.washington.edu [140.142.82.10]) by jason01.u.washington.edu (8.8.4+UW97.07/8.8.4+UW97.05) with ESMTP id LAA32366 for ; Fri, 30 Jan 1998 11:14:33 -0800 Received: from localhost (jsis@localhost) by saul1.u.washington.edu (8.8.4+UW97.07/8.8.4+UW97.04) with SMTP id LAA12827 for ; Fri, 30 Jan 1998 11:14:32 -0800 (PST) Date: Fri, 30 Jan 1998 11:14:31 -0800 (PST) From: Jackson School of International Studies To: jsis-uw@u.washington.edu Subject: The Jackson School Calendar, January 30, 1998 Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII the JACKSON SCHOOL CALENDAR January 30, 1998 (Electronic Update) NOTE: 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 CWES = Center for West European Studies, JSIS JSIS = The Henry M. Jackson School of International Studies NELC = Department of Near Eastern Languages & Civilization REECAS = Russian, East European, and Central Asia Studies, JSIS Slavic L&L = Department of Slavic Languages & Literature ______________________________________________________________________________ January 30 Disappearing Acts? Environment, Culture, and Resistance. Friday Film Series, Latin American Studies Program, JSIS. Due to copyright agreements, these film screenings are open only to UW students, faculty and staff. Screenings are on Fridays, beginning at 1:30 pm in Kane Hall 19. Today's film is: "Nomads of the Rainforest" (59 minutes, 1983) Visits the Waorani Indians of eastern Ecuador. Influence of Jadidism Among the Uyghurs of Xinjiang. 12:30-1:30 pm., Denny Hall 215. Speaker: Hamit Zakir, Ph.D.C., Asian L & L. Sponsor: Central Asian Studies Group, NELC. Info: 543-9963. February 2 Risque Business: Self-Promotionalism is Santo Kyoden's "Playboy, Seasoned a la Edo" (Japan Colloquium Series). 3:30-5:00 pm., 211 Smith (New Location). Speaker: Professor Adam Kern, Reischauer Institute, Harvard University. Sponsor: Japan Studies Program, JSIS. Info: 543-4925. Parallel Universe: Quebec Dance in the '90s. (Talk illustrated with video clips). 12:30-1:15 pm., Penthouse Theatre (located just east of the N5 parking lot near the 45th street campus entrance). Speaker: Philip Szporer, dance critic and filmmaker. Sponsors: Canadian Studies Center, JSIS, and UW Dance Program. Info: 543-6269. The Predicament of Post-colonial Culture: Writing Yoruba Traditional History. 3:30-5:00 pm., 401 Denny Hall. Speaker: Dr. G.J. Ferguson, Dept. of Anthropology, Stanford University. Sponsor: Dept. of Anthropology. Info: 543-5240. * Of Several Nations and Languages: Explorations in the Social History of the Atlantic Slave Trade. 3:30 pm, Smith 205. Speaker: Stephanie Smallwood, Candidate, African-American History. Sponsor: Dept. of History. Info: 543-5790. February 3 U.S.-Japan-China Relations: Can Three Part Harmony Be Maintained? 11:30 am registration, 12:00 noon lunch and lecture. Speaker: Ralph Cossa, Executive Director, Pacific Forum Center for Strategic and International Studies, Washington, D.C. Sponsors: Japan-America Society of the State of Washington, Trade Development Alliance of Greater Seattle, and Washington State China Relations Council. Cost: $30 members, $35 non-members. Registration and information: 623-7900. * Traditions, Scriptures, and Canons in Early Judaism (Part of Seminar Series on Canons and Canonicity). 3:30 pm., Thomson 317. Speaker: Martin Jaffee, Professor, Jewish Studies and Comparative Religion. Sponsor: Comparative Religions Program, JSIS. Info: Collett Cox at ; Copies of readings: Loryn Paxton at . Emerging Infections and the Role of the WHO: Past, Present, and Future. 3:30 pm., Health Sciences Room T-739. Speaker: Dr. David Heymann, Director, Division of Emerging, Viral, and Bacterial Diseases, Surveillance and Control, World Health Organization. Sponsor: Emerging Infections Working Group. Info: karalynn@u.washington.edu The Commanding Heights. 7:15 am., Columbia Tower Club, 701 Fifth Ave., 75th Floor. Speaker: Pulitzer Prize-winning author Daniel Yergin will speak about his new book and the global struggle between the free market and government. Sponsors: World Affairs Council and the Washington Council on International Trade. Cost (incl. Buffet breakfast): $15 members, $20 non-members. Coffee-only cost is $5. Registration: 682-6986. * Cultural Crossroads: Contemporary Arts in Quebec. 1:30 pm, Smith 304. Speaker: Philip Szporer, Montreal-based dance critic and filmmaker. Sponsors: Canadian Studies Center, JSIS, and UW Dance Program. Info: 543-6269. February 4 Population and Development in Asia and Africa (A presentation of the International Update Series on Trends and Transitions in Your World). 5:30 pm., Walker-Ames Room of Kane Hall. Speaker: Anil Deolalikar, Associate Professor, Dept. of Economics. Sponsors: The South Asia Center, The International Studies Center, and JSIS Outreach Programs. Cost of dinner & lecture: $20.00. Preregistration required. Preregistration and information: Claudia Olmstead, 543-4852. * Recent Spanish Poetry (in Spanish). 3:30 pm, Padelford B-202. Speaker: Poet Luis Munoz. Sponsor: Div. Of Spanish & Portuguese. Info: 543-5629. * Beyond the Sixties: Bringing Democracy Alive. 12:00-2:00 pm, HUB W. Ballroom. Speaker: Howard Zinn, author of "A People's History of the United States." Sponsor: Student Action Network. Free admission, but please bring a paperback dictionary to donate to the Books for Prisoners Project. Info: 329-6441. February 5 Kazakh & Kirghiz Animal Stories: A Reflection of the Life of Central Asian Nomads. 12:30-1:20 pm., Denny Hall 215. Speaker: Ilse D. Cirtautas, NELC. Sponsor: Central Asian Studies Group, NELC. Info: 543-9963. Mapping Desire in Colonial Indonesia: Agency and Acquiescence in a Dutch Novel of Empire. 3:30-5:00 pm, Thomson 234. Speaker: Laurie Sears, Associate Professor, Dept. of History. Sponsors: Southeast Asian Studies Program, JSIS; and Asian L&L. Info: 543-9606. * The Poetry of Experience/La Poesia de la Experiencia (bilingual poetry reading, Spanish with English translation). 8:00 pm, Savery 239. Speakers: Poets Alvaro Salvador and Luis Munoz. Sponsor: Div. Of Spanish & Portuguese, International Faculty Exchange Program, Watermark Reading Series. Info: 543-5629. February 6 Disappearing Acts? Environment, Culture, and Resistance. Friday Film Series, Latin American Studies Program, JSIS. Due to copyright agreements, these film screenings are open only to UW students, faculty and staff. Screenings are on Fridays, beginning at 1:30 pm in Kane Hall 19. Today's film is: "Kayapo: Out of the Forest" (59 minutes, 1989) Kayapo Indian resistance to a Brazilian dam project. Uzbek Historical Sources for the Recent History of the Region: Translation Project Summer 1998. 12:30-1:20 pm., Denny Hall 215. Speaker: Ilse D. Cirtautas, NELC. Sponsor: Central Asian Studies Group, NELC. Info: 543-9963. * La Experiencia de la Poesia (in Spanish). 3:30 pm, Padelford B-202. Speaker: Poet Alvaro Salvador. Sponsor: Div. Of Spanish & Portuguese. Info: 543-5629. February 7 Nomadism MOSAIC. 8:45 am - 3:30 pm., Thomson 101. All-day workshop for K-9 teachers. MOSAICs feature sessions by international studies experts and experienced teachers, and include resource displays, hands-on activities, demonstrations of multi-purpose and interdisciplinary lessons, and lots of hand-outs. Sponsors: REECAS, CWES, and the Washington State Council for the Social Studies. Cost and registration information: Kurt Engelmann, 543-4852. February 9 Nationalism, Populism and Other Threats to Liberal Values in Postcommunist Europe. 3:30-5:00 pm., Thomson 317. Speaker: Vladimir Tismaneanu, Professor, Dept. of Government and Politics and Director of the Center for the Study of Postcommunist Societies, University of Maryland at College Park. Sponsors: JSIS, The Russian/East European, and Central Asian Studies Center, and the Dept. of History. Info: 543-4852. February 10 Who Is Karaite? The Limits of Jewish Pluralism. 3:30 pm, Thomson 317. Speaker: Daniel J. Lasker, Visiting Stroum Professor, Jewish Studies Program, JSIS. Sponsor: Jewish Studies Program, JSIS. Info: 543-4243. A Conversation About 21st Century Leadership. 11:30 am - 1:00 pm., Lander Hall 137. Speaker: Constance Proctor, newly-appointed UW Regent, Attorney and Community Activist. Sponsor: UW Women's Center. Lunch will be served. Cost: $15. Space limited. Reservations and info: 685-1090. What in the World is the World Affairs Council? Annual Meeting. 5:00 pm registration and reception, Hotel Monaco, 1101 Fourth Ave. Keynote Speaker: Roberto Maestas, Executive Director, El Centro De La Raza. Sponsor: World Affairs Council. Cost: $18 members, $25 prospective members. Registration: 682-6986. February 11 No Place Like Home: Gender, Migration, and Development in South Sulawesi. 12:30-1:30 pm, Smith 320. Speaker: Rachel Silvey, PhD, Geography, UW Women's Studies. Sponsor: Southeast Asia Center, JSIS. Info: 543-9606. * U.S.-Vietnam Relations: The Political and Economic Perspective. 12:00-1:30 pm, Madison Hotel, West Room, 3rd Floor, Fifth & Madison. Speaker: Dennis Harter, U.S. Department of State, U.S. Embassy in Hanoi. Sponsors: Washington Council on International Trade; Greater Seattle Vietnam Association; National Center for APEC; Trade Development Alliance of Greater Seattle; World Affairs Council; World Trade Club. Cost: $30 members, $35 non-members. Registration & Info: 443-3826. February 12 Russia's Policy Toward's Kazakhstan. 12:30-1:30 pm., Denny Hall 215. Speaker: Maria Kozhevnikova, Graduate Student, Russian/East European/Central Asian Program, JSIS. Sponsor: Central Asian Studies Group, NELC. Info: 543-9963. The Notion of Bian (Transformation) as an Architectonic Conception: The Case of the Medieval Chinese Stupa. 3:30-5:00 pm., 317 Art. Speaker: Eugene Wang, Professor of Fine Arts, Harvard University. Sponsor: China Studies Program, JSIS. (Paper available at East Asia Library and Suzzallo 5th fl. copy center: Ask for China Colloquium Paper #6) Info: 543-4391. February 13 Disappearing Acts? Environment, Culture, and Resistance. Friday Film Series, Latin American Studies Program, JSIS. Due to copyright agreements, these film screenings are open only to UW students, faculty and staff. Screenings are on Fridays, beginning at 1:30 pm in Kane Hall 19. Today's film is: "Spirit of Kuna Yala" (59 minutes, 1991) Kuna Indians in Panama unite to protect their rainforest homeland. Student Life in Tashkent and at the UW. 12:30-1:20 pm., Denny Hall 215. Speaker: Dilbar Akhmedova, NELC, Exchange Student from Tashkent State University. Sponsor: Central Asian Studies Group, NELC. Info: 543-9963. * The Industrial Revolution: Past and Future. 3:00-4:30 pm, Parrington 108. Speaker: Robert E. Lucas, 1995 Nobel Laureate in Economic Sciences, Univ. of Chicago. Sponsor: Dept. of Economics. Reception following in Savery 302. Info: 543-5955. * Effects of the Status of Women on the First-Birth Interval in Indian Urban Society. 12:30 pm, Savery 209. Speaker: Dilip Nath, Statistics, Gauhati University, Assam, India. Sponsors: Center for Studies in Demography & Ecology; Center for Public Health Research. Info: 543-5412. February 15 * Studying and Teaching International Migration (All day workshop for post-secondary faculty). 8:30 am - 4:30 pm., Thomson 317. Speakers: Donna Gabaccia, Charles H. Stone Professor of American History, Univ. of North Caroline-Charlotte; Charles Hirschmann, Chair, UW Dept. of Sociology and past Director, Center for Studies in Demography & Ecology; Demetrios Papademetrious, Director, International Migration Policy Program, Carnegie Endowment for International Peace; Patricia Pessar, Director, Global Migration Project, Assoc. Professor of Anthropology and American Studies, Yale University; Saskia Sassen, Prof. of Urban Planning and Dept. of International & Public Affairs, Columbia University. Sponsor: International Studies Center, JSIS. No cost; luncheon will not be served. If you plan to attend, or for further information, contact Resat Kasaba, 543-6890 or February 16 Nihil Obstat: Religion, Politics, and Social Change in East-Central Europe and Russia (book reading). 7:30 pm, Elliott Bay Bookstore, 1st South & South Main Street, Seattle. Presentation by the book's author: Professor Sabrina Ramet, JSIS. Sponsor: Elliott Bay Book Company. Info: 624-6600. February 17 * Canons and Canonicity in Ancient Christianity (Part of Seminar Series on Canons and Canonicity). 3:30 pm., Thomson 317. Speaker: Michael Williams, Professor, Comparative Religion. Sponsor: Comparative Religion Program, JSIS. Info: Collett Cox at ; Copies of readings: Loryn Paxton at . February 18 Israel and the Middle East Peace Process (A presentation of the International Update Series on Trends and Transitions in Your World). 5:30 pm., Walker-Ames Room of Kane Hall. Speaker: Joel Migdal, Robert F. Philip Professor of International Studies, JSIS. Sponsors: The Jewish Studies Program, The International Studies Center, and JSIS Outreach Programs. Cost of dinner & lecture: $20.00. Preregistration required. Preregistration and information: Claudia Olmstead, 543-4852. Catholicism Meets Communism: Reflections on the Pope's Visit to Cuba. 12:30-1:20 pm., Thomson 317 (Part of Brown Bag Discussion Series). Speaker: Anthony Gil, Dept. of Political Science. Sponsor: Latin American Studies Program, JSIS. Info: 655-3435. February 19 The Kirghiz Refugee Community in Turkey. 12:30-1:20 pm., Denny Hall 215. Speaker: Irisbubu Beybutova, Fulbright Scholar from Kirghizstan. Sponsor: Central Asian Studies Group, NELC. Info: 543-9963. * Tragedy, Theatricality and Eschatology in Augustine's "City of God" (Part of the Solomon Katz Distinguished Lecturers in the Humanities Series). 8:00 pm, Kane Hall 220. Speaker: Eugene Vance, Professor of French, Comparative Literature and Comparative Religion. Sponsor: UW. Info: 543-3920/ February 20 Disappearing Acts? Environment, Culture, and Resistance. Friday Film Series, Latin American Studies Program, JSIS. Due to copyright agreements, these film screenings are open only to UW students, faculty and staff. Screenings are on Fridays, beginning at 1:30 pm in Kane Hall 19. Today's films are: "Mr. Ludwig's Tropical Dreamland" (57 minutes, 1980) and "Slash and Burn Agriculture" (17 minutes, 1975). U.S. billionaire turns Amazonian rain forest into a city-state with a tree plantation and rice paddy. The second film shows traditional agricultural methods in eastern Nicaragua. February 21 International Folkloric Music. 8:00 pm., Meany Hall for the Performing Arts. Featuring global divas Stella Chiweshe from Zimbabwe, Susana Baca from Peru, and Tish Hinojosa from Texas. Sponsor: UW World Music & Theatre Series. Cost: $21. Tickets: 543-4880. * Winter Meeting, South Asia Colloquium of the Pacific Northwest. Time and Location to be announced. Tentative Speakers: Visiting Professors Venkat Rao and Kaushil Ghosh. Sponsor: South Asia Center, JSIS. Info: 543-4800. February 24 Talking Back: The Dilemma of Jewish Intervention in the European Discourse of Ritual Murder. 3:30 pm., Thomson 317. Speaker: Hillel J. Kieval, Stroum Chair in Jewish Studies. Sponsor: Jewish Studies Program, JSIS. Info: 543-4243. The Politics of Language and Identity in Ukraine. 7:00 pm., Russia House, 2104 NE 45th. Speaker: Laada Bilanivk, linguistic anthropologist. Sponsor: Slavik Salon, Slavik L & L. Info: S. Westen, 543-6848 * New Rules for Information Disclosure in Japan. 3:30-5:00 pm, 125 Thomson. Speaker: Lawrence Repeta, Visiting Scholar, School of Law. Sponsor: Japan/East Asia Colloquium, JSIS. Info: 543-4391. * We Need the Mexicans: Labor, Civil Rights, and Transnational Organizing in the Good Neighbor Era (Part of Winter Quarter Brown Bag Colloquiia). 12:30 pm, Gowen 1B. Speaker: Gigi Peterson, Graduate Student, Dept. of History. Sponsor: Center for Labor Studies. Info: 543-6924. February 25 Reconfiguring Notions of Love, Marriage, and Childbearing: Unmarried Women's Reproductive Desires in Northern Vietnam. 12:30-1:30 pm., Smith 320. Speaker: Harriet Phinney, PhD Candidate in Anthropology. Sponsor: Southeast Asia Center, JSIS. Info: 543-9606. * Burma: A Land of War, A Journey of the Heart. 5:30 pm registration, 6:00 pm. lecture and slide presentation, followed by coffee reception, Scottish Rite Masonic Center, 1155 Broadway East. Speaker: Paula Bock, staff writer, Pacific Magazine, The Seattle Times. Sponsor: World Affairs Council. Free to members, $10 for non-members $5 for guests. Info: 682-6986. February 26-27 * Conference on Gender and the European Union. Both days 9:00 am-5:00 pm., Petersen Room, 4th Floor, Allen Library. Session topics for Thursday: Session 1, Understanding Women's Work, Women's Policy Offices, and Job Training in the Global Economy; Session 2, Northern European and North American Countries. Topics for Friday: Session 3, Southern Europe; Conclusions and Findings. Speakers: Numerous. Sponsors: Center for West European Studies, JSIS, Center for Labor Studies, Colloquium on International Political Economy, Washington State University Women's Studies Program, Dept. of Political Science/Criminal Justice, Foley Institute of Public Policy, and Dept. of Sociology. Info: 543-1675. * Bridging Between Groups at High and Low Risk for HIV in Cambodia: Potential Importance in the Spread of STD/HIV. 12:30 pm, Savery 209. Speaker: Pamina Gorbach, Center for AIDS and STD Research. Sponsors: Center for Studies in Demography & Ecology; Center for Public Health Research. Info: 543-5412. February 26 Impressions of Mongolia. 12:30-1:20 pm., Denny Hall 215. Speaker: Charles C. Krusekopf, Dept. of Economics. Sponsor: Central Asian Studies Group, NELC. Info: 543-9963. The Citizen Behind the Veil: Bulgarian National Imperatives and the Re-Dressing of Muslim Women in Modern Bulgaria. 3:30-5:00 pm., room to be announced. Speaker: Dr. Mary Neuburger, Dept. of History, Univ. of Texas at Austin. Sponsors: Russian, East European, and Central Asian Studies Center, JSIS, and the Dept. of History. Info: 543-8291. February 27 Disappearing Acts? Environment, Culture, and Resistance. Friday Film Series, Latin American Studies Program, JSIS. Due to copyright agreements, these film screenings are open only to UW students, faculty and staff. Screenings are on Fridays, beginning at 1:30 pm in Kane Hall 19. Today's film is: "Amazonia: The Road to the End of the Forest" (94 minutes, 1990) Survey of the environment and political problems in the Amazon Basin. February 28 Greater Pacific Northwest Regional Middle East Seminar. 8:30 am-4:00 pm., Thomson Hall 317. Sponsor: Middle East Center, JSIS. Registration & info: 543-4227 * Gender and the European Union (Workshop for secondary school teachers). 9:00 am-3:00 pm., HUB 309. Session Topics: The European Union, Women's Rights, and Policy; Women and Politics in the European Union; Family Policy and Women in the European Union. Sponsor: Center for West European Studies, JSIS. No cost (complimentary lunch). Registration & Info: 543-1675. March 2 * Economic Integration and Industrial Relations: Is Increasing Openness Bad for Labor? (Winter Quarter Brown Bag Colloquia). 3:00 pm, Gowen 1B. Speaker: Miriam Golden, Professor of Political Science, UCLA. Sponsor: Center for Labor Studies. Info: 543-6924. March 3 * Eating Camel and Breaking the Sabbath: Abrogation of the Torah in Q 7:163 and Q 7:393 (Part of Seminar Series on Canons and Canonicity). 3:30 pm., Thomson 317. Speaker: Brannon Wheeler, Assistant Professor, NELC. Sponsor: Comparative Religion Program, JSIS. Info: Collett Cox at ; Copies of readings: Loryn Paxton at lpaxton@u.washington.edu March 4 * Turismo and Incanismo in Cuzco, Peru. 12:30 pm, Thomson 317. Speaker: Pierre van den Berghe, Dept. of Anthropology. Sponsor: Latin American Studies Program, JSIS (part of LAS Brown Bag Talk Series). Info: 685-3435. * The Political Economy of International Capital Mobility. 1:30-3:00 pm, Gowen Hall 1B. Speaker: Louis Pauly, Director of International Studies, Univ. of Toronto. Sponsor: IPE Colloquium Series. Info: 543-0675. * Global Information and Telecommunications Industries (A presentation of the International Update Series on Trends and Transitions in Your World). 5:30-8:00 pm, Walker-Ames Room, Kane Hall. Speaker: David Gautschi, Professor of Marketing and International Business, Director, Center for International Business Education and Research. Sponsors: Jackson School Outreach Centers, JSIS, and CIBER. Cost (includes dinner): $20. Registration and Info: 543-3650. March 6 Disappearing Acts? Environment, Culture, and Resistance. Friday Film Series, Latin American Studies Program, JSIS. Due to copyright agreements, these film screenings are open only to UW students, faculty and staff. Screenings are on Fridays, beginning at 1:30 pm in Kane Hall 19. Today's films are: "Seeds of Tomorrow" (58 minutes, 1985) and "Save the Earth -- Feed the World" (58 minutes, 1990) Latin American cases are featured in these examinations of agriculture and global food issues. Dark Blue Suit and Other Stories (Literary Reading by author Peter Bacho). 3:30-5:00 pm., Parrington 309 (Forum Room). Speaker: Peter Bacho, Liberal Studies Program, UW Tacoma. Sponsor: Southeast Asia Center, JSIS. Info: 543-9606. March 7 Southeast Asia Mosaic: The Island Cultures. 8:30 am-4:00 pm., Thomson 101. All-day workshop for K-9 teachers on the island cultures of Southeast Asia, including Indonesia, the Phillippines and Malaysia. Workshops on Indonesian shadow puppetry, Filipino-American Literary Arts, Gongs of the Gamelan, Sumatran tales, and more. MOSAICs feature sessions by international studies experts and experienced teachers to assist in bringing Southeast Asia into the classroom. Included are resource displays, hands-on activities, demonstrations of multi-purpose and interdisciplinary lessons, and lots of hand-outs. Sponsors: JSIS and the Washington State Council for the Social Studies. Cost: $35 (includes ethnic lunch). Information: Maureen Jackson, 543-9606. March 13 * Why Programs to Prevent Teenage Pregnancy Don't Work and What to Do About It. 12:30 pm, Savery 209. Speaker: Frank Furstenberg, Professor of Sociologu, Univ. of Pennsylvania. Sponsors: Center for Studies in Demography & Ecology; Center for Public Health Research. Info: 543-5412. March 18 Women and Power. Time and location to be announced. Speaker: Sally O'Neil, Clinical Professor, Family & Child Nursing. Sponsor: UW Women's Center. Lunch will be served. Space limited. Cost, reservations and information: 685-1090. * European Union and Prevention of Transnational Crime (A presentation of the International Update Series on Trends and Transitions in Your World). 5:30-8:00 pm, Walker-Ames Room, Kane Hall. Speaker: Dr. Peter Hobbing, Visiting Professor of European Studies & Principal Administrator at the European Commission. Sponsors: Jackson School Outreach Centers, JSIS, and CIBER. Cost (includes dinner): $20. Registration & Info: 543-4852. March 24 * Title to be announced (Part of World Affairs Council 1998 Lecture Series). 5:30 pm registration, 6:00 pm presentation, Scottish Rite Masonic Center, 1155 Broadway East. Speaker: William Schulz, Executive Director, Amnesty International USA. Sponsor: World Affairs Council. Cost: Free to members, $20 non-members, $15 guests. Info: 682-6986. March 26-28 Northwest Model Arab League. Shoreline Community College. Speakers: to be announced. Sponsor: National Council on US-Arab Relations. Info: Suda Kudsieh or Felicia Hecker fhecker@u.washington.edu April 1 * Kuwait After the Gulf War (A presentation of the International Update Series on Trends and Transitions in Your World). 5:50-8:00 pm, Walker-Ames Room, Kane Hall. Speaker: Brannon Wheeler, Assistant Professor, NELC. Sponsors: Jackson School Outreach Centers, JSIS, and CIBER. Cost (includes dinner): $20. Registration & Info: 543-4852. April 2 * Title to be announced (Part of World Affairs Council 1998 Lecture Series). 5:30 pm registration, 6:00 pm presentation, Scottish Rite Masonic Center, 1155 Broadway East. Speaker: Peter Bell, President and CEO, CARE. Sponsor: World Affairs Council. Cost: Free to members, $20 non-members, $15 guests. Info: 682-6986. April 4 Festival MOSAIC. Exact time and location to be announced. All-day workshop for K-9 teachers. MOSAICs feature sessions by international studies experts and experienced teachers, and include resource displays, hands-on activities, demonstrations of multi-purpose and interdisciplinary lessons, and lots of hand-outs. Sponsors: JSIS, the Washington State Council for the Social Studies, and the Seattle International Children's Festival. Cost and Registration Information: Mary Hammond Bernson, 543-1921. April 11 Fourth Annual REECAS Conference. Portland State University, Portland, Oregon. (Papers and Session Proposals now being accepted). Sponsor: Russian, East European and Central Asian Studies Center. Info: 543-4852. April 15 * Post-Soviet Pains: Welfare and Health Care Reform in Central Asia (Part of the International Update Series on Trends and Transitions in Your World). 5:30-8:00 pm, Walker-Ames Room, Kane Hall. Speaker: George Wright, Associate Professor, Dept. of Family Practice, School of Medicine. Sponsors: Jackson School Outreach Centers, JSIS, and CIBER. Cost (includes dinner): $20. Registration & Info: 543-4852. April 23 * The Sweatshop Dilemma. 5:30 registration, 6:00 pm presentation. Scottish Rite Masonic Center, 1155 Broadway East. Speaker: Paul Kennel, President, World Concern. Sponsor: World Affairs Council. Cost: Free to members, $20 non-members, $15 guests. Info" 682-6986. April 29 * The Pacific: The New Center of the Global Political Economy? (Part of the International Update Series on Trends and Transitions in Your World). 5:30-8:00 pm, Walker-Ames Room, Kane Hall. Speaker: Donald Hellman, Professor of International Studies and Director of the APEC Study Center. Sponsors: Jackson School Outreach Centers, JSIS, and CIBER. Cost (includes dinner): $20. Registration & Info: 543-4852. May 2 * Ramayana (South Asia) MOSAIC. Exact time to be announced, Thomson Hall 101. All-day workshop for K-9 teachers. MOSAICs feature sessions by international studies experts and experienced teachers, and include resource displays, hands-on activities, demonstrations of multi-purpose and interdisciplinary lessons, and lots of hand-outs. Sponsors: JSIS and the Washington State Council for the Social Studies. Cost and registration information: Keith Snodgras, 543-4800. May 5 The Future of the Family. Time and location to be announced. Speaker: Pepper Schwartz, Professor, Sociology. Sponsor: UW Women's Center. Lunch will be served. Space limited. Cost, reservations and info: 685-1090. May 13 * The Overseas Chinese and the Integration of Asian Economies (Part of the International Update Series on Trends and Transitions in Your World). 5:30-8:00 pm, Walker-Ames Room, Kane Hall. Speaker: Gary Hamilton, Professor, Sociology, and Acting Director, Southeast Asia Center. Sponsors: Jackson School Outreach Centers, JSIS, and CIBER. Cost (includes dinner): $20. Registration & Info: 543-4852. May 14 * Promoting Human Rights and Trade in China. 5:30 pm registration, 6:00 pm presentation, Scottish Rite Masonic Center, 1155 Broadway East. Speaker: John Kamm, President, Asia Pacific Resources, Inc., San Francisco, and Chairman, Market Access Ltd., Hong Kong. Sponsor: World Affairs Council. Cost: Free to members, $20 non-members, $15 guests. Info: 682-6986. June 22-26 * Human Migration (Third Annual Summer Teacher's Institute). UW campus. The Institute is intended for educators of grades 6-12 and includes talks by experts in their fields, with ample time for question & answer sessions. Also included are materials for classroom use, hands-on activities, a session on using the internet to teach this topic, and a field trip. This year's theme, "Human Migration", will cover topics ranging from the arrival of humans in North America to migrations of laborers and other international workers around the world today. Registration is limited. Info: 543-4800. ****************************************************************************** The Jackson School Calendar is updated and e-mailed weekly. There is no charge for subscribing. For instructions on how to subscribe to the on-line Calendar, or for further information, please post a message to: JSIS-UW@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 .