From jsis@u.washington.edu Fri Apr 7 08:57:38 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 IAA35172 for ; Fri, 7 Apr 2000 08:57:37 -0700 Received: from saul7.u.washington.edu (jsis@saul7.u.washington.edu [140.142.82.2]) by jason05.u.washington.edu (8.9.3+UW99.09/8.9.3+UW00.01) with ESMTP id IAA40296 for ; Fri, 7 Apr 2000 08:57:35 -0700 Received: from localhost (jsis@localhost) by saul7.u.washington.edu (8.9.3+UW99.09/8.9.3+UW99.09) with ESMTP id IAA25511 for ; Fri, 7 Apr 2000 08:57:35 -0700 (PDT) Date: Fri, 7 Apr 2000 08:57:34 -0700 (PDT) From: Jackson School of International Studies To: jsis-uw@u.washington.edu Subject: The Jackson School Calendar, April 7, 2000 Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII the JACKSON SCHOOL CALENDAR April 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 ________________________________________________________________________ April 7 What is Wrong with Turkey? (new title) 1:30 - 3:30 pm, Thomson 317. Speaker: Cengiz Candar, Political Columnist for the Turkish daily, Sabah. Sponsor: International Studies Center/JSIS. Info: 543-1666. Egyptian Mass Media and the Transformation of Musical Life. 2:30 - 3:30, Music Bldg., Room 223. Speaker: Virginia Danielson, Harvard University. Sponsor: Middle East Center/JSIS. Info: 543-4227. The Political Dimensions to Health Care Delivery in Canada with Specific Examples from the Province of Alberta (Part of the lecture series "International Health Care in the 21st Century: A Canadian and American Perspective on the Past & Future of Health Care."). 4:00 - 6:00 pm, Parrington Hall, 3rd Floor Commons. Speaker: Jackie D. Sieppert, Dept. of Social Work, University of Calgary, Alberta. Sponsor: Canadian Studies Center/JSIS. Info: 543-6269. First Contact and Other Fictions: Tales of Tourism and Transnationalism in the "New Middle East"(Part of the lecture series "Borderlands of Globality: Transitional Spaces and Struggles"). 12:30 pm, Smith 102. Speaker: Rebecca Stein, Anthropology, Stanford. Sponsors: National Resource Center in International Studies/JSIS; Humanities Center; CWES; Canadian Studies; College of Arts and Sciences. Info: 685-2707. Harischandra of Banaras and the Women's Question. 2:30 pm, Thomson 403. Speaker: Vasudha Dalmia, University of California, Berkeley. Sponsors: South Asia Center/JSIS; Asian L&L. Info: 543-4800. Organizational Meeting: Central Asian Studies Group (plus film by Uzbek Music and Dance Ensemble). 12:30 - 1:30 pm, Denny Hall 215. Sponsor: NELC. Info: 543-9963. * Liberalization of Pharmaceutical Sector, Economic Growth and Improvement in Health Status in Vietnam, 1993 - 1998. 12:30 - 2:00 pm, Parringron Forum, Room 309. Speaker: Anil Deolalikar, Dept. of Economics. Sponsor: CSDE. Info: dkuo@u.washington.edu * Top Dogs, Puppy Dogs, and Tax Holidays.(Relates to tax holidays given to foreign firms by host-country governments). 3:30 pm, 302 Savery. Speaker: Yuka Ohno, Rice University. Sponsor: Dept. Economics. Info: 543-5955. April 7 - 8 * Jackson School Student Association Career Fair and Spring Symposium. Begins Friday afternoon in HUB 106B with Panel Discussion: International Career Directions. Continues April 8 in HUB 310 at 9:30 am with breakfast registration followed by panel discussion and small group sessions. Panelist include Jackson School faculty members Joel Migdal, Matthew Sparke, Resat Kasaba, and Jonathan Warren. April 10 * Russia, America and the Future of Russian Reform. 7:30 pm, Kane Hall 130. Speaker: Dr. Boris Nemtsov, Former Deputy Speaker of the Russian Parliament (Duma). Sponsors: World Affairs Council; JSIS; Henry M. Jackson Foundation; Seattle Post-Intelligencer. Info: 441-5910. * Formulas in Literary Verse: Russian and English. 2:30 pm, 105 Smith Hall. Speaker: Marina Tarlinskaya, Dept. of Linguistics. Sponsor: Slavic L & L. Info: 543-6848 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. Women, Politics and Creativity. 7:30 - 9:00 pm, Douglas Forum, Bank of America Executive Education Center, School of Business Administration. Speaker: Nawal El Saadawi, novelist, psychiatrist, and feminist. Sponsor: Middle East Center/JSIS. Info: 543-4227. April 13 Intellectual Property in China: The Question of Private Property, Damages Assessment and Strategy of Social Control. 3:30 - 5:00 pm, Thomson 325. Speaker: Feng Xiang, Oriental School of Law and Business, East China Normal University. Sponsor: China Program/JSIS. Info: 543-4391. Village of Widows (Canadian documentary film on WWII radiation poisoning). 6:00 - 8:00 pm, Henry Art Gallery Auditorium, 15th Ave. NE and NE 41st. Sponsors: Canadian Studies Center/JSIS; Dept. of Anthropology. Info: 543-9601. Kazakhstan Coping with Territorial and Border Disputes. 12:30 - 1:30 pm, Denny Hall 215. Speaker: Talgat Imangaliyev, Graduate Student, NELC. Sponsor: NELC. Info: 543-9963. * Portuguese Roundtable discussion: Science in Brazil. 10:30 am, Loew 111. Speaker: Alexandre Zerbini, Marine Biologist. Sponsor: Dept. of Spanish and Portuguese Studies. Info: 368-2576. * Women, Ritual Life, and the Sufi Shrine in North India. 3:30 pm, Thomson 317. Speaker: Kelly Pemberton, Ph.C., Columbia University. Sponsors: Comparative Islamic Studies Seminar; Simpson Center for the Humanities; South Asia Studies Program/JSIS; Comparative Religion Program/JSIS; NELC. Info: 543-4800. April 14 Environment, Culture and Resistances: Rethinking the Spaces of International Studies (Part of the lecture series "Borderlands of Globality: Transitional Spaces and Struggles"). 12:30 pm, Smith 102. Speaker: Simon Dalby, Geography, Carleton University, Canada. Sponsors: National Resource Center in International Studies/JSIS; Humanities Center; CWES; Canadian Studies; College of Arts and Sciences. Info: 685-2707. Current Political and Economic Situation in Kazakhstabn. 12:30 - 1:30 pm, Denny Hall 215. Speaker: Dr. Zhakshylyk Khusainov, Former Advisor on Economics to the Kazakh Parliament and President. Sponsor: NELC. Info: 543-9963. * Third Annual UW Teach-In on Globalization and Democracy: "Beyond the IMF and World Bank: Neocolonialism at Home and Abroad." 9:00 am - 4:00 pm in the Ethnic Cultural Theatre and the Ethnic Cultural Center located at 40th & Brooklyn, 4:30 - 9:00 pm in the HUB. Keynote Speaker: Elaine Brown, former President of the Black Panthers. Numerous panel presentations. Sponsors: Democracy and Globalization Working Group; Students for Economic Democracy; Student Action Network. Info: 545-8731. * Explaining the "Up-to-God" Response to Desired Family Size Question. 12:30 - 2:00 pm, Savery 209. Speaker: Nistha Sinha, Dept. of Economics. Sponsor: CSDE. Info: dkuo@u.washington.edu April 15 Roma in Cinema. 2:00 - 5:30 pm, Henry Art Gallery Auditorium. Two films, "Black and White in Color," and "American Gypsy: A Stranger in Everybody' Land," explore aspects of the contemporary Roma (gypsy) experience in the United States and Europe. Discussions led by James Felak, Department of History, and REECAS MA candidate Julie Broome. Sponsors: Center for the Humanities; JSIS; the Program on Africa; Comparative History of Ideas; Women's Studies; American Ethnic Studies; Art History; the Graduate School; Anthropology; the South Asia Center/JSIS; and REECAS;JSIS. Info: 543-9601. * Final Round of Presentations: Global Business Challenge (the world's larges international business case competition for undergraduate business students, with competitors from 13 countries). 1:30 - 5:10 pm, Boeing Auditorium, SEC 110. Info: 685-3432. April 17 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. * Race, Class, Gender, Ethnicity, and "isms". 2:30 - 3:30 pm, Cunningham Hall 116. Speaker: Gerda Lerner, Robinson-Edwards Professor of History, Emerita, Univ. of Wisconsin, Madison, and UW Walker-Ames Lecturer. Sponsor: Northwest Center for Research on Women. Info: 543-9531. 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 19 Coming to Terms with the Past: Readings in Contemporary Canadian Women's Fiction. 7:00 - 8:30 pm, Thomson 317. Speaker: Dr. Mary Conde, School of English, Queen Mary & Westfield College, University of London, England. Sponsor: Canadian Studies Center/JSIS. Info: 543-6269. * Brown Bag Talk: "A Dangerous Demagogue--Containing the Influence of the Mexican Labor-left and its US Allies. 12:30 - 1:20 pm, Thomson 317. Speaker: Gigi Peterson, Lecturer, Department of History. Sponsor: LAS/JSIS. Info: 685-3435. April 20 Philosophical Comprehension of Tajikistans Election: Hopes for Peace and an Evaluation of Islamic Fundamentalism in Central Asia. 12:30 - 1:30 pm, Denny Hall 215. Speaker: Dr. Yakubjon Abdukhalikov, Head, Humanities Department, Tajik Institute of Management, Dushanbe, Tajikistan. Sponsor: NELC. Info: 543-9963. * Book Reading by Tom Miller, author of "Trading with the Enemy: A Yankee Travels Through Castro's Cuba." 7:30 pm, Eliott Bay Bok Company, 1st & Main. Free tickets available starting April 8. Info: 624-6600. April 21 Cinema, Music, and Changing Aesthetics in Turkey. 2:30 - 3:30, Music Bldg., Room 223. Speaker: Munir Nurettin Beken, Turkish film composer. Sponsor: Middle East Center/JSIS. Info: 543-4227. Legal Borderlands: Native American Indian Casino Operations in California (Part of the lecture series "Borderlands of Globality: Transitional Spaces and Struggles"). 12:30 pm, Smith 102. Speaker: Eve Darian-Smith, Anthropology, UC Santa Clara. Economic Reform in Japan: The "Third Revolution" or Dj vu All Over Again? 12:00 - 1:30 pm, Thomson 317 (Brown bag lunch). Speaker: Edward J. Lincoln, Brookings Institution. Sponsor: Japan Colloquium/JSIS. Info: 543-9302. The Social Condition of Rural Women in Tajikistan. 12:30 - 1:30 pm, Denny Hall 215. Dr. Yakubjon Abdukhalikov, Head, Humanities Department, Tajik Institute of Management, Dushanbe, Tajikistan. Sponsor: NELC. Info: 543-9963. April 22 Northwest Regional Conference for Russian, East European and Central Asian Studies (REECAS-NW). 8:00 am - 7:00 pm. GWP Building, UW Tacoma. Panel topics include: developments in the Russian Far East and former Yugoslavia, Republic of Georgia and Central Asia; study abroad programs in Russia; cultural studies; media, politics and economic transition in Eastern Europe; identity, nationality and ethnic politics; post-Soviet environmental challenges; Communist Central Europe. Free admission, but advance registration required to reserve lunch (also free). Sponsors: REECAS/JSIS; Interdisciplinary Arts & Sciences/UW Tacoma; Port of Tacoma; National Bureau of Asian Research. Info: 543-4852. April 24 The Proposed One-Payer System in the USA: The Challenges and Opportunities. 4:00 - 6:00 pm, Parrington Hall, 3rd Floor Commons. Speaker: Congressman Jim McDermott, M.D. Sponsor: Canadian Studies Center/JSIS. Info: 543-6269. The Treadgold Lecture: "Leaders, Images and Viewers: The Riddle of Russian Television." 3:30 - 5:00 pm, Parrington Hall Forum, Room 309. Speaker: Ellen Mickiewicz, Duke University. Sponsors: REECAS/JSIS; History Department. Info: 543-4852. 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 Written on the Body, Written on the Land: Violence and the Environment in Central India. 3:30 pm, Thomson 317. Speaker: Dr. Amita Baviskar, Dept. of Sociology, Delhi University, India. Sponsor: Center for South Asian Studies/JSIS; Anthropology. Indo: 543-9606. (Tentative) Humanitarian Aid for Orphanages in Tashkent and Nukus, Uzbekistan. 12:30 - 1:30 pm, Denny Hall 215. Speaker: Paula Quigley, Founder and Director, Partnership for Healthy Children, Seattle. Sponsor: NELC. Info: 543-9963 * The Calssification of AIDS with Gender: A View from ChangMai. 3:30 - 4:30 pm, Cunningham Hall 116. Speaker: Marjorie Muecke, Psychosocial and Community Health, UW. Sponsor: Northwest Center for Research on Women. Info: 543-9531. April 28 Sidi ROM: Coming of Age in the Time of the Internet. 2:30 - 3:30, Music Bldg., Room 223. Speaker: Douglas Davis, Haverford College. Sponsor: Middle East Center/JSIS. Info: 543-4227. Sponsors: National Resource Center in International Studies/JSIS; Humanities Center; CWES; Canadian Studies; College of Arts and Sciences. Info: 685-2707. Quebec: a View of the Belle Province (Lecture/slide show. Part of the 3rd Annual World Languages day for high school students). 1:30 - 2:30 pm, 306 Balmer Hall. Speaker: Julia Herschensohn, Linguistics Department. Sponsor: Canadian Studies Center/JSIS. Registration fee: $8 per student/teacher. Registration and info: 543-2310 or 1-800-543-2320. Anti-Semitism, Memory, and the Construction of German Culture in America. 1:30 pm, Denny 308. Speaker: Hans Vaget, Helen and Laura Shedd Professor of German Studies and Comparative Literature, Smith College. Sponsor: Dept. of Germanics. Info: 543-4580. Towards Transnational Feminist Geopolitics (Part of the lecture series "Borderlands of Globality: Transitional Spaces and Struggles"). 12:30 pm, Smith 102. Speaker: Jennifer Hyndman, Social and Behavioral Studies, Arizona State University. Impressions of Kokand and the Ferghana Valley. 12:30 - 1:30 pm, Denny Hall 215. Speaker: Mark Reese, Graduate Student, NELC, and former Peace Corps Volunteer in Uzbekisstan. Sponsor: NELC. Info: 543-9963. * Grace, Myth & Magic: Latin American Women Painters (Lecture and slide preview of paintings and mixed media by artists from Cuba, Peru, Ecuador, and Mexico). 10:30 am, Seafirst Executive Center, Room 110. Sponsors: LAS/JSIS; Romance Languages. Info: 685-3435. April 27 - 29 Conference: "Regulating the Internet: EU and US Perspectives." Time and location tba. Sponsor: European Union Center/JSIS; UW School of Communications; Center for Law, Commerce and Technology/UW Law School. 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. * Review Meeting on President Clinton's Recent Visit to India. 3:30 - 5:30 pm, Walker-Ames Room, Kane Hall. Speaker: Congressman Jim McDermott, who accompanied the President on the trip. Sponsors: Indo-American Friendship Forum; South Asia Center/JSIS. Info: 543-4800. 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. Reparations for Historical Injustices. 3:30 - 5:00 pm, Gerberding Hall, Room 142. Speaker: John Torpey, Dept. of Sociology and History, Institute for European Studies, University of British Columbia. Sponsors: International Studies Center/JSIS; Center for West European Studies/JSIS. Info: 543-1666. The Future of Contemporary Jewish Communities: Israel, America & Europe (Part of the Samuel and Althea Stroum Lectures in Jewish Studies). 8:00 pm, Kane 220. A reception will follow. Dietary laws are observed. Speaker: Calvin Goldscheider, Professor of Sociology and Dorot Professor of Judaic Studies, Brown University. Sponsor: Jewish Studies Program/JSIS. Info: 543-4243. May 2 Colloquium: "Forecasting Jewish Population Futures: Lessons from Demography and History. 3:30 pm, Thomson 317. Speaker: Calvin Goldscheider, Professor of Sociology and Doror Professor of Judaic Studies, Brown University. Sponsor: Jewish Studies Program/JSIS. Info: 543-4243. 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. The Centrality of Jewish Values in Shaping the Jewish Future (Part of the Samuel and Althea Stroum Lectures in Jewish Studies). 8:00 pm, Kane 220. Speaker: Calvin Goldscheider, Professor of Sociology and Dorot Professor of Judaic Studies. Sponsor: Jewish Studies Program/JSIS. Info: 543-4243. May 4 Where Have All the Flowers Gone: The German Green-Alternative Movement between Utopian Idealism and Political Pragmatism (Part of the lecture series "Utopias at the Turn of the Century/End of the Millenium"). 3:30 pm, location tba. Speaker: Sabine von Dirke, Dept. of German, Univ. of Pittsburgh. Sponsors: CWES/JSIS; History; Political Science; Humanities Center. Info: 543-1675. Freedom and Property Rights in Russia. 3:30 - 5:00 pm, Miller 301. Speaker: Richard Pipes, Dept. of History, Harvard University. Sponsors: History Department; REECAS/JSIS. Info: 543-4852. EU 2000: The Imperative of Unfinished Business. 3:30 - 5:00 pm, Parrington Forum, Parrington Hall. Speaker: John Beck, former EU Ambassador to Canada and former Director for External Relations with North America, Australia, New Zealand, NAFTA and APEC. Sponsors: EU Center/JSIS. Info: 616-2415. Current Language Situation in Kirghizstan. 12:30 - 1:30 pm, Denny Hall 215. Speaker: Jipar Duyshembiyeva, Exchange Student from Kirghizstan. Sponsor: NELC. Info: 543-9963. May 5 Hill and Valley in Southeast Asia:Or Why the State is the Enemy of the People Who Move Around (Part of the lecture series "Borderlands of Globality: Transitional Spaces and Struggles"). 12:30 pm, Smith 102. Speaker: James Scott, Political Science, Yale University. Sponsors: National Resource Center in International Studies/JSIS; Humanities Center; CWES; Canadian Studies; College of Arts and Sciences. Info: 685-2707. Uzbek Language Development Since Independence. 12:30 - 1:30 pm, Denny Hall 215. Speaker: Ilse D. Cirtautas, NELC. Sponsor: NELC. Info: 543-9963. * Symposium: The Russian Far East - Regional Stability and Military Environmental Cooperation After Yeltsin. 8:00 a.m. - 6:00 p.m., Parrington Hall Commons (Room 308). Speakers include Sergei Sevastyanov (Vladivostok State University of Economics), Katherine Burns (Massachusetts Institute of Technology), Elizabeth Wishnick (Barnard College), Akihiro Iwashita (Yamaguchi Prefectural University), Ni Xiaoquan and Gao Zhongyi (Chinese Academy of Social Sciences), Charles Ziegler (University of Louisville), James Clay Moltz (Monterrey Institute for International Studies), Mark Ettesvold and Thomas Wood (Pacific Northwest National Laboratory), Judith Thornton (University of Washington), and Tony Allison (Marine Resources Company International). Sponsors: The National Bureau of Asian Research; Pacific Northwest National Laboratory; REECAS/JSIS. Info: 543-4852 * Institutional Context of Reproductive Health Situation in Madhya Pradesh, India. 12:30 - 2:00 pm, Parrington Forum, Room 309. Speaker: Alok Ranjan Chaurasia, Shyam Institute, Bhopal, India. Sponsor: CSDE. Info: dkuo@u.washington.edu 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 7 * Symposium: "Even Rabbis Don't Have Such Daughters": Context and Controversy Surrounding (Sholom Asch's play) "God of Vengence." 4:30 - 6:30 pm, The Bullitt at A Contemporary Theatre (ACT), Seventh & Union. Speakers: Alisa Solomon, Professor of English/Journalism, Baruch College-City Univ. of New York; Sarah Stein, JSIS; Rabbi Yossi Lebowitz, Congregation Beth Israel, Bellingham; and ACT Artistic Director Gordon Edelstein. Sponsors: A Contemporary Theatre; Walter Chapin Simpson Center for the Humanities. Cost: $5; free for students with current ID. Info: 543-3920. May 8 Secularism, Religion, Ethnicity & Assimilation (Part of the Samuel and Althea Stroum Lectures in Jewish Studies). 8:00 pm, Kane 220. Speaker: Calvin Goldscheider, Professor of Sociology and Dorot Professor of Judaic Studies, Brown University. Sponsor: Jewish Studies Program/JSIS. Info: 543-4243. 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 11 * The Peace Corps Experience in Latin America. 5:00 - 7:00 pm, location tba. Speakers: UW grad students who served in Latin America and the Caribbean. Sponsor: LAS/JSIS. Info: 543-3435. May 12 The First Musical Recordings in Arabia: Jeddah, Arabian Gulf, Aden (1904-39). 2:30 - 3:30, Music Bldg., Room 223. Speaker: Jean Lambert, CNRD, Paris. Sponsor: Middle East Center/JSIS. Info: 543-4227. A Neo-Modern Utopia: Global Firms and Masculine Heroes in Mexico's Maquiladoras (Part of the lecture series "Borderlands of Globality: Transitional Spaces and Struggles"). 12:30 pm, Smith 102. Speaker: Melissa Wright, Geography, University of Texas. Sponsors: National Resource Center in International Studies/JSIS; Humanities Center; CWES; Canadian Studies; College of Arts and Sciences. Info: 685-2707. May 13 Ukrainians in North America: Celebrating More Than a Century of History and Culture. Full-day seminar for educators and the general public. 8:30 am - 5:30 pm, HUB Room 200AB. Presentations on Ukrainian immigration to Canada and the US, Ukrainian history, language, religion, culture and art in North America, Ukrainian curriculum resources and live musical performances. $30 registration fee includes lunch, eight clock hours available for teachers at no extra cost. Sponsors: Canadian Studies Center/JSIS; REECAS/JSIS. Info: 543-4852. May 15 What's Left of Utopia? (Part of the lecture series "Utopias at the Turn of the Century/End of the Millenium). 3:30 pm, Smith 211. Speaker: Geoff Eley, Depts. Of History and German Studies, Univ. of Michigan. Sponsors: CWES/JSIS; History; Political Science; Humanities Center. Info: 543-1675. May 17 Towards European Defense? On the Development of the Common Security and Defense Policy of the European Union. 1:30 - 3:00 pm, HUB 309. Speaker: Kari Mottola, Special Advisor on Security Policy, Ministry for Foreign Affairs, Finland. Sponsor: EU Center/JSIS. Info: 616-2415. May 19 Christmas-izing Ramadan: Television and Holiday Consumption. 2:30 - 3:30, Music Bldg., Room 223. Speaker: Walter Armbrust, Georgetown University. Sponsor: Middle East Center/JSIS. Info: 543-4227. On Critical Globality (Part of the lecture series "Borderlands of Globality: Transitional Spaces and Struggles"). 12:30 pm, Smith 102. Speakers: Alys Weinbaum, English, UW; Brent Edwards, English, Rutgers. Sponsors: National Resource Center in International Studies/JSIS; Humanities Center; CWES; Canadian Studies; College of Arts and Sciences. Info: 685-2707. Mongol Marriage Practices. 12:30 - 1:30 pm, Denny Hall 215. Speaker: Aaron Fields, Mongolist, Seattle. Sponsor: NELC. Info: 543-9963. 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 22 Imagining, Experiencing and Practicing the Geopolitics of India-Pakistan Borders (Part of the lecture series "Borderlands of Globality: Transitional Spaces and Struggles"). 12:30 pm, Smith 102. Speaker: Sanjay Chaturvedi, Political Science, Panjab University. Sponsors: National Resource Center in International Studies/JSIS; Humanities Center; CWES; Canadian Studies; College of Arts and Sciences. Info: 685-2707. May 23 * The Andrew Markus Memorial Lecture: "On the Evolution of Hindi as a Language of Literature." 7:00 pm, Walker-Ames Room, Kane Hall. Speaker: Ronald Stuart McGregor, University of Cambridge. Sponsor: Asian L & L. Info: 543-4996. 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. * The Americanization of Salome: Sex, Race, and the Careers of the Vulgar Princess. 3:30 - 4:30 pm, Cunningham Hall 116. Speaker: Susan Glenn, Dept. of History. Info: 543-9531. May 25 A Mongol Film: Close to Eden. English subtitles. 12:30 - 2:30 pm, Denny Hall 123. Sponsor: NELC. Info: 543-9963. May 26 * Book Reading by Author Raj Kamal Jha. A journalist in Calcutta, Jha will read from his book "The Blue Bedspread." 3:30 pm, University Bookstore. Info: 634-3400. * Household Labor Supply and Intrahousehold Allocation of Assets: Impacts of Independent Taxation in the UK. 12:30 - 2:00 pm, Parrington Forum, Room 309. Speaker: Jennifer Ward-Batts, Population Studies Center, Univ. of Michigan. Sponsor: CSDE. Info: dkuo@u.washington.edu May 31 * Book Reading by Author Pramila Jayapal from her book "Pilgrimage: One Woman's Return to a Changing India." 7:00 pm, University Bookstore. Info: 634-3400. June 2 Radio on the Edge: International Broadcasting in South Asia. 2:30 - 3:30, Music Bldg., Room 223. Speaker: Brian Silver, Voice of America. Sponsor: Middle East Center/JSIS. Info: 543-4227. Eco-Bio-Borderlands (Part of the lecture series "Borderlands of Globality: Transitional Spaces and Struggles"). 12:30 pm, Smith 102. Speaker: Devon Pena, Anthropology, UW. Sponsors: National Resource Center in International Studies/JSIS; Humanities Center; CWES; Canadian Studies; College of Arts and Sciences. Info: 685-2707. * Attitudes Toward Women's Labor Force Participation in 24 Countries. 12:30 - 2:00 pm, Parrington Forum, Room 309. Speaker: Judy K. Treas, Dept. of Sociology, Univ. of California, Irvine. Sponsor: CSDE. Info: dkuo@u.washington.edu June 18 History of Yiddish puppet theatre. Time and location tba. Speaker: Eddie Portnoy, Jewish Theological Seminary. Sponsor: Jewish Studies Program/JSIS. Info: 543-4243. June 21 Klezmer in America. Time and location tba. Speaker: Michael Horowitz, UW. Sponsor: Jewish Studies Program/JSIS. Info: 543-4243. 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. Downloadable registration form available at: http://jsis.artsci.washington.edu/programs/mideast/events.htm July 5 Inventing Yiddish News. Time and location tba. Speaker: Sarah Abrevaya Stein, UW. Sponsor: Jewish Studies Program/JSIS. Info: 543-4243. July 12 * Yiddish in America: Forging the Mainstream of Jewish History. Time and location tba. Speaker: Rakhmiel Peltz, Drexel University. Sponsor: Jewish Studies Program/JSIS. Info: 543-4243. July 21 * First Annual University of Washington Summer Arts Festival presents Jewish Jazz musician John Zorn and Masada. Meany Theatre. Cost: $28. Call 543-4800 for details. ****************************************************************************** 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 .