From jsis@u.washington.edu Fri Apr 20 09:38:26 2001 Received: from jason02.u.washington.edu (root@jason02.u.washington.edu [140.142.8.52]) by lists.u.washington.edu (8.11.2+UW01.01/8.11.2+UW01.03) with ESMTP id f3KGcM938452 for ; Fri, 20 Apr 2001 09:38:22 -0700 Received: from homer36.u.washington.edu (jsis@homer36.u.washington.edu [140.142.16.7]) by jason02.u.washington.edu (8.11.2+UW01.01/8.11.2+UW01.03) with ESMTP id f3KGcLL22624 for ; Fri, 20 Apr 2001 09:38:21 -0700 Received: from localhost (jsis@localhost) by homer36.u.washington.edu (8.11.2+UW01.01/8.11.2+UW01.03) with ESMTP id f3KGcK8144462 for ; Fri, 20 Apr 2001 09:38:20 -0700 Date: Fri, 20 Apr 2001 09:38:20 -0700 (PDT) From: Jackson School of International Studies To: Subject: The Jackson School Calendar, April 20, 2001 Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII the JACKSON SCHOOL CALENDAR APRIL 20, 2001 ALL EVENTS ARE FREE & OPEN TO THE PUBLIC UNLESS OTHERWISE INDICATED. *New Events (or changes) not previously listed are indicated by an asterisk* At the end of this calendar is a list of abbreviations and a list of Web sites where you can find more detailed information. _____________________________________________________________________ April 20 - 22 Spring Conference: "Beyond the Information Superhighway: Searching for the Next Policy Metaphor" (legal and policy questions arising from the internet and technology arenas). Condon Hall, 1100 NE Campus Parkway. Sponsors: Center for Law, Commerce and Technology; Washington Software Association. Info: www.law.washington.edu/lct April 20 Memoir of a Trustbuster. (new title). 3:30-5:00, Simpson Room, Communications 202. Speaker: Eleanor Hadley, Former Member of SCAP During the Occupation of Japan. Sponsor: Japan Studies Program. Info: 543-4391 Studying Middle Eastern Women's History and Women in Today's Iran. 1:30 - 3:20 pm, Parrington, The Forum. Speaker: Nikii Keddie, Professor Emerita, UCLA. Sponsors: Middle East Center/JSIS; The Center for Women and Democracy; NELC. Info: 543-4227. "Turkmen Traditions and Their Revival: I" Denny Hall 215, 12:30-1:30pm. Speaker: Nartach Jepbarova, former ACCELS scholar at the University of Washington from Turkmenistan. Sponsors: CASG, NELC; MEC; REECAS/JSIS. Info: 543-9963 or 543-6033. April 21 Images of India, Spring 2001: "Presenting India to Americans." Noon - 4:00 pm, Parrington Hall Commons Room. Featured Speaker: Bharti Kirchner, Author. Sponsor: South Asia Center/JSIS. Info: 543-4800. April 23 "Canada-U.S. Business Forum: Exhibit, Reception & Networking." 6:00-8:00 p.m., Bank of America Tower-Art Gallery. Canadian Consul General Roger Simmons and representatives from Business Development sections of the US Consulate in Vancouver and US/Canadian Customs personnel will offer insights on market/export opportunities, customs regulations and doing business in each other's country. Hors d'oeuvres, Canadian wines/beer/bottled water. $20 per person. Sponsors: Canada-America Society, Canadian Studies Center. To register: 206-770-4065 (Checks payable to "Canada-America Society," 412 Plaza 600, Sixth & Stewart, Seattle WA 98101-1286.) The Politics of Regret. 3:30 pm. Thomson 317. Speaker: Jeff Orlick, Columbia University. Co-Sponsors: CWES/JSIS, Sociology, DAAD (German Academic Exchange Service). Info: 543-1675 or cwes@u.washington.edu April 24 In the Blood?: Consent, Descent, and the Ironies of Jewish Identity. 3:30 pm, Thomson 317. Speaker: Susan Glenn, Dept. of History. Sponsor: Jewish Studies Program/JSIS. Info: 543-4243. Music of Turkey and Tibet. 7:30 p.m. Meany Theater. Munir Nurettin Beken, Turkish Ud Virtuous; and The Venerable Kelak Lama, musician, director, and teacher of the Tibetan Karma Kargyudpa tradition. Tickets: $8 students/seniors; $10 general admission. Call 206-543-4880. * W.S. Rendra and the Idea of the Actor in Indonesia. 3:30-5:00pm, Hutchinson 211. Speaker: Evan Winet (Drama and Humanities, Stanford University), UW SEA Humanities faculty position candidate (Drama). Sponsor: SEAS/JSIS. Info: 543-9606. * The Dept. of Ethnomusicology's Visiting Artist Concert. 7:30 p.m., Meany Theater, $8-$10, (206)543-4880 or available at the door). Munir Nurettin Beken, Turkish ud (Middle Eastern lute) virtuoso, and The Venerable Kelak Lama, renowned musician, director, and teacher of the Tibetan Karma Kargyudpa tradition. Sponsor: UW School of Music, (206) 685-8384 * South Asian Muslim Women: Reflections in Literature. 4:00 pm, Humanities Center Conference Room, (PLC 159), U. of Oregon. Speaker: Fahmida Riaz, writer, feminist, activist and graduate of Sindh University, Pakistan. Co-sponsored by: Center for the Study of Women in Society, Center for Asian and Pacific Studies, and the International Studies Program. Info: 543-4800. April 25 North-South Interactions on the Korean Peninsula: Implications for the U.S. (part of the series "International Updates: Trends and Transitions in Your World") 5:30 - 8:00 pm, Kane Hall, Walker-Ames Room. Speaker: Clark Sorenson, Jackson School of International Studies. Sponsors: Jackson School Outreach Centers/JSIS, CIBER, East Asia Center. Cost for dinner/lecture is $22. Registration & info: 543-1675. Cultural Interaction Resulting from the Dutch Presence in Japan. 3:30 - 5:00 pm, Savery 315. Speaker: Christiaan Jorg, Groniger Museum. Sponsor: History Dept.; Japan Studies Program/JSIS. Info: 543-4391. Understanding Anti-Semitism: Reflections on the Protocols of the Learned Elders of Zion. 7:00 pm, UW Tacoma Community Center, corner of S. 19th and Fawcett. Speaker: Stephen Bronner, Rutgers University. Sponsors: UW Tacoma Arts and Lectures Fund; Jewish Studies Program/JSIS. Info: (253) 692-5650. "Seattle, Prague, and the World Commission on Dams: A Story About Competing Visions of Development", Law, Globalization and Human Rights Series. 3:30-5:00 pm, Condon Hall, Room 109/129. Speaker: Daniel D. Bradlow, Professor of Law and Director of the International Legal Studies Program at American University's Washington College of Law. Sponsored by the International Studies Center/JSIS and the Colloquium on Law and Multinational Corpoations, UW Law School. Info: 685-2354. Film: "Kolyma" (1997). 6:00 p.m., Mary Gates Hall 234. Sponsor: REECAS/JSIS. Info: 543-4852. April 26 Ethnic Mobilizations without Prerequisites: The East European Gypsies. 3:30-5:30 pm, Parrington Hall, The Forum. Speaker: Zoltan D. Barany, University of Texas, Austin. Sponsors: The Center for the Study of Ethnic Conflict and Conflict Resolution; International Studies Center/JSIS; REECAS/JSIS. Info: 685-2354. "Turkmen Traditions and Their Revival: II". Denny Hall 215, 12:30-1:30pm. Speaker: Nartach Jepbarova, former ACCELS scholar at the University of Washington from Turkmenistan. Sponsors: CASG; NELC; MEC; REECAS/JSIS. Info: 543-9963 or 543-6033. The Brown Eye of God. 7:00 pm, Kane Hall 120. Speaker: Richard Rodriguez, nationally acclaimed author and journalist. Sponsors: Comparative Religion Program/JSIS; University Congregational United Church of Christ. Info: 543-4835. Chornobyl: 15 Years Later. A Roundtable Discussion. 7:00 p.m., Kane 210. An exhibition/reception follows in the Walker-Ames Room. Speakers: Michael J. Christensen (Chernobyl Childhood Illness Recovery Project), Dennis Kreid (Pacific Northwest National Laboratory), Mikhail A. Molchanov (University of Victoria, British Columbia). Sponsors: REECAS/JSIS; IGRSS; Pacific Northwest National Laboratory; Ukrainian Studies Endowment Committee; Program on the Environment. Info: 543-4852. "The New Latin American City Perils and Promise of Urban Growth and Development". 3:30 pm, Communications 228. Speaker: Enrique Penaloza, Eisenhower fellow at NYU, former mayor of Bogota, Colombia, author of a forthcoming book on the "New Latin American City". Sponsor: LAS/JSIS. Info: 685-3435. Reading by Peter Oliva, author of "The City of Yes"; Aritha Van Herk, author of "Restlessness"; Nicole Markotic, author of "Minotaurs & other alphabets." 4:00 p.m., University Bookstore, 2nd Floor). Sponsor: Canadian Studies Center/JSIS. Info: 543-6269. April 27 "Covering the News From Uzbekistan for Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty (Prague)" Denny Hall 215, 12:30-1:30pm. Speaker: Adolat Najimova, RFL/RL Correspondent, Prague. Sponsors: CASG; NELC; MEC; REECAS/JSIS. Info: 543-9963 or 543-6033. * Academy Award Nominated Film, Himalaya. Egyptian Theatre, Seattle. Filmed in the forbidden Dolpo region of Nepal under the most challenging of conditions, HIMALAYA captures the fast disappearing traditions of a remote Tibetan culture. Please visit the web-site for more information: www.kino.com/himalaya. Opens in Seattle's Egyptian Cinema April 27. April 28-29 Workshop on WTO and World Trade. Time and location TBA. Sponsors: Research Center for International Economics; JSIS. Info: http://faculty.washington.edu/karyiu/confer/Sea0/index.htm May 1 Do Civilized People Commit Genocides, Ethnic Cleansings, and other Political Massacres? 6:30 - 9:30 pm, 3rd Floor Parrington Hall Commons. Speaker: Daniel Chirot, JSIS. Sponsor: Dept. of Sociology. Hors d'ouevres will be served. $25 contribution. Reservations requested. Info and reservations: 543-5882. * Title TBA. 3:30-5:00pm, Art Building, Room 317. Speaker: Jan Mrazek (Post-doctoral fellow, Leiden University), UW SEA Humanities faculty position (Art History). Sponsor: SEAS/JSIS. Info: 543-9606. May 2 International Institutions and Human Rights in Post-Soviet Ukraine. 3:30 - 5:00 p.m., Thomson 317. Speaker: Jeffrey T. Checkel, ARENA, University of Oslo. Sponsor: REECAS/JSIS. Info: 543-4852. Title TBA (Part of the Lecture Series: Project for Critical Asian Studies). 3:30 pm, Communications 206. Speaker: Naifei Ding, National Central University, Taiwan. Sponsors: Taylor Institute/JSIS; Simpson Center for the Humanities. Info: critas@u.washington.edu The Recent Canadian Election. 7:30 pm, Faculty Club Conference Room. Speaker: The Honorable Howard Pawley, former Premier of the Province of Manitoba. Members of the Faculty Club may wish to join Mr. & Mrs. Pawley at dinner in the Faculty Club at 5:30 pm. Sponsor: Canadian Studies Center. Info: 543-6269. Film: "The Decalogue, I-II" (Krzysztof Kieslowski, Poland, 1988-89). 6:00 p.m., Mary Gates Hall 234. Sponsor: REECAS/JSIS. Info: 543-4852. * Sex and the Filipino Communist. 3:30-5:00pm, location TBA. Speaker: Patricio Abinales, Center for SEA Studies, Kyoto University, Japan. Sponsor: SEAS/JSIS. Info: 543-9606. May 3 Russia's Road to a Market Economy under Putin (part of the lecture series "Putin and the New Russian Foreign Policy"). 7:30 pm, Kane Hall 210. Speaker: Anders Aslund, Senior Associate, Carnegie Endowment for International Peace. Sponsors: Henry M. Jackson Foundation; World Affairs Council; Foundation for Russian-American Economic Cooperation; REECAS/JSIS; IGRSS. Info: 543-4852. Can the European Union Solve Turkey's Kurdish Problem? 3:30-5:30 pm, Parrington Hall, The Forum. Speaker: Henri Barkey, Lehigh University. Sponsors: Center for the Study of Ethnic Conflict and Conflict Resolution, International Studies Center/JSIS. Info: 685-2707. "Dimensions of China's Retreat from Equality: Wealth, Gender, Housing, Migration, Poverty." 3:30-5:00 pm, Thomson 317. Speaker: Carl Riskin. Sponsor: China Studies Program. Info: 543-4391 "Domestic Violence Prevention Training Program in Uzbekistan: Report on an Ongoing Project of the Seattle-Tashkent Sister City Association." Denny Hall 215, 12:30-1:30 pm. Speaker: Karen Greene, Project Coordinator, Seattle. Sponsors: CASG; NELC; MEC; REECAS/JSIS. Info: 543-9963 or 543-6033. E-Europe: European Policy & Regulation in the Information Age. 8:00 am, Seattle World Trade Center. Speaker: Christopher Docksey, European Commission and European Union Fellow. Sponsors: EU Center/JSIS; Council of European Chambers of Commerce. Cost is $15, including breakfast. Info: Hungarian American Chamber of Commerce at 425-481-3669 or hacofc@aol.com. Civil Society, Gender, and Military Conscription in Germany. 3:30 pm, Raitt Hall 121. Speaker: Ute Frevert, Dept. of History, Univ. of Bielefeld, and Stanford University for Advanced Study in Behavioral Sciences. Co-Sponsors: CWES Politics and Society Colloquium/JSIS, DAAD; Germanics; History. Info: 543-1675 or cwes@u.washington.edu May 4 Boogie Woogie Music and Japan's Postwar Constitution: The Creolization of Japanese Culture in the Occupation Period. 3:30-5:00 pm, Miller 316 (new location). Speaker: John Treat, Yale University. Sponsor: Japan Studies Program. Info: 543-4391 "New Publications on Central Asia." Denny Hall 215, 12:30-1:30pm. Speaker: Ilse D. Cirtautas, Department of Near Eastern Languages & Civilization. Sponsors: CASG; NELC; MEC; REECAS/JSIS. Info: 543-9963 or 543-6033. A Conversation with Scott Ritter, Former Chief Weapons Inspector in IRAQ for the United Nations on "Iraq and Sanctions: US Policy Revisited." 11:30 am registration, 12:00 - 1:30 pm luncheon and program. Washington Athletic Club, 1325 Sixth Avenue. Sponsors: CityClub; World Affairs Council; JSIS; Washington Physicians for Social Responsibility; Washington State University; Washington Association of Churches. Cost: $25 members, $30 guests and co-presenting organizations (including JSIS faculty & staff), $35 general public. Reservations and payment due by May 1. Reservations: 682-7395. May 4 - 5 Workshop on Militaries in Democratic Reform. 9:00 am - 5:00 pm, Thomson 317. Sponsors: International Studies Center/JSIS; the Henry M. Jackson Foundation; the Institute for Global and Regional Security Studies. Info: 685-2354. Academic workshop: Integrating Institutions: Theory, Method, and the Study of the European Union. 9:00 am-4:45 pm (Friday) and 9:00 am-12:30 pm (Saturday), Parrington Forum, 3rd Floor Parrington Hall. Sponsors: EU Center/JSIS, REECAS, Political Science. Info: 616-2415 or euc@u.washington.edu May 5 * Half-day workshop for educators and the public: "The New World of Corporate Accountability, With Special Focus on the Case of Unocal in Burma." 8:30-12:30pm, Parrington Commons. Registration fee: $10 (please contact Global Source Education: info@GlobalSourceNetwork.org or call 781-8060) May 5-6 Crossing Borders: An Inquiry Into Self, Place and Identity (literary and film event to benefit Chaya, an organization serving South Asian women in crisis). Saturday literary events at Town Hall, 1119 8th Ave. Sunday film events at Seattle Art Museum, 100 University Street. For further info, including tickets, visit www.chayaseattle.org or call 275-2493. May 7 Europeanization and the Dynamics and Mechanics of Economic Policy Adjustment. 3:30 pm, Lower Conference Room, Faculty Club. Speaker: Vivien Schmidt, Boston University. Sponsor: EU Center/JSIS. Info: 616-2415 or euc@u.washington.edu * Living Silence: Burma Under Military Rule. 3:30-5:00pm, Thomson 317. Speaker: Christina Fink, Anthropologist and author. Dr. Fink will also be speaking at the UW Bookstore on Tuesday, May 8 at 7pm. Sponsor: SEAS/JSIS. Info: 543-9606. May 7, 9, and 14 Post-Traditional Jewish Identities (Samuel and Althea Stroum Lecture 2001). 8:00 pm, Kane Hall 220. Speaker: Professor Paul Mendes-Flohr, Hebrew University of Jerusalem. May 7: "Cultural Disjunctions and Modern Jewish Identity." May 9: "Jewish Cultural Memory: Its Multiple Configurations." May 14: "Jewish Learning, Jewish Hope." Sponsor: Jewish Studies Program/JSIS. Info: 543-4243. Global Teach, a series of seminars for K-12 educators, presents US-Canadian Relations: Environmental Issues Impacting Washington and British Columbia. 4:15 - 7p.m. UW Hub 310. Ann Lesperance, Senior Research Scientist, Environmental Policy and Planning, Battelle; David Fraser, Puget Sound Georgia Basin, Coordinator for Environment Canada; Melanie Luh, Director External Affairs, EPA; and Michael Rylko, Puget Sound Basin Coordinator, EPA. A panel of UW students from Canada will provide their own perspectives on culture and current issues and answer questions from teachers. Sponsored by the World Affairs Council & the Canadian Studies Center/ JSIS. For registration information, contact Tese at the World Affairs Council at tneighbor@world-affairs.org or 441-5910 ext 27. May 8 Colloquium: Professor Paul Mendes-Flohr, Hebrew University of Jerusalem. Thomson 317, 3:30 p.m. * The EU and the Search for a Multilateral Round of Trade Negotiations. 3:30 pm, Faculty Club Lower Conference Room. Speaker: Bart Kerremans, Centre for Peace Research and Strategic Studies (CPRS), Catholic University of Leuven. Sponsors: EU Center/JSIS. Info: 616-2415 or euc@u.washington.edu May 9 The Emergence of Canadian Cinema: The Making of an Industry through Government Policy (part of the series "International Updates: Trends and Transitions in Your World") 5:30 - 8:00 pm, Kane Hall, Walker-Ames Room. Speaker: Darryl Macdonald, Director, Seattle International Film Festival. Sponsors: Jackson School Outreach Centers/JSIS, CIBER, Canadian Studies Center; Canada-America Society. Cost for dinner/lecture is $22. Registration & info: 543-1675. Film: "The Decalogue, III-IV" (Krzysztof Kieslowski, Poland, 1988-89). 6:00 p.m., Mary Gates Hall 234. Sponsor: REECAS/JSIS. Info: 543-4852. Reflections on the Social and Political Roles of Bathhouses in Early Islamic Syria. 1:30-3:20, Thomson 317. Speaker: Lara G. Tohme, Aga Khan Fellow of Islamic Architecture, MIT; and visiting scholar, Middle East Center. Sponsor: Middle East Center/JSIS. Info: 543-4227. * An Introduction to Dzogchen. 7:00 pm, Kane Hall 210. Speaker: Chogyal Namkhai Norbu Rinpoche, Prof. of Tibetan and Mongolian Culture, Instituto Orientale, Univ. of Naples. Sponsors: UW Tibetan Language Association; Comparative Religion Program/JSIS. Cost: Suggested donation $10; $5 for UW students with ID. $10 tickets may only be purchased at Mandala Books, University Ave. Info: 890-4065. May 10 Putin's Nature: A Cautionary Fable (part of the lecture series "Putin and the New Russian Foreign Policy"). 7:30 pm, Kane Hall 210. Speaker: Steven Solnick, Dept. of Political Science, Columbia University. Sponsors: Henry M. Jackson Foundation; World Affairs Council; Foundation for Russian-American Economic Cooperation; REECAS/JSIS; IGRSS. Info: 543-4852. Fiber Art Movement in Postwar Japan. 7:00 pm, Henry Auditorium, Henry Art Gallery. Speaker: Yoshiko I. Wada, University of California, Berkeley. Sponsors: Japan America Society; Japan Studies Program/JSIS. Info: 543-4391. Ghostly Interior: House, Home and Archive in Attia Hosain's Sunlight on a Broken Column (part of the lecture series "Modern Girl Around the World"). 3:00 pm, Walker-Ames Room, Kane Hall. Speaker: Antoinette Burton, Dept. of History, Univ. of Illinois. Sponsors: Taylor Institute for Transnational Studies; JSIS; Simpson Center for the Humanities; CWES. Info: 616-1190. "New Publications on/in Kazakhstan." Denny Hall 215, 12:30-1:30pm. Speaker: Talgat Imangaliev, Graduate Student, Near Eastern Languages & Civilization. Sponsors: CASG; NELC; MEC; REECAS/JSIS. Info: 543-9963 or 543-6033. Willing Europeans: Preventing Ethno-National Conflict in Macedonia. 3:30 - 5:00 pm, Parrington Forum. Speaker: Anastasia Karakasidou, Wellesley College. Sponsor: Center for the Study of Ethnic Conflict and Conflict Resolution, International Studies Center/JSIS. Info: 685-2707. May 11 "Infrastructure Investment and Industrialization in Postwar Asia: How Relevant is Japan?" 3:30-5:00, Room 317. Speaker: Carl Mosk, University of Victoria. Sponsor: Japan Studies Program. Info: 543-4391 "New Publications on/in Uzbekistan." Denny Hall 215, 12:30-1:30pm. Speaker: Ilse D. Cirtautas, NELC. Sponsors: CASG; NELC; MEC; REECAS/JSIS. Info: 543-9963 or 543-6033. May 12 Diversity in Spain (four films about Spain and its geographical and cultural diversity). 8:30 am - 5:00 pm, BLM 413. Sponsor: Center for Spanish Studies. Info: 221-6571. Mainstreaming India (workshop on the importance of teaching about India in K-12 schools). 9:00 am - 4:00 pm, Lake Washington School District Administration and Resource Center, 16250 NE 74th St., Redmond Town Center. Sponsor: South Asia Center/JSIS. Info: 543-4800. May 15 * Multinational Corporations and Globalization. 3;30 pm, Condon Hall 109 (1100 NE Campus Parkway). Speaker: David Korten, Founder & President, People-Centered Development Forum. Sponsor: Law School. Info: 543-0524. May 16 Putin as the Un-Yeltsin: A Sea Change in Russian Foreign Policy (part of the lecture series "Putin and the New Russian Foreign Policy"). 6:30 pm, Kane Hall 120. Speaker: Strobe Talbott, Former U.S. Deputy Secretary of State. Sponsors: Henry M. Jackson Foundation; World Affairs Council; Foundation for Russian-American Economic Cooperation; Seattle Post-Intelligencer; REECAS/JSIS; IGRSS. Info: 543-4852. (Re)Building a Sustainable Peace in El Salvador. 12:30 pm, Thomson 317. Speaker: Jose "Chencho Alas, Foundation for Self-Sufficiency in Central America. Sponsors: LAS/JSIS; Foundation for Self-Sufficiency in Central America. Info: 685-3435. * Looking for Truth in the Midst of Crisis: The Cost of the Past in Indonesia. 3:30-5:00pm, Thomson 317. Speaker: Mary Zurbuchen, Visiting Professor, Department of East Asian Languages and Cultures, University of California-Los Angeles. Sponsor: SEAS/JSIS. Info: 543-9606. May 17 What Happened to the Oslo Peace Process? (New Title) (Part of the series on Ethnic conflict in the Modern World). 3:30 pm, Parrington Hall Forum. Speaker: Joel Beinin, Stanford University. Sponsor: Center for the Study of Ethnic Conflict and Conflict Resolution, International Studies/JSIS. Info: 685-2707 "New Publications in/on Kirghizstan." Denny Hall 215, 12:30-1:30pm. Speaker: Ilse D. Cirtautas, NELC. Sponsors: CASG; NELC; MEC; REECAS/JSIS. Info: 543-9963 or 543-6033. Film: "The Decalogue, V-VI" (Krzysztof Kieslowski, Poland, 1988-89). 6:00 p.m., Mary Gates Hall 234. Sponsor: REECAS/JSIS. Info: 543-4852. May 18 Moga: The Modern Girl in Japan (Part of the lecture series "Modern Girl Around the World"). 3:30- 5:00 pm, Thomson 317. Speaker: Miriam Silverberg, Dept. of History, UCLA. Sponsors: Taylor Institute for Transnational Studies; Simpson Center for the Humanities; Japan Studies Program/JSIS. Info: 616-1190. "Kirghiz Students Studying Abroad and Their Contributions to Kirghiz Society." Denny Hall 215, 12:30-1:30pm. Speaker: Anara Jamasheva, Head, IREX-Educational Information Center, Bishkek. Sponsors: CASG; NELC; MEC; REECAS/JSIS. Info: 543-9963 or 543-6033. May 18 - 19 * Indigenous Mobilization in the Americas: Forging Hemispheric Ties. A Conference with First Nations Speakers from Latin America, Canada, and the United States. May 18, 7:00 pm, Sieg Hall 134. Keynote Address: speaker TBA. May 19, 9:00 am-5:00 pm panels; 7-9 pm film screening, Sieg Hall 134. Panel discussions on sovereignty, legal & land issues, cultural revitalization and education. For details, visit: http://jsis.artsci.washington.edu/programs/latinam UW Sponsors: Latin American Studies Program, JSIS; Walter Chapin Simpson Center for the Humanities; Canadian Studies, JSIS; Division of Spanish and Portuguese; Spanish Resource Center; American Ethnic Studies Department; Department of Anthropology; UW-First Nations Community Sponsors: People for Justice in Chile, El Centro de la Raza, Washington State-Chile Partners for the Americas. For more information contact LAS-JSIS, 206-685-3435; lasuw@u.washington.edu May 18 - 20 Conference on Indigenous Mobilization in the Americas. Time, location and other details TBA. Sponsor: LAS/JSIS. Info: 685-3435. May 19 Educator's Workshop: "Haida & Inuit Art, Emily Carr and the Group of Seven: Teach About Canada Through Art. 8:30 - 4:30 pm, UW location TBA. Overview of Canadian art history including Northwest Coast native Art. Cost: $40 includes 8 clock hours/coffee/muffins/lunch. Registration & info: 543-6269. May 21 The Diasporic Crow and the Fabulization of Instinct: How Natural History Enters General History around the Indian Ocean (Part of the Colloquium Series "Whose nature? Conflicting Interests and Perceptions"). 3:30 - 5:00, Mary Gates Hall, Room 241. Speaker: Paul Greenough, Dept. of History, University of Iowa. Sponsor: South Asia Center/JSIS. Info: 543-4800. * Positive Identity: Women living with HIV in Thailand's Northeast. Time and location TBA. Speaker: Suchada Thaweesit, Anthropology, Ubon Ratchathani University, Thailand. Sponsor: SEAS/JSIS. Info: 543-9606. May 22 Narratives of German Jewish Refugees in 1930s New York City. 3:30 pm, Thomson 317. Speaker: Judith Gerson, Sociology and Women's Studies, Rutgers University. Sponsors: Jewish Studies Program/JSIS; Germanics; Women's Studies. Info: 543-4243. Two Workshops for Spanish Teachers. 4:00 - 8:00 pm, Loew 102. Workshop Leader: Oscar Cerrolaza, Spanish consultant. Sponsor: Center for Spanish Studies. Info: 221-6571. The Andrew Markus Lecture: Cognitive Approaches to Chinese Historical Linguistics. 8:00 pm, Walker-Ames Room, Kane Hall. Speaker: Christoph Harbsmeier, Univ. of Oslo. Sponsor: Asian L&L. Info: 543-4996. May 23 The Cultural Politics of Wildlife Policy in India (part of the series "International Updates: Trends and Transitions in Your World") 5:30 - 8:00 pm, Kane Hall, Walker-Ames Room. Speaker: Kalayanakrishnan Sivaramakrishnan, Dept. of Anthropology. Sponsors: Jackson School Outreach Centers/JSIS, CIBER, South Asia Center. Cost for dinner/lecture is $22. Registration & info: 543-1675. Visualizing Power: Illustrated Histories of the Ottoman Dynasty. 1:30-3:20 pm, Thomson Hall, 317. Speaker: Serpil Bagci, Associate Professor of Art History, Hacettept University, Turkey. Sponsors: Walter Chapin Simpson Center for the Humanities, Middle East Center/JSIS, and International Studies Center/JSIS. Info: 685-2354. Zagreb Everywhere: An Unorthodox Lecture on the City of Zagreb, Croatia (incorporating video, sound and the spoken word). 8:00 p.m., Mary Gates Hall Room 231. Speaker: Gordana Crnvovic, Slavic L&L, UW. Sponsored by Slavic L&L, REECAS/JSIS, Comparative Literature and the Jack Straw Foundation's Artist Support Program. Info: 543-6848. Film: "The Decalogue, VII-VIII" (Krzysztof Kieslowski, Poland, 1988-89). 6:00 p.m., Mary Gates Hall 234. Sponsor: REECAS/JSIS. Info: 543-4852. May 24 Slide Show/Reading: "Labrador: Canada's Forgotten Frontier." 7:30 - 9:00 pm, University Book Store, 2nd Floor Reading Space. Speaker: Lynne Fitzhugh, Author. Sponsor: Canadian Studies Center/JSIS. Info: 543-6269. Russia's Unfinished Revolution: The Protracted Transition from Communism to Democracy (part of the lecture series "Putin and the New Russian Foreign Policy"). 7:30 pm, Kane Hall 210. Speaker: Michael McFaul, Senior Associate, Carnegie Endowment for International Peace. Sponsors: Henry M. Jackson Foundation; World Affairs Council; Foundation for Russian-American Economic Cooperation; REECAS/JSIS. Info: 543-4852. Labor Migration, Transnational Communities, and State Strategies in East Asia. 3:30 - 5:30 pm, Parrington Forum. Speaker: Stephen Castles, Oxford University. Sponsor: Center for the Study of Ethnic conflict and Conflict Resolution, International Studies Center, JSIS. Info: 685-2707. May 26 13th Annual Nicholas Poppe Symposium on Central/Inner Asian Studies. Denny Hall 215, 8:30-6:00pm. Preliminary List of Presentations: "International Programs and Their Effects on Kirghizstan's Educational System" (Anara Jamasheva, Head, IREX-Educational Information Center, Bishkek, Kirghizstan). "Recent Legislation on Land Reform in Kazakhstan" (Zhakshylyk Khuseinov, former Advisor to the President and Parliament of Kazakhstan; Visiting Scholar, Russian, East European and Central Asian Program (REECAS), University of Washington). "Land Reforms in Kirghizstan" (Renee Giovarelli, J.D., LL.M, Staff Attorney, Rural Development Institute, Seattle). "The Deportation of the Karachai People from the Caucasus to Central Asia in 1943: Eyewitness Accounts" (Zulfiya Lafi, former Representative of the International Research and Exchange Board (IREX) in Kazakhstan and Central Asia ). "Women in Uzbekistan Since Independence" (Adolat Najimova, RFE/RL Correspondent, Prague). "Abdulla Qodiriy's (1894-1938) Influence on the Uzbek Literary Language" (Ilse D. Cirtautas, Near Eastern Languages & Civilization, University of Washington). "On Vowel Harmony in Turkmen" (Tim Miller, Graduate Student, Near Eastern Languages & Civilization, University of Washington). Info: 543-9963. May 30 Film: "The Decalogue, IX-X" (Krzysztof Kieslowski, Poland, 1988-89). 6:00 p.m., Mary Gates Hall 234. Sponsor: REECAS/JSIS. Info: 543-4852. June 1 Reading and Storytelling with Canadian Inuk Writer Michael Kusagak. 7:00 pm, Kane Hall 210. Sponsor: Canadian Studies Center/JSIS. Cost: $10. Registration & info: 543-6269. * Southeast Asia Center spring reception. 4:30-6:30pm, location TBA. Friends, food and drinks! Info: 543-9606. June 2 Educator's Mosaic Workshop: "Northern Dreams: Art, Life and the Environment in the Far North." 8:30 - 4:30 pm, UW location TBA. Workshop for K-7 educators includes overview of the history and geography of Siberia, Greenland and far north in Russia; representatives from three countries will give insider's view of traditional life and culture; and sessions devoted to storytelling, mythology, northern music, and arts & crafts. Extensive information packets. Sponsors: Canadian Studies Center/JSIS; REECAS; CWES. Cost: $45 includes eight clock hours, coffee/muffins and lunch. Registration and info: 543-6269. June 5 Stigma, Acceptance, and the End to Liminality: Jews and Christians in Early Modern Italy. 1:30 pm, Thomson 317. Speaker: Ken Stow, University of Haifa (former Stroum Professor). Sponsor: Jewish Studies Program/JSIS. Info: 543-4243. June 11 Reading by Nancy Pagh and Laurie Ricou. 7:00 pm, University Bookstore. Nancy Pagh ill read from her book entitled at home Afloat; Women on the Waters of the Pacific Northwest Considering accounts written by Northwest Coast marine tourists between 1861 and 1990. Laurie Ricou will read from her new book entitled, The Arbutus/Madone Files; Reading the Pacific Northwest. The first book-length commentary on twentieth-century Pacific Northwest writing, The Arbutus/Madrone Files explores the dynamics of the Pacific Northwest. Co-Sponsered by the Canadian Studies Center and the University of Washington Bookstore. Call 206.221.6374 for info. June 27-29 * Jackson School Joint Outreach Summer Seminar. Time and location TBA. SEA speaker: Paul Stange, Prof. History, Murdoch University, Australia. Parangtritis: a Javanese Sacred Site in troubled times. Info: 543-9606. ______________________________________________________________________________ Abbreviations and Web site addresses for more detailed information: Asian L&L = Department of Asian Languages & Literature CANSTUD = Canadian Studies Program/JSIS http://jsis.artsci.washington.edu/programs/canada/canada.html CASG = Central Asian Studies Group/NELC 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 http://jsis.artsci.washington.edu/programs/cwesuw/index.html GEOG = Dept. of Geography http://depts.washington.edu/geog/news/colloquium.html GTI = George Taylor Institute Depts.washington.edu/tayloruw/seminars.htm GTTL = Global Trade, Transportation & Logistics Studies IGRSS = Inst. For Global and Regional Security Studies IIP = Institute for International Policy www.iip.washington.edu IS = Center for International Studies/JSIS http://jsis.artsci.washington.edu/programs/is/is-ctr.html JSIS = The Henry M. Jackson School of International Studies LAS = Latin American Studies Program/JSIS MEC = Middle East Center/JSIS http://jsis.artsci.washington.edu/programs/mideast/events.htm NELC = Department of Near Eastern Languages & Civilization REECAS = Russian, East European, and Central Asia Studies, JSIS http://depts.washington.edu/reecas SEAS = Southeast Asia Studies/JSIS http://jsis.artsci.washington.edu/programs/seasia/seasia.html Slavic L&L = Department of Slavic Languages & Literature SMA = School of Marine Affairs ****************************************************************************** The Jackson School Calendar is updated and e-mailed weekly. There is no charge for subscribing. 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