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Scroll down for complete details. * Unless stated otherwise, all events will take place on the main campus of the University of Washington, Seattle. Click here to receive the JSIS Calendar by email November & December Beneath the Banyan Tree January, February & March Music in American Cultures January 23 Common Knowledge and Nuclear Deterrence Uighur Film: Amannisahan The Rise and Impact of Emerging Institutions in the Soviet Successor States What's Wrong with Conflict Prevention in Africa: Reflections on a recent tour of Africa on behalf of the European Union January 24 Anamika - Live in Concert! January 25 Tashkent-bound for Navruz 2004 January 27 Growing the World's Best Cotton in Egypt: The Ecological Crisis that Wasn't and Why It Is Important January 28 Of Grave Concern: Burial Reforms and the Politics of Public Health in Late Colonial and Early Republican Peru Blinded by Social Distance--On the inability to Produce a Record of Killings between Neighbors Bullets and Ballots: Militaries in South and Southeast Asian Politics January 29 Thoughts on the Culture of the Uighurs: Response to the Presentations of January 22 and 23 Gains, Losses and/or Potential Possibilities: Gender and Social Reforms in Colonial North India Women on the Move: Women's Kinship, Residence and Networks in Rural China Domestic Violence in Mexico: From Complicity to Action China's Economic Transformation: Global Implications A Fixed Abode beyond the Jordan? Space and Place in Jewish and Muslim Conceptions of the Promised Land Bilingual Readings from Poems of the Masters: China's Classic Anthology of T'ang and Sung Dynasty Verse and The Collected Songs of Cold Mountain January 30 Sustainable Development and Engagement: Meeting New Challenges in a Changing World The Class and Racial Politics of the Autonomist Project in Post-Emancipation Puerto Rico (1870s-1898) Chinese Political Control and Settlements in Xinjiang Contentious Claims Making and the Enlargement of the EU: Social Movements in Domestic and Supranational European Politics January 31 The Fortunes of a Folk Tradition: A Chinese New Year Presentation February 3 The Crazed. A book reading. February 4 The Islamic Pulpit as a Medium of Public February 5 Khoomei: The Tuvan Linguistic and Cultural Setting of Throat Singing February 6 The Nomadic Heritage of the Kyrgyz and Islam Salsa Music Lecture and Demonstration Chilean Labor Organizing and State Relations during the Popular Front Era and Its Implications during the Cold War February 9 Monthly Global Discussion Series: Korea February 10 Investor Perceptions of Russia's Business Climate February 11 Perspectives on Chinese-Russian Relations February 12 Calligraphy and Islamic Architectural Compositions February 13 Uzbek Documentary: Historical Sites of Bukhara, Khiva, and Samarkand February 18 The Right of Return and the Demise of the Two-State Solution in Palestine Monks, Guns, and Rice: Theravada Buddhism, Political Violence, and Social Injustice February 19 Linking Scientific and Lay Assessments of Pollution from Township and Village Enterprises: A Case Study from Sichuan Province February 20 Fetishizing a Medieval Japanese Text: Fujiwara No Teika's Diary of the Brilliant Moon February 26 Buddhist Paintings of Kizil Caves Mormonism's Promised Land: Zion, America, and the Quest for a Perfect Place March 1 The U.S. and Japan in the 21st Century March 8 Monthly Global Discussion Series: Russia March 18 The Promised Land: Islamic Concepts March 24 The U.S. and Japan in the 21st Century April 5 Wild Grass April 28 Saudi Arabia and the United States: A Relationship in Transition May 27 Go Down Moses: African-American Slaves and the Promised Land. Full Listings 2004 November & December Beneath the Banyan Tree. This exhibit will take place in 102 Suzzallo Library. The exhibition will focus on four major forms of performed North Indian folk art that capture the intersection of ritual, performance and art in the living traditions of North India. The art forms include: (1) terracotta and brass (cire perdue) sculptures that represent the deities and serve as offerings to them; (2) pata, storytelling scrolls made and performed in West Bengal; (3) women's paintings from the Mithala region of Bihar, which create auspiciousness for their life cycle rituals and tell the stories of the gods and goddesses that enliven lives there; (4) Rajasthani par, or large scrolls which are used by singers to tell epic stories in the western state of Rajasthan. cosponsored by the Libraries and the South Asia Center. January, February, March Music in American Cultures. Presentations on African American, Jewish American Puerto Rican, and Asian American music and culture. 5:00-6:00 PM on most Thursdays, 213 Music Bldg. The series is organized by Professor Shannon Dudley, in conjunction with his class, Music in American Cultures, which is cross-listed between the School of Music and American Ethnic Studies. Funding for the lectures, as well as associated workshops and concerts, is provided by the Seattle Partnership for American Popular music, a collaboration between the School of Music, the Experience Music Project, and KEXP radio, funded by a gift from the Allen Foundation. All lectures are free and open to the public. January 23 Common Knowledge and Nuclear Deterrence. Noon, 1A Gowen. Speaker: David J. Holloway, Stanford University. Discussion Forum. Sponsored by Pacific Northwest Colloquium on International Security, JSIS/REECAS. For info, contact Terence Lee at tcllee@u.washington.edu January 23 Uighur Film: Amannisahan. 12:30-2:00 PM, 215 Denny Hall. This film is produced by Tienshan Film Studio, Xinjiang, 1994(?) The film is based on the life and work of Amannisahan, an outstanding Uighur woman of the 16th century. Educated by her father, a distinguished musician of his time, and supported by her husband the king of Yarkend, she devoted her life to the collection and promotion of Uighur music. January 23 The Rise and Impact of Emerging Institutions in the Soviet Successor States. 12:00-1:30 PM, 1A Gowen Hall. Speaker: Pauline Jones Luong, Associate Professor in the Department of Political Science, Yale. Dr. Jones Luong received her Ph.D. from Harvard University in 1998 and was an Academy Scholar at the Harvard Academy for International and Area Studies from 1998-1999 and 2001-2002. Her primary research interests include: institutional origin and change; ethnic identity, cooperation, and conflict; and the political economy of development. Her area of focus is the former Soviet Union, particularly the newly independent Central Asian states. January 23 What's Wrong with Conflict Prevention in Africa: Reflections on a recent tour of Africa on behalf of the European Union, 2:30-4:00 PM, Parrington Hall, The Forum, 3rd Floor. Speaker: Rene Lemarchand is Emeritus Professor of Political Science at the University of Florida. He has written extensively on Central Africa, including Rwanda, Burundi and the Congo. He has served as USAID Regional Advisor for West Africa on issues of democracy and governance in Abidjan (1992-96) and Ghana (1996-98), and more recently as a consultant to the European Union. He has served as visiting professor at Smith College, Concordia University (Montreal), Berkeley, and the Universities of Copenhagen, Bordeaux, Helsinki, and Antwerp. His book on RWANDA AND BURUNDI received the Herskovits Award in 1971. Sponsored by International Studies Center/JSIS and Program on Africa. FREE and open to the public! For information, contact Tamara Leonard at (206) 685-2354 or tleonard@u.washington.edu January 24 Anamika - Live in Concert! 7:00 PM, HUB Auditorium. Anamika is a twelve member South Asian band who has brought crowds out of their seats many times in the past. They will definitely do the same this Saturday as they will be playing a wide variety of music including current South Asian hits, modern dance songs, a rock song by the Pakistani band Junoon, and a few classics. Their music gains its own unique style as it infuses Western instruments. Tickets, which are $4 for students and $7 for non-students, are currently being sold on Seattle Indian's website at http://www.seattleindian.com/seattle/. There you can easily purchase tickets using a credit or debit card. You can get the direct link to tickets webpage by visiting SASA's website and clicking on the Seattle Indian banner. Tickets will also be sold at the door. January 25 Tashkent-bound for Navruz 2004. 2:00 PM, 215A Denny Hall. Planning for the 30th Anniversary Celebration of the Seattle-Tashkent Sister City Relationship in Tashkent, March 21 (Navruz) 2004. Focus will be on reeconnecting with the people of Uzbekistan in four areas: Education, Health, the Arts, Women's and Children's Concerns. All interested in going, please plan to attend the first information session organized by the Seattle-Tashkent Sister City Association Board. January 27 Growing the World's Best Cotton in Egypt: The Ecological Crisis that Wasn't and Why It Is Important. 3:30 PM, 317 Thomson. Speaker: Ellis Goldberg, Director, Middle East Center; Professor, Political Science. Sponsored by the Middle East Center. Contact: 206-543-4227. January 28 Of Grave Concern: Burial Reforms and the Politics of Public Health in Late Colonial and Early Republican Peru. 3:30-5:00 PM, 120 Smith Hall. Speaker: Adam Warren is a candidate for the Latin American History position in the History department. Students and faculty are encouraged to attend. All are welcome. For more information email vrafael@u.washington.edu. January 28 Bullets and Ballots: Militaries in South and Southeast Asian Politics. 5:30 PM, Walker-Ames room, Kane Hall. Speaker: Professor Mary Callahan presentation on the role of militaries in the political process of South and Southeast Asian nations, with a special emphasis on Myanmar and Pakistan. Cost is $25, and includes the talk, Q&A session, dinner, wine and clock hours. To register, send in this form with payment at least one week in advance. Last Name_______________________________ First Name_______________________________ Address_________________________________ City____________________________________ State_______________ Zip Code_____________ Daytime Telephone________________________ FAX____________________________________ Email___________________________________ Teachers also please indicate: School/School District______________________ Grade Level Taught________________________ Please mail this registration form and fees of $25.00 per session, per person (payable to the University of Washington) to: International Updates Registration c/o REECAS University of Washington Box 353650 Seattle, WA 98195-3650 For more information call 206-543-4852 or e-mail reecas@u.washington.edu. January 28 Blinded by Social Distance--On the inability to Produce a Record of Killings between Neighbors. 7:30 PM, 226 Communications Bldg. Speaker: Jan Gross, New York University. Historicizing Genocide: The Holocaust in Comparative Perspective Lecture Series Sponsors: REECAS, CWES, Institute for Transnational Studies, et al. For more information on sponsors and event see http://depts.washington.edu/its/genocide.html. January 29 Thoughts on the Culture of the Uighurs: Response to the Presentations of January 22 and 23. 12:30-1:30 PM, 215 Denny Hall. Speaker: Hamit Zakir, Lecturer in Uighur Studies, UW. January 29 Gains, Losses and/or Potential Possibilities: Gender and Social Reforms in Colonial North India. 3:30 PM, CMU 226. Speaker: Charu Gupta, Visiting Professor, University of Delhi. Sponsored by the South Asia Center and the Simpson Center for the Humanities. January 29 Women on the Move: Women's Kinship, Residence and Networks in Rural China. 3:30 PM, 317 Thomson Hall. Speaker: Ellen Judd, Professor of Anthroplogy, University of Manitoba. Sponsored by the China Studies Program, Henry M. Jackson School of International Studies. January 29 Domestic Violence in Mexico: From Complicity to Action. 3:30-5:00 PM, Cunningham Hall Women's Center. Speaker: Dr. Blanca Rico will share the results from a national survey she helped implement on domestic violence (mainly partner's violence) in health care settings, (almost 26,000 women were interviewed and 8,000 health providers). No charge; open to campus & community. Call (206) 685-1090 to register, space is limited! January 29 China's Economic Transformation: Global Implications. 7:30 PM, 110 Kane Hall. Speaker: Professor Dwight H. Perkins. Dwight H. Perkins is the Harold Hitchings Burbank Professor of Political Economy of Harvard University and the Director of Harvard University Asia Center. He joined the Harvard University faculty in 1963. Perkins has authored or edited twelve books and over one hundred articles on economic development, with special references to the economies of China, Korea, Vietnam and the other nations of East and Southeast Asia. He has served as an advisor or consultant on economic policy and reform to the governments of Korea, China, Malaysia, Vietnam, Indonesia, and Papua New Guinea. He has also been a long-term consultant to the World Bank, the Ford Foundation, various private corporations, and agencies of the U.S. government, including the U.S. Senate Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations (then chaired by Senator Henry M. Jackson). He served in the U.S. Navy, received his B.A. from Cornell University in Far Eastern Studies in 1956, and his M.A. and Ph.D. in economics from Harvard University in 1961 and 1964. The Henry M. Jackson Foundation, Memorial Lecture. Event is free. January 29 A Fixed Abode beyond the Jordan? Space and Place in Jewish and Muslim Conceptions of the Promised Land. 7:30 PM, 210 Kane Hall. Speaker: Reuven Firestone, Professor, Medieval Judaism and Islam, Hebrew Union College. Part of the series "The Promised Land: Place and the Creation of Community in Religious Traditions." Funded in part by the Tillie and Alfred Shemanski Foundation. Sponsored by the Middle East Center. Contact: tel: 206-543-4227. January 29 Bilingual Readings from Poems of the Masters: China's Classic Anthology of T'ang and Sung Dynasty Verse and The Collected Songs of Cold Mountain. 7:00 PM, at the Seattle Asian Art Museum. Speaker: Red Pine, one of the world's foremost translators of Chinese literary and religious texts, will read as a benefit for Copper Canyon Press. The event will feature bilingual readings as well as a slide show and talk about Chinese poetry and its hermit tradition. Following the reading, there will be a reception and book signing. Bill Porter (who assumes his Chinese name Red Pine for his translation work) ended his studies at Columbia University halfway through a Ph.D. program and moved to a Buddhist monastery in Taiwan. After years of monastic life he worked as a radio journalist in Taiwan and China. He also traveled throughout China, researching and writing a book, Road to Heaven: Encounters with Chinese Hermits. He is the award-winning translator and author of ten books, and is currently working on a translation of the Heart Sutra. Red Pine's latest work, Poems of the Masters, is the most widely read and studied anthology of poetry in China, yet had never before been translated into English. It includes the most-quoted poems in the Chinese language by the greatest poets of the tradition-Tu Fu, Li Pai, and Wang Wei-as well as writers little known in the West. This event is co-presented with KUOW 94.9, The Elliott Bay Book Company and, Open Books: A Poem Emporium. Open seating tickets are available for $25.00 through Copper Canyon Press (877.501.1393 or poetry@coppercanyonpress.org), Elliott Bay (206.624.6600), and Open Books (206.633.0811). Please forward this message to anyone who may be interested. For more information, please contact Angela Garbes at 360/385.4925 x104 or angela@coppercanyonpress.org January 30 Sustainable Development and Engagement: Meeting New Challenges in a Changing World. 9:00-11:00 AM, 308 Parrington Hall, Commons. Speaker: Congressman Adam Smith, Ninth District, Washington. There are a host of policies that the United States could adopt to make US foreign aid as effective as possible-including debt forgiveness, increased funding for student exchange programs, an improved Peace Corps, increased funding to the global health initiative, and expanding microcredit programs. Congressman Adam Smith will discuss two areas that he believes should be priorities: education and sustainable development. Following his remarks, a panel of international Fellows from the University of Washington's Population Leadership Program will share their comments. Respondents include: Ms. Halima Ben Umar (NIGERIA), Program Officer, Johns Hopkins University Center for Communication Programs; Dr. Carlos Guarnizo Olivera (PERU), Health Promotion Program Manager; and Mr. Ramon San Pascual (PHILIPPINES), Deputy Executive Director, Philippine Legislators Committee on Population and Development. Sponsored by: The Marc Lindenberg Center for Humanitarian Action, International Development and Global Citizenship; The Forum at the Evans School; CARE; and the Evans School's International Affairs Gateway. January 30 Chinese Political Control and Settlements in Xinjiang. 12:30-1:30 pm, 215 Denny Hall. Speaker: Peter Lavelle, Prospective Graduate Student, UW. January 30 The Class and Racial Politics of the Autonomist Project in Post-Emancipation Puerto Rico (1870s-1898). 3:30-5:00 PM, 205 Smith Hall. Speaker: Ileana Rodriguez-Silva. Rodriguez-Silva is a candidate for the Latin American History position in the History Department. Students and faculty are encouraged to attend. All are welcome. For more information email vrafael@u.washington.edu. January 30 Contentious Claims Making and the Enlargement of the EU: Social Movements in Domestic and Supranational European Politics. 3:30-5:00 PM, 209 Savery. Speaker: Doug Imig, University of Memphis. As the EU prepares to welcome its largest class of new entrants, we are beginning to see a rise in levels of contentious collective action in both current and prospective member states as both sets of nations brace for integration. What is the picture of contentious politics on both sides of the EU's borders? What lessons can we draw from the experience of the existing member states that would help us better understand the situation in aspiring member states? Is protest over integration of these new states likely to be epiphenomenal? Or is contentious claimsmaking instead likely to become a lasting part of the repertoire of domestic groups struggling to be heard in national and - increasingly - in supranational politics? January 31 The Fortunes of a Folk Tradition: A Chinese New Year Presentation. 1:00 PM, the Burke Museum, the Burke Room. Speaker: Professor Madeleine Yue Dong, a slide lecture exploring the changes in popular images displayed during the Chinese New Year, including prints from the Qing Dynasty, calendar posters in Shanghai in the 1920s and 30s, and reformed New Year pictures from the Communist based areas during the 1940s. This lecture is presented as part of a series of Saturday afternoon lectures on subjects surrounding the Chinese New Year. Complementing the lecture series is a display entitled Chinese Door Gods: A Changing New Year Tradition, on view through Feb. 22 and featuring the Burke's collection of Nianhua, brightly painted woodcut prints of door gods. Chinese families traditionally affix door gods to their doors and walls as decoration for the holiday and to bring the family good luck in the New Year. The Burke Lobby has a small display, with a larger complementary collection on view at Suzzallo Library Gallery. The Burke Museum is located at the corner of NE 45th St and 17th Ave NE on the University of Washington campus in Seattle. Hours are 10 am to 5 pm daily, and until 8 pm on the first Thursday of each month. Admission is $6.50 Adult (18-64), $5 senior (65+), $4 youth/students (w/ID), and FREE to children 4 and under. Admission is free to Burke members, UW students, faculty, and staff, and to the public on the first Thursday of each month. An additional fee may apply for special exhibits and programs. For 24-hour recorded information, please call 206-543-5590 or visit www.burkemuseum.org. February 3 The Crazed. 7:00-9:00 PM, Parrington Hall, The Commons. Speaker: Ha Jin, reading from his new book. In The Crazed, novelist and poet Ha Jin brings forth another tale of life in the moral and political labyrinth of China. Se t in 1989, it tells the story of a young graduate student, Jian Wan, who is assigned the task of caring for his stroke-addled poetry instructor. Listening to his former mentor babble about everything from an extramarital affair to his regrets about pursuing an academic life, he's moved to set aside his own scholarly aspirations and seek an "active" existence. The plan destroys both his relationship with his fiancée and his future in his own country. Wan, in an attempt to prove his worthiness, tries to join the protesters at Tiananmen Square. He almost loses his life in the process and is forced to flee China. Born in Liaoning China, Ha Jin grew up during the Cultural Revolution and joined the People's Liberation Army at the age of fourteen. He has written two award winning short story collections: Ocean of Words and Under the Red Flag; two volumes of poetry: Between Silences and Facing Shadows. In addition he is the author of three novels including: In the Pond, Waiting, and his most recent novel, the Crazed. He earned his B.A. in English at Heilongjiang University, an M.A in American Literature from Shandong University, and a PhD in English from Brandeis University. He is currently an associate professor at Emory University in Atlanta, Georgia. Event is free. Sponsored by the UW Bookstore and the East Asia Center. February 4 The Islamic Pulpit as a Medium of Public Communication. 3:30-5:00 PM, Thomson 317. Speaker: Asghar Fathi, Professor Emeritus of Sociology, University of Calgary, Alberta, Canada. Sponsored by the Middle East Center. Info: 206-543-4227; mecuw@u.washington.edu February 5 Khoomie: The Tuvan Linguistic and Cultural Setting of Throat Singing. 12:30-1:30 PM, 215 Denny Hall. Speaker: Stefan Kamola, Frequent Visitor of Tuva and prospective graduate student, UW. February 6 The Nomadic Heritage of the Kyrgyz and Islam. 12:30-1:30 PM, 215 Denny Hall. Speaker: Elmira Kochumkulova, Ph.D. C., Interdisciplinary Ph.D. Program in Near and Middle Eastern Studies. February 6 Salsa Music Lecture and Demonstration. 2:30-4:20 PM, 35 Music Building. Speaker: Joe Santiago, bassist and arranger from New York/Puerto Rico. This is part of a lecture series by the UW Music School, for more information click here. February 6 Chilean Labor Organizing and State Relations during the Popular Front Era and Its Implications during the Cold War. 3:30-5:00 PM, 205 Smith Hall. Speaker: Jody Pavilack, Ph.D. Duke. Dr. Pavilack is a candidate for the Latin American History position in the History department. Students and faculty are encouraged to attend. All are welcome. For more information email vrafael@u.washington.edu. February 9 Monthly Global Discussion Series: Korea. 4:00-6:00 PM, World Trade Center Seattle, 2200 Alaskan Way, Suite 410, Seattle, WA 98121, Tel 206.441.5144, www.wtcseattle.com. Speaker: Don Hellman, Professor of International Studies, UW Henry M. Jackson School of International Studies. The University of Washington, World Trade Center and the World Affairs Council invite you to a monthly discussion of global topics. Each month, we will receive a briefing on current issues in a major world region, featuring a noted professor from the Henry M. Jackson School of International Studies at the University of Washington, and then have a moderated discussion about the impact and implications for the United States in the areas of politics, trade and business. Join us for this casual conversation and networking opportunity complete with appetizers and no-host bar. Sponsored by World Trade Center Seattle, Henry M. Jackson School of International Studies UW, and World Affairs Council. For more info, or to make reservations for this FREE event, please call 206 441-5910 February 10 Investor Perceptions of Russia's Business Climate. 3:30-5:00 PM, Parrington Hall Forum. Speaker: George F. Russel Jr., Chairman Emeritus, Russell Investment Group. Russia's Forecast: Transformation in the 21st Century Lecture Series. Sponsored by the Foundation for Russian American Economic Cooperation and the Russian, East European and Central Asian Studies Center. Info: 543-4852 or http://fraec.org/events. February 11 Perspectives on Chinese-Russian Relations. 5:00-8:30 PM, Kane Hall, Walker Ames Room. Speaker: David Bachman. Professor Bachman is the Associate Director of the Jackson School for International Studies, and is a specialist in Chinese foreign relations. The program is hosted by the East Asia Center, the East Asia Resource Center and the Russia, East Europe and Central Asia Studies Program and the International Studies Program. Dinner Lecture, $25 registration fee. International Update Series 2004: Trends and Transitions in Your World. To register send a check payable to the University of Washington to: Attn: International Update Series 2004, Russia, East Europe and Central Asia Studies Program, Jackson School of International Studies, Box 353650, University of Washington, Seattle, WA 98195 February 12 Calligraphy and Islamic Architectural Compositions. 12:30-1:30 PM, 215 Denny Hall. Speaker: Mamoun Sakkal, of Near Eastern Languages & Civilization. February 13 Uzbek Documentary: Historical Sites of Bukhara, Khiva, and Samarkand. 12:30-1:30 PM, 215 Denny Hall. February 18 The Right of Return and the Demise of the Two-State Solution in Palestine. 7:00 PM, 120 Kane Hall. Speaker: Nasser Aruri, Chancellor Professor Emeritus, Political Science, University of Massachusetts Dartmouth and author of The Obstruction of Peace: The US, Israel and the Palestinians. Co-sponsored by the Middle East Center. Contact: 206-349-0805. February 18 Monks, Guns, and Rice: Theravada Buddhism, Political Violence, and Social Injustice. 7:30 PM, 220 Kane Hall. Speaker: Charles Keyes (Anthropology and Comparative Religion, UW) Religion, Conflict, and Violence: Exploring Patterns Past and Present, East and West. The Annual Lecture in Religion and Contemporary Life. Free and open to the public. February 19 Linking Scientific and Lay Assessments of Pollution from Township and Village Enterprises: A Case Study from Sichuan Province. 3:30 PM, 317 Thomson Hall. Speaker: Bryan Tilt, PhD candidate, Department of Anthropology, UW. Sponsored by the China Studies Program, Henry M. Jackson School of International Studies. February 20 Fetishizing a Medieval Japanese Text: Fujiwara No Teika's Diary of the Brilliant Moon. 3:30-5:00 PM, 226 Communications Bldg. Speaker: Paul Atkins, Dept of Asian Languages & Literature. Sponsored by the Asian Languages and Literature Colloquium. February 26 Buddhist Paintings of Kizil Caves. 7:00-8:30 PM, Seattle Asian Art Museum, Stimson Auditorium. Speaker: Chen Shiliang, cultural and art historian and former director of the Research Institute of Qiuci Grottoes, gives a beautifully illustrated slide lecture on the monumental paintings of these important Buddhist caves. In Chinese with English translation. Free with Museum Admission. Sponsored by the Seattle Asian Art Museum, Co-sponsored by the East Asia Center. February 26 Mormonism's Promised Land: Zion, America, and the Quest for a Perfect Place. 7:30 p.m., Kane Hall, 220. Speaker: Roger D. Launius, historian of 19th-century American history and author of Joseph Smith III: Pragmatic Prophet. Part of the series "The Promised Land: Place and the Creation of Community in Religious Traditions." Funded in part by the Tillie and Alfred Shemanski Foundation. Sponsored by the Middle East Center. Contact: tel: 206-543-4227. March 1 The U.S. and Japan in the 21st Century (Ambassador Series). 11:30-1:30 PM, Columbia Tower Club, Bank of America Tower, 701 Fifth Avenue, 76th Floor, downtown Seattle. Presenter: Ambassador Takakazu Kuriyama. Registration: $35 for JASSW members; $40 for non-members. Please visit the JAS website for registration: http://www.us-japan.org/jassw/ Or call the JASSW office at 206-374-018 March 8 Monthly Global Discussion Series: Russia. 4:00-6:00 PM, World Trade Center Seattle, 2200 Alaskan Way, Suite 410, Seattle, WA 98121, Tel 206.441.5144, www.wtcseattle.com. Speaker: Steve Hanson, Director, Russian, East European, and Central Asian Studies, UW Henry M. Jackson School of International Studies. The University of Washington, World Trade Center and the World Affairs Council invite you to a monthly discussion of global topics. Each month, we will receive a briefing on current issues in a major world region, featuring a noted professor from the Henry M. Jackson School of International Studies at the University of Washington, and then have a moderated discussion about the impact and implications for the United States in the areas of politics, trade and business. Join us for this casual conversation and networking opportunity complete with appetizers and no-host bar. Sponsored by World Trade Center Seattle, Henry M. Jackson School of International Studies UW, and World Affairs Council. For more info, or to make reservations for this FREE event, please call 206 441-5910. March 18 The Promised Land: Islamic Concepts. 7:30 p.m., Kane 220. Speaker: Roy Mottahedeh, Gurney Professor of History, Harvard University. Part of "The Promised Land: Place and the Creation of Community in Religious Traditions" series supported in part by the Tillie and Alfred Shemanski Foundation. Sponsored by the Middle East Center. Info: 206-543-4227 or March 24 The U.S. and Japan in the 21st Century (Ambassador Series). 11:30 - 1:30 PM, Columbia Tower Club, Bank of America Tower, 701 Fifth Avenue, 76th Floor, downtown Seattle. Presenter: Ambassador Kunihiko Saito. Registration: $35 for JASSW members; $40 for non-members . Please visit the JAS website for registration: http://www.us-japan.org/jassw/ Or call the JASSW office at 206-374-018 April 5 Wild Grass. 7:00-8:00 PM, University Bookstore, 4326 University Way N.E., Seattle. Speaker: Ian Johnson, Pulitzer Prize Winning Journalist, Reading from his new book. Three Stories of Change in Modern China (Pantheon Books/March 23, 2004). "Wild Grass" provides a unique portrait of a new Revolution currently under way in China: the demand for civil liberties by ordinary citizens. Johnson focuses on three people, each pushing for change locally, but effecting change on the national level as well. The portraits reveal the personal drama behind the public effects of protest, and Johnson describes how China's economic reforms have created a space for dissent that is undermining the power of the Communist Party. Ian Johnson is the former Beijing correspondent for the Wall Street Journal. He won the Pulitzer Prize for his reporting on China in 2001. The Blakemore Foundation Asian Art Lecture Series. Event is free. Sponsored by the University of Washington Bookstore and the East Asia Center. April 28 Saudi Arabia and the United States: A Relationship in Transition. 5:30-8:00 PM, Walker-Ames Room, Kane Hall. Speaker: Hugh Renfro, Former Head of Arabian Chevron Oil Company. Part of the 2004 Jackson School International Updates dinner-lecture series. $25 pre-registration required; clock hours available for educators. For more information call 206-543-9460, email: reecas@u.washington.edu. For online registration form visit: http://jsis.artsci.washington.edu/forms/04_updates_registration.pdf May 27 Go Down Moses: African-American Slaves and the Promised Land. 7:30 PM, 210 Kane Hall. Speaker: Albert J. Raboteau, Henry W. Putnam Professor of Religion, Princeton University. Part of "The Promised Land: Place and the Creation of Community in Religious Traditions" series supported in part by the Tillie and Alfred Shemanski Foundation. Sponsored by the Middle East Center. 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