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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 3 Unlimited Girls Our Stolen Future: Are we threatening our fertility, intelligence and survival? November 4 Advocacy and the Peace Corps: At Home and Abroad November 5 Unveiling the Stereotypes: Women in Islamic Societies A Decade After Dissolution: A Small Business Perspective of the Uzbek Transition The Challenge of Islam and Democratization in the Middle East Sexual Violence in the Holocaust: Unique and Typical? November 5-9 12th Annual Seattle Human Rights Film Festival November 6 Uzbek Film with English Subtitles: Oyijon (Dear Mother) Silk Road Central Asian Crafts Lecture, Exhibition & Sale Fun Thai Films for Fall, Moonhunter (14 Dula, Songkram Prachachon) Kabir, Rudyard Kipling, and Vernacular English National Korea Peace Day Forum Charisma November 7 & 8 The 11th Annual Arctic Conference: Archaeology, Anthropology, and Environmental Studies November 7 The Market for Force: Private Security and Political Change Uzbek Film with English Subtitles: Osmondagi bolalar (Boys in the Clouds) Enterprising Cities and Citizens:The Re-figuring of Urban Spaces, and the Making of Professionals in Post-Mao China November 8 4th Annual Documentary Film Workshop: Teaching Diversity & Cross-Cultural Understanding through Documentary Films Chechnya Diary: A War Correspondent's Story of Surviving the War in Chechnya November 10 Buddhism and Modernity in Burma Bitter as Wormwood: The Nuclear Landscape of Chernobyl Rogue Nation: American Unilateralism and the Failure of Good Intentions November 12 A Conversation with Hernando De Soto November 13 Environmental Protection in Mongolia: Snow Leopard Conservation and other Sustainable Development Initiatives Uzbek Film with English Subtitles: Voiz (The Orator) Go. Contemporary Japanese Film Series November 14 Documentary: Uzbek Women Impact of Overseas Chinese Networks on Urban Spatial Policy and Change in Southern Fujian November 17 Discourses of "Modernity"? Gender, NGOs and Militant Islam in Bangladesh The Long Haul November 18 The Relevance of Japan in the 21st Century Humanitarian Logistics Software Demo Harnessing Technology to Improve Humanitarian Relief Delivery and Logistics November 19 The Emperor's Naked Army Marches On November 20 Uzbekistan's Stolen Cultural Wealth Roundtable discussion on issues in Chinese Politics (in Chinese) Fun Thai Films for Fall. Mekong Full Moon Party Contemporary Chinese Artist Li Jin November 21 Historical Research of Uzbekistan's Recent Past Title: TBA, Presented by: Pacific Northwest Colloquium on International Security Labor and Human Rights in China November 22-23 Pre-Christmas Bazaar November 23 The Last Island: A Naturalist's Sojourn on Triangle Island (Harbour) November 24 Narrating the Heroes of Pearl Harbor: Literary Imagination in Wartime Japan. November 25 Rose or Jade? Problems in Translating Medieval Chinese Literature November & December Beneath the Banyan Tree December 4 Expanding Boundaries: NATO and the EU Moving Eastward-Master Teacher Workshops December 10 Early 20th Century Himalayan Explorers December 17 Japanese New Religions: Self Immolation in Medieval Chinese Buddhism Full Listings 2003 November 3 Unlimited Girls. 3:30-5:30 PM, 226 Communications Bldg. Video Screening and Discussion with Paromita Vohra, film-maker Documentary, Digital Video, 94 min., English and some Hindi with subtitles Synopsis: UnLimited Girls is an exploration of engagements with feminism. Told through the conversations of a narrator called Fearless who starts accidentally in a chat room and embarks on a journey where she encounters diverse characters, the film uses a personally reflective tone and playfully eclectic form, mixes non-fiction and fiction, to ask questions about feminism in our lives: why must women lead double lives, being feminist but not saying they are. How do we remain politically engaged as individuals who will not join groups? If feminism changes the way we live, then do we change the meaning of feminism as we live it? And then how do we separate true feminists from false ones? Will X-ray vision work better, or female intuition - or is there a common set of principles in this multiply interpreted philosophy? How do we make sense of love and anger, doubt and confusion, the personal and the political in this enterprise of pushing the boundaries, of being un-limited - the enterprise we call feminism. Sponsored by the Department of Women Studies, South Asia Center, Women's Action Commission, and ASUW. If you have any questions please contact me at heathm3@u.washington.edu November 3 Our Stolen Future: Are we threatening our fertility, intelligence and survival? 7:00-8:00 PM, 220 Kane Hall. Join author, Dr John Peterson Myers and a dynamic panel of experts on health and the environment. A question and answer period follows. The Panelists: * Dr John Peterson Myers, Co-author of the acclaimed book, "Our Stolen Future: Are we threatening our fertility, intelligence and survival? A Scientific Detective Story" Visit www.ourstolenfuture.org * Dr Fran Solomon, Senior Ecologist at the King County Department of Natural Resources and Parks * Chris Charbonneau, CEO, Planned Parenthood of Western Washington * Ivy Sager-Rosenthal, Environmental Advocacy, WashPIRG For more information, please e-mail ppaction@ppww.org or call 206.861.7514. "The central point of the Our Stolen Future is that some man-made chemicals interfere with the body's own hormones. These compounds find their way into our bodies through a variety of pathways. They build up over time, often over years. "When a woman becomes pregnant, some fraction of her contaminant burden is transferred to the fetus. When this happens they interfere with the hormonal signals directing development and thus disrupt fetal growth. Sometimes the effects are conspicuous, sometimes they are not. "Some of these chemicals alter sexual development. Some undermine intelligence and behavior. Others make our bodies less resistant to disease. Sometimes the effects don't appear until a child reaches puberty or afterward, even though the exposure took place in the womb. "These chemicals pose the greatest hazard in the earliest phases of life because hormones orchestrate development and because fetal development is exquisitely sensitive to tiny variations in hormone signals. For a fetus to grow up according to its genetic blueprint, the right hormone message has to arrive at the right place in the right amount at the right time. The emerging science we present in Our Stolen Future is about what happens when something interferes with the delivery of that message." --from www.ourstolenfuture.org November 4 Advocacy and the Peace Corps: At Home and Abroad. 11:30-12:30, Parrington Hall Commons (308). Speakers: Collin Tong, Board Member of National Peace Corps Association; Josh Fliegel, former Manager of Seattle Peace Corps Office. The Peace Corps is independent from the US State Department, and takes pride in its political autonomy abroad. The speakers will discuss this contribution to foreign policy in terms of the roles and responsibilities of Peace Corps volunteers as they serve their two years overseas, as well as those of the Returned Peace Corps Volunteer. Hosted by the Marc Lindenberg Center for Humanitarian Action, International Development and Global Citizenship as part of their International Brown Bag Lecture series. For more information, please contact Tamara Leonard at 206-685-2354. November 5 Unveiling the Stereotypes: Women in Islamic Societies. 12:00-1:30 PM, Parrington Hall, Forum. Speaker: Barbara Lethem Ibrahim, Regional Director, International Programs Division, Population Council, Cairo, Egypt Office. Co-sponsored by the Department of Sociology and the Department of Women Studies. Contact: 206-543-5882. November 5 A Decade After Dissolution: A Small Business Perspective of the Uzbek Transition. 3:30 - 5:00 PM, 317, Thomson Hall. Speaker: Raisa Gareyeva, Uzbek Women's Activist and Business Owner. Gareyeva is one of the new entrepreneurs emerging from the Silk Road of Central Asia to join the global marketplace. She brings up-to-date information about local conditions in the former Soviet republics. She’s just returned from Afghanistan where she was part of a group of women leaders gathering information on conditions for women and opportunities for revival of traditional crafts. There will also be an informal brown bag lunch in the Northwest meeting room of "By George", a UW campus restaurant from 11-2. Sponsored by REECAS. http://depts.washington.edu/reecas/ November 5 The Challenge of Islam and Democratization in the Middle East. 7:00 PM, 110 Kane Hall. Speaker: Saad Eddin Ibrahim, American University of Cairo. Sponsored by Center for the Study of Ethnic Conflict and Conflict Resolution, Department of Sociology. November 5 Sexual Violence in the Holocaust: Unique and Typical? 7:30 PM, 226 Communications Bldg. Speaker, Doris Bergen, Department of History, University of Notre Dame. This lecture is part of the Historicizing Genocide: The Holocaust in Comparative Perspective Series. For more information about this series, please see: http://depts.washington.edu/its/genocide.html November 5 - 9 12th Annual Seattle Human Rights Film Festival. Presented by Amnesty International. Festival Venues: Wednesday, November 5: Frye Art Museum, 704 Terry Ave., Seattle. Thursday-Sunday, November 6-9. 911 Media Arts Center, 117 Yale Ave. N., Seattle. For complete calendar and film information, visit the Seattle Human Rights Film Festival Webpage: http://www.amnestyusa.org/filmfest/seattle/2003/index.html Telephone: 206-622-2741 November 6 Uzbek Film with English Subtitles: Oyijon (Dear Mother). 12:30-2:00 PM, 215 Denny Hall. Introduced by Norkhol Narzullaeva, Fulbright Scholar, University of World Languages, Tashkent. November 6 - 8 Silk Road Central Asian Crafts Lecture, Exhibition & Sale. 10:00 AM-6:00 PM, Hands of the Hills Store, 3016 78th Ave SE, Mercer Island. Artworks by members of the nonprofit Central Asian Craft Support Association, will be shown for the first time in Seattle. Crafts expert Raisa Gareyeva from Uzbekistan, will bring contemporary crafts as well as older pieces from local bazaars. Raisa will give a slide show ‘tour’ of Central Asia Thursday evening, November 6th at 7 PM. For more info contact: Stacy Hamm (425) 252-3617 (coachme@w-link.net); Hands of the Hills (206)232-8121, www.handsofthehills.com. November 6 Kabir, Rudyard Kipling, and Vernacular English. 3:30 PM, 226 Communications Bldg. Speaker: Arvind Krishna Mehrotra November 6 Conducting Sociological Research in Authoritarian Societies, A Conversation With Professor Saad Ibrahim. 3:00-4:30 PM, 209 Savery Hall. November 6 Fun Thai Films for Fall, Moonhunter (14 Dula, Songkram Prachachon). 6:30 PM, Simpson Center, 206 Communications Bldg. (Free. Thai with English subtitles). This film relays the story of some of the most important events in recent Thai history from the perspective of two students at the heart of the action. In the early 1970s, Seksan and Chiranan -- two university students in Bangkok -- were young, in love, and passionately committed to ending military dictatorship in Thailand. Seksan and other student leaders led the biggest mass demonstration in modern Thai history in October 1973, an event that led to the popular uprising that toppled the military dictatorship and restored democracy. But Seksan and Chiranan's lives take a drastic turn when they are caught in the wave of political violence, stirred up by remnants of the old ruling elite agitating for the return of dictatorial rule. The two flee to the jungle to join the Communist Party, fighting guerilla-style in the forests of Thailand. Cutting between "newsreel" footage of the 1973 protests and the activist's lives in the jungle, this film is a thought provoking attempt to come to terms with a part of recent Thai history that still has social and political repercussions. November 6 National Korea Peace Day Forum. 7:00-9:00 PM, 110 Kane Hall. Speakers: Dr. Clark Sorenson, Dr. James Palais, Dr. Donald Hellmann, Dr. Wonmo Dong. Sponsored by the Korea Studies Program, Henry M. Jackson School of International Studies November 6 Contemporary Japanese Film Series: Charisma. 7:00 PM, 006 Johnson Hall. Director Kiyoshi Kurosawa. Kurosawa Kiyoshi delivers an enigmatic and challenging tale of a police officer (Koji Yakusho) who stumbles into a mysterious area where one rare tree becomes the center of an intense conflict between multiple groups of people. Fans of Cure take note. November 7 & 8 November 7: The 11th Annual Arctic Conference: Archaeology, Anthropology, and Environmental Studies. 310 HUB, 7:30-8:30 am Registration, coffee and pastries. 8:30 AM-noon morning session; noon-1:00 PM lunch in the HUB cafeteria; 1:00–5:00 PM afternoon session; 7:00 – ?? evening dinner party to be arranged. November 8: 8:30 AM-noon morning session; noon-1:00 PM lunch in the HUB cafeteria; 1:00–5:00 PM afternoon session; Restaurant dinner: to be arranged. The Arctic Conference is an annual gathering of scholars and students sharing a common interest in the history of human experience in the arctic and subarctic. Founded by archaeologists and revolving around issues of human prehistory, this conference commonly also draws scholars working in the related dimensions of anthropology and Quaternary science. The purpose of this meeting is to share research and experiences and to network with colleagues in a smaller and more comfortable venue than the typical larger meeting format. In order to make this meeting affordable, registration fees are limited to $20 (payable in advance or at the door). These fees cover a modest conference venue, program, and refreshments. Unfortunately, funds are not available to assist with travel or lodging. To Register: To register for the Arctic Conference, send a 150 word abstract to Ben Fitzhugh (fitzhugh@u.washington.edu) by October 1st (late submissions may be accepted until the sessions are filled). For more information please go to: http://faculty.washington.edu/fitzhugh/ArcticConference.htm November 7 The Market for Force: Private Security and Political Change. Noon, 40 Smith Hall. Speaker: Deborah Avant, George Washington University. Discussion Forum. Sponsored by Pacific Northwest Colloquium on International Security, JSIS/IGRSS. For info, contact Terence Lee at tcllee@u.washington.edu November 7 Uzbek Film with English Subtitles: Osmondagi bolalar, (Boys in the Clouds). 12:30-2:00 PM, 215 Denny Hall. Introduced by Norkhol Narzullaeva, Fulbright Scholar, University of World Languages, Tashkent. November 7 Enterprising Cities and Citizens:The Re-figuring of Urban Spaces, and the Making of Professionals in Post-Mao China. 2:30-3:30 PM, 304 Smith Hall. Geography Colloquium: Lisa Hoffman, UW Tacoma. Refreshments following in 409 Smith. Sponsored by the Geography Department and the China Studies Program. ぐ颵ᇏ芻ꨀ봀௎噓۷?譗Ѿ੷譟廎?ދ삅ٴࢋｐࡑڋ셃˨잃㬄狘郛긊捜䔩捛緰捛깚损⾐捵葙捩捦⨦捵⨾捵褡捩 November 8 Teaching Diversity & Cross-Cultural Understanding through Documentary Films. 8:30 AM-4:30 PM. This one-day workshop will show educators how to use documentary film to teach students about cultural diversity and cross-cultural understanding. The morning session will be conducted by Carol Hermer, President of the Society for Visual Anthropology and film curator at the Seattle Art Museum, who will provide techniques and strategies for making effective use of film in the classroom. The afternoon sessions will focus on films available from three of the Resource Centers. Keith Snodgrass, Associate Director, South Asian Studies, will present ons currently released films from South Asia. Kristi Barnes, Assistant Director, East Asia Center, will introduce two new films, "Kim's Nuclear Gamble" about the nuclear threat in North Korea and "Battle for Korea" about the Korean War in the early 1950s. And, Nadine Fabbi, Assistant Director, Canadian Studies Center, will introduce a variety of films available through the Canadian Studies Center focusing on a recent documentary on the Dene of Great Bear Lake in the Northwest Territories and their unwitting role in the creation of the atom bomb. All videos previewed at the workshop are available for classroom use from the Jackson School. Video catalogs will be available at the workshop. Questions? 206-221-6374 or canada@u.washington.edu This event is sponsored by the Henry M. Jackson School of International Studies Outreach Centers. $40 Includes continental breakfast, bag lunch and 8 clock hours. d $20 for students enrolled in the teacher education programs. (Students must include a copy of their student card with registration.) To register send a check payable to the University of Washington to: Attn: Documentary Film Workshop Canadian Studies Center Jackson School of International Studies Box 353650 University of Washington Seattle, WA 98195 November 8 Chechnya Diary: A War Correspondent's Story of Surviving the War in Chechnya. 5:00 PM, Elliott Bay Book Company, 101 S. Main Street, Seattle. Speaker: Thomas Goltz (writer and lecturer on Turkic/Post-Soviet affairs) has worked as a war correspondent for such publications as the New York Times, Foreign Policy, Business Week, Forbes online, National Interest, Soldier of Fortune, and others. He is also the author of Azerbaijan Diary: A Rogue Reporter's Adventures in an Oil-Rich, War-Torn, Post-Soviet Republic. Sponsored by REECAS. http://depts.washington.edu/reecas/ November 10 Buddhism and Modernity in Burma. 3:30-5:00 PM, 401 Denny Hall. Naoko Kumada (Stanford post-doctoral fellow). November 10 Bitter as Wormwood: The Nuclear Landscape of Chernobyl. 12:30 PM-1:30 PM, 258 Mary Gates Hall. Speaker: Kathryn Brown (History - University of Maryland) discusses the legacies of environmental and social control in the landscapes of the Ukraine, which are at the core of her new book A Biography of No Place: From Ethnic Borderland to Soviet Heartland, forthcoming -Harvard University Press. Sponsored by REECAS, co-sponsored by the Program on the Environment. For more information, please call (206) 616-2465. November 10 Rogue Nation: American Unilateralism and the Failure of Good Intentions. 7:00 PM, 120 Kane Hall. Speaker: Clyde Prestowitz, Founder & President, Economic Strategy Institute. By now, many Americans have asked the disturbing question: “Why does the world hate us?” In his persuasive and well-documented book Rogue Nation, Clyde Prestowitz provides a number of reasons why so much of the world perceives the United States to be a “rogue nation” and the bully of the international community. Prestowitz is a leading thinker on international trade policy. He worked as a trade negotiator in Reagan’s Commerce Department, was a senior executive with American Can Company and Scott Paper Company, and served as vice chairman of the President’s Committee on Trade and Investment. Prestowitz is also founder and President of the Economic Strategy Institute (ESI), a Washington think-tank on international trade policy. He regularly writes for leading publications, including the New York Times, Washington Post, and Foreign Affairs. November 12 A Conversation with Hernando De Soto. Registration: 11:30 AM, Luncheon Forum: 12:00-1:30 PM. Columbia Tower Club, 701 Fifth Avenue, 75th Floor, Seattle. Hernando De Soto is a Peruvian Economist & President of the Institute for Liberty and Democracy. Moderated by: Barry Mitzman, Senior Writer, Microsoft and Former KCTS–9 Anchor. Mr. de Soto and the Institute for Liberty and Democracy (ILD) have been pioneers in the issues of land rights and the rule of law. ILD designed and ran Peru's property system, which has given new entitlements to more than 1,200,000 families. It has brought within the law over 380,000 firms previously operating in the informal economy. This has allowed Peru's poor to acquire more than $9 billion in net benefits. What are Mr. de Soto’s views on the key principles crucial to the growth of democracy and civil society in Asia, Latin America, and the Middle East? How can global security, economic equality, and the elimination of absolute poverty with the poorest peoples of the world – such things as having access to basic health care, basic education, and economic opportunity – mean positive change for all global citizens? Highlighting his achievements in modernizing Peru’s economic system and implementing innovative approaches to development around the world, Hernando de Soto will describe how we can bring positive change to empower the world’s poor. Event Chairs: Carla Faini and Collin Tong. Presented by: CityClub, Global Partnerships & Seattle Initiative for Global Development. Special thanks to our sponsor: Port of Seattle and thanks to Co-Presenters: Agros Foundation; City Year; Columbia Tower Club; Concilio for the Spanish Speaking; Consulate of Peru; Leadership Tomorrow; Seattle University; Trade Development Alliance; University of WA, including Marc Lindenberg Center at Evans School, Jackson School for International Studies, Rural Development Institute; WA Council on International Trade; WA Policy Center; WA State University and World Affairs Council. Luncheon Costs: $33/CityClub Members, $38/Members of Co-Presenters, & $43/General Public. Reservations required by Friday, November 7 by calling CityClub at 206-682-7395. No refund after November 7. *Dress Code: No denim please. November 13 Environmental Protection in Mongolia: Snow Leopard Conservation and other Sustainable Development Initiatives. 11:30-12:30 PM, 308 Parrington Hall Commons. Speakers: Namsrai Sarantuya, Director of the Environmental Initiative Center of Mongolia; Brad Rutherford, Executive Director of International Snow Leopard Trust. The speakers will address some of the environmental challenges and opportunities that Mongolia faces, as well as the specific example of the Int'l Snow Leopard Trust's income generation projects to preserve snow leopard habitat. Hosted by the Marc Lindenberg Center for Humanitarian Action, International Development and Global Citizenship as part of their International Brown Bag Lecture serties. For more information, please contact Tamara Leonard at 206-685-2354. November 13 Uzbek Film with English Subtitles: Voiz (The Orator). 12:30-2:00 PM, 215 Denny Hall. Introduced by Ilse D. Cirtautas, Department of Near Eastern Languages & Civilization. November 13 Contemporary Japanese Film Series: Go. 7:00 PM, 006 Johnson Hall. Director Isao Yukisada. Isao Yukisada’s portrayal of a young zainichi (Korean in Japan) is a rare work that took the critics by storm and pleased audiences as well. Perhaps the most “mainstream” film in this list with endearing and believable young people trying to make sense of overwhelming issues about race and nation and popular music. November 14 Documentary: Uzbek Women. 12:30-2:00 PM, 215 Denny Hall. Introduced by Narkhol Narzullaeva, Fulbright Scholar, University of World Languages, Tashkent. November 14 Impact of Overseas Chinese Networks on Urban Spatial Policy and Change in Southern Fujian. 2:30-3:30 PM, 304 Smith Hall. Speaker: Dan Abramson, Refreshments following in 409 Smith Hall. Sponsored by the Geography Department and the China Studies Program. November 17 Discourses of "Modernity"? Gender, NGOs and Militant Islam in Bangladesh. 3:30 PM, 401 Denny Hall. Speaker: Lami Karim, University of Oregon. This presentation is sponsored by the South Asia Center and the Department of Anthropology Sociocultural Colloquium. November 17 The Long Haul. 7:30 PM, Elliott Bay Book Company. Speaker: Ann-Marie MacDonald. It's a powerful story, delicately layered with complex secrets, told with a masterful command of narrative and a strong moral message." -- Publishers Weekly. The Elliott Bay Book Company is located at 101 S. Main St. (1st and Main in Seattle's Pioneer Square). For more information, contact Elliott Bay Book Co. at 206-624-6600 or kmallman@elliottbaybook.com. (free, no tickets required) Co-presented with The Canadian Studies Center, Jackson School of International Studies. November 18 The Relevance of Japan in the 21st Century. Luncheon Program 12-1:30 PM, Columbia Tower Club, 76th Floor, Bank of America Tower, 701 5th Avenue. Former U.S. Speaker: Former Ambassador to Japan, The Honorable Walter F. Mondale, Former Vice President of the United States. Registration Required by November 12. Sponsored by the Japan-America Society. Co-sponsored by the Japan Studies Program and the East Asia Center. November 18 Humanitarian Logistics Software Demo. 2:00-3:00 PM, 309 Parrington Hall. The Fritz Institute has created Humanitarian Logistics Software based on the needs of humanitarian relief organizations operating during the emergency phase of disaster. This state-of-the-art web-based logistics software automates the mobilization process and tracks supplies from donation to delivery in the field. Easy to use, it links emergency operations with logistics and finance to provide a comprehensive and timely view of the relief pipeline from a PC anywhere in the world. A re-enactment of the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies’ mobilization for the 2001 Gujarat earthquake showed that the speed of the relief process increased 20-30% using Humanitarian Logistics Software. Humanitarian Logistics Software (HLS) system runs on Windows 2000 server with MS SQL Server 2000 as a database server. HLS has a 3-tier web-based architecture which comprises of C#, ADO.NET, ASP.NET, JavaScript. HLS can be accessed from any client machine running the Internet Explorer 5.x or Netscape Navigator 6.x. As a centralized, web-based system, HLS can be used from anywhere in the world providing that user humanitarian organizations have an Internet connection or private networks running TCP/IP protocol. November 18 Harnessing Technology to Improve Humanitarian Relief Delivery and Logistics. 7:00 PM, 120 Kane Hall. A presentation by Lynn Fritz, founder and director general of the Fritz Institute. Natural disasters and humanitarian crises have resulted in 150,000 deaths and affected 200 million people every year of the past decade. These events disrupt lives, destroy infrastructures, put the health and welfare of entire communities at risk, and cost the world billions of dollars. Lynn Fritz was the CEO of Fritz Companies until it was acquired by United Parcel Service in May 2001. A visionary in the global logistics industry, Lynn Fritz now brings his leadership, experience and philanthropy to contribute to humanitarian relief. The Fritz Institute (www.fritzinstitute.org) is committed to mobilizing logistics and technology expertise and resources within the corporate and academic sectors to improve humanitarian relief delivery in disasters around the world. Sponsored by the UW's Marc Lindenberg Center for Humanitarian Action, International Development and Global Citizenship and the World Affairs Council. November 19 Contemporary Japanese Film Series: The Emperor's Naked Army Marches On. 7:00 PM, 006 Johnson Hall. Director Hara Kazuo. Hara Kazuo’s film is quite simply one of the most important films ever made. This film is not readily available on VHS or DVD and so will be screened on 16mm. A documentary about WWII vet Okuzaki Kenzo, who famously railed against Emperor Hirohito and berated fellow soldiers into confessing the brutal acts they committed during wartime. Extremely rare and provocative. Not to be missed! November 20 Uzbekistan's Stolen Cultural Wealth. 12:30-1:30 PM, 215 Denny Hall. Speaker: Ilse D. Cirtautas, Department of Near Eastern Languages & Civilization. November 20 Roundtable discussion on issues in Chinese Politics (in Chinese). 3:30 PM, 317 Thomson Hall. Li Qiang, Labor and Human Rights Activist, New York. Sponsored by the China Studies Program, Henry M. Jackson School of International Affairs. November 20 Fun Thai Films for Fall. Mekong Full Moon Party. 6:30 PM, Simpson Center, 206 Communications Bldg. (Free. Thai with English subtitles). More than 100,000 people gather by the Mekong River in Northeast Thailand on November Full Moon each year. After sunset, mysterious fireballs rise up from the river and disappear into the sky. While the locals still adhere to the traditional myth of the dragon, Great Naga, making a sacred offering to Buddha, the Western visitors take a more skeptical stance: Dr. Norati sets out to prove that the fireballs are natural; Dr. Surapol wants to prove the phenomenon a hoax. Meanwhile, temple-custodian Abbot Loh believes his monks have been responsible for the "miracle" for the past 30 years. The critically-acclaimed movie about the mystery of the controversial naga fireballs in Nong Khai province was honored for Best Movie, Best Director, and Best Actor. November 20 Contemporary Chinese Artist Li Jin. 7:00-8:30 PM, Seattle Asian Art Museum, Stimson Auditorium. Li Jin, professor at the Tianjin Academy of Fine Arts, specializes in ink-wash and gong-bi figure painting. The exhibition at SAAM (on view from September 2003-March 2004) will feature Li Jin's latest works, which focus on food and animal themes. Sponsored by the Seattle Asian Art Museum, Co-sponsored by the East Asia Center. <ぐ颵ᇏ芻ꨀ봀௎噓۷?譗Ѿ੷譟廎?ދ삅ٴࢋｐࡑڋ셃˨잃㬄狘郛긊捜䔩捛緰捛깚损⾐捵葙捩捦⨦捵⨾捵褡捩 To see more about the exhibit, please visit: > http://www.seattleartmuseum.org/exhibit/exhibitDetail.asp?WHEN=&eventID=4915. November 21 Afghanistan and the Future of Warfare: Implications for Defense Policy. Noon, 40 Smith. Speaker: Stephen Biddle, Strategic Studies Institute, U.S. Army War College. Discussion Forum. Sponsored by Pacific Northwest Colloquium on International Security, JSIS/IGRSS. For info, contact Terence Lee at tcllee@u.washington.edu November 21 Historical Research of Uzbekistan's Recent Past at the Institute of History of the Uzbek Academy of Sciences. 12:30-1:30 PM, 215 Denny Hall. Speaker: Ilse D. Cirtautas, Department of Near Eastern Languages & Civilization. November 21 Labor and Human Rights in China. 3:30-5:00 PM, 120 Kane Hall. Speaker, Li Qiang, Labor and Human Rights Activist. Sponsored by the China Studies Program, Henry M. Jackson School of International Studies. November 22-23 Pre-Christmas Bazaar. Noon-5:00 PM, Russian Center, 704 19th Avenue East, Seattle. Those interested in a booth for the sale of souvenirs, artwork, and traditional Russian food or those wanting more information should contact 206-323-3877, 206-706-7483 or 425-255-4180. November 23 The Last Island: A Naturalist's Sojourn on Triangle Island (Harbour). 3:00 PM, at the Elliott Bay Book Company. Speaker: Alison Watt. Lavishly illustrated with Alison Watt's watercolors, this is both a fine field guide and written narrative. (free, no tickets required) The Elliott Bay Book Company is located at 101 S. Main St. (1st and Main in Seattle's Pioneer Square). For more information, contact Elliott Bay Book Co. at 206-624-6600 or kmallman@elliottbaybook.com.Co-presented with The Canadian Studies Center and the Jackson School of International Studies. November 24 Narrating the Heroes of Pearl Harbor: Literary Imagination in Wartime Japan. 3:30-5:00 PM, 245 Savery Hall. Speaker: James Dorsey, Associate Professor of Japanese Literature, Dartmouth University. Sponsored by the Department of Asian Languages and Literature and the Japan Studies Program, Jackson School of International Studies. November 25 Rose or Jade? Problems in Translating Medieval Chinese Literature. 8:00 PM, Walker-Ames Room, Kane Hall. Inaugural lecture to be given by: Prof. David Knechtges. The Department of Asian Languages and Literature Distinguished Faculty Series. November & December Beneath the Banyan Tree. This exhibit will take place in 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. Hosted by the South Asia Center. Watch for more information in this space. December 4 Expanding Boundaries: NATO and the EU Moving Eastward-Master Teacher Workshops. 4:00pm - 8:00pm. 228 Mary Gates Hall. $15 Four clock hours per session. To register contact the Center for West European Studies (CWES) at (206)543-1675 or cwes@u.washington.edu. A Master Teacher Certificate in NATO-EU Enlargement will be awarded to those who attend both sessions. December 10 Early 20th Century Himalayan Explorers. Time and Location: TBA. Speaker: Dr. Paul Harris. Documentary Film on Joseph Rock. Sponsored by the China Studies Program and the East Asia Center. December 17 Japanese New Religions: Self Immolation in Medieval Chinese Buddhism. 3:30-5:00 PM, 202 Communications Bldg. Speaker: James Benn, Arizona State University. Sponsored by the Comparative Religion Program, the China Studies Program. 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 CIBERCenter 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 EUC European Union Center http://jsis.artsci.washington.edu/programs/europe/euc.html GEOG Dept. of Geography http://depts.washington.edu/geog/news/colloquium.html GTI Institute of Transnational Studies http://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 http://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 http://depts.washington.edu/nelc 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. To subscribe to the on-line Calendar, or for further information, please post a message to: jsis@u.washington.edu. 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