From jsis@u.washington.edu Thu Apr 4 16:15:27 2002 Received: from mailscan1.cac.washington.edu (mailscan1.cac.washington.edu [140.142.32.16]) by lists.u.washington.edu (8.12.1+UW01.12/8.12.1+UW02.01) with SMTP id g350FMDN112522 for ; Thu, 4 Apr 2002 16:15:22 -0800 Received: FROM mxu4.u.washington.edu BY mailscan1.cac.washington.edu ; Thu Apr 04 16:15:21 2002 -0800 Received: from mxout3.cac.washington.edu (mxout3.cac.washington.edu [140.142.32.19]) by mxu4.u.washington.edu (8.12.1+UW01.12/8.12.1+UW02.01) with ESMTP id g350FLIe015753 for ; Thu, 4 Apr 2002 16:15:21 -0800 Received: from mailscan-out1.cac.washington.edu (mailscan-out1.cac.washington.edu [140.142.32.17]) by mxout3.cac.washington.edu (8.12.1+UW01.12/8.12.1+UW02.01) with SMTP id g350FL8J002176 for ; Thu, 4 Apr 2002 16:15:21 -0800 Received: FROM homer41.u.washington.edu BY mailscan-out1.cac.washington.edu ; Thu Apr 04 16:15:20 2002 -0800 Received: from localhost (jsis@localhost) by homer41.u.washington.edu (8.12.1+UW01.12/8.12.1+UW02.01) with ESMTP id g350FKlJ076382 for ; Thu, 4 Apr 2002 16:15:20 -0800 Date: Thu, 4 Apr 2002 16:15:19 -0800 (PST) From: Jackson School of International Studies To: jsis-uw@u.washington.edu Subject: The Jackson School Calendar, April 5, 2002 Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII the JACKSON SCHOOL CALENDAR April 5, 2002 A brief look at the coming week. Scroll down for details or visit our website at April 4 - 6: 55th Pacific Northwest History Conference: History on the Edge and at the Center April 5: Is There a Future for Arms Control and Disarmament? April 5: War on Terrorism: Student Opinions. April 5: Civil Liberties Since 9/11: Views from the Community. April 6: In the Aftermath (featuring local authors) April 6: Colors of Identity: Discovering My Roots Through Polish Art April 7: Legacy of MaCarthyism April 8: Politics of the Multitude April 8: Globalization, Electronic Commerce Regulation, and Diversity in Business Culture in East Asia April 10: Kashmir between India and Pakistan April 11: Multicultural Nation-Building: "Integration" as Public Philosophy and Research Paradigm in Western Europe April 11: Soghdia and Its Culture April 11: Walker-Ames Lecture: 'Liberal Islam' and Social Justice in Indonesia April 11: The Nuclear Nonproliferation Treaty Regime April 11: Perspectives on Current Events: A Conversation with Journalists from the Middle East and North Africa April 11: Research in Early Chinese Manuscripts April 11: Designing Sustainable National Ocean Policy April 12: Roundtable discussions: 'Liberal Islam' and Social Justice in Indonesia April 12: Indonesian shadow theatre and dance performance: "Arjuna Becomes a Professor: The Great War Between Good and Evil." April 12: A General Jurisprudence for Developing Societies April 12: Diversity and Social Justice (Seminar) April 12: Creating Historical Memory in a Multicultural Society __________________________________________________________________________ Complete Listings: April 5 Is There a Future for Arms Control and Disarmament? (Part of the lecture series "Arms Control, Disarmament and the Proliferation of Weapons of Mass Destruction After September 11). 7:30 pm, Kane Hall 110. Speaker: Ambassador Thomas Graham, Jr., Executive Director of the Lawyers Alliance for World Security. Sponsors: Institute for Global and Regional Security Studies; The Jackson School, and numerous others. Info: http://depts.washington.edu/igrss/forums.html War on Terrorism: Student Opinions. 12:00 noon, Playhouse Theatre. Sponsors: Simpson Center for the Humanities; School of Drama; Dept. of History, and numerous others. Info: 543-3920. Civil Liberties Since 9/11: Views from the Community. 4:00 pm, Playhouse Theatre. Speakers: Doug Honig, ACLU of Washington; Koshin Mohamed, Somali Community Services Coalition; Tamir Moustafa, Arab-American Community Coalition. Sponsors: Simpson Center for the Humanities; School of Drama; Dept. of History, and numerous others. Info: 543-3920. April 4 - 6 55th Pacific Northwest History Conference: History on the Edge and at the Center. Thursday, 6:30-9:00; Friday, April 5th, 7 a.m.-9:00 p.m.; Saturday, April 6th, 8:30 a.m.-2:00 p.m. Best Western Executive Inn, next to Space Needle, downtown Seattle. Sponsors: UW Center for the Study of the Pacific Northwest; UW Canadian Studies Center; Oregon Historical Society; Idaho State Historical Society; Washington State Historical Society. Info: http://www.wshs.org/text/pnhc_2002.htm or email Jpeterson@wshs.wa.gov. April 6 In the Aftermath (featuring local authors). Part of the Series "Rights and Terror: The 'All Powers' Project II. 3:00 pm, Playhouse Theater. Sponsors: Simpson Center for the Humanities; School of Drama; Dept. of History, and numerous others. Info: 543-3920. "Colors of Identity: Discovering My Roots Through Polish Art." 3:00-5:00 p.m., Ethnic Cultural Center, 3931 Brooklyn Avenue NE. Speaker : Tom Podl. Sponsor: Slavic L & L. Info: 543-6848 April 7 Legacy of MaCarthyism. Part of the Series "Rights and Terror: The 'All Powers' Project II. 12:30 pm, Playhouse Theater. Speakers: Richard Kirkendall, History; Margaret Levi, Political Science; Michael McCann, Political Science. Sponsors: Simpspn Center for the Humanities; School of Drama; Dept. of History, and numerous others. Info: 543-3920. April 8 "Politics of the Multitude," 7:00 pm, Savery 239. Speaker, Michael Hardt, Literature and Romance Studies, Duke University. This lecture is part of the Human Agency in A Globalizing World Series. For more information about this series please see: http://depts.washington.edu/tayloruw/colloquium.htm. Note: Professor Hardt will also lead a workshop to discuss a pre-circulated paper on Tuesday, April 9, from 3:00 to 4:30 pm for interested students and faculty members. Attendance is limited to 30. For more details about this workshop and a copy of the readings for discussion, RSVP: tayloruw@u.washington.edu. Globalization, Electronic Commerce Regulation, and Diversity in Business Culture in East Asia. 3:30--5:00 pm, 1B Gowen Hall. Speaker: Jane Kaufman Winn, Southern Methodist University. Sponsor: East Asia Center, International Studies Center with Comparative Law and Society Studies and The Asian Law Center. Info: 206-543-2780. April 10 Kashmir between India and Pakistan (International Update Dinner-Lecture). 5:30 - 8:00 p.m., Walker-Ames Room, Kane Hall. Speaker: Keith Snodgrass, Associate Director, South Asia Center. $25 fee includes dinner and clock hours for teachers. All welcome. Sponsors: Jackson School of International Studies, CIBER, South Asia Center. Registration/Info: 543-4800; sascuw@u.washington.edu. April 11 Multicultural Nation-Building: "Integration" as Public Philosophy and Research Paradigm in Western Europe (Part of the Seminar of Global Migration and Identities). 3:30-5:30, Parrington Hall Forum. Speaker: Adrian Favell, University of California, Los Angeles. Sponsors: International Studies Center, Center for the Study of Ethnic Conflict and Conflict Resolution, Sociology Department, Andrew W. Mellon Foundation. Info: 685-2354. Soghdia and Its Culture (Part of the lecture series "Art and Religion on the Silk Road."). Volunteer Park, Stimson Auditorium, Seattle Asian Art Museum. Speaker: Dr. Boris Marshak, Head of the Central Asian and Caucasus section, the Hermitage in St. Petersberg This series is part of Silk Road Seattle, a collaborative public education project sponsored by the Simpson Center using the Silk Road theme to explore cultural interaction across Eurasia from the beginning of the Common Era to the Sixteenth Century. Included in museum admission (Suggested $3). Co-sponsored by The Simpson Center for the Humanities. Info: 543-6938. Walker-Ames Lecture: 'Liberal Islam' and Social Justice in Indonesia. 7:30-9:00pm, Kane 210 (part of a two-day conference, 'Liberal Islam and Social Justice in Indonesia). Keynote: Speaker: Goenawan Mohamad (Independent journalist, playwright, and human rights activist) with introduction by Professor Emeritus Dan Lev (UW, Pol. Sci). Sponsors: SE Asia Center, JSIS, Middle East Center, Simpson Center for the Humanities, UW depts. of Anthropology and History, The Graduate School and the Society and Justice Program. Info: 543-9606. The Nuclear Nonproliferation Treaty Regime. (Part of the lecture series "Open Classroom on International Law and Arms Control). 5:30-6:20pm in Kane Hall 220. Speaker: Ambassador Thomas Graham, Jr., Executive Director of the Lawyers Alliance for World Security. Sponsor: Institute for Global and Regional Security Studies. Info: http://depts.washington.edu/igrss/openclassroom.com Perspectives on Current Events: A Conversation with Journalists from the Middle East and North Africa. 7:00-9:00 p.m., Town Hall Seattle, 1119 8th Ave at Seneca. Moderator: Jere L. Bacharach, History, UW; journalists from Algeria, Israel, Morocco, Syria, Tunisia, Palestine, and Yemen. Sponsored by the World Affairs Council, the Middle East Center, Salaam Cultural Museum, American-Arab Anti-Discrimination Committee, and Town Hall. Info: 206-441-5910. NOTE: The following event has been cancelled: "1096: The FIRST Western War Against Islamic Terrorism." Info: 543-5882. * Research in Early Chinese Manuscripts. 3:30 - 5:00 pm, Communications 202. Speaker : William Boltz, Asian L&L. Sponsor: Asian L&L. Info: 543-4996. * Designing Sustainable National Ocean Policy. 2:30 - 3:30 pm, Fishery Sciences Auditorium. Speakers: James R. Karr, School of Aquatic & Fishery Sciences; Thomas L. Leschine and Edward L. Miles, School of Marine Affairs. Sponsor: School of Marine Affairs. Infor: tml@u.washington.edu April 12 * Roundtable discussions: 'Liberal Islam' and Social Justice in Indonesia. 8:00am-5:00pm, HUB 310. Sponsors: SE Asia Center, JSIS, Middle East Center, Simpson Center for the Humanities, UW depts. Of Anthropology and History, The Graduate School and the Society and Justice Program. Info: 543-9606. Indonesian shadow theatre and dance performance: "Arjuna Becomes a Professor: The Great War Between Good and Evil." 8:00-10:00pm, Faculty Club. Sponsors: SE Asia Center, JSIS, Middle East Center, Simpson Center for the Humanities, UW depts. of Anthropology and History, The Graduate School and the Society and Justice Program. Info: 543-9606 A General Jurisprudence for Developing Societies. 3:30-5:00 pm, 1B Gowen Hall. Speaker: Brian Tamanaha, St. John's University. Sponsor: East Asia Center, International Studies Center with Comparative Law and Society Studies and The Asian Law Center. Info: 206-543-2780. Diversity and Social Justice (Seminar). 10:00am -2:00pm, School of Social Work, 3rd Floor Commons. Session Leaders: Ben Carniol, Ryerson University, Toronto, Canada (one of Canada's leading social work educators); Jean Swanson, anti-poverty advocate in B.C. and former Director of the End Legislated Poverty; and Hayne Wai, Policy Manager of Multiculturalism BC. Sponsors: School of Social Work; Co-Sponsor: Canadian Studies, JSIS. For more info contact: S. DeMello 6-5983; demellos@u.washington.edu Creating Historical Memory in a Multicultural Society. 1:00 pm, Smith 307. Speaker: Odd Lovoll, King Olaf V Professor of Scandinavian-American Studies, Univ. of Minn. Sponsor: Scandinavian Studies. Reception to follow in Raitt 314. Info: 543-0645. April 15 Grassroots Development in the Salvadoran Zone of Peace. 3:30-5:00 pm, Balmer Hall 413. Speaker: Brad Andrews, former delegate to El Salvador with the Foundation for Self-Sufficiency in Central America (FSSCA). Brad Andrews will share photos and a report on his recent trip (Aug. 01) to rural El Salvador. He will provide an update on the work of the FSSCA, the grassroots organization that is partnering with Latin American Studies and Comparative History of Ideas in a summer 2002 study abroad program in El Salvador. Sponsors: Latin American Studies Program-JSIS, Comparative History of Ideas. Info: 685-3435, lasuw@u.washington.edu, website: http://jsis.artsci.washington.edu/programs/latinam/ April 16 Colombian Communities Under Attack. 2:30-4:00 pm, Johnson Hall 223. Speakers: Nimia Teresa Vargas, Community leader, Founder of the Network of Women of the Choco, Co-Founder of the Colombian Network of Rural Women and Marino Cordoba, Leader of the Association of Displaced Afro-Colombians and the Regional Peasant Association (OCABA). Sponsor: Latin American Studies Program/JSIS. Info: 685-3435, lasuw@u.washington.edu, website: http://jsis.artsci.washington.edu/programs/latinam/ Regulating Emerging Stock Markets: China vs. Russia. 3:30-5:00 pm, 1B Gowen Hall. Speaker: Katharina Pistor, Columbia University. Sponsor: East Asia Center, International Studies Center with Comparative Law and Society Studies and The Asian Law Center. Info: 206-543-2780. * Economic Development and Aid Programs in Afghanistan. 7:00 - 9:00 pm, University Friends Meetinghouse, 4001 - 9th Ave. Speaker: Mary MacMakin, PARSA/Asia Foundation. Mary has lived and worked in Afghanistan for thirty-seven years, the last seven years in Kabul developing programs for women and families. Contact: Theresa Molyneux 206 284-8481 April 17 The Political Economy of Ethnic-Religious Conflict (International Update Dinner-Lecture). 5:30 - 8:00 p.m., Walker-Ames Room, Kane Hall. Speaker: Murat Somer, Sawyer-Mellon Postdoctoral Fellow, Center for Ethnic Conflict and Conflict Resolution. $25 fee includes dinner and clock hours for teachers. All welcome. Sponsors: Jackson School of International Studies, CIBER, International Studies Center. Registration/Info: 543-4800; sascuw@u.washington.edu. Latin American Studies Program Brown Bag Talk. 12:30-1:20 pm, Thomson Hall 317. Speaker: Joe Sperry, Graduate Student, Evans School of Public Affairs, served with Peace Brigades International [PBI] in Guatemala in 1996-1997. Sperry will discuss his work with PBI, a grassroots organization that explores and promotes nonviolent peacekeeping and support for human rights. Sponsor: Latin American Studies Program/JSIS. Info: 685-3435, lasuw@u.washington.edu, website: http://jsis.artsci.washington.edu/programs/latinam/ April 18 Do We Really Want Immigrants to Assimilate? (Part of the Seminar of Global Migration and Identities). 3:30-5:30, Parrington Hall Forum. Speaker: Peter Skerry, The Brookings Institution and Claremont Mckenna College. Sponsors: International Studies Center, Center for the Study of Ethnic Conflict and Conflict Resolution, Sociology Department, Andrew W. Mellon Foundation. Info: 685-2354. Making a Tropical White Man: Northern Australia 1900 - 1920 (Part of the lecture series "Nature and Its Publics in the Tropical World"). 3:30 pm, Communications 226. Speaker : Warwick Anderson, Anthropology, History and Social Medicine, Univ. of Caliornia, San Francisco. Sponsors: Walter Chapin Simpson Center for the Humanities; Institute for Transnational Studies; Departments of Anthropology, Comparative Literature, History, Geography, and Women's Studies; Program on the Environment; Program on Africa. Info: 616-1190. Community and Identity across the Modern: Reflexivity in Northern Thai Spirit Cults. 3:30-5:00pm, Thomson 231. Speaker: Shigeharu Tanabe (Anthropology, Department of Cultural Research , Graduate University for Advanced Studies, Osaka, Japan). Sponsors: SE Asia Center. Info: 543-9606. The Conventional Armed Forces in Europe Treaty. (Part of the lecture series "Open Classroom on International Law and Arms Control). 5:30-6:20pm in Kane Hall 220. Speakers: Ambassador Thomas Graham, Jr., Executive Director of the Lawyers Alliance for World Security; Bonnie Jenkins, former Legal Advisor to the Commission to Assess the Organization of the Federal Government to Combat the Proliferation of Weapons of Mass Destruction. Previously she worked as an attorney in the Office of the General Counsel of the U.S. Arms Control and Disarmament Agency from 1990 to 1998. Sponsor: Institute for Global and Regional Security Studies. Info: http://depts.washington.edu/igrss/openclassroom.com * Community and Identity Across the Modern: Reflexivity in Northern Thai Spirit Cults. 3:30-5:00pm, Thomson 231. Speaker: Tanabe Shigeharu (Anthro, Museum of Ethnology, Osaka, Japan). Sponsor: SE Asia Center/JSIS. Info: 543-9606. Is the Labor Contract Still What It Used to Be? An examination of atypical forms of employment and new career patterns in France and Europe. 12:30 pm, Condon Hall 109. Speaker: Francois Gaudu, Professor of Law and Vice Dean of the Business Law Department, Universite de Paris I (Pantheon Sorbonne). Sponsor: School of Law. Info: 543-4550. April 19 Dead Bodies in the Post-War Discourse of Identity in 17th-Century Korea: Subversion and Literary Production in the Private Sector. 3:30-5:00, Communications 202. JaHyun Kim Haboush, Professor of Korean History, Department of East Asian Languages and Cultures, Columbia University. Sponsor: Korea Studies Program/JSIS. Info: 543-4391. The Islamic Veil in French Public Schools. 12:30 pm, Condon Hall 109. Speaker: Elizabeth Altschull, Prof. Of History and Geography, Lycee Jacques Decour, Paris. Sponsor: School of Law. Info: 543-4550. * "Commie Jews and Other Myths: Rethinking the Social Bases of Radicalism in Interwar Europe" 3:30-5:00, Thomson Hall 125. Speaker: Jeffrey Kopstein, professor at CU researching and teaching in the areas of Comparative Politics, Macrohistorical Coparison and European Politics. Sponsor: The Center for West European Studies. Info: 206-543-1675. April 22 Building a Culture of Peace: Human Rights at the Grassroots Level. 1:30-3:20 pm, Johnson Hall 106. Speaker: Jos "Chencho" Alas, Director of the Foundation for Self-Sufficiency in Central America, Salvadoran community activist, liberation theologian, and former advisor to the late Archbishop Oscar Romero. Sponsors: Latin American Studies Program/JSIS, Comparative History of Ideas (CHID), UW Honors Program. Info: 685-3435, lasuw@u.washington.edu, website: http://jsis.artsci.washington.edu/programs/latinam/ Globalization and Grassroots Development in Central America. 10:30-11:50 am, Walker Ames room, Kane Hall. Speaker: Jos "Chencho" Alas, Director, Foundation for Self-Sufficiency in Central America (FSSCA), Salvadoran community activist, and liberation theologian. FSSCA is a US-based non-profit that supports environmental restoration and sustainable community development in El Salvador. Sponsors: Latin American Studies Program/JSIS, Comparative History of Ideas (CHID) and the Geography Department. Info: 685-3435, lasuw@u.washington.edu, website: http://jsis.artsci.washington.edu/programs/latinam/ The British and Development of China's Securities Market. 3:30-5:00 pm, 1B Gowen Hall. Speaker: Sean Tang, Tsinghua University. Sponsor: East Asia Center, International Studies Center with Comparative Law and Society Studies and The Asian Law Center. Info: 206-543-2780. April 25 * Points of Departure, Points of Return: Palestinian Identity and Place (Part of the Seminar of Global Migration and Identities). 3:30-5:30, Parrington Hall Commons (not the Forum). Speaker: Julie Peteet, University of California. Sponsors: International Studies Center, Center for the Study of Ethnic Conflict and Conflict Resolution, Sociology Department, Andrew W. Mellon Foundation. Info: 685-2354. Dunhuang's Role in the Transmission of Buddhism and Buddhist Art to China (Part of the lecture series "Art and Religion on the Silk Road."). Volunteer Park, Stimson Auditorium, Seattle Asian Art Museum. Speaker: Prof. Roderick Whitfield, University of London. This series is part of Silk Road Seattle, a collaborative public education project sponsored by the Simpson Center using the Silk Road theme to explore cultural interaction across Eurasia from the beginning of the Common Era to the Sixteenth Century. Included in museum admission (Suggested $3). Co-sponsored by The Simpson Center for the Humanities. Info: 543-6938. The Nuclear Test Ban Treaty. (Part of the lecture series "Open Classroom on International Law and Arms Control). 5:30-6:20pm in Kane Hall 220. Speaker: Damien LaVera. Sponsor: Institute for Global and Regional Security Studies. Info: http://depts.washington.edu/igrss/openclassroom.com Whose Sex is it Anyway? Representations of Male Homosexuality in Japanese Girls Comics. 3:30-5:00 pm, Communications 226. Speaker: Keith Vincent, New York University, currently a Sainsbury Institute Research Fellow, SOAS, London. Sponsor: Japan Studies Program/JSIS. Info: 543-4391. * U.S. Fishery Management in a New Century. 2:30 - 3:50 pm, Fishery Sciences Auditorium. Speakers: Andrew A. Rosenberg, Dean, College of Life Sciences and Agriculture, Univ. of New Hampshire and Member, U.S. Commission on Ocean Policy; Dayton L. Alverson, Chairman of the Board, National Resource Consultants, Inc., Seattle. Sponsor: School of Marine Affairs. Info: tml@u.washington.edu April 26 Scrapping the ABM Treaty: Why, and What Next? (Part of the lecture series "Arms Control, Disarmament and the Proliferation of Weapons of Mass Destruction After September 11). 7:30pm, Kane Hall 110. Speaker: John Rhinelander, Associate Director of the Arms Control Association. Sponsors: Institute for Global and Regional Security Studies; The Jackson School, and numerous others. Info: http://depts.washington.edu/igrss/forums.html April 27 8th Annual Northwest Regional Conference for Russian, East European, and Central Asian Studies. University of Oregon, Eugene. Papers, panels, or roundtable discussions from faculty, graduate students and members of the general public will be presented. Contributions include literature, the fine arts, the environment, post-Soviet foreign policy, historical research, economics, national identity and other relevant subjects. If you would like to attend the conference, please reply by March 31, 2002, to martam@u.washington.edu. Sponsored by REESC at the University of Oregon and REECAS/JSIS. Info: 543-4852. April 28 Sixth Annual Chinese Art Colloquium at SAAM. 2 - 5 p.m. Volunteer Park, Auditorium, Seattle Asian Art Museum. "Empress Wu and Tang Buddhist Art," by Prof. Roderick Whitfield, Percival David Professor of Chinese and East Asian Art, School of Oriental and African Studies, University of London. "New Work on Sanxingdui: Reconstructing the Original Appearance of Mysterious Images," Jay Xu, Foster Foundation Curator of Chinese Art, SAAM. Included in museum admission (Suggested $3). Co-sponsored by the East Asia Center/JSIS April 29 Back to the Front: Russian Interests in the New Eastern Europe. 3:30-5:00 pm, Mary Gates Hall 241. Speaker: Janusz Bugajski, Director, Eastern Europe Project, Center for Strategic and International Studies, Washington, DC (part of the Donald W. Treadgold Memorial Lecture Series). Mr. Bugajski will address Russia's attempts to maintain influence and leverage in Eastern Europe and to limit Western penetration in the region .. Sponsor: REECAS/JSIS. Info: 543-4852. Chinese Enterprise Law in Transition. 3:30-5:00 pm, 1B Gowen Hall. Speaker Donald Clarke, University of Washington. Sponsor: East Asia Center, International Studies Center with Comparative Law and Society Studies and The Asian Law Center. Info: 206-543-2780. April 30 2002 Farhat J. Ziadeh Distinguished Lecture in Arab and Islamic Studies: "Gibran between Two Millenia: Message and Relevance." 7:30 PM, Kane Hall 210. Speaker: Irfan Shahid, Oman Professor of Arabic, Department of Arabic Language, Literature and Linguistics, Georgetown University. (reception to follow in the Walker-Ames Room). Sponsored by Near Eastern Languages & Civilization. Info: 643-6033. * Music of Turkey and China. 7:30 p.m., Meany Theater ($8 students; $10 general public). UW School of Music Ethnomusicology Visiting Artists Munir Nurettin Beken, Turkish music expert and ud (Middle Eastern lute) virtuoso, and Ziying Wu, master of the qin (Chinese zither) and pipa (Chinese lute), in concert. Contact: 206-543-4880; see: www.music.washington.edu May 1 Corporate Complicity in the Global Context: An Examination of Multinational Enterprises and Their Potential Liability for Human Rights Violations. 3:30-5:00 pm, 1B Gowen Hall. Speaker: Anita Ramasastry, University of Washington. Sponsor: East Asia Center, International Studies Center with Comparative Law and Society Studies and The Asian Law Center. Info: 206-543-2780. May 2 * Immigration and Immigration Policy: The Impact of Terrorism (Part of the Seminar of Global Migration and Identities). 3:30-5:30, Parrington Hall Commons (not the Forum). Speaker: Susan Martin, Georgetown University. Sponsor: The Center for the Study of Ethnic Conflict and Conflict Resolution. Info: 685-2354. Sponsors: International Studies Center, Center for the Study of Ethnic Conflict and Conflict Resolution, Sociology Department, Andrew W. Mellon Foundation. Info: 685-2354. Missile Defense and the ABM Treaty. (Part of the lecture series "Open Classroom on International Law and Arms Control). 5:30-6:20pm in Kane Hall 220. Speakers: Damien LaVera; John Rhinelander, Senior Counsel at the law firm of Shaw, Pittman, Potts & Trowbridge and Vice-Chairman of the Arms Control Association. He is a leading expert on international law, arms control, NATO expansion, and national missile defense issues. Sponsor: Institute for Global and Regional Security Studies. Info: http://depts.washington.edu/igrss/openclassroom.com * "Byzantium and the Arabs from the IVth to the VIIth Century: New Lights on Arab History in Late Antiquity." 3:30-5:00 PM, (location TBA). Speaker:Irfan Shahid, Oman Professor of Arabic, Department of Arabic Language, Literature and Linguistics, Georgetown University. Sponsored by Near Eastern Languages & Civilization and the Department of History. Info: 543-6033 * Current and Future Ocean Energy and Technology. 2:30 - 3:50 pm, Fishery Sciences Auditorium. Speaker: Paul Kelly, Executive VP, Rowan Companies and Member, U.S. Commission on Ocean policy. May 6 How to Teach Latin America in 2002: Democracy, Economic Development & Social Action. 4:15 - 7:00 pm, HUB 310. [Part of GLOBAL TEACH] Speakers: Don Share, Professor of Politics and Government, University of Puget Sound and Rachel May, Associate Professor, Interdisciplinary Arts and Sciences/Tacoma. A panel of UW students from Latin America will share their insights with teachers as well. Sponsors: The World Affairs Council, The Foundation for International Understanding Through Students, Co-sponsored with Latin American Studies Program/Jackson School of International Studies. Cost is $10, includes curriculum, dinner and clock hours. To register or for more Info contact Tese Neighbor (206) 441-5910 x27, tneighbor@world-affairs.org; www.world-affairs.org/globalclassroom. Reform of China's Constitutional System. 3:30-5:00 pm, 1B Gowen Hall. Speaker: Cao Siyuan, President, Beijing Siyuan Research Center for Social Sciences. Sponsor: East Asia Center, International Studies Center with Comparative Law and Society Studies and The Asian Law Center. Info: 206-543-2780. May 6, 8, and 13 The Samuel and Althea Stroum Lecture Series present Michael Stanislawski, Nathan J. Miller Professor of Jewish History at Columbia University and Chair of the Interdepartmental Committee on Yiddish Studies: Autobiographical Jews: Essays in Jewish Self-Fashioning. All lectures take place in Kane Hall 200, 7 p.m. May 6: Autobiography, Judaism, and the Study of Memory -Josephus's Life. May 8: Glckel of Hamelin and Moshe Leib Lilienblum: Jewish autobiography from early modern Yiddish to late 19th century Hebrew. May 13: Osip Mandel'shtam and Stefan Zweig: Russian self-hatred and Austrian nostalgia. May 7 "Back to Brother Daniel: A Legal-Historical Analysis of the First 'Who is a Jew' Case in Israel," 3:30 - 5 p.m., in Thomson Hall 317. Speaker: Michael Stanislawski, the Samuel and Althea Stroum Lecturer for 2002 and the Nathan J. Miller Professor of Jewish History at Columbia University, the chair of the Interdepartmental Committee on Yiddish Studies, and the associate director of the Center for Israel and Jewish Studies. Sponsored by Jewish Studies Program. Info: lpaxton 543-4243. May 8 Quebec and Canada: Nation-Building in the North (International Update Dinner-Lecture). 5:30 - 8:00 p.m., Walker-Ames Room, Kane Hall. Speaker: Marc Boucher, Director, Quebec Government Office, Los Angeles. $25 fee includes dinner and clock hours for teachers. All welcome. Sponsors: Jackson School of International Studies, CIBER, Canadian Studies Center. Registration/Info: 543-4800; sascuw@u.washington.edu. May 9 Asian Cities of Power (Part of the "Human Agency in a Globalizing World" lecture series). 7:00 pm, Communications 226. Speaker: Aihwa Ong, Anthropology, University of California, Berkeley. Sponsors: Institute for Transnational Studies/JSIS; Simpson Center for the Humanities. Info: 616-1190. Gender Geographies of Power: Political Consciousness and Empowerment among Guatemalan Refugees and Returnees (Part of the Seminar of Global Migration and Identities). 3:30-5:30, Parrington Hall Forum. Speaker: Patricia Pessar, Yale University. Sponsors: International Studies Center, Center for the Study of Ethnic Conflict and Conflict Resolution, Sociology Department, Andrew W. Mellon Foundation. Info: 685-2354. Cultural Exchanges Under the Mongols (Part of the lecture series "Art and Religion on the Silk Road."). Volunteer Park, Stimson Auditorium, Seattle Asian Art Museum. Speaker: Prof. Thomas Allsen, Department of History, State College of New Jersey. This series is part of Silk Road Seattle, a collaborative public education project sponsored by the Simpson Center using the Silk Road theme to explore cultural interaction across Eurasia from the beginning of the Common Era to the Sixteenth Century. Included in museum admission (Suggested $3). Co-sponsored by The Simpson Center for the Humanities. Info: 543-6938. Controlling Fissile Material in Russia. (Part of the lecture series "Open Classroom on International Law and Arms Control). 5:30-6:20pm in Kane Hall 220. Speakers: Ambassador Thomas Graham, Jr.; Laura Holgate, Vice President for Russia/NIS Programs of the Nuclear Threat Initiative. She joined NTI after serving in a number of senior positions in the federal government. Sponsor: Institute for Global and Regional Security Studies. Info: http://depts.washington.edu/igrss/openclassroom.com * The Importance of Climate Change to National Ocean Policy: Lessons from the Pacific Northwest. 2:30 - 3:50 pm, Fishery Sciences Auditorium. Speakers: Amy K. Snover, Research Scientist, JISAO/SMA Climate Impact Group; Edward L. Miles, Virginia and Prentice M. Bloedel Professor of marine Studies and Public Affairs, School of Marine Affairs. Sponsor: School of Marine Affairs. Info: tml@u.washington.edu * Transforming Trends and Traditions: The Role of Middle Class Women Entrepreneurs in Keeping Up Appearances. 3:30 pm, Thomson 317. Speaker: Manjari Wijenaike received her PhD in Anthropology from Boston University in 2002. She has done research on urban women entrepreneurs in Sri Lanka and Thailand. Sponsored by the South Asia Center, (206)543-4800, sascuw@u.washington.edu. This event is free and open to the public. May 10 Helping Russia to Control Its Nuclear Infrastructure. (Part of the lecture series "Arms Control, Disarmament and the Proliferation of Weapons of Mass Destruction After September 11). 7:30pm, Kane Hall 110. Speaker: Laura Holgate, Vice President for Russia Programs of the Nuclear Threat Initiative. Sponsors: Institute for Global and Regional Security Studies; The Jackson School, and numerous others. Info: http://depts.washington.edu/igrss/forums.html Trial Support Groups and Japan's Civil Society. 1:30-3:00 pm, Thomson 317. Speaker: Pat Steinhoff, Professor of Sociology, University of Hawaii. Sponsor: Japan Studies Program/JSIS. Info: 543-4391. May 13 Is Going to Court in Russia a Waster of Time? A Study of the Enforcement of Judgments in Russian Economic Courts. 3:30-5:00 pm, 1B Gowen Hall. Speaker: Kathryn Hendley, University of Wisconsin. Sponsor: East Asia Center, International Studies Center with Comparative Law and Society Studies and The Asian Law Center. Info: 206-543-2780. May 16 The Israeli Diaspora (Part of the Seminar of Global Migration and Identities). 3:30-5:30, Parrington Hall Forum. Speaker: Steven Gold, Michigan State University. Sponsors: International Studies Center, Center for the Study of Ethnic Conflict and Conflict Resolution, Sociology Department, Andrew W. Mellon Foundation. Info: 685-2354. The Andrew Markus Memorial Lecture 2002: "Reading (or Not) the Tale of Genji." 8:00 p.m., Walker-Ames Room, Kane Hall. Speaker: Professor Royall Tyler, East Asian Languages & Civilizations, Harvard University. Sponsor: Asian L&L. Info: 543-4996. Existing strategic arms control arrangements. (Part of the lecture series "Open Classroom on International Law and Arms Control). 5:30-6:20pm in Kane Hall 220. Speakers: Damien LaVera; John Holum, former Director of the U.S. Arms Control and Disarmament Agency and also served in the Clinton Administration as Under Secretary of State for Arms Control and International Security and Senior Adviser to the President and Secretary of State. Sponsor: Institute for Global and Regional Security Studies. Info: http://depts.washington.edu/igrss/openclassroom.com The History of Chinese Military Law. 3:30-5:00 pm. Speaker: Robin Yates, Professor of History, McGill University. Sponsor: China Studies Program/JSIS. Info: 543-4391. * The Top-Down and Bottom-Up of Salmon Restoration: Building Responsible Stewardship. 2:30 - 3:50 pm, Fishery Sciences Auditorium. Speaker: William D. Ruckelshaus, Strategic Director, Madronna Venture Group, Chairman of the Board, World Resources Institute, former Administrator, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, and Member, U.S. Commission on Ocean Policy; William W. Stelle, Jr., Partner, Preston Gates & Ellis LLP, former Regional Administrator, Northwest Region, National Marine Fisheries Service. Sponsor: School of Marine Affairs. Info: tml@u.washington.edu May 20 Whose Legal Development? Problems with Empirical Evaluations of Technical Legal Assistance. 3:30-5:00 pm, 1B Gowen Hall. Speaker: Veronica Taylor, University of Washington. Sponsor: East Asia Center, International Studies Center with Comparative Law and Society Studies and The Asian Law Center. Info: 206-543-2780. May 21 The Civilization Index. 2-3:30 pm, Thomson Hall, Room 317. Speaker: Dr. Andrew Targowski, Western Michigan University. At the end of the Cold War, the view that the next major conflict would be a "Clash of Civilizations" became popular. Dr. Targowski will discuss what to expect from this clash and how to respond to the transformation from the Industrial Wave to the Information Wave. His lecture will explore the nature of civilization, the Civilization Index, and how to cope with new challenges. Sponsor: REECAS/JSIS. Info: 543-4852. May 22 Eastern Europe: Human Rights and Public Policy in Emerging Democracies (International Update Dinner-Lecture). 5:30 - 8:00 p.m., Walker-Ames Room, Kane Hall. Speaker: Bruce Kochis, Director, Policy Studies Program, UW Bothell; Director, Human Rights Education and Research Network. $25 fee includes dinner and clock hours for teachers. All welcome. Sponsors: Jackson School of International Studies, CIBER, REECAS. Registration/Info: 543-4800; sascuw@u.washington.edu. May 23 Immigrant Neighborhoods in Los Angeles: Structural Constraints and Ethnic Resources for the Adaptation of Immigrant Children (Part of the Seminar of Global Migration and Identities). 3:30-5:30, Parrington Hall Forum. Speaker: Min Zhou, University of California, Los Angeles. Sponsors: International Studies Center, Center for the Study of Ethnic Conflict and Conflict Resolution, Sociology Department, Andrew W. Mellon Foundation. Info: 685-2354. The Future of Arms Control, Verification and Transparency. (Part of the lecture series "Open Classroom on International Law and Arms Control). 5:30-6:20pm in Kane Hall 220. Speakers: Ambassador Thomas Graham, Jr.; Rose Gottemoeller, senior associate at the Carnegie Endowment for International peace. She holds a joint appointment with the Russian and Eurasian Program and the Global Policy Program. Sponsor: Institute for Global and Regional Security Studies. Info: http://depts.washington.edu/igrss/openclassroom.com * The Future of Ocean Research. 2:30 - 3:50 pm, Fishery Sciences Auditorium. Speakers: Charles C. Eriksen, School of Oceanography; Robert Spindel, Director, Applied Physics Laboratory; Ray W. Hilborn, School of Aquatic and Fishery Sciences. Sponsor: School of Marine Affairs. Info: tml@u.washington.edu May 29 Labor and Human Rights Activism in Colombia Today. 10:30-11:50 am, Walker Ames Room, Kane Hall. Speaker: Magda Ortega, Colombian labor activist. Sponsors: Center for Labor Studies, Latin American Studies Program/JSIS, and the Geography Department. Info: 685-3435, lasuw@u.washington.edu, website: http://jsis.artsci.washington.edu/programs/latinam/ May 30 Transnational, Ethnic, or Cosmopolitan? Second Generation Identity in New York City (Part of the Seminar of Global Migration and Identities). 3:30-5:30, Parrington Hall Forum. Speaker: Phil Kasinitz, Hunter College and the City University of New York Graduate Center. Sponsors: International Studies Center, Center for the Study of Ethnic Conflict and Conflict Resolution, Sociology Department, Andrew W. Mellon Foundation. Info: 685-2354. "Great Unerring Nature Once Seems Wrong": Natural History and New World Tropicality (Part of the lecture series "Nature and Its Publics in the Tropical World"). 3:30 pm, Communications 226. Speaker : Alan Bewell, Comparative Literature, Univ. of Toronto. Sponsors: Walter Chapin Simpson Center for the Humanities; Institute for Transnational Studies; Departments of Anthropology, Comparative Literature, History, Geography, and Women's Studies; Program on the Environment; Program on Africa. Info: 616-1190. Courtly Art and Cultural Transmission in Western Asian in the 13th - 15th Centuries. (Part of the lecture series "Art and Religion on the Silk Road."). Volunteer Park, Stimson Auditorium, Seattle Asian Art Museum. Speaker: Dr. Linda Komaroff, Curator of Islamic Art and Head of the Department of Ancient and Islamic Art at the L.A. County Museum of Art. This series is part of Silk Road Seattle, a collaborative public education project sponsored by the Simpson Center using the Silk Road theme to explore cultural interaction across Eurasia from the beginning of the Common Era to the Sixteenth Century. Included in museum admission (Suggested $3). Co-sponsored by The Simpson Center for the Humanities. Info: 543-6938. Proceeding Toward Disarmament? (Part of the lecture series "Open Classroom on International Law and Arms Control). 5:30-6:20pm in Kane Hall 220.Speakers: Damien LaVera; Robert McNamara, former Secretary of Defense from 1961 to 1968 in the Kennedy and Johnson administrations. He is a renowned expert on arms control, disarmament, and international security. Sponsor: Institute for Global and Regional Security Studies. Info: http://depts.washington.edu/igrss/openclassroom.com * A Historical Perspective on Ocean Policy. 2:30 - 3:50 pm, Fishery Sciences Auditorium. Speakers: Harry N. Scheiber, Director, Center for the Study of Law and Society, Stefan A. Risenfeld Professor of Law and History, UC Berkeley; William T. Burke, Professor Emeritus, School of Law. Sponsor: School of Marine Affairs. Info: tml@u.washington.edu May 31 The U.S. Nuclear Posture Review and Weapons Reductions Announcements: Where Do We Go from Here? (Part of the lecture series "Arms Control, Disarmament and the Proliferation of Weapons of Mass Destruction After September 11). 7:30pm, Kane Hall 110. Speaker: Robert McNamara, Former Secretary of Defense. Sponsors: Institute for Global and Regional Security Studies; The Jackson School, and numerous others. Info: http://depts.washington.edu/igrss/forums.html June 3 Contracting with Relationships and Institutions in Eastern Europe and Vietnam. 3:30-5:00 pm, 1B Gowen Hall. Speaker: Christopher Woodruff, University of California, San Diego. Sponsor: East Asia Center, International Studies Center with Comparative Law and Society Studies and The Asian Law Center. Info: 206-543-2780. June 5 Global Trade Transportation and Logistics Studies Annual Conference: Freight Security Issues & Trade Impacts in the Context of the September 11th Terrorist Attacks. 2:30 to 6:00 pm, Douglas Forum, Seafirst Executive Education Center. Speakers to be announced. Sponsor: GTTL Studies. Contact: Greg Shelton at 206/616-5778, or gttl@u.washington.edu June 6 New Journeys Down Old Roads: 20th Century Impressions of the Silk Road (Part of the lecture series "Art and Religion on the Silk Road."). Volunteer Park, Stimson Auditorium, Seattle Asian Art Museum. Speaker: Dr. Karil Kucera, Visiting Instructor at the Dept. of Art History This series is part of Silk Road Seattle, a collaborative public education project sponsored by the Simpson Center using the Silk Road theme to explore cultural interaction across Eurasia from the beginning of the Common Era to the Sixteenth Century. Included in museum admission (Suggested $3). Co-sponsored by The Simpson Center for the Humanities. Info: 543-6938. All events are free and open to the public unless otherwise indicated. *New Events (or changes) not previously listed are indicated by an asterisk* 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 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 = 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 jsis.artsci.Washington.edu 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. 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