From jsis@u.washington.edu Fri Sep 15 10:01:15 2000 Received: from jason04.u.washington.edu (root@jason04.u.washington.edu [140.142.78.5]) by lists.u.washington.edu (8.9.3+UW00.05/8.9.3+UW99.09) with ESMTP id KAA158294 for ; Fri, 15 Sep 2000 10:01:14 -0700 Received: from homer38.u.washington.edu (jsis@homer38.u.washington.edu [140.142.16.4]) by jason04.u.washington.edu (8.9.3+UW00.05/8.9.3+UW00.01) with ESMTP id KAA12788 for ; Fri, 15 Sep 2000 10:01:11 -0700 Received: from localhost (jsis@localhost) by homer38.u.washington.edu (8.9.3+UW00.05/8.9.3+UW99.09) with ESMTP id KAA172456 for ; Fri, 15 Sep 2000 10:01:09 -0700 Date: Fri, 15 Sep 2000 10:01:09 -0700 (PDT) From: Jackson School of International Studies To: jsis-uw@u.washington.edu Subject: The Jackson School Calendar, September 15, 2000 Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII the JACKSON SCHOOL CALENDAR September 15, 2000 ALL EVENTS ARE OPEN TO THE PUBLIC & ARE FREE UNLESS OTHERWISE INDICATED. *New Events (or changes) not previously listed are indicated by an asterisk* Abbreviations: Asian L&L = Department of Asian Languages & Literature CIBER = Center for International Business Education & Research CSDE = Center for Studies in Demography & Ecology CPHRS = Center for Public Health Research & Evaluation CWES = Center for West European Studies, JSIS GTTL = Global Trade, Transportation & Logistics Studies JSIS = The Henry M. Jackson School of International Studies LAS = Latin American Studies Program/JSIS NELC = Department of Near Eastern Languages & Civilization REECAS = Russian, East European, and Central Asia Studies, JSIS Slavic L&L = Department of Slavic Languages & Literature SMA = School of Marine Affairs __________________________________________________________________ September 15 Hirohito and the Making of Modern Japan. 7:00 pm, Town Hall, Seneca Space, 1119 8th Avenue. Speaker: Herbert P. Bix, Graduate School of Social Sciences, Hitotsubashi University, Tokyo. Sponsors: World Affairs Council; University Bookstore; Japan-America Society. Free, but obtain tickets by contacting University Bookstore at 634-3400. September 21 * The Development of the Internet in China: Politics and Social Impact of a New Technology. 3:30 - 5:00 pm, Thomson 317. Speaker: Eric Harwit, Asia/Pacific Research Center, Stanford University. Sponsor: China Studies Program/JSIS. Info: 543-4391. September 22 Book Reading: "A Force More Powerful: A Century of Nonviolent Conflict." 7:00 pm, Kane Hall 220. Author: Jack DuVall. Sponsor: University Book Store. Tickets required; free tickets available from main information desk at University Book Store. Info: 1-800-335-READ. September 28 Why Does Africa Matter? 11:45 am registration, noon luncheon, Washington Athletic Club, Meisnest Room, 3rd Floor, 1325 Sixth Avenue. Speaker: Ambassador Richard Bogosian, USAID Special Assistant for the Greater Horn of Africa Initiative. Sponsors: World Affairs Council; African Chamber of Commerce of the Pacific Northwest; Washington State Africa Network; Horn of Africa Services. Cost: $25 members, $32 non-members. Registration and info: 441-5910. September 29 Persian Mirrors: The Elusive Face of Iran. 5:00 pm, Elliott Bay Book Company, 101 South Main Street. Speaker: Elaine Sciolino, Senior Writer for The New York Times. Sponsors: World Affairs Council; Elliott Bay Book Company. Cost: $5 members, $10 non-members. Registration and info: 441-5910. German Foreign Policy 10 Years After Reunification. 2:00 - 4:00 pm, HUB 309. Speaker: Karsten Voigt, Coordinator for German-American Cooperation and Chief Advisor on German-US Relations in the German Foreign Office. Sponsors: CWES; EU Center; DAAD; JSIS. Info: 543-1675. October 5 The Canada Gala: Celebrate the Relationship (entertainment, dining and dancing to celebrate the relationship between Canada and the U.S.). 6:00 p.m. -12:30 a.m., Grand Ballroom, Westin Hotel. Honorary Chair: Dr. Richard McCormick, President, UW. Sponsors: Canada-America Society, The Canadian Consulate General, Weyerhaeuser, Pacific Northwest National Resource Center for Canada. Cost: $50 per person via Ruth Gunn at the Canada-America Society, 412 Plaza 600, 6th & Stewart, Seattle 98101. Phone: 443-1777. October 9 Big Man, Big Woman: The Shifting Terrain of Rural Credit in Senegalese Hinterlands. 3:30 - 4:50 pm, Denny 401. Speaker: Donna Perry, Anthropology, Western Oregon University. Sponsor: Anthropology. Info: 685-1811. October 11 * Colloquium: "Between Ishmael and Edom: Wandering Hebrew Poets of Medieval Spain." 3:30 pm, Thomson 317. Speaker: Jonathan Decter, Hazel D. Cole Fellow 2000-01, JSIS. Sponsor: Jewish Studies Program/JSIS. Info: 543-4243. October 12 - 14 * Conference: "The Pious and the Profane: Religion and Public Culture." Info: Center for the Humanities, 543-3920. October 13 * Plenary Session: "Religion and Migrants Identity in Post-Colonial Europe: The Experience of North African Jews in France." Speaker: Joelle Bahloul. Info: Center for the Humanities, 543-3920. October 16 Rice Field Medicine or Killer Poison? Pesticides in post-Green Revolution Indoneisan Agriculture. 3:30 - 4:50 pm, Denny 401. Speaker: Wolfgang Linser, Consultant, Harvard Institute for International Development. Sponsor: Anthropology. Info: 685-1811. October 18 * Russian-Ottoman Warfare on the Danube in the Eighteenth Century. 1:30 - 3:20, Thomson 317. Speaker: Virginia Aksan, McMaster University. Sponsors: Middle East Center/JSIS; International Studies Center/JSIS; Center for the Humanities. Info: 543-4227. October 19 Henry M. Jackson - A Life in Politics. 7:30 pm, Kane Hall 210. Lecture by Dr. Robert Kaufman on the occasion of the publication of his biography on Senator Jackson. Sponsor: Henry M. Jackson Foundation. October 23 Losing House and Home: Development, Evictions and Human Rights in Bogota, Colombia. 3:30 - 4:50 pm, Denny 401. Speaker: Margaret Everett, Anthropology, Portland State University. Sponsor: Anthropology. Info: 685-1811. October 31 * Ladino Literary Culture in the Levant, 18th - 20th Centuries. 7:30 pm, Kane Hall 210. Reception to follow, dietary laws observed. Speaker: Aron Rodrigue. Sponsor: Jewish Studies Program/JSIS. Info: 543-4243. November 1 * Millets and Minorities: Non-Muslims in the Ottoman Empire. 1:30 - 3:20, Parrington Hall, The Commons. Speaker: Aron Rodrique, Lokey Professor of History, Stanford University. Sponsors: Middle East Center/JSIS; International Studies Center/JSIS; Center for the Humanities. Info: 543-4227. November 6 Developing Citizens: The Subject of the State on an Indonesian Periphery. 3:30 - 4:50 pm, Denny 401. Speaker: Cathryn Houghton, Anthropology, Yale University. Sponsor: Anthropology. Info: 685-1811. November 8 * Alternative Routes to State Transformation: A Relational Approach to Politics, Culture, and Society in the Ottoman Empire. 1:30 - 3:20, Thomson 317. Speaker: Karen Barkey, Columbia University. Sponsors: Middle East Center/JSIS; International Studies Center/JSIS; Center for the Humanities. Info: 543-4227. November 13 Sherpa Yak Management in Mount Everest National Park, and the High Costs of Mountaineering. 3:30 - 4:50 pm, Denny 401. Speaker: Barbara Brower, Geography, University of Oregon. Sponsor: Anthropology. Info: 685-1811. * First Annual Comparative Religion Lecture on Religion and Contemporary Life: "The Force of Faith in the Contemporary World. 7:30 pm, Kane Hall 220. Reception to follow in Walker-Ames Room. Speaker: Eugene Webb, JSIS. Sponsor: Comparative Religion Program/JSIS. Info: 543-4243. November 20 Maps, Metaphors, and Meanings: Boundary Struggles and Village Forest Use on Private and State Land in Malawi. 3:00 - 4:30 pm, Denny 401. Speaker: Peter Walker, Geography, University of Oregon. Sponsor: Anthropology. Info: 685-1811. November 27 Reconfiguration of Responsibility: Ethical Orientations on the Commons in Liangshan. 3:30 - 4:50 pm, Denny 401. Speaker: Nayna Jhaveri, Geography, UW. Sponsor: Anthropology. Info: 685-1811. December 4 Sustainability and Conservation Debates in the Case of Madagascar's Tropical Forests. 3:30 - 4:50 pm, Denny 401. Speaker: Lucy Jarosz, Geography, UW. Sponsor: Anthropolgy. Info: 685-1811. December 12 * Writers Rivka and Ben-Zion Dorfman ("Synagogues with Jews - and the communities that built and used them,") speak at 7:00 pm in Kane Hall. Info: 545-9477 ext. 202. ****************************************************************************** The Jackson School Calendar is updated and e-mailed weekly. There is no charge for subscribing. To subscribe to the on-line Calendar, or for further information, please post a message to: JSIS@u.washington.edu. Thank you To request disability accommodations, contact the office of the ADA Coordinator, at least ten days in advance of the event. 543-6450 (voice); 543-6452 (TDD); 685-3885 (FAX); access@u.washington.edu (E-mail). The Henry M. Jackson . School of International Studies University of Washington Box # 353650 Seattle, WA 98195-3650 Charles Paxton,Secretary to the Director Henry M. 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