From jsis@u.washington.edu Fri May 4 09:21:24 2001 Received: from jason02.u.washington.edu (root@jason02.u.washington.edu [140.142.8.52]) by lists.u.washington.edu (8.11.2+UW01.01/8.11.2+UW01.04) with ESMTP id f44GLM0102326 for ; Fri, 4 May 2001 09:21:22 -0700 Received: from homer12.u.washington.edu (jsis@homer12.u.washington.edu [140.142.15.50]) by jason02.u.washington.edu (8.11.2+UW01.01/8.11.2+UW01.04) with ESMTP id f44GLL056400 for ; Fri, 4 May 2001 09:21:21 -0700 Received: from localhost (jsis@localhost) by homer12.u.washington.edu (8.11.2+UW01.01/8.11.2+UW01.04) with ESMTP id f44GLKa107342 for ; Fri, 4 May 2001 09:21:20 -0700 Date: Fri, 4 May 2001 09:21:20 -0700 (PDT) From: Jackson School of International Studies To: Subject: The Jackson School Calendar, May 4, 2001 Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII the JACKSON SCHOOL CALENDAR May 4, 2001 ALL EVENTS ARE FREE & OPEN TO THE PUBLIC UNLESS OTHERWISE INDICATED. *New Events (or changes) not previously listed are indicated by an asterisk* At the end of this calendar is a list of abbreviations and a list of Web sites where you can find more detailed information. _____________________________________________________________________ May 3 - 7 Discourses on Vedanta. Daily 7:30 - 9 pm. Johnson Hall 006, UW Seattle. For further info, http://students.washington.edu/prem/vedanta.html May 4 Boogie Woogie Music and Japan's Postwar Constitution: The Creolization of Japanese Culture in the Occupation Period. 3:30-5:00 pm, Miller 316 (new location). Speaker: John Treat, Yale University. Sponsor: Japan Studies Program. Info: 543-4391 "New Publications on Central Asia." Denny Hall 215, 12:30-1:30pm. Speaker: Ilse D. Cirtautas, Department of Near Eastern Languages & Civilization. Sponsors: CASG; NELC; MEC; REECAS/JSIS. Info: 543-9963 or 543-6033. A Conversation with Scott Ritter, Former Chief Weapons Inspector in IRAQ for the United Nations on "Iraq and Sanctions: US Policy Revisited." 11:30 am registration, 12:00 - 1:30 pm luncheon and program. Washington Athletic Club, 1325 Sixth Avenue. Sponsors: CityClub; World Affairs Council; JSIS; Washington Physicians for Social Responsibility; Washington State University; Washington Association of Churches. Cost: $25 members, $30 guests and co-presenting organizations (including JSIS faculty & staff), $35 general public. Reservations and payment due by May 1. Reservations: 682-7395. Security in the Middle East: War, Sanctions, and US Policy---A Public Debate between Shafeeq Ghabra and Scott Ritter. 7:30 p.m. Kane Hall 220. Speakers: Shafeeq Ghabra, Director, Kuwait Information Office and Scott Ritter, former Head of UN Weapons Inspection Team in Iraq. Sponsored by the Jackson School Students Association and the Middle East Center. Info: 543-4227. * Richard Ned Lebow presents his paper, "The Holocaust and Social Science: A Personal Odyssey," forthcoming in Light From the Ashes (University of Michigan Press). 12:00-1:20 pm, Gowen 1B. Ned Lebow is the Director of the Mershon Center, and a Professor of Political Science, Psychology, and History at The Ohio State University Sponsors: The International Relations/International Security Colloquium in the Political Science Department. May 4 - 5 Workshop on Militaries in Democratic Reform. 9:00 am - 5:00 pm on Friday, 8:30 am - Noon on Saturday, Thomson 317. This workshop will analyze the role of militaries in democratic reform processes in Asia, Europe, Central America and South America. This project will attempt to determine how democratic civilian supremacy over militaries has been negotiated (or not), carried out (or not) and sustained (or not). Such an analysis will contribute to important international debates regarding democracy promotion and statecraft programs in transitional societies. Sponsors: International Studies Center/JSIS; the Henry M. Jackson Foundation; the Institute for Global and Regional Security Studies. Info: 685-2354. Academic workshop: Integrating Institutions: Theory, Method, and the Study of the European Union. 9:00 am-4:45 pm (Friday) and 9:00 am-12:30 pm (Saturday), Parrington Forum, 3rd Floor Parrington Hall. Sponsors: EU Center/JSIS, REECAS, Political Science. Info: 616-2415 or euc@u.washington.edu May 5 Half-day workshop for educators and the public: "The New World of Corporate Accountability, With Special Focus on the Case of Unocal in Burma." 8:30-12:30pm, Parrington Commons. Registration fee: $10 (please contact Global Source Education: info@GlobalSourceNetwork.org or call 781-8060) May 5-6 Crossing Borders: An Inquiry Into Self, Place and Identity (literary and film event to benefit Chaya, an organization serving South Asian women in crisis). Saturday literary events at Town Hall, 1119 8th Ave. Sunday film events at Seattle Art Museum, 100 University Street. For further info, including tickets, visit www.chayaseattle.org or call 275-2493. May 7 Europeanization and the Dynamics and Mechanics of Economic Policy Adjustment. 3:30 pm, Lower Conference Room, Faculty Club. Speaker: Vivien Schmidt, Boston University. Sponsor: EU Center/JSIS. Info: 616-2415 or euc@u.washington.edu Living Silence: Burma Under Military Rule. 3:30-5:00pm, Thomson 317. Speaker: Christina Fink, Anthropologist and author. Dr. Fink will also be speaking at the UW Bookstore on Tuesday, May 8 at 7pm. Sponsor: SEAS/JSIS. Info: 543-9606. May 7, 9, and 14 Post-Traditional Jewish Identities (Samuel and Althea Stroum Lecture 2001). 8:00 pm, Kane Hall 220. Speaker: Professor Paul Mendes-Flohr, Hebrew University of Jerusalem. May 7: "Cultural Disjunctions and Modern Jewish Identity." May 9: "Jewish Cultural Memory: Its Multiple Configurations." May 14: "Jewish Learning, Jewish Hope." Sponsor: Jewish Studies Program/JSIS. Info: 543-4243. Global Teach, a series of seminars for K-12 educators, presents US-Canadian Relations: Environmental Issues Impacting Washington and British Columbia. 4:15 - 7p.m. UW Hub 310. Ann Lesperance, Senior Research Scientist, Environmental Policy and Planning, Battelle; David Fraser, Puget Sound Georgia Basin, Coordinator for Environment Canada; Melanie Luh, Director External Affairs, EPA; and Michael Rylko, Puget Sound Basin Coordinator, EPA. A panel of UW students from Canada will provide their own perspectives on culture and current issues and answer questions from teachers. Sponsored by the World Affairs Council & the Canadian Studies Center/ JSIS. For registration information, contact Tese at the World Affairs Council at tneighbor@world-affairs.org or 441-5910 ext 27. May 8 Colloquium: "German Jews and Bildung." 3:30 pm, Thomson 317. Speaker: Professor Paul Mendes-Flohr, Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Samuel and Althea Stroum Lecturer 2001. Sponsors: Germanics; Jewish Studies Program/JSIS. Info: 543-4243. The EU and the Search for a Multilateral Round of Trade Negotiations. 3:30 pm, Faculty Club Lower Conference Room. Speaker: Bart Kerremans, Centre for Peace Research and Strategic Studies (CPRS), Catholic University of Leuven. Sponsors: EU Center/JSIS. Info: 616-2415 or euc@u.washington.edu May 9 The Emergence of Canadian Cinema: The Making of an Industry through Government Policy (part of the series "International Updates: Trends and Transitions in Your World") 5:30 - 8:00 pm, Kane Hall, Walker-Ames Room. Speaker: Darryl Macdonald, Director, Seattle International Film Festival. Sponsors: Jackson School Outreach Centers/JSIS, CIBER, Canadian Studies Center; Canada-America Society. Cost for dinner/lecture is $22. Registration & info: 543-1675. Film: "The Decalogue, III-IV" (Krzysztof Kieslowski, Poland, 1988-89). 6:00 p.m., Mary Gates Hall 234. Sponsor: REECAS/JSIS. Info: 543-4852. Reflections on the Social and Political Roles of Bathhouses in Early Islamic Syria. 1:30-3:20, Thomson 317. Speaker: Lara G. Tohme, Aga Khan Fellow of Islamic Architecture, MIT; and visiting scholar, Middle East Center. Sponsor: Middle East Center/JSIS. Info: 543-4227. An Introduction to Dzogchen. 7:00 pm, Kane Hall 210. Speaker: Chogyal Namkhai Norbu Rinpoche, Prof. of Tibetan and Mongolian Culture, Instituto Orientale, Univ. of Naples. Sponsors: UW Tibetan Language Association; Comparative Religion Program/JSIS. Cost: Suggested donation $10; $5 for UW students with ID. $10 tickets may only be purchased at Mandala Books, University Ave. Info: 890-4065. * 36 Days: The 2000 Presidential Election Crisis. 7:00 - 8:30 pm, Kane Hall 120. Reception to follow. Reporters who covered the 2000 Presidential Election Crisis will discuss their articles and offer postelection insights. Sponsors: The New York Times; UW. Info: 1-888-NYT-Coll May 10 Putin's Nature: A Cautionary Fable (part of the lecture series "Putin and the New Russian Foreign Policy"). 7:30 pm, Kane Hall 210. Speaker: Steven Solnick, Dept. of Political Science, Columbia University. Sponsors: Henry M. Jackson Foundation; World Affairs Council; Foundation for Russian-American Economic Cooperation; REECAS/JSIS; IGRSS. Info: 543-4852. Fiber Art Movement in Postwar Japan. 7:00 pm, Henry Auditorium, Henry Art Gallery. Speaker: Yoshiko I. Wada, University of California, Berkeley. Sponsors: Japan America Society; Japan Studies Program/JSIS. Info: 543-4391. Ghostly Interior: House, Home and Archive in Attia Hosain's Sunlight on a Broken Column (part of the lecture series "Modern Girl Around the World"). 3:00 pm, Walker-Ames Room, Kane Hall. Speaker: Antoinette Burton, Dept. of History, Univ. of Illinois. Sponsors: Taylor Institute for Transnational Studies; JSIS; Simpson Center for the Humanities; CWES. Info: 616-1190. "New Publications on/in Kazakhstan." Denny Hall 215, 12:30-1:30pm. Speaker: Talgat Imangaliev, Graduate Student, Near Eastern Languages & Civilization. Sponsors: CASG; NELC; MEC; REECAS/JSIS. Info: 543-9963 or 543-6033. Willing Europeans: Preventing Ethno-National Conflict in Macedonia. 3:30 - 5:00 pm, Parrington Forum. Speaker: Anastasia Karakasidou, Wellesley College. Sponsors: Center for the Study of Ethnic Conflict and Conflict Resolution, International Studies Center/JSIS; REECAS/JSIS. Info: 685-2707. * Goddesses Who Rule: Goddesses and Sovereignty, a Subject and its Teaching. 3:30-5 pm, Thomson 317, UW Seattle. Speaker: Dr. Elisabeth Benard, University of Puget Sound. Co-sponsored by Comp. Religion, Anthropology, Women Studies and the Jackson School. Info: 543-4800. * "Sky Burial: The Fate of Tibet." 3:30-5:00, Savery 131. Speaker: Lixiong Wang, Author of "Huanghou" (Yellow Peril) and "Tianzang" (Sky Burial). Sponsored by China Studies Program/JSIS. Info: 543-4391 May 11 "Infrastructure Investment and Industrialization in Postwar Asia: How Relevant is Japan?" 3:30-5:00, Room 317. Speaker: Carl Mosk, University of Victoria. Sponsor: Japan Studies Program. Info: 543-4391 "New Publications on/in Uzbekistan." Denny Hall 215, 12:30-1:30pm. Speaker: Ilse D. Cirtautas, NELC. Sponsors: CASG; NELC; MEC; REECAS/JSIS. Info: 543-9963 or 543-6033. * Ethno-archaeological Research with Nenets Reindeer Herders on the Yamal Peninsula, Russia. 7:00 - 9:00 pm, R.E.I. flagship store, 222 Yale Ave. North. Speaker: Dr. Sven Haakanson, Jr., Director, Alutiiq Museum, Kodiak Island, Alaska. FREE to members, $10.00 to non-members. Refreshments provided (Please bring cookies/snacks to share with the beverages) May 12 Diversity in Spain (four films about Spain and its geographical and cultural diversity). 8:30 am - 5:00 pm, BLM 413. Sponsor: Center for Spanish Studies. Info: 221-6571. * THE FOLLOWING EVENT HAS BEEN POSTPONED: Mainstreaming India (workshop on the importance of teaching about India in K-12 schools). Sponsor: South Asia Center/JSIS. Info: 543-4800. May 15 Multinational Corporations and Globalization. 3;30 pm, Condon Hall 109 (1100 NE Campus Parkway). Speaker: David Korten, Founder & President, People-Centered Development Forum. Sponsor: Law School. Info: 543-0524. May 16 Putin as the Un-Yeltsin: A Sea Change in Russian Foreign Policy (part of the lecture series "Putin and the New Russian Foreign Policy"). 6:30 pm, Kane Hall 120. Speaker: Strobe Talbott, Former U.S. Deputy Secretary of State. Sponsors: Henry M. Jackson Foundation; World Affairs Council; Foundation for Russian-American Economic Cooperation; Seattle Post-Intelligencer; REECAS/JSIS; IGRSS. Info: 543-4852. (Re)Building a Sustainable Peace in El Salvador. 12:30 pm, Thomson 317. Speaker: Jose "Chencho" Alas, Foundation for Self-Sufficiency in Central America. Sponsors: LAS/JSIS; Foundation for Self-Sufficiency in Central America. Info: 685-3435. Looking for Truth in the Midst of Crisis: The Cost of the Past in Indonesia. 3:30-5:00pm, Thomson 317. Speaker: Mary Zurbuchen, Visiting Professor, Department of East Asian Languages and Cultures, University of California-Los Angeles. Sponsor: SEAS/JSIS. Info: 543-9606. May 17 What Happened to the Oslo Peace Process? (New Title) (Part of the series on Ethnic conflict in the Modern World). 3:30 pm, Parrington Hall Forum. Speaker: Joel Beinin, Stanford University. Sponsor: Center for the Study of Ethnic Conflict and Conflict Resolution, International Studies/JSIS. Info: 685-2707 "New Publications in/on Kirghizstan." Denny Hall 215, 12:30-1:30pm. Speaker: Ilse D. Cirtautas, NELC. Sponsors: CASG; NELC; MEC; REECAS/JSIS. Info: 543-9963 or 543-6033. Film: "The Decalogue, V-VI" (Krzysztof Kieslowski, Poland, 1988-89). 6:00 p.m., Mary Gates Hall 234. Sponsor: REECAS/JSIS. Info: 543-4852. May 18 * Moga: The Modern Girl in Japan (Part of the lecture series "Modern Girl Around the World"). 3:30- 5:00 pm, Communications 206 (NOTE NEW LOCATION). Speaker: Miriam Silverberg, Dept. of History, UCLA. Sponsors: Taylor Institute for Transnational Studies; Simpson Center for the Humanities; Japan Studies Program/JSIS. Info: 616-1190. "Kirghiz Students Studying Abroad and Their Contributions to Kirghiz Society." Denny Hall 215, 12:30-1:30pm. Speaker: Anara Jamasheva, Head, IREX-Educational Information Center, Bishkek. Sponsors: CASG; NELC; MEC; REECAS/JSIS. Info: 543-9963 or 543-6033. May 18 - 19 Indigenous Mobilization in the Americas: Forging Hemispheric Ties. A Conference with First Nations Speakers from Latin America, Canada, and the United States. Free & open to all. (K-12 teacher clock hours avail. For $40 registration fee, through Canadian Studies, 206-543-6269) FRI. MAY 18, 7:00 pm, Sieg Hall 134 (SE of the HUB) -Keynote: Guillermo Delgado, Quechua activist/scholar, UC-Santa Cruz. SAT. MAY 19, Sieg Hall 134 (SE of the HUB) -9:00 am-5:00 pm: Panel discussions on sovereignty, legal & land issues, cultural revitalization and education. -7-9 pm: Film screeining & discussion of Dan Hart (UW) For details, visit: http://jsis.artsci.washington.edu/programs/latinam. UW Sponsors: Latin American Studies Program, JSIS; Walter Chapin Simpson Center for the Humanities; Canadian Studies, JSIS; Division of Spanish and Portuguese; Spanish Resource Center; American Ethnic Studies Department; Department of Anthropology; UW-First Nations. Community Sponsors: People for Justice in Chile, El Centro de la Raza, Washington State-Chile Partners for the Americas. For more information contact LAS-JSIS, 206-685-3435; lasuw@u.washington.edu Moral Aggression: The Evil Uses of Goodness. The Ernest Becker Foundation and the S.U. Department of Psychology will host Dr. Kirby Farrell from the English Department of the University of Massachusetts. Dr. Kirby will present the above titled lecture on May 18 at 7:30 pm in the Schafer Auditorium of the Lemieux Library at SU. The lecture is free. On Saturday, May 19, is a workshop from 9:30 a.m. 4:00 pm. The workshop will take place in the Stimson Room of the Lemieux Library. A $25.00 donation is requested for the workshop. Scholarships are available for the asking (206-232-2994). Pre-registration for the workshop is highly recommended so you can study the handouts and see the videos. The experience is designed to "blow the cover" of the socio-drama and the cultural fiction, to hone our skills at looking beneath the veneer, to expose especially the hurtful ways our culture denies death, and to identify those institutions and ideas that are helpful. May 19 * NOTE: THE FOLLOWING EVENT HAS BEEN CANCELLED: Educator's Workshop: "Haida & Inuit Art, Emily Carr and the Group of Seven: Teach About Canada Through Art. Info: 543-6269. May 21 The Diasporic Crow and the Fabulization of Instinct: How Natural History Enters General History around the Indian Ocean (Part of the Colloquium Series "Whose nature? Conflicting Interests and Perceptions"). 3:30 - 5:00, Mary Gates Hall, Room 241. Speaker: Paul Greenough, Dept. of History, University of Iowa. Sponsor: South Asia Center/JSIS. Info: 543-4800. Positive Identity: Women living with HIV in Thailand's Northeast. Time and location TBA. Speaker: Suchada Thaweesit, Anthropology, Ubon Ratchathani University, Thailand. Sponsor: SEAS/JSIS. Info: 543-9606. Human Rights: Democracy and the Rule of Law in the Asia Pacific Region. 7:00 pm, Kane Hall 210. Speaker: Jose Ramos-Horta, Nobel Peace Prize Winner. A reception in the Walker-Ames room will follow the lecture. Sponsors: Political Science; JSIS. Info: 543-9163. May 22 Narratives of German Jewish Refugees in 1930s New York City. 3:30 pm, Thomson 317. Speaker: Judith Gerson, Sociology and Women's Studies, Rutgers University. Sponsors: Jewish Studies Program/JSIS; Germanics; Women's Studies. Info: 543-4243. Two Workshops for Spanish Teachers. 4:00 - 8:00 pm, Loew 102. Workshop Leader: Oscar Cerrolaza, Spanish consultant. Sponsor: Center for Spanish Studies. Info: 221-6571. The Andrew Markus Lecture: Cognitive Approaches to Chinese Historical Linguistics. 8:00 pm, Walker-Ames Room, Kane Hall. Speaker: Christoph Harbsmeier, Univ. of Oslo. Sponsor: Asian L&L. Info: 543-4996. May 23 The Cultural Politics of Wildlife Policy in India (part of the series "International Updates: Trends and Transitions in Your World") 5:30 - 8:00 pm, Kane Hall, Walker-Ames Room. Speaker: Kalayanakrishnan Sivaramakrishnan, Dept. of Anthropology. Sponsors: Jackson School Outreach Centers/JSIS, CIBER, South Asia Center. Cost for dinner/lecture is $22. Registration & info: 543-1675. Visualizing Power: Illustrated Histories of the Ottoman Dynasty. 1:30-3:20 pm, Thomson Hall, 317. Speaker: Serpil Bagci, Associate Professor of Art History, Hacettept University, Turkey. Sponsors: Walter Chapin Simpson Center for the Humanities, Middle East Center/JSIS, and International Studies Center/JSIS. Info: 685-2354. Zagreb Everywhere: An Unorthodox Lecture on the City of Zagreb, Croatia (incorporating video, sound and the spoken word). 8:00 p.m., Mary Gates Hall Room 231. Speaker: Gordana Crnvovic, Slavic L&L, UW. Sponsored by Slavic L&L, REECAS/JSIS, Comparative Literature and the Jack Straw Foundation's Artist Support Program. Info: 543-6848. Film: "The Decalogue, VII-VIII" (Krzysztof Kieslowski, Poland, 1988-89). 6:00 p.m., Mary Gates Hall 234. Sponsor: REECAS/JSIS. Info: 543-4852. May 24 Slide Show/Reading: "Labrador: Canada's Forgotten Frontier." 7:30 - 9:00 pm, University Book Store, 2nd Floor Reading Space. Speaker: Lynne Fitzhugh, Author. Sponsor: Canadian Studies Center/JSIS. Info: 543-6269. Russia's Unfinished Revolution: The Protracted Transition from Communism to Democracy (part of the lecture series "Putin and the New Russian Foreign Policy"). 7:30 pm, Kane Hall 210. Speaker: Michael McFaul, Senior Associate, Carnegie Endowment for International Peace. Sponsors: Henry M. Jackson Foundation; World Affairs Council; Foundation for Russian-American Economic Cooperation; REECAS/JSIS. Info: 543-4852. Labor Migration, Transnational Communities, and State Strategies in East Asia. 3:30 - 5:30 pm, Parrington Forum. Speaker: Stephen Castles, Oxford University. Sponsor: Center for the Study of Ethnic conflict and Conflict Resolution, International Studies Center, JSIS. Info: 685-2707. * "The Recent Resurgence of Islamic Education in China and the Revival of Ties to the International Islamic Community." 3:30-5:00, Savery 131. Speaker: Jacqueline Armijo, Department of Religious Studies, Stanford University. Sponsored by China Studies Program/JSIS. Info: 543-4391 May 26 13th Annual Nicholas Poppe Symposium on Central/Inner Asian Studies. Denny Hall 215, 8:30-6:00pm. Preliminary List of Presentations: "International Programs and Their Effects on Kirghizstan's Educational System" (Anara Jamasheva, Head, IREX-Educational Information Center, Bishkek, Kirghizstan). "Recent Legislation on Land Reform in Kazakhstan" (Zhakshylyk Khuseinov, former Advisor to the President and Parliament of Kazakhstan; Visiting Scholar, Russian, East European and Central Asian Program (REECAS), University of Washington). "Land Reforms in Kirghizstan" (Renee Giovarelli, J.D., LL.M, Staff Attorney, Rural Development Institute, Seattle). "The Deportation of the Karachai People from the Caucasus to Central Asia in 1943: Eyewitness Accounts" (Zulfiya Lafi, former Representative of the International Research and Exchange Board (IREX) in Kazakhstan and Central Asia ). "Women in Uzbekistan Since Independence" (Adolat Najimova, RFE/RL Correspondent, Prague). "Abdulla Qodiriy's (1894-1938) Influence on the Uzbek Literary Language" (Ilse D. Cirtautas, Near Eastern Languages & Civilization, University of Washington). "On Vowel Harmony in Turkmen" (Tim Miller, Graduate Student, Near Eastern Languages & Civilization, University of Washington). Info: 543-9963. May 30 Film: "The Decalogue, IX-X" (Krzysztof Kieslowski, Poland, 1988-89). 6:00 p.m., Mary Gates Hall 234. Sponsor: REECAS/JSIS. Info: 543-4852. June 1 Reading and Storytelling with Canadian Inuk Writer Michael Kusagak. 7:00 pm, Kane Hall 210. Sponsor: Canadian Studies Center/JSIS. Cost: $10. Registration & info: 543-6269. Southeast Asia Center spring reception. 4:30-6:30pm, location TBA. Friends, food and drinks! Info: 543-9606. June 2 Educator's Mosaic Workshop: "Northern Dreams: Art, Life and the Environment in the Far North." 8:30 - 4:30 pm, UW location TBA. Workshop for K-7 educators includes overview of the history and geography of Siberia, Greenland and far north in Russia; representatives from three countries will give insider's view of traditional life and culture; and sessions devoted to storytelling, mythology, northern music, and arts & crafts. Extensive information packets. Sponsors: Canadian Studies Center/JSIS; REECAS; CWES. Cost: $45 includes eight clock hours, coffee/muffins and lunch. Registration and info: 543-6269. June 4 * Global Trade, Transportation, and Logistics Studies Annual Conference: "The Prospect of Regional Intermodal Hubs as a Measure toward Decreasing Traffic Congestion and Promoting Commerce. 3:00 - 6:00 pm (including reception), Seafirst Executive Education Center, Fourth Floor, Douglas Forum. Speakers TBA. Sponsor: Global Trade, Transportation, and Logistics Studies. RSVP by May 29. Info: 616-5778. June 5 Stigma, Acceptance, and the End to Liminality: Jews and Christians in Early Modern Italy. 1:30 pm, Thomson 317. Speaker: Ken Stow, University of Haifa (former Stroum Professor). Sponsor: Jewish Studies Program/JSIS. Info: 543-4243. June 8 * Bookfest at Lunch featuring Bharti Kirchner and Anita Rau Badami. 12:30 pm, Claremont Hotel, 4th and Virginia, Seattle. Sponsored by Northwest Bookfest, for tickets call (206) 378-1883. June 11 * NOTE: THE FOLLOWING EVENT HAS BEEN CANCELLED: Reading by Nancy Pagh and Laurie Ricou. Call 206.221.6374 for info. June 27-29 Jackson School Joint Outreach Summer Seminar. Time and location TBA. SEA speaker: Paul Stange, Prof. History, Murdoch University, Australia. Parangtritis: a Javanese Sacred Site in troubled times. Info: 543-9606. ______________________________________________________________________________ Abbreviations and Web site addresses for more detailed information: Asian L&L = Department of Asian Languages & Literature CANSTUD = Canadian Studies Program/JSIS http://jsis.artsci.washington.edu/programs/canada/canada.html CASG = Central Asian Studies Group/NELC CIBER = Center for International Business Education & Research CSDE = Center for Studies in Demography & Ecology CPHRS = Center for Public Health Research & Evaluation CWES = Center for West European Studies, JSIS http://jsis.artsci.washington.edu/programs/cwesuw/index.html GEOG = Dept. of Geography http://depts.washington.edu/geog/news/colloquium.html GTI = George Taylor Institute Depts.washington.edu/tayloruw/seminars.htm GTTL = Global Trade, Transportation & Logistics Studies IGRSS = Inst. For Global and Regional Security Studies IIP = Institute for International Policy www.iip.washington.edu IS = Center for International Studies/JSIS http://jsis.artsci.washington.edu/programs/is/is-ctr.html JSIS = The Henry M. Jackson School of International Studies LAS = Latin American Studies Program/JSIS MEC = Middle East Center/JSIS http://jsis.artsci.washington.edu/programs/mideast/events.htm NELC = Department of Near Eastern Languages & Civilization REECAS = Russian, East European, and Central Asia Studies, JSIS http://depts.washington.edu/reecas SEAS = Southeast Asia Studies/JSIS http://jsis.artsci.washington.edu/programs/seasia/seasia.html Slavic L&L = Department of Slavic Languages & Literature SMA = School of Marine Affairs ****************************************************************************** The Jackson School Calendar is updated and e-mailed weekly. There is no charge for subscribing. 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