From jsis@u.washington.edu Fri Feb 15 09:36:49 2002 Received: from jason04.u.washington.edu (jason04.u.washington.edu [140.142.8.53]) by lists.u.washington.edu (8.12.1+UW01.12/8.12.1+UW02.01) with ESMTP id g1FHaB5S085652 for ; Fri, 15 Feb 2002 09:36:12 -0800 Received: from homer12.u.washington.edu (homer12.u.washington.edu [140.142.15.50]) by jason04.u.washington.edu (8.12.1+UW01.12/8.12.1+UW02.01) with ESMTP id g1FHaA9Y018898 for ; Fri, 15 Feb 2002 09:36:10 -0800 Received: from localhost (jsis@localhost) by homer12.u.washington.edu (8.12.1+UW01.12/8.12.1+UW02.01) with ESMTP id g1FHaAoJ105010 for ; Fri, 15 Feb 2002 09:36:10 -0800 Date: Fri, 15 Feb 2002 09:36:09 -0800 (PST) From: Jackson School of International Studies To: jsis-uw@u.washington.edu Subject: The Jackson School Calendar, February 15, 2002 ( Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII the JACKSON SCHOOL CALENDAR February 15, 2002 A brief look at the coming week. Scroll down for complete details. February 15 Koizumi 'Revolution' - The End of LDP? February 15 Family Policy and Gender Equality: Lessons from Europe February 15 Hallowed Ground, Contagious Corpses, and the Moral Economy of the Graveyard in 19th-Century Prussia February 15 Lesbian Subcultures: Then and Now February 16 2002 Hooshang Afrassiabi Distinguished Lecture in Persian Studies: "A New Iran: Iranian Culture and Politics in the New Century." February 20 The 21st Century Military and the War on Terrorism February 21 Serbia since 1989: A Roundtable Discussion February 21 Round table discussion -- "The U.S. & East Asia" February 21 The Cultural Politics of Race and Nature February 21 Problems in the Study of Ethnic Cleansing and Genocide February 21 Female Education, Age at Sexual Initiation, and the Risk of STDs in Ariaal Rendille Culture. February 21 Backward and Poor: The Challenge of Developing an Animal Husbandry Economy and Forestry February 21 Recent Publications on Central Asia February 22 Bungalows and Rattan Furniture in Japan: Westernization and the Imperial World Order February 22 The Modern Girl and Commodity Culture in 20th Century Southern Africa Complete Listings: February 15 Koizumi 'Revolution' - The End of LDP? (Part of the series "Perspectives on East Asia: American & Asian Voices"). 3:00pm - 5:00pm, Faculty Club, UW campus. Speaker: Shinichi Kitaoka, Dept. of Government, Tokyo University. Sponsors: JSIS, The Jackson Foundation, China Studies Program, Japan Studies Program, East Asia Center, International Studies Center, South Asia Center. Info: 543-6938. Family Policy and Gender Equality: Lessons from Europe. 12:30 - 2:00 pm, Parrington Commons 308. Speaker: Jane Gornick, Dept. of Political Science, CUNY. Sponsors: CSDE; Center for Research on the Family. Info: 543-5412. Hallowed Ground, Contagious Corpses, and the Moral Economy of the Graveyard in 19th-Century Prussia. 11:00 - Noon, Thomson 317. Speaker: Candidate for the faculty position in Comparative Religion, Robert E. Alvis, Study in Religion Program, Univ. of Massachusetts. Sponsor: Comparative Religion Program/JSIS. Info: 543-4372. * "Lesbian Subcultures: Then and Now," 3:30 pm, Communications 226.Speaker, Judith Halberstam, Professor of Literature at University of California, San Diego. Sponsors: Simpson Center for the Humanities, English, American Ethnic Studies, Comparative Literature, Cinema Studies, Women's Studies, and "The Modern Girl Around the World" Project. This lecture is related to the Modern Girl Around the World Speaker Series. For more information about this series please see: http://depts.washington.edu/tayloruw/moderngirl.htm. February 16 2002 Hooshang Afrassiabi Distinguished Lecture in Persian Studies: "A New Iran: Iranian Culture and Politics in the New Century." 6:30 pm Kane 210. Speaker: Elaine Sciolino, Senior Correspondent, New York Times; author of Persian Mirrors: The Elusive Face of Iran. (reception to follow in Walker-Ames Room) (See http://depts.washington.edu/nelc/events/events.html) February 20 * The 21st Century Military and the War on Terrorism. 11:30 in Kane Hall (Walker-Ames Room). Speaker: Vice Admiral Timothy J. LaFleur, Commander, U.S. Naval Surface Forces, Pacific Fleet. Following his brief (20 minute) talk, he will entertain questions until 12:30. February 21 Serbia since 1989: A Roundtable Discussion. 6:30 - 9:00 p.m., Parrington Hall Forum (309). Speakers: Eric Gordy, Clark University; Bruce Kochis, UW Bothell; Biljana Bijelic, UW; Philip Lyon, SAIS/Johns Hopkins University; Vjeran Pavlakovic, UW. Sponsor: REECAS/JSIS. Info: 543-4852. Round table discussion -- "The U.S. & East Asia" (Part of the series "Perspectives on East Asia: American & Asian Voices"). 7:00pm - 8:30pm, Kane Hall 220. Speaker: David Bachman, Prof. Don Hellmann, and Mr. Wonmo Dong, Jackson School of International Studies. Sponsors: JSIS, The Jackson Foundation, China Studies Program, Japan Studies Program, East Asia Center , International Studies Center, South Asia Center. Info: 543-6938. The Cultural Politics of Race and Nature (Part of the lecture series "Nature and Its Publics in the Tropical World"). 3:30 pm, Communications 226. Speaker : Donald Moore, Anthropology, Univ. of California, Berkeley. 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. Problems in the Study of Ethnic Cleansing and Genocide (Part of the Sawyer Seminar Series on Empires and Ethnic Conflict). 3:30-5:30, Parrington Hall Forum. Speaker: Norman Naimark, Stanford University. Sponsors: International Studies Center, Center for the Study of Ethnic Conflict and Conflict Resolution, Sociology Department, Andrew W. Mellon Foundation, the Center for West European Studies. Info: 685-2354. Female Education, Age at Sexual Initiation, and the Risk of STDs in Ariaal Rendille Culture. 12:30 - 2:00 pm, Parrington Commons 308. Speaker: Eric Roth, Dept. of Anthropology, Univ. of Victoria. Sponsor: CSDE. Info: 543-4312. Backward and Poor: The Challenge of Developing an Animal Husbandry Economy and Forestry. 3:30-5:00, Thomson 317. Speaker: Zheng Chengjun, Yunnan Academy of Social Sciences, Department of Nationality Research. Sponsor: China Studies Program/JSIS. Info: 543-4391. Recent Publications on Central Asia. Denny Hall 215, 12:30-1:30 pm. Speaker: Ilse D. Cirtautas in cooperation with students from REECAS (=Russian, EastEuropean and Central Asian Studies Program) and Near Eastern Languages & Civilization. February 22 Bungalows and Rattan Furniture in Japan: Westernization and the Imperial World Order. 3:00-4:30, Thomson 317. Speaker: Jordan Sand, University of Michigan. Sponsor: Japan Studies Program/JSIS. Info: 543-4391. Lecture: "The Modern Girl and Commodity Culture in 20th Century Southern Africa," 3:30 pm, Communications 226. Speaker, Timothy Burke, Professor of History at Swarthmore College. Part of the Modern Girl Around the World Speaker Series. For more information about this series please see: http://depts.washington.edu/tayloruw/moderngirl.htm. Note: Professor Burke will also lead a workshop on Friday, February 22 from 10:30 am to noon for interested students and faculty members. Attendance is limited to 20. For more details about this workshop and a copy of the readings for discussion please RSVP: tayloruw@u.washington.edu. February 25 Sport Utility Vehicles, Suburbs, and the Auto Industrial Complex. 3:30 - 5:00 pm, Denny 401. Speaker: Sarah Lochlann Jain (Stanford, Cultural and Social Anthropology) Sponsor: Sociocultural Colloquium, Department of Anthropology. Info: anagnost@u.washington.edu) Really Weird Regimes: Sultanism and Personality Cults in the Modern World.3:30 - 5:00, Thomson 317. Speaker: M. Steven Fish, Dept. of Political Science, University of California, Berkeley. Sponsor: REECAS/JSIS. Info:543-4852. * Women, Democracy and Human Rights in Contemporary Turkey: Exploring Connections, Sharing Experiences. 7:00 p.m., Thomson 317. Turkey occupies a unique place in the Middle East and the Muslim world at this critical time in history. The issues and patterns in women's lives can offer us an excellent view of some of the issues that affect people both in Turkey and the United States. The presentation will include information on a three-week travel/study program going to Turkey in May to learn more about women's lives in Turkey today. Presenter: Leyla Welkin, a doctoral student withUnion Institute and University and leader of cultural exchange programsbetween Turkey and North America. Info: Betsy Bridwell, 543-0176, betsyb@u.washington.edu February 26 * Integrating China into the Global Economy. 3:30-5:00 pm, Simpson Humanities Center, CMU 202. Speaker: Nicholas Lardy, Senior Fellow, The BrookingsInstitution. Sponsor: China Studies Program/JSIS. Info: 543-4391. February 27 Middle East Oil and Globalization: Cause and Cure (International Update Dinner-Lecture). 5:30 - 8:00 p.m., Walker-Ames Room, Kane Hall. Speaker: Ellis Goldberg, Director, Middle East Center. $25 fee includes dinner and clock hours for teachers. All welcome. Sponsors: Jackson School of International Studies, CIBER, MEC. Registration/Info: 543-4800; sascuw@u.washington.edu. February 28 The Soviet Intelligentsia and the Jews (Part of the Sawyer Seminar Series on Empires and Ethnic Conflict). 3:30-5:30, Parrington Hall Forum. Speaker: Yuri Slezkine, University of California, Berkeley. Sponsor: The Center for the Study of Ethnic Conflict and Conflict Resolution. Info: 685-2354. * "Business Immigration and Trade Post 9/11 Era." 11:30 a.m.-1:30 p.m. College Club, 505 Madison Avenue, Seattle. Speakers: Mr. Robert Coleman, Director, Immigration/Naturalization Service District Office Seattle and Ms. Shalini Gujavarty, Graham and Dunn Law Firm. Coleman will address his department's role in facilitating the movement of goods and people over the Canadian border and into British Columbia. Gujavarty will address work visas for foreign nationals. Sponsors: World Trade Club in collaboration with the Canadian Studies Center. Cost: $30 before 2/15; $35 after 2/15. Info: info@worldtradeclub@net. 283-9400. March 2 Citizen, Consumer and Corporate Social Responsibility: A Special Program to Teach the Teachers. 8:30AM-4:00 PM, Parrington Hall, University of Washington, Seattle. Speakers include Lyuba Zarsky, Director of the Globalization and Governance Program of the Nautilus Institute for Security and Sustainable Development, Bruce Herbert, President, New Ground Investment Services, Michelle Long, Transparency Center and others. Program is open to students, educators and members of the public. 8 clock hours and a readings packet included in the $40 registration fee. Co-sponsored by Global Source Education, Amnesty International USA, the California Global Corporate Accountability Project, Transparency Center, and the Evans School at University of Washington. For registration or other info: Dohrs@GlobalSourceNetwork.org. , 206-784-5742 March 4 Topic to be announced. 3:30 - 5:00 pm, Denny 401. Speaker: Jennifer E. Hasty (Pacific Lutheran University, Anthropology). Sponsor: Sociocultural Colloquium, Department of Anthropology. Info: anagnost@u.washington.edu) Saving Central Asia: Implications of U.S. Regional Involvement Following the Afghan War (part of the series "9/11: A Global Perspective"). 7:00 - 8:30 pm, Kane 220. Speaker: John Schoeberlein, Director, Forum for Central Asian Studies, Harvard University. Sponsors: Jackson School of International Studies, CASG, REECAS. Info: 543-4852. Cross-Cultural Experience of Technology and Management Transfer: The Case of Launching and Managing a 'Brand New' TV Network in Indonesia. 12:30-1:30pm, Thomson 231. Speaker: T.Y. Lau (UW Communications). Sponsors: Southeast Asia Center/JSIS. Info: 543-9606. March 7 Making Sense of Post-Colonial Violence (Part of the "Human Agency in a Globalizing World" lecture series). 7:00 pm, Communication 226. Speaker: Mahmood Mamdani, Anthropology and Political Science, Columbia University. Sponsors: Institute for Transnational Studies/JSIS; Simpson Center for the Humanities. Info: 616-1190. The Discourse on Love and Eugenics in Modern China. 3:30-5:00 pm, Thomson 317. Speaker: Sakamoto Hiroko, Graduate school of Social Science, Hitotsubashi University. Sponsor: China Studies Program/JSIS. Info: 543-4391. March 8 - 9 South Asia Colloquium of the Pacific Northwest (SACPAN) will include 4 presentations by experts from Washington and British Columbia. Event is open to the public and free of charge. Walker-Ames Room, Kane Hall, University of Washington. Watch this space for more details. For more information, call the South Asia Center at 206-543-4800, or email sascuw@u.washington.edu. March 10 Maslenitsa (Russian Mardi Gras) featuring dance instruction by Jana Rickel + bliny. 2:00-4:30 p.m., Waterfront Activities Center, UW, Seattle. Donation requested (Students $1-2, Others $3-5). Sponsor: Department of Slavic Languages and Literatures. Info: 543-6848. Addendum: Costumes recommended March 11 "Teaching Globalization: From the Empire of Inevitability to Where?" 3:30 - 5:00 pm, Denny 401. Speaker: Matt Sparke (University of Washington, Geography). Sponsor: Sociocultural Colloquium, Department of Anthropology. Info: anagnost@u.washington.edu) Russia and the West after 9/11 (part of the series "9/11: A Global Perspective"). 7:00 - 8:30 pm, Kane 220. Speaker: Stephen E. Hanson, Director, REECAS, JSIS; Dept. of Political Science, UW. Sponsors: Jackson School of International Studies, REECAS. Info: 543-4852. March 13 Meeting the Challenge of Global Climate Change: The European Approach (International Update Dinner-Lecture). 5:30 - 8:00 p.m., Walker-Ames Room, Kane Hall. Speaker: Maria Marotta, European Union Fellow. $25 fee includes dinner and clock hours for teachers. All welcome. Sponsors: Jackson School of International Studies, CIBER, CWES, EUC. Registration/Info: 543-4800; sascuw@u.washington.edu Bioterrorism and Responses (Part of the series "Science and Technology Policy Post-September 11th). 3:30 - 4:30 pm, Condon Hall 129. Speaker: Dr. Jeff Duchin, Director, Communicable Disease Control, King County. Sponsor: Shidler Center for Law, Commerce and Technology. Info: 685-2636. March 14 The Partition of India and Retributive Genocide in the Punjab, 1946-47: Means, Methods, and Purposes (Part of the Sawyer Seminar Series on Empires and Ethnic Conflict). 3:30-5:30, Parrington Hall Forum. Speaker: Paul Brass, University of Washington. Sponsor: The Center for the Study of Ethnic Conflict and Conflict Resolution. Info: 685-2354. "From Rabbi to Aryan: The Politics of Jesus in the Jewish-Christian Dialogue." 7:00 pm, Kane Hall 110. Speaker: Susannah Heschel, Associate Professor of Jewish Studies at Dartmouth College. This lecture is one of an on-going series in the Dale and Leone Turner Lectures on Religion and Society, an endowed lectureship. Sponsors: Jewish Studies Program/JSIS; University Congregational United Church of Christ. Following the lecture, a reception and further discussion with Prof. Heschel will be held at the UniversityCongregational Church, 4515 16th Ave. NE., across the street from the University. Info: 543-4243. March 15 Climate Change and Implications for Social Science and Population. 12:30 - 2:00 pm, Parrington Commons 308. Speaker: Jonathan Mayer, Dept. of Geography, UW. Sponsor: CSDE. Info: 543-4312. March 16 Educator's Workshop: "Quebec's History and Culture for the Classroom." 8:30 am - 4:30 pm, Kane Hall - Walker Ames Room. Workshop for K-12 and college educators - bringing Quebec into the classroom. This all-day workshop will introduce educators to the history of the sovereignty movement in Quebec, Quebec literature and culture, and the territory of Nunavik in Quebec's far north. Curriculum materials will be provided to all participants as well as a wealth of resources for the classroom. $45 Registration Fee. 8 clock hours, continental breakfast. Sponsor: UW Canadian Studies Centre. Info: 206-221-6374 canada@u.washington.edu March 20 The Politics of Cultural Difference in Vietnam and Thailand (International Update Dinner-Lecture). 5:30 - 8:00 p.m., Walker-Ames Room, Kane Hall. Speaker: Charles F. Keyes, Prof. of Anthropology and International Studies. $25 fee includes dinner and clock hours for teachers. All welcome. Sponsors: Jackson School of International Studies, CIBER, SEAS. Registration/Info:543-4800; sascuw@u.washington.edu. March 28 * What is the Silk Road? An Overview of its History and Cultures (Part of the lecture series "Art and Religion on the Silk Road."). Volunteer Park, Stimson Auditorium, Seattle Asian Art Museum. Speaker: Daniel Waugh, Dept. of History, University of Washington. 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. April 8 Politics of the Multitude (Part of the "Human Agency in a Globalizing World" lecture series). 7:00 pm, Savery 239. Speaker: Michael Hardt, Literature and Romance Studies, Duke University. Sponsors: Institute for Transnational Studies/JSIS; Simpson Center for the Humanities. Info: 616-1190. 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. Sponsor: The Center for the Study of Ethnic Conflict and Conflict Resolution. 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. 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. 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, Claremont Mckenna College. Sponsor: The Center for the Study of Ethnic Conflict and Conflict Resolution. 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. 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. 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 Forum. Speaker: Julie Peteet, University of California. Sponsor: The Center for the Study of Ethnic Conflict and Conflict Resolution. 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 April 27 8th Annual Northwest Regional Conference for Russian, East European, and Central Asian Studies. University of Oregon, Eugene. Proposals for papers, panels, or roundtable discussions are welcome from faculty, graduate students and members of the general public. Contributions are encouraged on literature, the fine arts, the environment, post-Soviet foreign policy, historical research, economics, national identity or any other relevant subject. Papers related to the theme "Ten Years after the Soviet Union" are especially welcome. If you would like to join the program, please reply by January 18, 2002, to jak@u.washington.edu. Sponsored by REESC at the Univerity of Oregon and REECAS/JSIS. Info: 543-4852. April 28 * Sixth Annual Chines 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. 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 Forum. Speaker: Susan Martin, Georgetown University. Sponsor: The Center for the Study of Ethnic Conflict and Conflict Resolution. Info: 685-2354. 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 andChair of the Interdepartmental Committee on Yiddish Studies:Autobiographical Jews: Essays in Jewish Self-Fashioning. All lectures takeplace in Kane Hall 200, 7 p.m. May 6: Autobiography, Judaism, and the Study ofMemory -Josephus's Life. May 8: Glckel of Hamelin and Moshe Leib Lilienblum: Jewish autobiography form early modern Yiddish to late 19th century Hebrew. May 13: Osip Mandel'shtam and Stefan Zweig: Russian self-hatred and Austrian nostalgia. 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. Sponsor: The Center for the Study of Ethnic Conflict and Conflict Resolution. 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. 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. Sponsor: The Center for the Study of Ethnic Conflict and Conflict Resolution. Info: 685-2354. 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. Sponsor: The Center for the Study of Ethnic Conflict and Conflict Resolution. Info: 685-2354. 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. Sponsor: The Center for the Study of Ethnic Conflict and Conflict Resolution. 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. 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. 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 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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