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Scroll down for complete details. * Unless stated otherwise, all events will take place on the main campus of the University of Washington, Seattle. The Jackson School sponsorship of an event does not imply that the School endorses the content of an event. Click here to receive the JSIS Calendar by email January 21 Security in East Asia and Foreign Direct Investment: Two Key Issues Facing Japan Today January 22 Undergraduate Conference on Globalization Comparative Health Care Symposium: Does Canada Offer a Different Solution to Health Care Issues than the US? January 24 Chinese Calligraphy in its Cultural Context Our Place in the World: U.S. Foreign Policy Social Constructivism in International Relations Theory January 25 Long Live the Nation State: the (Puzzling) Political Dynamics of an Enlarging and Constitutionalizing EU January 26 Socialization and International Institutions: in Europe and Beyond Hungary and Her Neighbors: Still an Uneasy Relationship? January 27 The New Transatlantic Agenda: A Spanish Perspective When the Deal Goes Sour in China...What's a Company to Do? Contracting and Dispute Resolution Among Chinese Firms January 27 Kashf al-Asrar: a Visionary Autobiography January 31 Governance Reform Initiatives In Sierra Leone February 1 Canadian Author Reading with Douglas Coupland February 2 Window to Paris -International Film and Discussion Series February 3 Developing Power: How Women Transformed International Development Reflections on Forgotten Surfaces: The Calligraphy of Hua Rende Maternal and Child Health Issues in Asia February 4 Traveling Nature, Imagining the Globe: Japanese Tourism in the Canadian Rockies Intervention and Prevention of Genocide: Actions/Reactions of the International Community and Suggestions for Ameliorating Tardy and Inadequate Responses to Genocidal Crises Writing Confinement in Iran: A Method to the Madness Feb. 4-March 17 Ozu Retrospective February 7 Political Literary Criticism and the Unexplored Literary Spaces of a Ghazal by Hafez Against the Odds: Promoting Girl's Education and Creating a World of Hope for the Children of the Karakoram and Hindu Kush February 9 In The Mood For Love February 10 The EU and the USA: Competitive Partners February 11 China's Ascendance, Asia's Accommodation, America's Challenge February 11-13 Seattle Balkan Fest 05 February 16 Good Bye Lenin! International Film and Discussion Series February 17 China Inc.--Bookreading Iraq and the Global Rise of Religious Violence: A Report from Baghdad February 20 Searching for Hassan: A Journey into the Heart of Iran February 23 Autumn Spring - International Film and Discussion Series March 2 Ancient Traditions of the Whaling Peoples of Canada and Russia March 2 The Burgess Shale: A Window to Life and Evolution Half-A-Billion Years Ago March 9 Tourism in China and Vietnam April 29 Hegemony and Multilateralism Full Listings 2005 January 21 Security in East Asia and Foreign Direct Investment: Two Key Issues Facing Japan Today. 3:30-5:00 PM, Communications (CMU) 226. Speaker: Alec Wilczynski, Senior Foreign Policy Advisor, National Center for APEC. Mr. Wilczynski is a Foreign Service officer on detail from the State Department and joined the National Center for APEC (Seattle) in October 2004. Prior to coming to the Center, Mr. Wilczynski served as U.S. Consul General in Sapporo, Japan, where he was responsible for U.S. interests in Hokkaido and Northern Japan. In addition to this most recent assignment, he has served in Mexico City, Manila, and Washington D.C., in a variety of economic and consular positions. For the past ten years, he has worked primarily on trade matters, including intellectual property rights and aviation negotiations. Mr. Wilczynski is a graduate of the University of Rochester in New York and the University of San Diego Law School. Sponsored by the Japan Studies Program. Please contact 206-543-4391 or view http://depts.washington.edu/japan/events.shtml for further information. January 22 University of Washington Undergraduate Conference on Globalization. 8:45-4:30 PM, Husky Union Building, Room 310. Two days after the presidential inauguration, join UW undergraduates and faculty for a conversation about the state of the union, the rest of the world, and what happens now. This will be a day of undergraduate research and dialogue around this year's conference theme: "American Empire and the New World Disorder." Student presentations will cover everything from "Rhetoric and the War on Terror" and "Images of war and heroism in mass media" to Post-Soviet Russian foreign policy and Wal-Mart's labor practices and precedents. There will be art and photography exhibits, audience participation, enthusiastic debate, and plenty of free food. More information at http://studentconference.blogspot.com, or email jhowk@u.washington.edu. January 22 Comparative Health Care Symposium: Does Canada Offer a Different Solution to Health Care Issues than the US? 9:00-5:00 PM. 101 Thomson Hall. Facilitator: Dr. Kieran O'Malley, Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Science, UW School of Medicine; Affiliated Faculty, Canadian Studies Center. This interdisciplinary symposium will address how children have become commodities in the pursuit of health care as a business; ethical issues related to children's health care; the foster care systems in either country; and is a one-payer universal health care system the answer? Presenters: Lori Whittaker MD, Physician Assitant to Rep. Jim MCDermott; Sherry Winberg MD, Pediatrician, Health Care for All Washington; Margaret Shea, BSN, Public Health Nurse, Washington State; Nancy Whitney, MS, Clinical Director, Seattle Parent Child Assistance Program; Gene MCConnachies, Psychologist, Division of Developmental Disability, Seattle. For more information, please call Dr. Kieran O'Malley at 206-543-7155. January 24 Chinese Calligraphy in its Cultural Context. 1:00-2:20 PM, Art Building, Room 3. Speaker: Qianshen Bai, Associate Professor of Chinese Art, Boston University. Sponsored by the Mary and Cheney Cowles Fellowship. January 24 Our Place in the World: U.S. Foreign Policy. 3:00-4:30 PM, The Commons, 3rd Floor of Parrington Hall. Speaker: Brewster Denny was the founder and first Dean of the Evans School (1962-1980). His public service includes: advisor in the national security transition between Eisenhower and the Kennedy administrations, United States Representative to the General Assembly of the UN, naval service in WWII and the Korean War and many other public appointments and positions. Professor Denny has taught American Diplomatic History and Foreign Policy since 1962. Professor Denny is not teaching his spring Foreign Affairs course this year so we are delighted to have this opportunity to hear from him. This event is sponsored by InGate Evans School of Public Affairs, University of Washington. Light refreshments will be provided! January 24 Social Constructivism in International Relations Theory. 4:30-6:00 PM, Gowen 1A. Speaker: Jeffrey Checkel, University of Oslo. Social constructivism has come of age in contemporary international relations (IR) theory. Indeed, more and more submissions to presses and journals in both Europe and America characterize themselves as constructivist or situate their arguments vis-Ć -vis those of constructivists. In substantive terms, constructivists also now offer detailed empirical studies that amplify and enrich their earlier conceptual and meta-theoretical critiques of mainstream approaches. Yet, as with any maturing research program, there are gaps to be filled and challenge to be met. These include a better appreciation and theorization of domestic politics; more explicit attention to research methods; further work on the linguistic turn so central to much of constructivism; and, finally, a rethink of attempts to build bridges. Sponsor: Pacific Northwest Colloquia on International Security and the EU Center. For more information, email Christi Siver at chsiver@u.washington.edu. January 25 Long Live the Nation State: the (Puzzling) Political Dynamics of an Enlarging and Constitutionalizing EU. 2:30-4:30 PM, Thomson Hall 134. Speaker: Jeffrey Checkel, Professor of Political Science, University of Oslo. Please contact cwes@u.washington.edu or (206) 250-9842 for more information. January 26 Socialization and International Institutions: in Europe and Beyond. 1:30 PM. Douglas Forum, Bank of America Executive Education Center, UW School of Business. Speaker: Jeffrey Checkel, Professor of Political Science and a Research Professor at the ARENA Center for European Studies, University of Oslo.His research and teaching interests are European integration, international relations theory, new institutionalist approaches, politics in East and West Europe, and human rights. For more information, contact the Center for West European Studies at 206-543-1675 or cwes@u.washington.edu. January 26 Hungary and Her Neighbors: Still an Uneasy Relationship? 3:30 PM, 317 Thomson Hall. Speaker: Ambassador Géza Jeszenszky, in his dual capacity as scholar and politician, he has held numerous political and scholarly appointments. He was the Hungarian Ambassador to the United States from 1998-2002 and the Minister for Foreign Affairs in the government of József Antall. Currently he is a professor at Corvinus University of Budapest and visiting professor at Pacific Lutheran University. Sponsored by REECAS, for more information please call (206) 543 4852. January 27 The New Transatlantic Agenda: A Spanish Perspective. 2:00-3:00 PM, Parrington Commons. Speaker: Ramon Gil-Casares, former Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs of Spain. Mr. Gil-Casares will speak to the current state of transatlantic relations and the new transatlantic agenda ahead of us. He will address the trip of the U.S. President to Europe and what will be expected of him, as well as transatlantic relations related to terrorism, Iraq, WMD, Israel-Palestine. He will also discuss briefly developments in Europe related to the formation of the EU Constitution and the possible development of a common European defense force. Ramon Gil-Casares served as Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs of Spain from July 2002 to April 2004. Prior to that, he served for more than six years (May 96 - July 02) as Foreign Policy and Security Advisor to the President of the Government of Spain, Jose Maria Aznar. As a career diplomat for more than twenty years, Ramon Gil-Casares served at the Embassies of Spain in Equatorial Guinea and Uruguay and at the Consulates in Manila and New York. Mr. Gil-Casares graduated in Law and Spanish Literature from the University of Madrid, and holds a Diploma in International Studies from the Spanish Diplomatic School. He is currently a Transatlantic Fellow at the German Marshall Fund of the United States, based in Washington, DC. Co-sponsored by InGate (International Gateway at the Evans School of Public Affairs) and the European Union Center Seattle Visit sponsored by: The German Marshall Fund of the United States. Questions or for more information, contact Sandi Phinney: phinns@u.washington.edu January 27 When the Deal Goes Sour in China...What's a Company to Do? Contracting and Dispute Resolution Among Chinese Firms. 3:30-5:00 PM, Thomson Hall 317. Speaker: Susan Whiting, Associate Professor, Department of Political Science, University of Washington. Sponsored by the China Studies Program. Please contact 206-543-4391 or abernier@u.washington.edu for further information. January 31 Governance Reform Initiatives In Sierra Leone. (Marc Lindenberg Center International Brown Bag Lunch Event). 12:00 PM -1:00 PM, The Forum, 309 Parrington Hall. Speaker: Ansu S. Tucker, Humphrey Fellow from Sierra Leone. Ansu will speak about Public Sector Reform Programs undertaken by the Sierra Leone Government in collaboration with development partners such as the World Bank and Department For International Development (DFID) in promoting Good Governance and a growth-oriented economy. Sponsored by the Marc Lindenberg Center: http://depts.washington.edu/mlcenter January 31 Kashf al-Asrar: a Visionary Autobiography. 12:30-1:20 PM, Denny Hall 206. Speaker: Firoozeh Papan-Matin, Lecturer of Persian Language & Literature, University of California at Santa Barbara. Kashf al-Asrar (The Unveiling of Secrets) is the visionary autobiography of one of the most significant mystics of twelfth-century Iran, Ruzbihan al-Baqli (522/1128-606/1209). Best known today as the author of 'Abhar al-Ashiqin (The Jasmine of Lovers) and Sharh-i Shathiyat (An Exegesis of Ecstatic Sayings), Ruzbihan also wrote on a range of subjects including tafsir (interpretation), hadith (traditions), fiqh (Islamic law), and commentary on the Qu'ran. Ruzbihan began writing his autobiography in Arabic when he was fifty-five years old. He continued working on the autobiography for the next eight years and extended it into a diary. Kashf al-Asrar describes the life of the author primarily as comprised of his mystical visions. In Kashf al-Asrar, Ruzbihan is depicted in the unseen world ('Alam al-ghayb) in the company of saints, prophets, and angels. He is seen in the company of God, partaking of God's attributes of might (jalal) and beauty (jamal). Ruzbihan's self-portrait in this manner communicates his special status with God. February 1 Canadian Author Reading with Douglas Coupland. 7:30 PM, Elliot Bay Bookstore, Downtown Seattle. Speaker: Douglas Coupland, renowed Canadian author, will read from his new novel, Eleanor Rigby. Douglas Coupland is a Canadian author and cultural commentator, raised in Vancouver, B.C. Trained as a sculptor, he work in Europe and Japan before returning to his hometown, where he began to write on youth and popular culture for local magazines. This led him to the subject of his breakthrough novels, such as City of Glass and Shampoo Planet. Cosponsors: Elliot Bay Book Company. For more information, please call 206-624-6600 or visit http://www.elliottbaybook.com. February 2 Window to Paris (Russia, 1993 ). 4:30 and 7:00 p.m., UWB2 021, UW Bothell. The Chancellor & Dean's Office of University of Washington-Bothell and the Jackson School of International Studies at the University of Washington-Seattle Present: International Film and Discussion Series. UW faculty will provide insight into this film through discussions before and following the showings. Window to Paris is a colorful, hilarious film that gains much of its humor by brilliantly portraying the stereotypical extremes of the Russian and Parisian cultures, while maintaining the humanity of its characters. Nikolai, a music teacher, is fired from his job and moves into a communal apartment in early post-Soviet St. Petersburg. When the cat of the long-dead previous owner mysteriously appears, the apartment tenants discover a hidden window in Nikolai's room that magically transports them to Paris. Free to the public. February 3 Developing Power: How Women Transformed International Development (Marc Lindenberg Center International Brown Bag Series). 2:30-3:30 PM, Forum, 309 Parrington Hall. Speaker: Dr. Irene Tinker, Professor Emerita, UC Berkeley. Dr. Tinker will present from her just published book. She is a pioneer in the study of the economic impact on women in developing countries and has combined scholarship and activism throughout her professional life. Co-presented by Marc Lindenberg Center with UW WomenĀ's Center and Women Studies Department. http://depts.washington.edu/mlcenter. February 3 Reflections on Forgotten Surfaces: The Calligraphy of Hua Rende. 5:00-7:00 PM, Art Building Room 3. Speakers: Ian Boyden, Director, Sheehan Gallery, Whitman College, and Rende Hua, Renowned Contemporary Calligrapher from Suzhou, China. In this talk, Ian Boyden will discuss curating Mr. Hua's exhibition and several of the works currently on display in the Sheehan Gallery. Mr. Rende Hua will discuss his work and knowledge of classical Chinese calligraphy, in particular the Jin Dynasty calligraphy and inscriptions. At the end of the lecture, Mr. Hua will give a calligraphy demonstration. Sponsored by the China Studies Program. Please contact 206-543-4391 or abernier@u.washington.edu for further information. February 3 Maternal and Child Health Issues in Asia. 5:30-7:30 PM, Thomson Hall, Room 317. Speakers: William Lavely, Associate Professor of Sociology and International Studies at the University of Washington. Lavely has focused his research on Chinese fertility, family and marriage; Dr. Jabeen Abbas, Assistant Director, Pakistan Voluntary Health and Nutrition Association; and Mr. Quilang, Program Manager, UNFPA 5th Country Program, Project Management Office, Commission on Population for the Philippines. Co-sponsored by the East, South and Southeast Asia Centers. Please contact 206-543-6938 or barnesk@u.washington.edu for further information. February 4 Traveling Nature, Imagining the Globe: Japanese Tourism in the Canadian Rockies. 12:00-1:30 p.m., Denny Hall 212, University of Washington. Speaker: Shiho Satsuka, Postdoctoral Fellow in Japanese Studies, Stanford University, Institute for International Studies. Dr. Satsuka has her BA in history from Keio University, Tokyo, Japan; MA in social anthropology from York University, Toronto, Canada; and PhD in anthropology from the University of California, Santa Cruz. The Canadian Rockies have captured the imagination of Japanese tourists who dream of traveling overseas. Especially at the turn of the 21st century, popular Japanese narratives depicted this vast natural landscape as a site in which to revise the meaning of 'affluence' and reflect upon the problems of rapid industrialization. While these narratives emphasize the 'purity' of nature, in the actual experience of tourists, commercial entertainers and tour guides attract much of their attention. This presentation examines the social significance of nature imagined on a global scale and the enchantment of tour guides who embody cosmopolitan Japanese desires. The discussion also addresses the role of mediators in tourist interactions and commodity production. Co-sponsored by the Department of Anthropology and the Canadian Studies Center. For further information, please view http://depts.washington.edu/japan/events.shtml or contact (206) 543-4391. February 4 Intervention and Prevention of Genocide: Actions/Reactions of the International Community and Suggestions for Ameliorating Tardy and Inadequate Responses to Genocidal Crises (Marc Lindenberg Center International Brown Bag Lunch Series). 12:00 PM Ā- 1:00 PM, Commons, 308 Parrington Hall. Speaker: Dr. Sam Totten, University of Arkansas Professor and expert in genocide studies. Dr. Sam Totten visited the Darfur area in the fall of 2004 and will present his findings. He was a member of the 24 person Darfur Atrocities Documentation Team. Sponsored by the Marc Lindenberg Center. Please bring your lunch and join us. http://depts.washington.edu/mlcenter. February 4 Writing Confinement in Iran: A Method to the Madness. 12:30-1:20 PM, Denny Hall 206. Speaker: Zjaleh Hajibashi, Lecturer of Persian Language & Literature, University of Virginia. As narrative strategy and as a story in itself, "madness" in modern texts highlights the impetus for self-definition and serves as a powerful means of self-revelation. This talk addresses the subject of limits to autobiographical expression in Iran through comparison of "madness" in Iranian prison memoirs and in "fictional autobiography." February 4-March 17 Ozu Retrospective. The retrospective is scheduled for February 4 ­- March 17, 2005 and will include commissioned live scores for six of his silent films. The films of Yasujiro Ozu examine the basic struggles that we all face in life: the cycles of birth and death, the transition from childhood to adulthood, and the tension between tradition and modernity. Their titles often emphasize the changing of seasons, a symbolic backdrop for the evolving transitions of human experience. Seen together, Ozu¹s oeuvre amounts to one of the most profound visions of family life in the history of cinema. Co-sponsored by the East Asia Center with the Northwest Film Forum. February 7 Political Literary Criticism and the Unexplored Literary Spaces of a Ghazal by Hafez. 12:30-1:20 PM, Denny Hall 206. Speaker: Mohammad Mehdi Khorrami, Lecturer of Persian Language & Literature, New York University. The discipline of literary criticism in Iran, over the past one hundred years has been defined by the dominance of a socio-political discourse which has proved incapable of developing necessary concepts with which to examine works in the Persian literary tradition. One of the major consequences of the dominance of this discourse has been the lack of understanding and appreciation of many aspects of Persian literary works. This brand of literary criticism did not limit itself to contemporary works; it was also aimed at Persian classics, and attempted to read poets such as Sa'di, Rumi and, worst than all, Hafez, through ideologically and politically defined criteria. Recently, however, the shortcomings of this approach have underlined the need to remind readers that the greatness of these poets, above all, Hafez, lies in a string of images and literary realities which cannot be reduced to the confines of non-literary readings. February 7 Against the Odds:Promoting Girl's Education and Creating a World of Hope for the Children of the Karakoram and Hindu Kush. 12:30-2:00 PM, 317 Thomson Hall. Speaker: Susan Neubauer, development director of Central Asia Institute. Through beautiful photography and inspirational stories, Susan Neubauer, development director of Central Asia Institute will tell the story of how the organization was started and what has been accomplished over the past decade. A mountain climbing expedition that turned into a humanitarian mission focusing on children, especially girls, in the remote mountain regions of Pakistan and Afghanistan -- this is a story of hope and optimism in the face of adversity. Susan will show slides of the people and projects that Central Asia Institute has been involved with and how there is so much more than the sad news that we hear from this fascinating region. Sponsored by the South Asia Center, and the Ellison Center for Russian, East European and Central Asian Studies of the Henry M. Jackson School of International Studies at the University of Washington. For further information, contact The Ellison REECAS Center at 206-543-4852. February 9 In The Mood For Love ( Hong Kong , 2000). 7:00 p.m., UWB2 021, UW Bothell. University of Washington-Bothell and the Jackson School of International Studies at the University of Washington-Seattle Present: Films from Around the World. The Film will be introduced by Professor Yomi Braester, Comp. Lit. UW. Set in Hong Kong, 1962, Chow Mo-Wan is a newspaper editor who moves into a new building with his wife. At approximately the same time, Su Li-zhen, a beautiful secretary and her executive husband also move into the crowded building. With their spouses often away, Chow and Li-zhen spend most of their time together as friends. Soon, they are shocked to discover that their spouses are having an affair. Hurt and angry, they find comfort in their friendship even as they resolve not to be like their unfaithful mates. Free of charge for the community. Please contact 206-543-6938 for further information. February 10 The EU and the USA: Competitive Partners. 7:00 PM. Boeing Auditorium, Bank of America Executive Education Center, UW Business School. Speaker: Sir Michael Palliser, former British Permanent Undersecretary of State. Serving from 1975 to 1982, Sir Michael Palliser was the longest-serving Permanent Undersecretary of State in Britain's Foreign Office and Commonwealth Office in the post-war era. Formerly Britain's Permanent Representative to the European Communities in Brussels, he helped steer the UK's participation in the European Communities during the critical first years of its membership. The EU Center and the World Affairs Council of Seattle are pleased to welcome such a distinguished and experienced UK official to the University of Washington to speak on the current state of the transatlantic partnership. For more information, please contact the EU Center at 206-616-2415 or euc@u.washington.edu. February 11 China's Ascendance, Asia's Accommodation, America's Challenge. 12:00-1:30 PM, Gowen 1A. David Bachman, University of Washington. For more information, email Christi Siver at chsiver@u.washington.edu. February 11-13 Seattle Balkan Fest 05. Featuring Yves Moreau renowned teacher of Bulgarian dances. There will be teaching of dance, music and singing, Friday Saturday and Sunday. There will also be Saturday Night Banquet with performances and dancing to live music. February 16 Good Bye Lenin! (Germany, 2003). 4:30 and 7:00 p.m., UWB2 021, UW Bothell. The Chancellor & Dean's Office of University of Washington-Bothell and the Jackson School of International Studies at the University of Washington-Seattle Present: International Film and Discussion Series. UW faculty will provide insight into this film through discussions before and following the showings. Good Bye Lenin! is set in East Germany, the year is 1989: A young man protests against the regime. His mother suffers a heart attack, while watching the police arrest him, and falls into a coma. Some months later, the country does not exist anymore and his mother awakes. Her heart is so weak that any shock might kill her. To save his mother, Alex lovingly dupes her into believing that nothing has changed. What begins as a little white lie gets more and more out of hand as Alex's mother wants to watch TV and even to leave her bed one day. Free to the public. February 17 China Inc.--Bookreading. 7:00 pm, UW Bookstore, Seattle. Speaker: Ted Fishman. Book Description: What will happen when China can make nearly everything that the U.S. and Europe can make, at one-third the cost? It's a dangerous question that not everyone wants answered. The burgeoning power of China's vast low-cost factories and the swelling appetite of its consumers, driven by enormous infusions of outside capital and technological know-how (much of it American), are rapidly changing the global economy. What happens in China will affect who makes what everywhere else. And that affects everyone. This, in broad strokes, is the occasion of China, Inc. Ted Fishman is a seasoned financial and economic journalist whose work has appeared in the New York Times Sunday Magazine, Money, Harper's, Worth, Esquire, USA Today, (where he is a member of the board of contributors), GQ, Chicago Magazine, and Business 2.0. He has served as a commentator on Public Radio International's "Marketplace Radio" and been a frequent guest on WGN-Radio Chicago's "Extension 720" with Milt Rosenberg. Other appearances include featured segments on National Public Radio, the Canadian Broadcast Corporation, the Australian Broadcast Corporation, Chicago Tonight and local news shows. He was a member of the Chicago Mercantile Exchange from 1985-1992 during which time he ran his own trading firm and served as a floor trader in currencies, cattle and equity stock indexes. He lives in Chicago. Please contact 206-543-4391 for further information. February 17 Iraq and the Global Rise of Religious Violence: A Report from Baghdad. 7:30 PM, 110 Kane Hall. Speaker: Mark Juergensmeyer, University of California, Santa Barbara. This is the Founders Annual Lecture in Comparative Religion and Contemporary Life. An expert on religious violence resolution, Juergensemeyer is author of Terror in the Mind of God: The Global Rise of Religious Violence based on interviews with violent religious activists around the world. Visit Coordinator: Loryn Paxton lpaxton@u.washington.edu February 20 Searching for Hassan: A Journey into the Heart of Iran. 5:00-7:00 PM, 110 Kane Hall. Speaker: Terence Ward. Growing up in Tehran in the 1960s, Terence Ward and his brothers were watched over by Hassan's family, their housekeepers. After an absence of forty years, Ward embarked on a pilgrimage with his family in search of Hassan. Taking us across the landscape of Iran, he plumbs its unimaginably rich past, explores its deep conflicts with its Arab neighbors, and anticipates the new "Great Game" now being played out in central Asia. Insightful, informative, and moving, Searching for Hassan enhances our understanding of the Middle East with the story of a family who came to love and admire Iran through their deep affection for its people. February 23 Autumn Spring (Czech Republic, 2002). 4:30 and 7:00 p.m., UWB2 021, UW Bothell. The Chancellor & Dean's Office of University of Washington-Bothell and the Jackson School of International Studies at the University of Washington-Seattle Present: International Film and Discussion Series. UW faculty will provide insight into this film through discussions before and following the showings. Autumn Spring is a bittersweet comedy starring the great Vlastimil Brodskż as Fanda, an old man who refuses to grow up. Despite pleas from his exasperated wife who wants him to make serious decisions about the future, Fanda ignores the nagging and spends his days seeking amusement and adventure. Free to the public March 2 Ancient Traditions of the Whaling Peoples of Canada and Russia. 5:30-8:30pm, Kane Hall, Walker-Ames Room. Speaker: Tom Mexsis Happynook, Founding Chairman World Council of Whalers and Huu-ay-aht First Nations Co-Chief Treaty Negotiator; lecturer on Huu-ay-aht/Nuu chah nulth culture and traditional ecological knowledge. The lecture will look at the ancient trade networks and technological exchanges between Canada's Inuit and the Russian Chukotkan and the importance of international relations in the maintenance of cultural life ways in a contemporary world. It will look at these important international relationships int he context of whale hunting. This lecture is the first part of a four-part series entitled, International Updates: Trends and Transitions in Your World. Sponsored by the Henry M. Jackson School of International Studies, Ellison Center for Russian, Easy European and East Asian Studies. To register, call 206-221-6374. For more information, visit: http://jsis.artsci.washington.edu. March 3 The Burgess Shale: A Window to Life and Evolution Half-A-Billion Years Ago. 6:30pm, Burke Room, Burke Museum. Speaker: Desmond Collins. Dr. Collins, from the Royal Ontario Museum, who was the most recent lead scientist at the Burgess Shale site and who is interviewed in Burke video clips, will talk about his research and the importance of the Burgess Shale site. Dr. Collins is one of the world's leading experts on the Burgess Shale fossils. Cosponsors: UW Burke Museum of Natural History; Candian Consulate, Seattle. For more information, call 206-543-7907 or visit www.burkemuseum.org. March 9 Tourism in China and Vietnam. 5:30-8:30 pm, Walker-Ames Room, Kane Hall. Speaker: Hanh Bich Duong, University of Washington Anthropology Doctoral Candidate. Sponsored by the Outreach Centers in the Henry M. Jackson School of International Studies, the China Studies Program and the Global Business Center in the School of Business Administration, University of Washington. Please contact 206-543-4391 for further information. April 29 Hegemony and Multilateralism. 12-1:30 PM, Gowen 1A. Speaker: Richard Price, University of British Columbia. For more information, email Christi Siver at chsiver@u.washington.edu. Abbreviations and Web site addresses for more detailed information: Asian L&L Department of Asian Languages & Literature CANSTUD Canadian Studies Program/JSIS http://jsis.artsci.washington.edu/programs/canada/canada.html CASG Central Asian Studies Group/NELC CIBERCenter for International Business Education & Research CSDE Center for Studies in Demography & Ecology CPHRS Center for Public Health Research & Evaluation CWES Center for West European Studies, JSIS http://jsis.artsci.washington.edu/programs/cwesuw/index.html EUC European Union Center http://jsis.artsci.washington.edu/programs/europe/euc.html GEOG Dept. of Geography http://depts.washington.edu/geog/news/colloquium.html GTI Institute of Transnational Studies http://depts.washington.edu/tayloruw/seminars.htm GTTL Global Trade, Transportation & Logistics Studies IGRSS Inst. For Global and Regional Security Studies IIP Institute for International Policy http://www.iip.washington.edu IS Center for International Studies/JSIS http://jsis.artsci.washington.edu/programs/is/is-ctr.html JSIS The Henry M. Jackson School of International Studies LAS Latin American Studies Program/JSIS MEC Middle East Center/JSIS http://jsis.artsci.washington.edu/programs/mideast/events.htm NELC Department of Near Eastern Languages & Civilization http://depts.washington.edu/nelc REECAS Russian, East European, and Central Asia Studies, JSIS http://depts.washington.edu/reecas SEAS Southeast Asia Studies/JSIS http://jsis.artsci.washington.edu/programs/seasia/seasia.html Slavic L&L Department of Slavic Languages & Literature SMA School of Marine Affairs The Jackson School Calendar is updated and e-mailed weekly. There is no charge for subscribing. To subscribe to the on-line Calendar, or for further information, please post a message to: jsis@u.washington.edu. 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