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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. Click here to receive the JSIS Calendar by email October 24-25 Energy in World Politics October 29 A Great Wonder (The Lost Boys and Girls of Sudan) October 30 When Democracy Prevents Peace: on the Dilemmas of the Sri Lankan Leftist October 30 Fun Thai Films for Fall, Nang Nak November 5 Unveiling the Stereotypes: Women in Islamic Societies November 5 The Challenge of Islam and Democratization in the Middle East November 5-9 12th Annual Seattle Human Rights Film Festival November 6 Fun Thai Films for Fall, Moonhunter (14 Dula, Songkram Prachachon) November 6 Kabir, Rudyard Kipling, and Vernacular English November 7 & 8 The 11th Annual Arctic Conference: Archaeology, Anthropology, and Environmental Studies November 7 The Market for Force: Private Security and Political Change November 8 4th Annual Documentary Film Workshop: Teaching Diversity & Cross-Cultural Understanding through Documentary Films November 10 Buddhism and Modernity in Burma November 17 Discourses of "Modernity"? Gender, NGOs and Militant Islam in Bangladesh November 17 The Long Haul November 18 Humanitarian Logistics Software Demo November 18 Harnessing Technology to Improve Humanitarian Relief Delivery and Logistics November 20 Fun Thai Films for Fall. Mekong Full Moon Party November 21 ` Title: TBA, Presented by: Pacific Northwest Colloquium on International Security November 23 The Last Island: A Naturalist's Sojourn on Triangle Island (Harbour) November 24 Narrating the Heroes of Pearl Harbor: Literary Imagination in Wartime Japan. November 25 Rose or Jade? Problems in Translating Medieval Chinese Literature November & December Beneath the Banyan Tree December 4 Expanding Boundaries: NATO and the EU Moving Eastward-Master Teacher Workshops Full Listings 2003 October 24-25 Energy in World Politics. 9:00 AM, 310 HUB, Special guest, Norwegian Energy Expert, Mr. Geir Westgaard (ECON). Westgaard served as Vice President of Statoil (2000-2003) and also served 10 years in the Norwegian diplomatic service. He currently resides in Houston, Texas where he is affiliated with ECON Analysis. Holst Foreign Policy Symposium, Honoring the Contributions of J.J. Holst to the Study of International Relations. Sponsored by the Dept of Scandinavian Studies and the Royal Norwegian Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Panel presentations by: Professor Eric Einhorn, Distinguished scholar of Scandinavian and Western European politics. He has taught at the University of Massachusetts/Amherst for thirty years, and is the co-author of Modern Welfare States (new addition 2003). Professor Jeff Hammarlund, Senior Research Fellow and Adjunct Associate Professor, Mark Hatfield School of Government, Portland State University. Jeff is also President of the Northwest Energy and Environmental Strategies consulting firm, and is the co-author of two publications with Leon Lindberg on energy policy issues. Professor Christine Ingebritsen, Associate Professor of Scandinavian Studies, UW. Ingebritsen is the author of several books and articles on Scandinavian foreign policy; and she spent one-year as a research scholar studying Norwegian energy policy in Oslo, Norway. Professor Astrid Ogilvie, Environmental expert, and Research Fellow, Institute of Arctic and Alpine Research, University of Colorado-Boulder. Ogilvie examines the relationship between energy and the environment in her research. October 24 Collaboration or Competition? Transnational Actors and Military Doctrine. Noon, 40 Smith Hall. Speaker; Robert M. Farley, University of Washington. Discussion Forum. Sponsored by Pacific Northwest Colloquium on International Security. For info, contact Terence Lee at tcllee@u.washington.edu October 24 Vision, Freedom and Forgetfulness: Towards an Ethics of Performance in Medieval Japan (Stanford UP, 1999). 3:30-5:00 pm, 226 Communications Bldg. Speaker: Tom Hare, Professor of Comparative Literature, Princeton University. Tom Hare's publications include: Zeami's Style: The Noh Plays of Zeami Motokiyo (Stanford UP, 1986) and ReMembering Osiris: Number, Gender, and the Word in Ancient Egyptian Representational Systems (Stanford UP, 1999). A specialist in early Japanese literature and culture, he has also authored articles on Kukai, Kamo no Chomei, renga poetry, and noh drama. Professor Hare is currently writing a book on performance in late medieval Japanese culture while translating the dramatic treatises of the noh actor, playwright, and theoretician Zeami Motokiyo. Contact: Paul Atkins, patkins@u.washington.edu October 29 The College of Education and the Center for Multicultural Education at the University of Washington cordially invite you to a panel discussion on the education of refugee youth: The Lost Boys and Girls of Sudan. 6:00 - 8:00 PM, 200A/B HUB. A Great Wonder. (Kim Shelton, Producer). A new documentary about the "Lost Boys and Girls of Sudan." Orphans from the longest running civil war in Africa who have recently resettled in America. "A Great Wonder" traces the extraordinary journey of three young Sudanese orphans who have spent the majority of their lives either in flight from war or in a refugee camp. Having navigated the hazards of warfare, disease and starvation, and having survived a children's exodus of Biblical proportions, their arrival and settlement in America is not your average immigration story. The film follows two boys and one girl for 18 months as they struggle to not only assimilate into the American culture but cope with the memories of a life of war. (Source: http://www.agreatwonder.com/) The event features the award-winning documentary film "A Great Wonder" which portrays the lives of three Sudanese young adults in the Seattle area. Following the film, six panelists will discuss issues and concerns surrounding the education of refugee youth. The panelists include: Martha Akech, Abraham Dut Jok, and Santino Thiep Lual, the three Sudanese students portrayed in "A Great Wonder;" Tom Stritikus, Assistant Professor of Language, Literacy & Culture, College of Education, University of Washington; John Boyd, Principal, Bilingual Orientation Center, Seattle School District; and Mahamed Accord, Director, Somali Society Services, Seattle. This event is co-sponsored through the Graduate Opportunities & Minority Achievement Program (GO-MAP) of the UW Graduate School. Please RSVP by October 22, (206) 543-3386 or centerme@u.washington.edu To request disability accommodations, please 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) October 30 When Democracy Prevents Peace: on the Dilemmas of the Sri Lankan Leftist. 3:30 PM, 205 Loew Hall. Qadri Ismail, University of Minnesota. October 30 Fun Thai Films for Fall, Nang Nak. 6:30 PM, Simpson Center, 206 Communications Bldg. (Free. Thai with English subtitles). After recovering from battle wounds, conscripted soldier Maak returns home to his adoring wife Nak and his new infant son. But why is everyone acting so strangely? And why are villagers dying? It soon becomes clear that all is not what it seems, and something is very wrong indeed! Just in time for Halloween, join us for this lavish re-telling of Thailand's most famous ghost story - and that's saying something in a country famed for its spooks and ghouls. Universally know and much loved in Thailand, Nang Nak is rumored to be a true story and has been filmed over twenty times for television and the cinema. This 1999 film version was a huge hit and features beautiful cinematography and an excellent cast. The nineteenth-century sets and costumes are carefully detailed, so between the spooks and chills, viewers can catch a glimpse of traditional life in a central Thai village of the past. November 5 Unveiling the Stereotypes: Women in Islamic Societies. 12:00-1:30 PM, Parrington Hall, Forum. Speaker: Barbara Lethem Ibrahim, Regional Director, International Programs Division, Population Council, Cairo, Egypt Office. Co-sponsored by the Department of Sociology and the Department of Women Studies. Contact: 206-543-5882. November 5 The Challenge of Islam and Democratization in the Middle East. 7:00 PM, 110 Kane Hall. Saad Eddin Ibrahim, American University of Cairo. Sponsored by Center for the Study of Ethnic Conflict and Conflict Resolution, Department of Sociology. November 5 - 9 12th Annual Seattle Human Rights Film Festival. Presented by Amnesty International. Festival Venues: Wednesday, November 5: Frye Art Museum, 704 Terry Ave., Seattle. Thursday-Sunday, November 6-9. 911 Media Arts Center, 117 Yale Ave. N., Seattle. For complete calendar and film information, visit the Seattle Human Rights Film Festival Webpage: http://www.amnestyusa.org/filmfest/seattle/2003/index.html Telephone: 206-622-2741 November 6 Kabir, Rudyard Kipling, and Vernacular English. 3:30 PM, 226 Communications Bldg. Speaker: Arvind Krishna Mehrotra November 6 Fun Thai Films for Fall, Moonhunter (14 Dula, Songkram Prachachon). 6:30 PM, Simpson Center, 206 Communications Bldg. (Free. Thai with English subtitles). This film relays the story of some of the most important events in recent Thai history from the perspective of two students at the heart of the action. In the early 1970s, Seksan and Chiranan -- two university students in Bangkok -- were young, in love, and passionately committed to ending military dictatorship in Thailand. Seksan and other student leaders led the biggest mass demonstration in modern Thai history in October 1973, an event that led to the popular uprising that toppled the military dictatorship and restored democracy. But Seksan and Chiranan's lives take a drastic turn when they are caught in the wave of political violence, stirred up by remnants of the old ruling elite agitating for the return of dictatorial rule. The two flee to the jungle to join the Communist Party, fighting guerilla-style in the forests of Thailand. Cutting between "newsreel" footage of the 1973 protests and the activist's lives in the jungle, this film is a thought provoking attempt to come to terms with a part of recent Thai history that still has social and political repercussions. November 7 & 8 November 7: The 11th Annual Arctic Conference: Archaeology, Anthropology, and Environmental Studies. 310 HUB, 7:30-8:30 am Registration, coffee and pastries. 8:30 AM-noon morning session; noon-1:00 PM lunch in the HUB cafeteria; 1:00-5:00 PM afternoon session; 7:00 - ?? evening dinner party to be arranged. November 8th: 8:30 AM-noon morning session; noon-1:00 PM lunch in the HUB cafeteria; 1:00-5:00 PM afternoon session; Restaurant dinner: to be arranged. The Arctic Conference is an annual gathering of scholars and students sharing a common interest in the history of human experience in the arctic and subarctic. Founded by archaeologists and revolving around issues of human prehistory, this conference commonly also draws scholars working in the related dimensions of anthropology and Quaternary science. The purpose of this meeting is to share research and experiences and to network with colleagues in a smaller and more comfortable venue than the typical larger meeting format. In order to make this meeting affordable, registration fees are limited to $20 (payable in advance or at the door). These fees cover a modest conference venue, program, and refreshments. Unfortunately, funds are not available to assist with travel or lodging. To Register: To register for the Arctic Conference, send a 150 word abstract to Ben Fitzhugh (fitzhugh@u.washington.edu) by October 1st (late submissions may be accepted until the sessions are filled). For more information please go to: http://faculty.washington.edu/fitzhugh/ArcticConference.htm November 7 The Market for Force: Private Security and Political Change. Noon, 40 Smith Hall. Speaker: Deborah Avant, George Washington University. Discussion Forum. Sponsored by Pacific Northwest Colloquium on International Security, JSIS/IGRSS. For info, contact Terence Lee at tcllee@u.washington.edu November 8 4th Annual Documentary Film Workshop: Teaching Diversity & Cross-Cultural Understanding through Documentary Films. 8:30 AM-4:30 PM. This one-day workshop will show educators how to use documentary film to teach students about cultural diversity and cross-cultural understanding. The morning session will be conducted by Carol Hermer, President of the Society for Visual Anthropology and film curator at the Seattle Art Museum, who will provide techniques and strategies for making effective use of film in the classroom. The afternoon sessions will focus on films available from three of the Resource Centers. Keith Snodgrass, Associate Director, South Asian Studies, will present ons currently released films from South Asia. Kristi Barnes, Assistant Director, East Asia Center, will introduce two new films, "Kim's Nuclear Gamble" about the nuclear threat in North Korea and "Battle for Korea" about the Korean War in the early 1950s. And, Nadine Fabbi, Assistant Director, Canadian Studies Center, will introduce a variety of films available through the Canadian Studies Center focusing on a recent documentary on the Dene of Great Bear Lake in the Northwest Territories and their unwitting role in the creation of the atom bomb. All videos previewed at the workshop are available for classroom use from the Jackson School. Video catalogs will be available at the workshop. Questions? 206-221-6374 or canada@u.washington.edu This event is sponsored by the Henry M. Jackson School of International Studies Outreach Centers. $40 Includes continental breakfast, bag lunch and 8 clock hours. d $20 for students enrolled in the teacher education programs. (Students must include a copy of their student card with registration.) To register send a check payable to the University of Washington to: Attn: Documentary Film Workshop Canadian Studies Center Jackson School of International Studies Box 353650 University of Washington Seattle, WA 98195 November 10 Buddhism and Modernity in Burma. 3:30-5:00 PM, 401 Denny Hall. Naoko Kumada (Stanford post-doctoral fellow). November 17 Discourses of "Modernity"? Gender, NGOs and Militant Islam in Bangladesh. 3:30 PM, 401 Denny Hall, Speaker: Lami Karim, University of Oregon. This presentation is sponsored by the South Asia Center and the Department of Anthropology Sociocultural Colloquium. November 17 The Long Haul. 7:30 PM, Elliott Bay Book Company. Speaker: Ann-Marie MacDonald. It's a powerful story, delicately layered with complex secrets, told with a masterful command of narrative and a strong moral message." -- Publishers Weekly. The Elliott Bay Book Company is located at 101 S. Main St. (1st and Main in Seattle's Pioneer Square). For more information, contact Elliott Bay Book Co. at 206-624-6600 or kmallman@elliottbaybook.com. (free, no tickets required) Co-presented with The Canadian Studies Center, Jackson School of International Studies. November 18 Humanitarian Logistics Software Demo. 2:00-3:00 PM, 309 Parrington Hall. The Fritz Institute has created Humanitarian Logistics Software based on the needs of humanitarian relief organizations operating during the emergency phase of disaster. This state-of-the-art web-based logistics software automates the mobilization process and tracks supplies from donation to delivery in the field. Easy to use, it links emergency operations with logistics and finance to provide a comprehensive and timely view of the relief pipeline from a PC anywhere in the world. A re-enactment of the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies' mobilization for the 2001 Gujarat earthquake showed that the speed of the relief process increased 20-30% using Humanitarian Logistics Software. Humanitarian Logistics Software (HLS) system runs on Windows 2000 server with MS SQL Server 2000 as a database server. HLS has a 3-tier web-based architecture which comprises of C#, ADO.NET, ASP.NET, JavaScript. HLS can be accessed from any client machine running the Internet Explorer 5.x or Netscape Navigator 6.x. As a centralized, web-based system, HLS can be used from anywhere in the world providing that user humanitarian organizations have an Internet connection or private networks running TCP/IP protocol. November 18 Harnessing Technology to Improve Humanitarian Relief Delivery and Logistics. 7:00 PM, 120 Kane Hall, a presentation by Lynn Fritz, founder and director general of the Fritz Institute. Natural disasters and humanitarian crises have resulted in 150,000 deaths and affected 200 million people every year of the past decade. These events disrupt lives, destroy infrastructures, put the health and welfare of entire communities at risk, and cost the world billions of dollars. Lynn Fritz was the CEO of Fritz Companies until it was acquired by United Parcel Service in May 2001. A visionary in the global logistics industry, Lynn Fritz now brings his leadership, experience and philanthropy to contribute to humanitarian relief. The Fritz Institute (www.fritzinstitute.org) is committed to mobilizing logistics and technology expertise and resources within the corporate and academic sectors to improve humanitarian relief delivery in disasters around the world. Sponsored by the UW's Marc Lindenberg Center for Humanitarian Action, International Development and Global Citizenship and the World Affairs Council. November 20 Fun Thai Films for Fall. Mekong Full Moon Party. 6:30 PM, Simpson Center, 206 Communications Bldg. (Free. Thai with English subtitles). More than 100,000 people gather by the Mekong River in Northeast Thailand on November Full Moon each year. After sunset, mysterious fireballs rise up from the river and disappear into the sky. While the locals still adhere to the traditional myth of the dragon, Great Naga, making a sacred offering to Buddha, the Western visitors take a more skeptical stance: Dr. Norati sets out to prove that the fireballs are natural; Dr. Surapol wants to prove the phenomenon a hoax. Meanwhile, temple-custodian Abbot Loh believes his monks have been responsible for the "miracle" for the past 30 years. The critically-acclaimed movie about the mystery of the controversial naga fireballs in Nong Khai province was honored for Best Movie, Best Director, and Best Actor. November 21 Title: TBA. Noon, 40 Smith. Speaker: Stephen Biddle, Strategic Studies Institute, U.S. Army War College. Discussion Forum. Sponsored by Pacific Northwest Colloquium on International Security, JSIS/IGRSS. For info, contact Terence Lee at tcllee@u.washington.edu November 23 The Last Island: A Naturalist's Sojourn on Triangle Island (Harbour). 3:00 PM, at the Elliott Bay Book Company. Speaker: Alison Watt. Lavishly illustrated with Alison Watt's watercolors, this is both a fine field guide and written narrative. (free, no tickets required) The Elliott Bay Book Company is located at 101 S. Main St. (1st and Main in Seattle's Pioneer Square). For more information, contact Elliott Bay Book Co. at 206-624-6600 or kmallman@elliottbaybook.com.Co-presented with The Canadian Studies Center and the Jackson School of International Studies. November 24 Narrating the Heroes of Pearl Harbor: Literary Imagination in Wartime Japan. 3:30-5:00 PM, 245 Savery Hall. The Department of Asian Languages and Literature and the Japan Studies Program, Jackson School of International Studies will present a lecture by James Dorsey, Associate Professor of Japanese Literature, Dartmouth University. November 25 Rose or Jade? Problems in Translating Medieval Chinese Literature. 8:00 PM, Walker-Ames Room, Kane Hall. Inaugural lecture to be given by: Prof. David Knechtges. The Department of Asian Languages and Literature Distinguished Faculty Series. November & December Beneath the Banyan Tree. This exhibit will take place in Suzzallo Library. The exhibition will focus on four major forms of performed North Indian folk art that capture the intersection of ritual, performance and art in the living traditions of North India. The art forms include: (1) terracotta and brass (cire perdue) sculptures that represent the deities and serve as offerings to them; (2) pata, storytelling scrolls made and performed in West Bengal; (3) women's paintings from the Mithala region of Bihar, which create auspiciousness for their life cycle rituals and tell the stories of the gods and goddesses that enliven lives there; (4) Rajasthani par, or large scrolls which are used by singers to tell epic stories in the western state of Rajasthan. Hosted by the South Asia Center. Watch for more information in this space. December 4 Expanding Boundaries: NATO and the EU Moving Eastward-Master Teacher Workshops. 4:00pm - 8:00pm. 228 Mary Gates Hall. $15 Four clock hours per session. To register contact the Center for West European Studies (CWES) at (206)543-1675 or cwes@u.washington.edu. A Master Teacher Certificate in NATO-EU Enlargement will be awarded to those who attend both sessions 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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