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IT'S GUATEMALA VILLAGE HEALTH'S ANNUAL FUNDRAISER!
Hear about our recent health education work and our exciting new maternal health program!

• Support a great cause while enjoying:
• Guatemalan dinner, with tostones (plantains) and dipping sauces, pollo a la crema with rice, roasted vegetables with pepian sauce and green mango salad
• Photos & Special Presentation

Salsa Lessons & Dancing
TICKETS & DONATIONS
Buy tickets now to secure your seat for $75 per person.

Or do it the old fashioned way and send a check:
Guatemala Village Health
8624 Island Dr. S.
Seattle, WA 98118

If you can't make it, you can still contribute by making a donation here.

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The use of drones to kill has increased. Guantanamo is still open. President Obama and Congress have embraced indefinite detention, military commissions and impunity for torture. More than a decade after the September 11 attacks, the US government continues to violate human rights in the name of its never-ending and vaguely defined “global war” against al Qaeda and other armed groups and individuals. The negative consequences for human rights are immense. The message sent is that a government can ignore its human rights obligations whenever it deems the circumstances warrant. Despite this bleak picture, now is not the time to give up—it's time to campaign even harder for human rights than ever before. Amnesty International's expert on these issues, Zeke Johnson, will share the latest news, tell the personal stories of those affected and discuss what each of us can do to stand against torture, Guantanamo and extrajudicial executions--and stand up for security with human rights.

RSVP via Facebook

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The two-day symposium (5/17-18) seeks to theorize and historicize racial capitalism in the modern world. Building on Cedric Robinson’s insight that capitalist development has been pursued and organized fundamentally around race, speakers will strive to uncover the multiple layers of capitalist expansion—ideological, cultural, economic, and social—to reveal and comprehend the tensions and contradictions of racial capitalism in the past and in the present and across the Atlantic and the Pacific.

1:00 – 3:00 pm: Opening Roundtable

Lisa Lowe, Tufts University, “Sugar, Tea, Opium, Coolies: The Intimacies of Four Continents”

Commentators: Moon-Ho Jung, Chandan Reddy, Stephanie Smallwood, and Alys Weinbaum (Conference Organizers)

3:30 – 5:00 pm: Session 1

Jennifer Morgan, New York University, “Partus Sequitur Ventrem: Slave Law and the History of Women in Slavery”

Michael Witgen, University of Michigan, “Seeing Red: The Politics of Crime and Punishment on the Northern Borderlands of the Early American Republic”
 

 

 

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The use of drones to kill has increased. Guantanamo is still open. President Obama and Congress have embraced indefinite detention, military commissions and impunity for torture. More than a decade after the September 11 attacks, the US government continues to violate human rights in the name of its never-ending and vaguely defined “global war” against al Qaeda and other armed groups and individuals. The negative consequences for human rights are immense. The message sent is that a government can ignore its human rights obligations whenever it deems the circumstances warrant. Despite this bleak picture, now is not the time to give up—it's time to campaign even harder for human rights than ever before. Amnesty International's expert on these issues, ZekeJohnson, will share the latest news, tell the personal stories of those affected and discuss what each of us can do to stand against torture, Guantanamo and extrajudicial executions--and stand up for security with human rights.

RSVP via Facebook
 

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Severyns-Ravenholt Seminar in Comparative Politics (SR-SCP): Zhu Tianbiao (Associate Professor, School of Government, Peking University), "Compressed Development, Flexible State and China's Economic Success." Grad Student Discussant: Yuting Li (Political Science, UW). Friday, May 17, 12-1:20pm, in the Olson Room (Gowen 1A).

Abstract: China's stunning economic growth since 1979 has been spurred by policies and practices that follow more than one model. China's rise is not the newest incarnation of East Asia's developmental state, following in the footsteps of Japan, South Korea, Taiwan, and Southeast Asia. Nor is China following a liberal model of market capitalism. State power is very much evident in China's rise; but it is the power of flexibility and competitive political relations within the state. Market competition is vibrant; but it is competition that is not based on the rule of law and secure property rights. Instead, I argue, China's rise features a new pattern of compressed development that combines political flexibility with formal policies and informal practices reflecting China's political traditions.

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Both, the President of Uzbekistan, Islam Karimov, and Kazakhstan’s President Nursultan Nazarbaev have regularly published books to inform their people about the directions of their plans and actions. Nazarbayev’s book is a valuable record of the first five years of Kazakhstan’s independence. It also contains his speeches and addresses on various occasions.

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The two-day symposium seeks to theorize and historicize racial capitalism in the modern world. Building on Cedric Robinson’s insight that capitalist development has been pursued and organized fundamentally around race, speakers will strive to uncover the multiple layers of capitalist expansion—ideological, cultural, economic, and social—to reveal and comprehend the tensions and contradictions of racial capitalism in the past and in the present and across the Atlantic and the Pacific.

Session 2

Shelley Streeby, University of California, San Diego, “Hubert H. Harrison's Scrapbooks, Racial Capitalism, and the Black Radical Tradition”

Manu Vimalassery, Texas Tech University, “Native and Black Visions of Self-Determination”

Noon – 1:30 pm: Lunch Break*

1:30 – 3:30 pm: Session 3

Peter James Hudson, Vanderbilt University, “Black Sovereignty and Racial Capitalism: The National City Bank in Haiti and Liberia, 1910-1935”

Jodi Kim, University of California, Riverside, “Debt Imperialism, Settler Modernity, and the Necropolitics of the Promise”

Andrew Friedman, Haverford College, “Meridians and Parallels: Racial Formations on the Global Grid”

3:45 – 4:15 pm: Closing Reflections

The symposium is free and open to the public.

*If you will be joining us for a light lunch on Saturday, please RSVP to cspn@uw.edu or206-543-8656 by Tuesday, May 14.
 

 

 

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In the context of widespread resistance movements in India today, internationally known feminist scholar, human-rights activist, and author Ilina Sen analyzes the articulation of women’s voices within the movements and helps clarify the issues, debates, and relationships between these voices and other social movements.  

With her husband, human-rights activist Binayak Sen (who gained fame after being convicted of sedition, jailed, and freed on bail), Sen has worked for more than three decades among some of India’s most impoverished and socially stigmatized populations and manages the NGO Rupantar. Ilina She teaches women’s studies at the Mahatma Gandhi International Hindi University in Wardha, Maharashtra.

 

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Film Screening Unfortunate Brothers: Korea's Reunification Dilemma*   Kane Hall 210 Monday, May 20, 2013 @ 6:00PM   Discussion with the directors Dodge Billingsley & Scott Thornton, and Brigham Young University Professor Mark Peterson.   * A reception will follow the film screening and discussion.

 

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The World Speaker Forum is pleased to announce its second program with Ambassador Darryl N. Johnson (Ret'd), who will share his insights and observations on the second biggest economy in the world, China, in light of the appointment of its new leadership. He will discuss its economic and security relations with neighboring countries, the need for multilateral cooperation and the impact of its rapid rise.



Ambassador Johnson has had a long and distinguished career as a Foreign Service Officer, culminating in his service as U.S. Ambassador to the Kingdom of Thailand.  His previous assignments included Mumbai, Hong Kong, Moscow, Beijing and Warsaw.  He served as the first U.S. Ambassador to Lithuania, was the Director of the American Institute in Taiwan, and held a variety of positions in Washington D.C. He speaks Thai, Chinese (Mandarin), Russian, Polish and some Lithuanian.

 

 

 

 

Registration required at http://www.kcls.org/events/index.cfm#us or call 425.822.2459

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As our nation shifts its strategic focus toward the Asia-Pacific region, the South Puget  Sound and Washington State move toward center stage in the arenas of international trade, military and security investments, and cultural exchanges. What does this mean for our future?

Join us for a conversation about our relationships with the Asia-Pacific region and how we can help foster a prosperous future throughout the Pacific Rim.

Featured speakers:

Major General Jeffrey S. Buchanan Deputy Commanding General, I Corps, Joint Base Lewis-McChord

Daniel Malarkey, Deputy Director Washington State Department of Commerce

Michael Rawding, Founding Principal Deerhorn Advisors

Beth Rivin, M.D., M.P.H. Faculty, University of Washington School of Law, Schools of Medicine and Public Health and Vice-President of Uplift International

Moderator: Divya McMillin, Professor, University of Washington Tacoma

Free Registration and more information at www.tacoma.uw.edu/pacific
Sponsored by: PMBA Pierce Military and Business Alliance, the Tacoma News Tribune, Henry M. Jackson Foundation and Topia Technology

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Featured Speakers:

Major General Jeffrey S. Buchanan
Deputy Commanding General, I Corps,
Joint Base Lewis-McChord

Daniel Malarkey, Deputy Director
Washington State Department of Commerce

Michael Rawding, Founding Principal
Deerhorn Advisors

Beth Rivin, M.D., M.P.H.
Faculty, University of Washington School of Law,
Schools of Medicine and Public Health and
Vice-President of Uplift International

A SYMPOSIUM ON THE UNITED STATES’ STRATEGIC
REBALANCE TOWARD THE ASIA-PACIFIC REGION
As our nation shifts its strategic focus toward the
Asia-Pacific region, the South Puget Sound and
Washington State move toward center stage in the
arenas of international trade, military and security
investments, and cultural exchanges. What does this
mean for our future?

Join us for a conversation about our relationships with
the Asia-Pacific region and how we can help foster a
prosperous future throughout the Pacific Rim.

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Join the French-American Chamber of Commerce of the Pacific Northwest and University of Washington European Union Center of Excellence for this annual celebration of peace and unity in Europe, with an update of the Euro-zone: Looking Beyond the Euro Crisis, by Dr. Valerie Rouxel-Laxton.

Dr. Valerie Rouxel-Laxton is Head of Section, Economic and Financial Affairs of the European Union Delegation in Washington, D.C. Prior to this, she was an Economist in Employment Analysis for the EU from 2003 to 2005 and an Economist in Forecasts and Economic Situation in the EU from 2006 to 2008. From 2008 to 2010 she served as Deputy Head of Unit, Economics of America and Asia, IMF, G7/G8 of the European Commission. She was Head of Sector, Countries of the G20 of the European Commission. She was Head of Sector, Countries of the G20 of the EU from 2010 to 2011 subsequent to her current position.
She received her BA degree in Political Science and International Relations at the Institut d'Etudes Politiques de Lyon in 1995 and her PhD in International Economics/International Relations at The Graduate Institute of International Studies (HEI) Geneva.

For more information and to register, click here.

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This paper is an attempt to theoretically construct a concept of multi-species ethnography that addresses the ways in which the inequalities produced by processes of globalization affect nonhuman animals. In this sense, a multi-species ethnographical project should see nonhuman animals not only as symbols or as part of the natural resources available to humans but as part of complex historical interspecies trajectories (Kirksey and Helmreich 2010). These trajectories include notions about ownership that regulate the relations between human and nonhuman animals. It is by analyzing these trajectories that multi-species ethnographies can question how different nonhuman animal species have been placed in what I call (based Aiwha Ong’s (2006) concept of “graduated citizenship”) “graduated humanness” that encompasses ideas about animal and human rights, and the agency of nonhuman animals, and that influences how humans interact with nonhuman animals. To exemplify the use of this theoretical framework I will analyze an event that took place in Mexico City in January 2013 that involved a pack of “wild” dogs “attacking” and “killing” a group of people in Mexico City’s most populated borough.

This workshop is organized by the Critical Animal Studies Working Group at the UW. Please note, this is not a talk about this incident, but rather a workshop designed to allow a close reading of this text and to offer feedback to Ivan. If you would like to attend, please come to the workshop having read the draft of the paper circulated by the author (a draft will be available by Friday, May 17).  

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Bhargavi Rao coordinates a wide variety of campaign initiatives, research, and educational projects at the Environment Support Group (ESG).

 

K.R. Mallesha has a background in Social Sciences and over a decades experience working with NGOs. 

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Paolo R. Graziano is Associate Professor at Bocconi University, has been Visiting Fellow at the Center for European Studies, SciencesPo Paris (2004-2011), and currently is Research Fellow at the Human Development, Capability and Poverty International Research Centre at the Institute for Advanced Studies in Pavia, Italy.

How does European integration influence national social policies? What is the domestic use of EU social policies? This talk will focus on the relationship between European integration, domestic policy change and the usage of European resources at the national level. Recent studies have shown that the EU is an important variable to understand recent welfare state changes, but it remains relatively unclear on how precisely Europe does matter. The results of the research presented during the talk confirm that Europe matters, but in a very differentiated way both with respect to the usages of European resources and the intensity of welfare state change.

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Bringing the Land to the Fight: Biotechnology and Hawaiian Ontology

Noenoe Silva (Political Science, University of Hawai’i, Manoa) and Jonathan Goldberg-Hiller (Social Sciences, Public Policy Center, University of Hawai’i, Manoa) examine current political struggles of native Hawaiians over the increasing presence of biotechnology corporations in Hawai’i. Biotechnology depends upon conditions that facilitate genetically modified organism (GMO) research and profit from ever-increasing production of genetically modified organisms. Legal regimes of property recognize new organisms that can be controlled, sold, and exploited; analogously, multiculturalist policies recreate identity through denial of indigeneity, refusing land claims by indigenous people that would interfere with biotechnology industries. This impacts Hawaiians’ ability to survive on the land and to (re)create a Hawaiian world, which would include native species, many of them kino lau or native deities. We consider Hawaiian ideas of kalo, for example, as kin and sacred ancestor, and other plants, animals, and natural elements as kino lau or body forms of deities, as crucial elements in the struggle against further colonization and towards a resurgence of native lifeways.

Indigenous Approaches to Critical Animal Studies and the New Materialisms?

Kimberly Tallbear (Environmental Sciences, University of California, Berkeley) highlights what indigenous thought has to offer academic theorizing as new critical fields work to dismantle hierarchies in the relationships of “westerners” with their non-human others. For example, “multi-species ethnography” now studies humans and their relations with nonhuman-beings such as dogs, bears, cattle, monkeys, bees, mushrooms, and microorganisms. But the starting points of these inquiries can only partially contain indigenous standpoints. Indigenous peoples never forgot that nonhumans are agential beings engaged in social relations that profoundly shape human lives. Moreover, their non-human others may not even be understood as living. “Objects” and “forces” such as stones, thunder, or stars are known within our ontologies to be sentient and knowing persons. Indigenous approaches also critique settler colonialism and its management of non-human others, linking violence against animals to violence against particular humans historically accorded less-than-human or animal status.

Our speakers are Noenoe Silva & & Jonathan Goldberg-Hiller, University of Hawaii and Kimberly Tallbear, University of California, Berkeley

Noenoe’s Bio: She was born in O’ahu and is of Kanaka Maoli descent. She grew up in California and returned to Hawaii in 1985. In 1991, she earned her bachelor’s in Hawaiian language, and immediately began teaching Hawaiian at UH Manoa. In 1993, she completed a master’s degree in Library and Information Studies, and in 1999 earned her doctorate in political science. Noenoe joined the faculty of political science in Fall 2001, and now serve as associate professor. She now teaches courses in Hawaii and indigenous politics.

Kim’s Bio: Her research and teaching cross the fields of Science and Technology Studies (STS), feminist science studies, anthropology of science, cultural studies, and Native American Studies (NAS). She critically integrate frameworks and methods from these disciplines as I examine the politics of scientific knowledge production and its impacts on Native Americans and other peoples who historically suffer uneven power relations in scientific research. Kim focuses on the cultures and politics of genominc, forensic, and environmental science and technology as they intersect with U.S. American conceptions of race and nation. 

Jonathan’s Bio: Completed BA in political science at Reed College and MA and Ph.D at the University of Wisconsin, Madison with emphasis in public law, comparative politics, and Marxist theory. He has taught at Reed College prior to joining the faculty at the University of Hawaii. Now, Jonathan is teaching graduate courses in areas of sociolegal studies, public policy, and political theory, and undergraduate courses in law and society. 

Presented as part of B/ordering Violence: Boundaries, Gender, Indigeneity in the Americas, a John E. Sawyer Seminar in Comparative Cultures generously funded by the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation and co-sponsored by the Latin American & Caribbean Studies program, the Jackson School of International Studies, the Simpson Center for the Humanities, and the Institute for the Study of Ethnicity, Race, & Sexuality (WISER).

For more on the B/ordering Violence Seminar Series, visit depts.washington.edu/uwch/programs/initiatives/bordering-violence and www.borderingviolence.com

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Foodland Security is about the challenge of Inuit in urban settings to gain access to “county food” (food from the land). Pottle’s work focuses primarily on the Inuit community in Ottawa including cultural activities and images that reflect Inuit identity. His goal is to explore this very robust community and to highlight its richness and vibrancy.

Barry Pottle is an Ottawa-based photographer originally from Nunatsiavut, Labrador (Rigolet). He has a BA in Aboriginal Studies from Carleton University. Pottle uses photography as a medium to give focus to issues currently facing Inuit.

Emily Yu, the student curator for Foodland Security, is an undergraduate at the University of Washington. She is strongly interested in both the fields of Art and Psychology, particularly in ceramics and personality psychology.

Poster
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Borderlands Graduate Student Coffee hour with Noenoe Silva and Kim Tallbear. Come meet Profs. Silva and Tallbear for an informal chat with other graduate students interested in borderlands research.

Presented as part of B/ordering Violence: Boundaries, Gender, Indigeneity in the Americas, a John E. Sawyer Seminar in Comparative Cultures generously funded by the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation and co-sponsored by the Latin American & Caribbean Studies program, the Henry M. Jackson School of International Studies, the Simpson Center for the Humanities, and the Institute for the Study of Ethnicity, Race, & Sexuality (WISER).

For more on the B/ordering Violence Seminar Series, visit depts.washington.edu/uwch/programs/initiatives/bordering-violence and www.borderingviolence.com 

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 Please contact Prof. Ilse Cirtautas for more information: icirt@uw.edu

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Joël Plouffe, Visiting Québec Scholar, WWU Center for Canadian/American Studies will be presenting, “Arctic Geopolitics: How Does North America Fit In?” A new era of Arctic geopolitics has begun. With climate change, rapid thawing ice and increased regional human activity in the High North, the circumpolar world has emerged as a security issue for policy makers of Canada and the United States. How are Ottawa and Washington planning on dealing with the increased importance of the Arctic? Joël Plouffe is a Ph.D. candidate at the University of Québecat Montreal and is currently visiting assistant professor at WWU, teaching Québec Politics and Contemporary Issues. His main fields of expertise are Arctic Geopolitics, Canada-US relations, and Northern Québec issues. Arriving from the Nordic countries and Arctic Russia, his talk will address these questions in the context of International Relations.

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Indonesian Student Association at the UW (ISAUW) presents:

ISAUW Night 2013: KERATON -- The Treasured Tradition of Indonesia
Date: May 25, 2013
Place: North Ballroom, Husky Union Building (HUB), UW
Time: 6:00 pm

Event Teaser:

All Event Teasers available at: http://www.youtube.com/user/isauwHuskies
More event details will come up soon in our website: www.isauw.org

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Astrid Vinje has been studying traditional Indonesian dance since 2002, and has studied under teachers in the US, Canada, and Indonesia. She has performed at three previous Folklife Festivals.

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Tikka Sears has been studying, performing and teaching Indonesian arts for 15 years and weaves mask, dance, and puppetry traditions into her current theater work. Website: http://www.memorywartheater.com

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Huong Viet Performing Arts Group featuring Melody Institute 7:03 PM - 7:30 PM
With Dr. Hai Hong Bio: Huong Viet Performing Arts Group is a 501c3 non-profit organization founded in 2001 by Dr. Huang. We specialize in Vietnamese traditional music and arts. http://vietmelody.org

Siam Smile Dance 7:45 PM - 8:05 PM
Siam Smile performs Thai Classical, Traditional, and Folk dance, to represent Thailand and South-East Asia. Performers are from the local Seattle area maintaining Thailand dance tradition.

Cambodian Classical And Folk Dance NW 8:10 PM - 8:30 PM
CCFDNW captures audiences hearts with their wide range of dances and dancers. From youthful elementary children to highly trained and expressive court dancers, their range is mesmerizing.

Astrid Vinje 8:35 PM - 8:45 PM
Astrid Vinje began studying traditional Indonesian dance in 2002, and has studied under dance teachers in the US, Canada, and Indonesia. She has performed in four previous Folklife Festivals.

Christina Sunardi 8:50 PM - 9:00 PM
Christina Sunardi is a member of the School of Music faculty at the University of Washington.

Apsara Ensemble led by Chan Moly Sam 9:10 PM - 9:45 PM
Cambodian Music & Court Dance. The Apsara Ensemble was founded in 1987 by Chan Moly Sam and her husband Sam-Ang Sam. The ensemble works closely with other principal Cambodian master musicians and dancers now residing in the U.S.

Chan Moly Sam was born in Phnom Penh, Cambodia, to a wealthy family who lived in the center of the city. When she was twelve, Moly enrolled in dance classes at the Palace, in secret from her family. Not long after enrolling in classes, she found out that the newly formed University of Fine Arts was accepting young students.

At the University Moly studied first with Chheng Phon, the revered dance master who developed the folk dance repertoire in the early days of the University. After receiving her diploma with him, she went on to study with Chea Samy, a technically proficient dancer who had been a star in the royal ballet corps.

In the 1970’s Moly followed her husband to the Philippines. There, she gave birth to her fist child, and the Khmer Rouge took over Cambodia. All communication between Cambodia and the outside world was cut-off. Disconnected from their home, Moly’s young family moved to the US. Once in the US, the Sam’s became worried that they, Cambodians outside the county, were the only ones to carry on the traditions. Moly and her husband, Sam-Ang, became involved with the Cambodians American Heritage Troupe in Washington, DC. Later, they founded the Apsara Ensemble in Connecticut.

Moly was able to return home 15 years after her move to the US. Her family there was dead, but her teachers were not. With their help, she mastered not only the techniques of the dance, but also the complex spiritual aspects of the dance form. She is now a master of traditional Cambodian dance, bringing her children into the discipline, and helping Cambodians all over America find their roots.

In 2002 Chan Moly Sam was awarded a National Heritage Fellowship from the National Endowment for the Arts for her dedication and inspiration to the Cambodian community. In 2008 Moly Sam was featured in a short documentary film, part of our American Masterworks series highlighting the excellent arts and artists of Washington state. 

 

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Sayaw is a student based performing arts group from the University of Washington, sharing the stories of our ancestors and celebrating our culture through Philippine folk dance. Performers: Liezel Hackett - Hand Drum Patrick Pineda - Hand Drum

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Donald Shively first considered the topic of “Buddhahood for the nonsentient” (sōmoku jōbutsu) as a theme in noh plays back in 1957. In the subsequent fifty-five years, there have been several major studies published on sōmoku jōbutsu in Japanese and one major study in English (Fabio Rambelli’s Buddhist Materiality, 2007). This new research enables a more complex understanding of how popular conceptions of sōmoku jōbutsu play themselves out in noh involving nonsentient beings, and in particular how the concept of Buddhahood for the nonsentient intersects with the issue of “Buddhahood in this very body” (sokushin jōbutsu) for women. A vexing question for medieval Buddhist scholars was whether either nonsentient plants or women could achieve enlightenment through their own efforts (jiriki) or had to depend on the intervention of a higher Buddhist power (tariki).

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Following William Dalrymple writing about Afghanistan in the 19th century, is this visit by Afghan writer Qais Akbar Oman, with an extraordinary memoir of being from a country so riven with conflict – A Fort of Nine Towers: An Afghan Family Story. See www.seattleartmuseum.org for admission information.

This event is part of Elliot Bay Book Company's "Voices of South & Central Asia."

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We are excited to have our next PERLA (Program in Education and Research in Latin America) meeting and seminar on Thursday May 30th from 12-1 pm in Thomson 317. We will be hearing from Dr. Alex Quistberg about his dissertation research on pedestrian safety and the built environment in Lima.

Please join us and disseminate this announcement widely!

"Protecting Vulnerable Road Users: Pedestrian Safety and the Built Environment in Lima, Peru"

Alex Quistberg, PhD, MPH
Postdoctoral Fellow
Harborview Injury Prevention & Research Center
Department of Pediatrics

Past presentation: Alejandro Cerón. If you missed the April meeting, the recording of the presentation is available at the following link:

http://uwmedical.adobeconnect.com/p2trvth946b/

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The above novel is the last work of Chingiz Aitmatov (1928-2008). He transmits here a strong message to the Kyrgyz to protect their sacred mountains and the animals living there, notably the snow leopard. Since independence (1991) ruthless Kyrgyz have made it a lucrative business to organize hunting parties for wealthy Arabs to hunt in the mountains the snow leopards which as a result are now almost extinct. The author also speaks out against destructive western influences in Kyrgyzstan. 

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Please join the UW International Security Colloquium (UWISC) for a spirited presentation and discussion. UWISC is sponsored by the Severyns-Ravenholt Endowment, the UW Institute for National Security Education and Research (INSER), the Richard B. Wesley Graduate Student Fund for International Relations, Henry M. Jackson Foundation, UW Political Science Department, and Center for Global Studies/JSIS.

 

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The book contains short stories of seventy Uzbek writers. Each writer is represented by one story. Only to the writers Abdulla Qodiriy (1894-1938), known for the first Uzbek novel O’tgan kunlar (The Days that Passed), and Uchqun Nazarov (1934 -) have been given space for two and more stories. It seems that the compilers’ goal is to show the impressive number of Uzbek short story writers who had their work published during the 20 th century. Each writer, among them two female writers, is introduced with a picture and a brief biography. The task of selecting the most representative work for each of the writers must not have been easy. Unfortunately, the introduction, written by B. Karimov, does not inform us about the guidelines or criteria for the selection. Nonetheless, the statement that the Uzbek short story is a mirror of Uzbek life is very true. Indeed, the Uzbek short story is a most valuable source to learn about Uzbek customs, norms and values. 

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 POSTPONED-TBA

Brigadier General Feroz Khan will talk about Pakistan's Nuclear Program, its history, its implications on Pakistan and wider regional and international politics, as he introduces his book "Eating Grass:The Making of the Pakistani Bomb." The book tells the compelling story of how and why Pakistan's government, scientists, and military, persevered in the face of a wide array of obstacles to acquire nuclear weapons.

Feroz Khan is a lecturer in the Department of National Security Affairs at the Naval Postgraduate School, Monterey. He served with the Pakistani Army for 30 years, most recently as Director, Arms Control and Disarmament Affairs, within the Strategic Plans Division, Joint Services Headquarters, and has represented Pakistan in several multilateral and bilateral arms control negotiations. General Khan has been a visiting scholar at the Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars and has held fellowships at Stanford University's Center for International Studies and Cooperation, the Brookings Institution, the Center for Non-Proliferation Studies at the Monterey Institute of International Studies, and the Cooperative Monitoring Center, Sandia National Laboratory. He has also taught as visiting faculty at the Department of the Defense and Strategic Studies, Quaid-e-Azam University, Islamabad.

 

 

 

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A discussion on the impact of the death of kingship on culture, and its relation with identity politics, janajati movement including the current political situation in Nepal.

Bal Gopal Shrestha is research associate at the School of Anthropology, University of Oxford, UK. As research fellow at the University of Oxford (2009-2012) he carried out a research among the Nepalese diaspora in the UK and in Belgium. Dr. Shrestha made the award-winning ethnographic documentary Sacrifice of Serpents: The Festival of Indrayani, Kathmandu 1992/94 (Leiden, 1997) together with the late Van den Hoek and Dirk J. Nijland. He has published widely on Nepalese religious rituals, Hinduism, Buddhism, ethnic nationalism, the Maoist movement, and political development in Nepal.

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The March 11, 2011 disaster at the Tokyo Electric Company’s Nuclear power plant was more a “human disaster” rather than one solely caused by the earthquake and the tsunami. As we learn more about this accident, one from which Japan shall never recover, we are also able to clarify much about the nature of nuclear energy. The occurrence of nuclear power accidents is inevitable. Rather than from mechanical problems, their occurrence is a consequence of political deception. In this discussion Igarashi will reconstruct the fragmented facts presented in the media to explain the political structure of the nuclear power industry.

Akio Igarashi is professor emeritus at Rikkyo University in Tokyo, Japan. His research has focused on modern Japanese political thought and contemporary politics. More recently his interests have included local political issues, such as the analysis of referendums on nuclear power issues. He is the author of numerous books, including Nihon Seiji Ron (Japanese Politics) and one co-authored with Miranda Schreurs titled Josei ga seiji wo kaeru toki (When women alter politics).

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Special visit by Khaled Hosseini, here with his first novel in six years, And the Mountains Echoed. All over the world – Afghanistan, San Francisco, Greece, Paris – inheritances are lost and found in this rich, multigenerational family tale. Details on tickets/entry to come. See www.elliottbaybook.com soon.

This event is part of Elliot Bay Book Company's "Voices of South & Central Asia."

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Early word here, too, on a much-anticipated first Seattle visit by Sri Lanka-born writer Ru Freeman with her assured, moving novel of Sri Lanka approaching civil war, On Sal Mal Lane.

This event is part of Elliot Bay Book Company's "Voices of South & Central Asia"

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The Filipinas Performing Arts of Washington (FPAWS) is a cultural group that nurtures awareness and appreciation in various Filipino cultures and traditions in the community, sustained by committed and professional cultural workers. Founded in 1993 under the name, Children of Fil-Am Dance Ensemble and later changed its name to The Filipinas Performing Arts of Washington (FPAWS) in September 2001.

Under the direction of dancer/choreographer Juliet Omli-Cawas, the 25 and more members presents a number of performances and workshops each year in Washington State and other states. The FPAWS’ main goals is to collect, preserve, perform and express in art forms the way of life of the Filipino people and to introduce Filipino-American youngsters to Filipino folk dancing so that they will to love, appreciate and understand the Filipino culture.

The FPAWS’ repertoire ranges from traditional choreographies to contemporary interpretations that remain true to the spirit of dancing as well as the cultural heritage they represent.

FPAWS is also designed to give its talents members the opportunity to express themselves artistically, and explore their passion for dance as a visual form.

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The Seattle International Film Festival is one of the largest and most-highly attended festivals in the United States.

*** Use promocode "ASIAN2013" for a $2 discount on tickets for the following screenings:

Bwakaw (Philippines) -- Sponsored by the Southeast Asia Center at UW
One of the year's most charming surprises, this life-affirming comic drama stars veteran Filipino superstar Eddie Garcia as Rene, an elderly, hilariously cantankerous gay man coming out of his shell late in life.

May 21, 2013 9:15 PM    Harvard Exit
May 23, 2013 4:00 PM    Harvard Exit

36 (Thailand)
When her hard drive breaks, taking with it a year’s worth of work, film location scout Sai sets out to recapture the missing photos and memories of an unrequited love. Told entirely over 36 static shots.

June 7, 2013 1:00 PM    SIFF Cinema Uptown 
June 9, 2013 6:00 PM    SIFF Cinema Uptown

The Act of Killing (Indonesia)
Powerful and surreal. For over forty years, the leaders of Indonesian paramilitary death squads have considered their acts of genocide heroic. This flabbergasting documentary follows these notorious murderers as they brazenly re-enact their heinous crimes with B-movie panache.

May 18, 2013 4:00 PM    Harvard Exit 
May 22, 2013 9:30 PM    Harvard Exit

Harana (Philippines)
U.S.-based classical guitarist Florante Aguilar journeys back to his Filipino roots to search for the lost voices of harana, a traditional Filipino form of serenade. He gathers the three remaining master haranistas, bringing this fading culture back to life.

May 25, 2013 3:00 PM     SIFF Cinema Uptown 
May 26, 2013 11:30 AM   SIFF Cinema Uptown

A River Changes Course (Cambodia)
Shot over two years, Kalyanee Mam returns to her homeland to document three families and they contend with the ever-changing economy and industry of modern Cambodia in this impressionistic and beautifully constructed portrait of life.

May 26, 2013 5:30 PM     SIFF Cinema Uptown 
May 27, 2013 12:00 PM   SIFF Cinema Uptown

The Rocket (Laos)
Set in lush, rural Laos, this spirited drama tells the story of scrappy ten-year-old Ahlo, who yearns to break free from his ill-fated destiny. With help from his friend Kia and uncle Purple, he builds a giant rocket to compete in the dangerous Rocket Festival.

May 22, 2013 4:30 PM   SIFF Cinema Uptown
May 24, 2013 6:30 PM   SIFF Cinema Uptown

 

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In the Shadow

Friday, June 7, 9:30 PM
Saturday, June 8, 11:00AM

Set in Cold War Prague as the Soviets tightened their grip on Czechoslovakia, this suspenseful noir crime drama follows an honest cop whose jewelry heist investigation is taken over by State Security. Winner of nine prestigious Czech Lion awards and Czech Oscar® submission.

Filmmaker David Ondříček, who was recently listed by Variety magazine as one of the top "10 Directors to Watch," will be in Seattle for both screenings.

 

 

 

My Dog Killer

Thursday, June 6, 9:00 PM
Friday, June 7, 12:30 PM

 

 

 

 

 

Mira Fornay's second feature follows a day in the life of 18-year-old Marek who lives on the Slovak-Moravian border. Marek's best friend and only confidant is his dog as he deals with the hooliganism of his skinhead friends and his single father.

 

Check SIFF for tickets and a detailed schedule.

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 The resource-rich Arctic is changing faster than anywhere on Earth due to climate change and, according to The Economist, is not only “setting alarm bells ringing for environmentalists, but [also] opening up new perspectives for trade and development.“ In order to meet future challenges, it is vital that today’s students learn more about issues already at play in the Arctic. More ...

This workshop is an invitation only event! 

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From Coal Trains to Classrooms: Cross-Border Trade, Energy and Environmental Issues in the PNW is the name of a new one-day workshop being offered on June 27 by the Center for Canadian-American Studies at Western Washington University. The professional development workshop is ideal for social studies teachers and those who teach Current World Problems (CWP), the new course required for high school graduation in Washington State.

Participants will learn about vital regional concerns that make headlines in our state—the issues that today’s students and tomorrow’s decision-makers need to understand. All will learn how integrally “connected” energy resources and energy products are on both sides of the border. Specific issues such as coal ports, pipeline politics, and hydro-development will be explored.

Teachers, and their students, will understand the real-world implications of shipping coal through ports in Washington. They will recognize the importance of the upcoming Columbia River Treaty re-negotiation and its impact on salmon, flood control, and electricity supplies in Cascadia. The relevance of Alberta oil sands and expanded Northwest pipelines as Washington State issues will also be explored.

Rationales and opposing viewpoints will be reviewed with particular attention paid to Aboriginal voices that are helping shape debates and possible outcomes. A public forum debate will be modeled for classroom applications by Snohomish High School students.

Speakers include Joel Connelly, SeattlePI.com columnist, Paul Storer, Chair and Professor at WWU’s Department of Economics, David Rossiter, Associate Professor at WWU’s Huxley College of the Environment, and Don Alper, Director of the Center for Canadian-American Studies and Border Policy Research Institute. Tina Storer Education and Curriculum Specialist at WWU’s Center for Canadian-American Studies, and Bill Nicolay, teacher and debate coach at Snohomish High School, will help transpose program content to classroom activities that align with state EALRs, CBAs and Common Core literacy standards.

The workshop will be offered on the campus of North Seattle Community College and registration includes instruction, lunch, and a continuing education certificate for 6 clock hours. The Canada-America Society of Washington and the Center for Canadian-American Studies have joined together to offer $50 awards (the cost of registration) to all teachers who submit a lesson plan based on the workshop experience by September 1.

Questions about the program should be directed to tina.storer@wwu.edu. Online (or mail-in) registration is now open and available at: https://west.wwu.edu/eesp/35/ConferenceServices/Registration.aspx?e=2589&z=d0s0.

From Coal Trains to Classrooms is one of several programs offered by WWU at NCSS as part of a new partnership between the two campuses. A campus map and directions are at https://northseattle.edu/locator. Parking is free.

The Center for Canadian-American Studies at WWU is a U.S. Department of Education-designated National Resource Center on Canada in the United States in consortium with the Canadian Studies Center at the University of Washington. Outreach to all levels of education is part of the Title VI grant mandate and is performed jointly under the name “K-12 STUDY CANADA”. Both teachers and students will discover a wealth of resources for learning at www.k12studycanada.org.

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The CCEC, in cooperation with SIFF and the Consulate General of the Czech Republic in Los Angeles, is proud to present Czech That Film Presented by Staropramen, a 3-day film festival celebrating some of the best of Czech cinema.

The festival will feature seven films over the three days, as well as an opening night reception sponsored by Staropramen. Visit our Czech That Film page for the full line-up!

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The Czechoslovak Society of Arts and Sciences (SVU) is pleased to announce its 2013 regional conference, titled Czechs, Slovaks and North America: Destination, Example, Opportunity, to be held on the campus of the University of Washington in Seattle from August 29 to August 31, 2013 (with optional sightseeing extensions through September 2).

For more details, including the call for papers, visit the Czechoslovak Society of Arts and Sciences.

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Joel Walker is Associate Professor, Department of History. Part of the Persian Studies Series.

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