| Monday, April 30 | |
| 3:30 PM | American Ethnic Studies Lecture "Dazzlement, Consumption, and the Hyperreal: American Theme Parks in Japan," Masako Notoji (Professor, American Studies, Graduate School of Arts and Sciences, University of Tokyo). Simpson Center for the Humanities, Communications 206. The new Disney Sea, to be opened adjacent to the 18-year-old Tokyo Disneyland this fall, and Universal Studios Japan which opened in Osaka in late March are each supposed to rescue the regional economy from the long-time recession, while most of the domestic (not imported) theme parks are in deep financial trouble. Professor Notoji will discuss this extraordinary example of the reception of American popular culture in the context of otherwise tension-ridden Japan-US relations and the globalization of America's Hollywood media culture. For further information please call Gail M. Nomura, Department of American Ethnic Studies, 206-543-4219 or e-mail gmnomura@u.washington.edu |
| 3:30 PM | Environmental Studies Lecture "Environment, Decentralization and the Reactionary Re-emergence of Custom in the Sahel," Jesse Ribot (World Resources Institute). Mary Gates Hall, Room 241. Part of "Whose Nature? Conflicting Interests & Perceptions." This colloquium series is sponsored by the Program on the Environment at the University of Washington, and co-sponsored by the following UW units: The Graduate School, The School of Law, the South Asian Studies Program, the Southeast Asian Studies Program, and the Departments of American Ethnic Studies, Anthropology, Fisheries Science, Geography, and History. The coordinator is Eric A. Smith (Department of Anthropology). For further information, send email to whosenat@u.washington.edu. |
| 6:00 PM | Art Lecture Patrick Wilson. Art 003. Visiting artist and painter Patrick Wilson will lecture on his work and practice in room 003 of the Art Building. This event is sponsored by the Association of Graduate Student Painters. Free and open to all. For more information please call the School of Art at 543-0970. |
| 6:30 PM | Italian Film Festival LA BELLA VITA (LIVING IT UP) by Paolo Virzi, Italy, 1994, Color, 97 minutes, Italian with English Subtitles; After the movie a discussion with critics Antonio Monda and Mario Sesti. HUB Auditorium. In collaboration with Italia Cinema the University of Washington Center for West European Studies, Cinema Studies Program and Division of French and Italian Studies present a free admission film festival entitled New Italian Cinema with 35 mm screenings of five recent Italian films never before seen in Seattle. Support by Festa Italiana of Seattle. For more information contact Albert Sbragia at 543-4337. |
| Tuesday, May 1 | |
| 3:30 PM | Southeast Asia/Art History Lecture "Ways of Experiencing Art: Javanese Puppets in Art History, in Performance and on Television," Jan Mrazek (Post-doctoral Research Fellow, Leiden University and Candidate for UW Southeast Asian humanities position). Art Building, Room 317. For many people in Java, the importance of shadow puppets (wayang) in the artistic landscape is comparable to the importance of painting in Western art of the last few centuries. Wayang puppets are typically encountered in the context of a performance that is a part of a celebration/ritual/social event. Television, as a kind of vision adapted from and associated with the West, affects the ways in which people perceive and move about in the world. When puppet performances are broadcast on television, the puppets become part of a very different experience -- television watching. This is another very common way to experience puppets in contemporary Java. In books, museums, and lectures, Western art historians and museum curators present wayang puppets as art objects. In each of these three cases (live performance, televised performance, and art history), the puppets are experienced very differently. Mrazek will describe the main characteristics of these three ways of experiencing and compare them. Jan Mrázek grew up in Czechoslovakia and received his Ph.D. in Art History from Cornell University. Presently, he is a postdoctoral researcher in the Verbal Art in the Audio-Visual Media of Indonesia Research Project at Leiden University in The Netherlands, and is writing a book about the interaction between puppet theater and television in Indonesia. Sponsored by the Southeast Asia Center and the Art History department. For more information, please contact the Southeast Asia Center at 543-9606. |
| 4:00 PM | Art Opening BFA 2 Studio Arts. Jacob Lawrence Gallery, Art Building, Rm 132. Opening of the group exhibit of graduates from the areas of ceramics, fibers, metals, photography, printmaking, and sculpture. Exhibit runs May 2 - 12, 2001. For more information please call the School of Art at 543-0970. |
| 6:00 PM | Art Lecture Michael O'Malley. Ceramics and Metal Arts Building. Michael O'Malley will present a lecture and video presentation. For more information, please call 206.543.0178. |
| 6:30 PM | Italian Film Festival TRE STORIE (THREE STORIES) by Piergiorgio Gay and Roberto San Pietro, Italy, 1998, Color, 85 minutes, Italian with English subtitles and, at 8:15, LONTANO IN FONDO AGLI OCCHI (PICTURES DEEP IN ONE'S EYES)by Giuseppe Rocca, Italy, 2000, Color, 95 minutes, Italian with English subtitles. HUB Auditorium. In collaboration with Italia Cinema the University of Washington Center for West European Studies, Cinema Studies Program and Division of French and Italian Studies present a free admission film festival entitled New Italian Cinema with 35 mm screenings of five recent Italian films never before seen in Seattle. Support by Festa Italiana of Seattle. For more information contact Albert Sbragia at 543-4337. |
| 7:30 PM | Drama Performance "History of the Devil, or Scenes from a Pretended Life," by Clive Barker. Directed by J. Daniel Stanley. Meany Studio Theatre. Satan has stacked the deck by hosting his own trail on Earth. Tried by man and judged by the souls of the dead, a verdict of not guilty could mean a return trip to Heaven. After reviewing the evidence, the jury must consider whether the devil is a primary perpetrator or an unwitting patsy of mankind’s greatest atrocities. Best-selling novelist and Hollywood sensation, Clive Barker, waxes philosophical in this play filled with humor, horror and above all, humanity. Single tickets are $10 on Friday and Saturday, $8 Sunday through Thursday. Students always pay $7. Call the UW Arts Tickets office at 543-4880. |
| 7:30 PM | Concert Robert Hendrickson, Trombone: Junior Recital. Brechemin Auditorium. For more information please call the School of Music at 543-1201. |
| Wednesday, May 2 | |
| 3:30 PM | English Lecture "Big Books, Small Screen: Adapting Victorian Novels for TV," John Sutherland (University College, London). Raitt 121. John Sutherland is the author of numerous books, at once learned, shrewd, and witty, about the Victorian novel. Among them are _Thackeray at Work_ (1974), the Longman _Companion to Victorian Fiction_ (1988), _Is Heathcliff a Murderer?: Great Puzzles in Nineteenth-Century Literature_ (1996), and _Can Jane Eyre be Happy?: More Puzzles in Classic Fiction (1997). He is currently working on an adaptation of Anthony Trollope's _The Way We Live Now_ for the BBC. Sponsored by the Department of English. For more information please contact Professor Edward Alexander at eaengl@u.washington.edu. |
| 3:30 PM | **CRITICAL ASIAN STUDIES LECTURE** "Feminist Knots: Bondmaid-Concubines, Sex Workers and Foreign Female Domestics," Naifei Ding (National Central University, Taiwan). Simpson Center for the Humanities, Communications 206. Naifei Ding is Associate Professor in the Department of English, National Central University, Taiwan, and visiting professor this spring in the UW Department of Women Studies. Her research interests include gender, sexuality and cultural studies. Recent publications include Obscene Objects: Sexual Subjection and the Jin Ping Mei. This lecture is sponsored by the Project for Critical Asian Studies and the Simpson Center for the Humanities. For further information contact the Project on Critical Asian Studies at critas@u.washington.edu. |
| 3:30 PM | International Studies Lecture "International Institutions and Human Rights in Post-Soviet Ukraine," Jeffrey T. Checkel (ARENA, University of Oslo). Thomson 317. Speaker: Sponsor: REECAS/JSIS. Info: 543-4852. |
| 3:30 PM | Near East Lang. & Civ. Lecture "Narrator and Narratee in the First Turkish Novels," Nuket Esen (Bogazici University, Istanbul). Denny 216. The first Turkish novels were written in Istanbul in the second half of the nineteenth century within the westernization project. Ahmet Mithat was the first Turkish novelist who wrote around 35 novels and experimented with different unsophisticated narrative techniques. The narrator and the naratee occupy an important place in his novels because, as an intellectual of his time, he was trying to educate and entertain his audience. Sponsored by the Department of Near East Languages & Civilization. For more information please call 543-6033. |
| 6:30 PM | Italian Film Festival GOSTANZA DA LIBBIANO (GOSTANZA OF LIBBIANO) by Paolo Benvenuti, Italy, 2000, B/W, 92 minutes, Italian with English subtitles and, at 8:15, TANO DA MORIRE (TO DIE FOR TANO) by Roberta Torre, Italy, 1997, Color, 80 minutes, Italian with English subtitles. HUB Auditorium. In collaboration with Italia Cinema the University of Washington Center for West European Studies, Cinema Studies Program and Division of French and Italian Studies present a free admission film festival entitled New Italian Cinema with 35 mm screenings of five recent Italian films never before seen in Seattle. Support by Festa Italiana of Seattle. For more information contact Albert Sbragia at 543-4337. |
| 7:30 PM | Drama Performance "History of the Devil, or Scenes from a Pretended Life," by Clive Barker. Directed by J. Daniel Stanley. Meany Studio Theatre. Single tickets are $10 on Friday and Saturday, $8 Sunday through Thursday. Students always pay $7. Call the UW Arts Tickets office at 543-4880. SEE MAY 1 LISTING FOR MORE DETAILS. |
| Thursday, May 3 | |
| 10:30 AM | Speech Communication Lecture Attorney General Christine Gregoire. Smith 120. Part of the series on The Art of the Communication: Reflective Practitioners. Sponsored by the Department of Speech Communication. For more information please call 543-4860. |
| 12:00 PM | Public Policy Lecture Doris "Granny D" Haddock on her book "Granny D: Walking Across America in My 90th Year." Parrington Hall, Commons. On February 29, 2000, ninety-year-old Doris "Granny D" Haddock completed her 3,200-mile, fourteen-month walk from Los Angeles to Washington D.C. to rally support for national campaign-finance reform. She walked through 105-degree deserts and blinding blizzards, despite arthritis and emphysema. Along her way, her remarkable speeches - rich with wisdom, love, and political insight - transformed individuals and communities and jump-started a full-blown movement. Sponsored by The Forum at the Evans School. For more information please call 221-3839. |
| 12:30 PM | Art Seminar "The Story of the Coptic Tapestry Albums at the Henry and Albert Gayet, the Archeologist of Antinöe," Nancy Arthur Hoskins, author, teacher and artist. Reed Collection Study Center, Henry Art Gallery. A special tribute to Albert Gayet, this collage of rare textile fragments can be traced to matching fragments in the Louvre and other important museums. Nancy Hoskins details the incredible story of this two-volume set of 1500 year-old Coptic fabrics. A slide lecture traces the history of the albums from Antinöe, to Egypt, Paris, Los Angeles, and finally to the Henry Art Gallery. Free with museum admission. For more information please call 543-2281. |
| 3:30 PM | Germanics/West European Lecture "Civil Society, Gender, and Military Conscription in Germany," Ute Frevert (University of Bielefeld and Stanford Institute for Advanced Study in the Behavioral Sciences). Raitt Hall, room 121. A lecture in the series "Transforming Europe: Movements of People, Places and Ideas." Ute Frevert is currently a fellow at Center for Advanced Study in the Behavioral Sciences at Stanford. Her field of expertise is modern German history. She has worked extensively on the history of gender (Women in German History: From Bourgeois Emancipation to Sexual Liberation, Oxford Berg, 1989), the history of emotions (Men of Honour. A Social and Cultural History of the Duel, Oxford: Polity Press, 1995), as well as on memory and post WWII German history. Her talk is connected to her newest research project on military conscription, nation-building and gender formation in modern German history. Sponsored by The German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD), the Jackson School of International Studies, the Department of Germanics, the Department of History, and the Center for West European Studies Politics and Society Colloquium. For more information please email cwes@u.washington.edu. |
| 3:30 PM | Education Lecture "The Future of the University--Part 2: What's Next After Defunding, Digitalization, and Privatization?" Cary Nelson (University of Illinois). Kane 210. Cary Nelson is the Jubilee Professor of Liberal Arts and Sciences at the University of Illinois, author and editor of more than 20 books on poetry, cultural studies, and the academic workplace. He is perhaps the pre-eminent critic of current trends in higher education. His books WILL TEACH FOR FOOD, HIGHER EDUCATION UNDER FIRE, and ACADEMIC KEYWORDS have helped shape the debate about the defunding and corporatization of major universities, the degradation of teaching, and the decline of full-time faculty. He has been active both nationally and at the University of Illinois in trying to formulate realistic strategies for rescuing higher education. He serves on the National Council of AAUP. This event, part of The Future of the University series initiated by AAUP, is sponsored by the English Department, the Hilen Fund, the Harry Bridges chair and Center for labor Studies, and American Association of University Professors, UW branch. For more information please contact gregoryj@u.washington.edu. |
| 3:30 PM | International Studies Lecture "Can the European Union Solve Turkey's Kurdish Problem?" Henri Barkey (Lehigh University). Parrington Hall, The Forum. For more information please call the Jackson School of International Studies at 543-4370. |
| 7:00 PM | Art Movies Every Day Except Christmas, Skyscraper, Homage to Jean Tinguely, Ghosts Before Breakfast (Richter), Manhatta (Sheeler/Strand). Henry Auditorium. When photographer John Gutmann taught at San Francisco State University in the 1950s, he organized a now legendary film series called Art Movies, featuring a dazzling array of short and feature films about art, by artists, or motivated by avant-garde ideas. The Henry reprises a small segment of this series in conjunction with John Gutmann: Culture Shock. Each evening's presentation lasts approximately one hour and a half. Tickets: $6 general / $4 members and students. For a detailed description of films, please call 543-2281 for the flyer. |
| 7:30 PM | Drama Performance "History of the Devil, or Scenes from a Pretended Life," by Clive Barker. Directed by J. Daniel Stanley. Meany Studio Theatre. Single tickets are $10 on Friday and Saturday, $8 Sunday through Thursday. Students always pay $7. Call the UW Arts Tickets office at 543-4880. SEE MAY 1 LISTING FOR MORE DETAILS. |
| 7:30 PM | International Studies Lecture "Russia's Road to a Market Economy under Putin," Anders Aslund (Senior Associate, Carnegie Endowment for International Peace). Kane Hall 210. Sponsors: Henry M. Jackson Foundation; World Affairs Council; REECAS/JSIS. Info: 543-4852. |
| Friday, May 4 | |
| 1:30 PM | Language & Rhetoric Colloquium “Finding the ‘Individual’ in Individual Differences Research," Amy Snyder Ohta (Assistant Professor, Department of Asian Languages and Literature). Loew 105. Part of the Language and Rhetoric/Language Use and Acquisition Colloquium. This presentation will discuss research conducted on individual differences in second language acquisition and learning (SLA) with a focus on proposing alternatives to the mainstream methods of investigation. Alternatives proposed involve a more sociocultural view of the acquisition/learning enterprise and incorporation of ideographic approaches to the study of individual differences in SLA. Refreshments will be provided. For more information please contact Amy Vidali at avidali@u.washington.edu. |
| 3:30 PM | Japan Studies Lecture "Boogie Woogie Music and Japan's Postwar Constitution: The Creolization of Japanese Culture in the Occupation Period," John Treat (Yale University). Miller 316. Sponsored by the Japan Studies Program. For more information please call 543-4391. |
| 3:30 PM | Linguistics Colloquium "Metaphors of Space-Time: Intuitions for Physics and Implications for Linguistics," Douglas Wulf. 305 Smith. Sponsored by the Department of Linguistics. For more information please call 543-2046. |
| 8:00 PM | Drama Performance "History of the Devil, or Scenes from a Pretended Life," by Clive Barker. Directed by J. Daniel Stanley. Meany Studio Theatre. Single tickets are $10 on Friday and Saturday, $8 Sunday through Thursday. Students always pay $7. Call the UW Arts Tickets office at 543-4880. SEE MAY 1 LISTING FOR MORE DETAILS. |
| 8:00 PM | Concert Baroque Ensemble: Ensemble Concert, Carole Terry & Margriet Tindemans, directors. Brechemin Auditorium, Music 126. Tickets: $5 Students & Seniors; $8 General Admission; Notecard Event. For more information please call the School of Music at 543-1201. |
| Saturday, May 5 | |
| 2:00 PM | Concert Amy Ju Chen, Piano: Junior Recital. Brechemin Auditorium, Music 126. For more information please call the School of Music at 543-1201. |
| 8:00 PM | Drama Performance "History of the Devil, or Scenes from a Pretended Life," by Clive Barker. Directed by J. Daniel Stanley. Meany Studio Theatre. Single tickets are $10 on Friday and Saturday, $8 Sunday through Thursday. Students always pay $7. Call the UW Arts Tickets office at 543-4880. SEE MAY 1 LISTING FOR MORE DETAILS. |
| 8:00 PM | Concert Bret Battey, Composition: Doctoral Recital. Brechemin Auditorium, Music 126. Works performed include "Pater Noster's Tricyclic Companion" for flute and tape; "On the Presence of Water" for computer-realized sound and video; "Distance, Dance, Discern" for bassoon and computer-realized sound; "Writing on the Surface" for computer-realized sound and video; and "Five Ascents Down to the Child" for piano solo. For more information please call the School of Music at 543-1201. |
| Sunday, May 6 | |
| 2:00 PM | Drama Performance "History of the Devil, or Scenes from a Pretended Life," by Clive Barker. Directed by J. Daniel Stanley. Meany Studio Theatre. Single tickets are $10 on Friday and Saturday, $8 Sunday through Thursday. Students always pay $7. Call the UW Arts Tickets office at 543-4880. SEE MAY 1 LISTING FOR MORE DETAILS. |
| 2:00 PM | Concert Hsuan Lee, violin: Doctoral Recital. Brechemin Auditorium, Music 126. For more information please call the School of Music at 543-1201. |
| 5:00 PM | Concert Rudyard Dennis, Clarinet: Masters Recital. Brechemin Auditorium, Music 126. For more information please call the School of Music at 543-1201. |