| Monday, October 15 | |
| 3:30 PM | Japan Studies Lecture "Japan's Tempest in a Textbook: A closer Look at the Historical Revisionism and Political Controversy of the Atarashi Rekishi Kyoukasho (New History Textbook)," John Nelson (Assistant Professor, Department of Theology and Religious Studies, University of San Francisco). Simpson Center for the Humanities, Communications 202. Just how does a middle-school history textbook go about promoting nationalistic pride in adolescent Japanese? Trying to rectify this goal with the sorry examples of Japan's military exploits before and during World War II has created considerable domestic and international concern, not to mention highly emotional protests. This talk will present some of the provocative contents, strategies of presentation, and political repercussions of the New History Textbook, approved by the Ministry of Education and Science for nationwide use in Japan's public and private middle schools. Sponsored and authored by the Japan Society for History Textbook Reform (Atarashii Rekishi Kyoukasho o Tsukuru Kai), the book's problematic rendition of history has created an uproar over the government's textbook approval process, and has adversely affected Japan's relations with China and South Korea. While it appears the textbook has failed to gain widespread adoption in the schools, it represents nonetheless a view of history and a perspective on the war years that is gaining rather than losing support. Issues of Japanese nationalism, Prime Minister Koizumi's recent visit to Yasukuni Shrine, and the future plans of the Reform Society will also be discussed. Sponsored by the Japan Studies Program. For more information please call (206) 543-4391. |
| 3:30 PM | Reading Patricia Harrington will discuss "Cambodia: Paradise Lost": An author's perspective on the Cambodian experience in America. 3:30-5:00pm, Thomson 317. For more information, contact the Southeast Asia Center at 206-543-9606. For more author information, visit: http://www.patriciaharrington.com. |
| Tuesday, October 16 | |
| 6:00 PM | Art Lecture Visiting Artist Hun Chang Lee is part of the new generation of Korean ceramic artists and is currently a resident artist at the Archie Bray Foundation in Montana. He will speaking about his work at the CMA Building, located at 4205 Mary Gates Memorial Drive, at 6 pm. For more information, please call the School of Art at (206) 543-0178. |
| 7:00 PM | **MACARTHUR FELLOWS LECTURE** Linda Bierds (Director of the UW Creative Writing Program and 1998 MacArthur Fellow). 110 Kane Hall. Part of "Scholarly Adventure and the Creative Process: UW MacArthur Fellows in the Humanities." Linda Bierds is a poet whose narratives of lyric description set her apart from the prevailing contemporary styles of confessional poetry. Her most recent work, "The Profile Makers," won a PEN/West prize for poetry. Her other volumes of poetry include "Flights of the Harvest-Mare," "The Stillness, The Dancing," "Heart and Perimeter," and "The Ghost Trio." Presented by the UW Alumni Association and the College of Arts & Sciences in cooperation with the Simpson Center for the Humanities. For more information please call (206) 685-0611. |
| 7:00 PM | Reading: Martha Nussbaum Author Martha Nussbaum talks about and and signs "Upheavals of Thought: The Intelligence of Emotion." She draws on philosophy, psychology, anthropology, music and literature to illuminate the role emotions play in our deepest thoughts, arguing that emotions are intelligent appraisals of a world that we do not control. 7:00 p.m., Roethke Auditorium, 130 Kane Hall, Tickets required; available (free) at University Book Store and The Forum at the Evans School. 206-634-3400. |
| 8:00 PM | Concert Stanislav Ioudenitch, Van Cliburn Gold Medal Winner, will give a performance as part of the UW President's Piano Series. Hailed as one of the most important music competitions in the world, the Van Cliburn International Competition is recognized as a launching pad for the careers of today's most talented pianists. 8:00 pm, Meany Theater, $30. UW Arts Ticket Office: (206) 543-4880. |
| Wednesday, October 17 | |
| 3:30 PM | Asian Literature Colloquium "The Syntactic Typology of Old Chinese" by Dr. Derek D. Herforth, University of Sydney, New South Wales, Australia, 3:30-5:00 p.m., 105 Smith, Department of Asian Languages and Literature, 206-543-4996. |
| 3:30 PM | Communications Lecture "Framing Feminism: Women's Liberation and the Rhetoric of Television," a lecture by Bonnie J. Dow (Professor of Speech Communication, University of Georgia). Raitt Hall, Room 221-223. Sponsored by Stice Lectureship and the Department of Communication. |
| 7:30 PM | Recital: Piano Doctoral Piano Recital by Carol Rich. Brechemin Auditorium, 7:30 pm. Sponsored by the UW School of Music. |
| Thursday, October 18 | |
| 3:30 PM | **EARLY MODERN STUDIES LECTURE** "America's Passion Plays," a lecture by Claire Sponsler, Associate Professor of English, University of Iowa. 3:30 pm, Communications 226. Reception to follow. Part of a new project entitled "Ritual Imports," this talk explores the crosscultural issues raised by passion plays in the US, beginning with the 19th-century infatuation with Oberammergau, on through Salmi Morse's controversial "Passion Play" of 1879 and ending with the Black Hills Passion Play. This event is organized by EMERGE (Early Modern Research Group) and is sponsored by the Simpson Center for the Humanities, the Center for West European Studies, and the Department of English. |
| 7:00 PM 9:20 PM | International Studies Lecture "Afghanistan," Nazif Shahrani (Chair, Near East Department and Professor of Anthropology, Indiana University-Bloomington). Kane Hall 210. Part of an ongoing series. Experts will present their perspectives and the audience will have an opportunity to ask questions and discuss current events. Sponsored by the Jackson School of International Studies. For more information please call 206-543-4372. |
| Friday, October 19 | |
| 2:30 PM | Spanish Studies Lecture "Memory and Memoir," Dr. Lucia Suarez (Assistant Professor of Spanish, University of Michigan, and visiting researcher at the University of Washington this academic year). Simpson Center for the Humanities, Communications 206. The talk will be followed by a reception. Professor Suarez received her Ph.D. from Duke University and is completing a book on diasporic literatures of the Caribbean. Sponsored by Spanish and Portuguese Studies. For more information please call 543-2020. |
| 3:30 PM | Philosophy Lecture "The Conventionality Thesis, the Constitution, and Dworkin's Semantic Sting," a lecture by Kenneth Himma, Department of Philosophy. 3:30-5:20 pm, Savery 249. For more information, call (206) 543-5855. |
| 3:30 PM | Linguistics Colloquium "Using and abusing implicatures in Simple Human Computer Dialogs" Dr. Mike Calcagno (Natural Language Group, Microsoft Corp) Sponsored by the Linguistics Department. 3:30-5:00 pm, Smith 305 |
| Saturday, October 20 | |
| 2:00 PM | Recital: Violin Doctoral Violin Recital by Mary Theodore. 2 pm, Brechemin Auditorium. UW School of Music. |
| 7:00 PM | International Studies Lecture "Afghanistan's Endless War: State Failure, Regional Politics, and the Rise of the Taliban," a reading and discussion featuring author Larry Goodson, from his recent book published by the UW Press. Going beyond the stereotypes of Kalashnikov-wielding Afghan mujahideen and black-turbaned fundamentalists, Afghanistan's Endless War combines Taliban interviews and field research with concise analysis to explain has been happening in Afghanistan in the last twenty years. 7:00 - 9:00 pm, Kane 120. Sponsored by the Henry M. Jackson School of International Studies (including the Middle East, South Asia, and Russia, Eastern Europe, and Central Asia Centers), the University of Washington Press, and the UW Book Store. For additional information please call 206-543-4852. |
| Sunday, October 21 | |
| 3:00 PM | Concert: Organ Timothy Spelbring, an emerging student artist from Oberlin Conservatory of Music, will perform an organ concert. 3:00 pm, Walker-Ames Room, Kane Hall, $5-8 at the door. School of Music, (206) 685-8384 |