| Monday, June 3 | |
| 3:30 PM | Transnational Studies Lecture "Contracting with Relationships and Institutions in Eastern Europe and Vietnam," Christopher Woodruff (University of California, San Diego). This lecture is part of the Law, Transition, and Globalization Series. Presented by The East Asia and International Studies Centers together with the Institute for Transnational Studies, the Asian Law Center, and the CLASS Center. For more information, call 206-543-2780. 3:30 PM, 1B Gowen Hall. |
| Tuesday, June 4 | |
| 6:00 PM | Art Exhibit Opening Opening reception for solo MFA thesis exhibition for Debbie Reichard. Exhibit runs until June 10. 6 PM, Ceramics and Metal Arts Bldg., Ceramics Gallery. |
| 7:30 PM | Chamber Singers Concert "Musical Archetypes," a concert by the UW Chamber Singers. Songs of creation, the sea, and the Old West, including the world premiere of Linda Waterfall's "That Art Thou: Songs From the Vedas," a musical setting in English of the Upanishads, ancient sacred Hindu texts. Tickets: $5-$8. School of Music, 206-685-8384. 7:30 pm, Meany Theater. |
| Wednesday, June 5 | |
| 7:30 PM | Jazz Orchestra Concert Studio Jazz Ensemble: Works for jazz orchestra by Jim McNeely, Bob Brookmeyer, Duke Ellington, Thad Jones, Vern Silert, and others. Original compositions and arrangements by students Doug Niemala, Justin Melland, Dyne Eifertsen, and Mike Creyer. Performances of jazz classics "Freedom Jazz Dance" and Jimmy Rowles' "The Peacocks." $5-$8, School of Music, 206-685-8384. 7:30 pm, Meany Theater. |
| Thursday, June 6 | |
| 5:30 PM | MFA Reading Students and faculty of the Creative Writing Program invite members of the University community to their Celebratory MFA Reading. Graduate students receiving MFA degrees in poetry and fiction this year will read excerpts from their work. The Littlefield pipe organ will be played for the occasion, and light refreshments will be served after the reading. For more information, contact Janie Smith (jgjs@u.washington.edu) in the Creative Writing department. 5:30-7:30 PM, Walker-Ames Room (Kane Hall). |
| 7:00 PM | **SILK ROAD LECTURE** "New Journeys Down Old Roads: 20th-Century Impressions of the Silk Road," Dr. Karil Kucera (Art History, UW). The lands that comprise the once famous "Silk Road" have lived on in history's collective imagination as alternately exotic and erotic, or violent and dangerous. In the last century, images created of the areas stretching to the west from China and to the east from Constantinople have served varying agendas stretching from glorification to subjugation, and its accompanying outcries of indignation. This lecture will look at largely the eastern and Central Asian portions of the Silk Road. The focus will be on the various ways in which both artist and historian have portrayed both the sites along this old trade route, as well as the route itself. Drawing on text and image from an assortment of media, the presentation will attempt to recreate visions of what the Silk Road has meant over the past century to both those who traveled it, and to those who only dreamed of traveling it. The goal here is to arrive at an understanding of what the "Silk Road" has come to mean as a time and place at the end of the 20th-century, and how it might be viewed within the new, faster world of the 21st-century. Part of "Art and Religion on the Silk Road: A Lecture Series." For more information, call (206) 543-3920 or visit www.uwch.org/silkroad. 7 pm, Seattle Asian Art Museum. |
| 7:00 PM | Buddhism Talk "One Dharma: Emerging Western Buddhism," a talk and book signing by Joseph Goldstein. Goldstein, prominent American Buddhist, scholar and author of many guides to meditation will speak of the rise of a new kind of Buddhism, born in the West. Tickets required; available (free) at University Book Store, Sponsored by University Book Store and KUOW, 206-634-3400. 7:00 pm, Roethke Auditorium, 130 Kane Hall, |
| 7:30 PM | Concert UW Contemporary Group: A collaborative concert with the UW Chamber Singers, including works by Bartok, Gefors, Takemitsu, Mantyjarvi, Scelsi, Harbison, and the premiere of "Choral Riffs" by emeritus professor Stuart Dempster for solo trombone, chorus, and audience. $5-$8, School of Music, 206-685-8384. 7:30 pm, Meany Theater. |
| Friday, June 7 | |
| 3:30 PM | Classics Lecture "Talking Trees: Philemon and Baucis Revisited," Emily Gowers (Visiting Professor, Princeton University). Emily Gowers is visiting the Princeton Classics Department this year, and has just been appointed to the Faculty of Classics in the University of Cambridge, beginning in autumn. Her book The Loaded Table: Representations of Food in Roman Literature (Oxford 1993) is one of the most original studies of ancient literature to have been published in the past generation, and constitutes a foundational text for current work in Classics on interactions between literary and material culture. No less distinctive are her articles, notably 'The anatomy of Rome from Capitol to Cloaca' in Journal of Roman Studies for 1995. Sponsored by the Dept. of Classics. 3:30 PM, Denny 216. |
| 3:30 PM 5:30 | **SIMPSON CENTER OPEN HOUSE** End-of-the-Year Celebration for 2001-2002: Please join us in honoring the accomplishments of all those involved with the Simpson Center for the Humanities during 2001-2002. We are proud of the interdisciplinary bridges that faculty and students at the UW are building. We would also like to thank the many individuals and organizations from the Seattle community and beyond who've made this year exceptionally successful. Let's celebrate the humanities! Remarks at 4 pm. Open House from 3:30-5:30 pm. Communications 206. |
| Saturday, June 8 | |
| Canadian Studies Conference "Educator Conference: Comparative Multicultural Policies in Canada and the U.S," featuring Edward Taylor (School of Education, UW); Reva Joshee (Ontario Institute for Studies in Education, University of Toronto); Lauri Johnson (University of Buffalo); Tracey Derwing (University of Alberta); Carlos Ovando (Teacher Education/Curriculum and Instruction, Arizona State University). This conference is part of a new joint initiative between the UW Canadian Studies Center, Henry M. Jackson School of International Studies and the UW School of Education with Educational Studies at the University of British Columbia. $15 Registration fee (free for enrolled students at UW/UBC) includes: continental breakfast, lunch, 8 clock hours. Pre-registation is required. For more information, contact 206-221-6374 or email canada@u.washington.edu. Walker Ames Room, Kane Hall. |
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| Sunday, June 9 | |
| 2:00 PM | Performance Closing The Phantom Lady by Pedro Calderon de la Barca, directed by Mark Jared Zufelt. Closes June 9. Cloak-and-sword comic classic in which a young widow's love for a brave stranger is thwarted by her vigilant brothers and their need to uphold the family's honor. $8 Sun.-Thurs.; $12 Fri. & Sat.; Students w/valid ID always $7; $1 Discount for Seniors/Groups, UW School of Drama, 206-543-4880. Performances: 5/29-6/9, 7PM Wed. & Thurs., 8PM Fri. & Sat., 2PM Sun. Playhouse Theatre. |