| Monday, November 25 | |
| 7:00 PM | Foreign Policy Lecture "Building Real Security in the Middle East: The Case Against War and Proposals for Alternative Policies," Dr. Stephen Zunes (University of San Francisco). Dr. Stephen Zunes is an associate professor of Politics and chair of the Peace & Justice Studies Program at the University of San Francisco. He also serves as a senior policy analyst and Middle East editor for the Foreign Policy in Focus Project. Dr. Zunes is the author of the recently released Tinderbox U.S. Middle East Policy and the Roots of Terrorism (Common Courage Press). Organized by the Jackson School Graduate Student Council. Endorsed by the Jackson School of International Studies and the Department of Political Science. Sponsored by the Graduate Student Senate (GPSS) and the Associated Students at the University of Washington (ASUW) For info email Jacob Mundy: mundy@u.washington.edu. Free with UW ID; $2 for public. 7:00 pm, Kane 130. |
| 7:00 PM | Textual Studies Lecture "'This Is Not a Game' and Other Foolish Statements: Stories, Play and Pathwork," Stuart Moulthrop (Information Arts and Technologies, University of Baltimore). Hypertext author and scholar Moulthrop will discuss the growth of interactive media and its impact on forming new definitions of narrative and literacy. Exploring a space that lies between the traditional zones of literature (poetry, fiction) and entertainment (video games), this talk speculates on some paths that might lead to new understanding of media, interaction and literature. Moulthrop is best known as a critic of information culture and a designer of interactive texts, including Victory Garden (1991), "Hegirasope" (1995), and "Reagan Library" (1999). Currently, he is professor in the School of Information Arts and Technologies at the University of Baltimore as well as Director of the Doctoral Program in Communications Design. For more information, visit the iSchool calendar, www.ischool.washington.edu. Sponsored by the Textual Studies Program and the Information School. 7:00 pm, UW Faculty Club. |
| Wednesday, November 27 | |
| 7:00 PM | German Film Series "Rosa Luxemburg," (von Trotta) 1986. Barbara Sukowa stars in this portrait of journalist, political leader, and social theorist Rosa Luxemburg: an intense, passionate, and sensitive revolutionary. This film chronicles her life as she experiences personal and political challenges, in revolution, jail, and personal relationships, to her murder in the 1919 German revolution. Originally written by Fassbinder; after his death, re-written and filmed by Margarethe von Trotta, who has based her film on Luxemburg's copious letters and other writings. The Autumn German Film Series (Oct 30-Dec 11) presents films in German with English subtitles. Wednesdays, 7pm, Thomson 101. |