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| Monday, March 10 | |
| 3:30 PM | Recasting Asia America Lecture "Militarism and Race Across the Asia/Pacific," Takashi Fujitani (History, University of California, San Diego) and Lisa Yoneyama (Cultural Studies, University of California, San Diego). Fujitani will explore the overlapping contradictions of racism, nationalism, and colonialism by juxtaposing the histories of ethnic Koreans in the Japanese military and Japanese Americans in the U.S. armed forces during WWII. Rather than underscore the differences between Japanese and U.S. national and imperial contexts, he will point to their comparabilities, particularly in the experiences and treatments of colonial and minority populations. Yoneyama will address the ambivalent "Americanization" of world justice through an analysis of the Women's International War Tribunal, a people's court held in Tokyo in December 2000. She will suggest that such transnational feminist coalitions and projects within and beyond Asian nations might serve as an excess to American containment and nationalization. Fujitani and Yoneyama recently co-edited Perilous Memories: The Asia-Pacific War(s) (Duke University Press, 2001). Sponsored by the Simpson Center for the Humanities, Hilen Endowment for American Literature and Culture, Institute for Transnational Studies, and East Asian Studies Program. 3:30 PM, Communications 226. |
| 5:00 PM | Film Screening "The Mark of Cain," a film showing and discussion with Alix Lambert. This feature-length documentary explores the dying art of Russian prison tattoos to offer audiences an understanding of conflict and transition in contemporary Russia. Through intimate interviews that enable prisoners to talk about their life experiences, body art and living conditions, a powerful story emerges of tension between prisoners of different generations and social-economic systems. The Mark of Cain documents for the first time the disappearing artistic practice of Russian prison tattoos; further, the project investigates the nature of change in Russia by examining what is happening in the country's prisons. A discussion led by the filmmaker will follow. 5:00-7:00 PM, 120 Smith Hall. |
| Tuesday, March 11 | |
| 12:15 PM | Technology and Development Discussion "A Computer Lab in the 'Bush': Linking Up Indigenous Tanzanian Culture to Bridge the Digital Divide," a brown bag discussion with Tanya Pergola (Founding Co-Director of Terrawatu). How can technology contribute to African development initiatives? How can we bridge the digital divide in rural Africa? What is the relationship of technology to poverty alleviation? We will discuss the implementation of a partnership project between the World Affairs Council, Terrawatu, and Digital Partners that will link a rural Tanzanian classroom to the Internet. Refreshments will be served. This discussion is sponsored by Ingate, the International Affairs student interest group at the Evans School of Public Affairs, and the Center for Internet Studies. 12:15 - 1:15 pm, Parrington Hall Forum (Room 309). |
| Wednesday, March 12 | |
| 4:30 PM | Scandinavian Studies Reading Reading by Norwegian author Thorvald Steen. Steen is a writer of poetry, drama, essays, novels, and children's books with a decidedly global orientation. His international reputation has been steadily growing since the publication of Don Carlos (1993), the first in a series of historical novels. These novels have been translated into fourteen languages, and on March 12th, Steen will read from the English translation of Don Carlos. Reception to floow reading. 4:30-6:30 pm, Communications Suite 206. |
| 7:00 PM | Germanics Film Screening "The Student from Prague," 1912. Paul Wegener directed and essays the title role in this earliest film adaptation of a dark variation on the Faust legend. A poor young member of the Prague Students Corps named Baldwin falls in love with a countess and sells his reflection to the devil in order to win her. Silent with music score. Sponsored by the Department of Germanics. 7:00 pm, Smith 205. |
| 7:30 PM | Post-colonial India Lecture "A Close Look at Chandigarh, India," Dr. Vikram Prakash (Chair, Architecture Department). Based on his book "Chandigarh's Le Courbusier: the Struggle for Modernity in Post-Colonial India", Dr. Prakash will give his insights on the design and development of this capital city, with Le Courbusier and Nehru at odds. The lecture is free and open to the public. For optional 6 pm dinner reservations call the Faculty Club 206-543-0437. Sponsored by the UW Faculty Auxiliary. 7:30 pm, Faculty Club Conference Room. |
| Thursday, March 13 | |
| 7:30 PM | Asian Langages Discussion "Beyond the Grove of Academe: Asian Languages, Public Affairs and the Public Interest," moderated by Michael Shapiro (Asian Languages and Literature, UW). Free and open to the public. Reception to follow. 7:30 pm, UW Faculty Club Conference Room, lower level. |