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The Ellison Center
Upcoming Events
This Week
Click on the title for more details.- 49th Annual Polish Fall Bazaar
Sat Nov 7, 2009 - Sun Nov 8, 2009 - The Impact of the Mongol Empire on the Evolution of Russo-Asian Autocracy
Thu Nov 12, 2009 - Why Accountability for Torture is Crucial for Human rights, Our Security, and Our Souls
Thu Nov 12, 2009 - The Afghanistan Legal Education Project of the School of Law, UW
Fri Nov 13, 2009 - "New Life" a new expirement by Theatre Khameleon
Sat Nov 14, 2009 - Tomaz Salamun with special guest Matthew Zapruder (poetry reading)
Sat Nov 14, 2009
All Events
November 2009
Discussion with Hedrick Smith
Monday November 2, 2009
3:30 - 4:30
Thomson 317
Hedrick Smith, Pulitzer Prize-winning former New York Times reporter and editor and Emmy Award-winning producer/correspondent, is one of America's most distinguished journalists. He has covered Washington and world capitals for The New York Times, authored several best-selling books and created 20 award-winning PBS prime time specials and miniseries on Washington's power game, Soviet perestroika, the global economy, education reform, health care, teen violence, terrorism and Wall Street.
For 26 years, Mr. Smith served as a correspondent for The New York Times in Washington, Moscow, Cairo, Saigon, Paris and the American South. In 1971, as chief diplomatic correspondent, he was a member of the Pulitzer Prize-winning team that produced the Pentagon Papers series. In 1974, he won the Pulitzer Prize for International Reporting from Russia and Eastern Europe. From 1976-1988, he was The New York Times Washington bureau chief and chief correspondent.
Hedrick Smith has published several national best-selling books, including The Russians (1976), and The New Russians (1990). Mr. Smith began creating documentaries for PBS in 1989 with an adaptation from his best-selling book, The Power Game. His second documentary series, Inside Gorbachev's USSR, broadcast on PBS in 1990, built on his experience as Moscow Bureau Chief for The New York Times in the 1970s, on his best selling book, The Russians, and on his subsequent coverage of Mikhail Gorbachev's perestroika. Inside Gorbachev's USSR won the duPont-Columbia grand prize in 1991 for the most outstanding public affairs production on U.S. television.
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A Hidden Buddha: The Expression of Spirituality in Mongolian Literature During the Soviet Era
Friday November 6, 2009
12:00-1:30
Denny 123
For the nomadic society of Mongolia, the purges of Buddhist monastics and the destruction of the monasteries during the 1930’s spelt the beginning of five decades of spiritual and religious repression. This paper will discuss the way in which writers sought to express their spirituality during the communist period, and how they, to some extent,
succeeded in sidestepping the censors.
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49th Annual Polish Fall Bazaar
Saturday November 7, 2009 to Sunday November 8, 2009
12:00 - 7:00
Polish Home, 1714 18th Avenue
Yes, this is 49th Annual Fall Polish Bazaar! It is a yearly event organized by the Ladies Auxiliary.
The booths upstairs will offer Polish crystal bowl and vases, Boleslawiec pottery, amber and silver jewelry, pottery, crafts, books and much more.
Downstairs you can enjoy traditional Polish dishes of pierogi, sausage, cabbage rolls etc. served by the young generation of waiters clad in Polish folk costumes. You can also buy homemade desserts and pastries. Most of the Puget Sound area Polish organizations will have their booths or info posted. This is usually a quite crowded event, so come early.
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The Impact of the Mongol Empire on the Evolution of Russo-Asian Autocracy
Thursday November 12, 2009
12:30-1:30
Denny 123
Professor Bedeski, a scholar of East Asia, has been writing and doing research on Mongolia for over a decade. His presentation is based on a book he is presently writing on “The Asian State. Its Mongol Legacy and Transformation.” He argues that the Mongol invasion and destruction of the Kievan polycentrism in the 13 th century may have been decisive in Russian unification and establishing the pattern of tsarist autocracy.
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Why Accountability for Torture is Crucial for Human rights, Our Security, and Our Souls
Thursday November 12, 2009
7:00 pm
Kane Hall (Room 220)
McGovern is a retired CIA analyst turned CIA critic. He was an early critic of the Iraq War, founding “Veteran Intelligence Professionals for Sanity” in January 2003 to expose the administration’s manipulation of intelligence in the build-up to the war. He has been a strong critic of the Bush administration’s torture program. He has appeared frequently on radio and TV, including the New Hour with Jim Lehrer and the Charlie Rose Show. His chapter “A Compromised Central Intelligence Agency: What Can Be Done?” is published in Patriotism, Democracy, and Common Sense: Restoring America’s Promise at Home and Abroad, Rowman & Littlefield, 2004.
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The Afghanistan Legal Education Project of the School of Law, UW
Friday November 13, 2009
12:30-1:30
Denny 123
Through a U.S. State Department grant, the University of Washington School of Law has been training Afghan legal scholars in Seattle since 2004. The goals of this project and
some of its successes and failures will be discussed. After this introduction, the floor will be opened to a panel of legal scholars from Afhanistan who are in Seattle as participants in the project. In addition to answering questions, these Afghan scholars will discuss their experience with legal education here in the US and back in Afghanistan.
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"New Life" a new expirement by Theatre Khameleon
Saturday November 14, 2009
6:00 pm
Ethnic Cultural Center
Theatre Khameleon presents a new play "New Life" directed by Ilja Goloschapov
Admission - $15
Warning: the actors will be smoking during several parts of the show.
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Tomaz Salamun with special guest Matthew Zapruder (poetry reading)
Saturday November 14, 2009
7:30 pm
Benaroya Hall, Illsley Ball Nordsrom Recital Hall
This Slovenian poet, hailed as one of the greatest postwar Central European writers working today, will share the stage with Copper Canyon poet and Wave Books editor Matthew Zapruder.
Tomaž Šalamun has published more than thirty books of poetry in his home country of Slovenia and is recognized as one of the leading poets of Central Europe. His honors include the Prešeren Fund Prize, the Jenko Prize, a Pushcart Prize, a visiting Fulbright to Columbia University, and a fellowship to the International Writing Program at the University of Iowa. Nine collections of his poetry have been published in English: The Book for My Brother (Harcourt, 2005), Row (Arc Publications, 2005), Blackboards (Saturnalia Books, 2004), Poker (Ugly Duckling, 2003), A Ballad for Metka Krasovec (Twisted Spoon, 2001), Feast (Harcourt Brace, 2000), The Selected Poems of Tomaž Šalamun (Ecco, 1988, edited by Charles Simic), The Four Questions of Melancholy (White Pine, 1997), and The Shepherd, The Hunter (Pedernal, 1992). His poems have been translated into more than twenty languages. Woods and Chalices, translated with Brian Henry.
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Vladimir Pozner speaks at FRAEC's 20th Anniversary Event
Thursday November 19, 2009
5:30 pm
Bell Harbor International Conference Center, Pier 66
Vladimir Pozner's illustrious career has links to Seattle. Together with Phil Donahue, Pozner conducted the televised US-Soviet Space Bridge "Leningrad-Seattle" in 1986. When Russians and Americans finally saw each other on the television screens, they realized that similar people live on the other side of the globe.
Since then Vladimir Pozner has hosted two highly rated television shows, "The Times" and in 2009, "Pozner". He is the Dean of The Pozner School of Television Journalism and is considered to be the most influential political television host in Russia.
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December 2009
Freedom on the Fence
Thursday December 3, 2009
7:00-9:00 pm
Kane Hall, Room 110
Presentation and screening by producer/director Prof. Andrea Marks, Oregon State University
A documentary project about the history of Polish posters and their
significance to the social, political and cultural life of Poland. Examining
the period from WWII through the fall of Communism, Freedom on the Fence
captures the paradox of how this unique art form flourished within a Communist
regime. The documentary contains interviews with older and younger generations
of poster artists, examples of past and current poster work, historic and
current film footage of where and how posters are viewed, and commentaries from
both American and Polish scholars and artists on the significance of the Polish
poster as a cultural icon.
Admission free, reception to follow
The event will be accompanied by an exhibition of Polish posters from
local collections. Freedom of Expression exhibition containing about 50 posters will
be on display at the UW Allen Library North from November 30, 2009 through
January 15, 2010.
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Three Cups of Tea: Islam and Schooling in Asia
Tuesday December 8, 2009
5:00-8:00 PM
Thomson Hall, UW Campus
Three Cups of Tea: Islam and Schooling in Asia
Islam, Asia, Modernity Professional Development for Educators Workshop
Muslim societies in Asia are fast changing, and often at the crossroads of global social, economic and geopolitical conflicts. Long standing educational systems and traditions are evolving in multiple ways as these societies became more integrated into the global economy. Local institutions, national bureaucracies, international non-governmental organizations, and other actors are influencing how schools educate both male and female students.
This workshop will focus on Pakistan, Indonesia and Xinjiang, China, and how different influences are coming to bear on educational systems in these areas.
Join us for this engaging 3 hour workshop intended for educators of grades 6-12.
Each attendee will receive at least 20 copies of Greg Mortenson's award winning book
Three Cups of Tea: One Man's Mission to Promote Peace...One School at a Time
Space is limited, so register early.
Date: Tuesday, December 8
Time: 5:00 PM - 8:00 PM
Location: Thomson Hall, UW Campus, Seattle
Cost: $25.00
Dinner will be provided.
Clock hours available at no extra charge
To register: visit
https://catalysttools.washington.edu/webq/survey/snodgras/85759
where you will enter information about yourself. Then mail your payment of $25.00 to:
South Asia Center, University of Washington, Box 353650, Seattle, WA 98195. Questions or inquiries, please call 206-543-4800 or contact snodgras@u.washington.edu.
Your registration is not complete until full payment of $25.00 is received.
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Ideology and the Tragedy of East Central Europe in the 20th Century
Thursday December 10, 2009
7:00-9:00 pm
Walker Ames Room (Kane 225)
Daniel Chirot is Job and Gertrud Tamaki Professor of International Studies and Sociology. He has authored three books on social change as well of Modern Tyrants. His most recent book, co-authored with Clark McCauley, is Why Not Kill Them All? The Logic and Prevention of Mass Political Murder (Princeton University Press 2006). He is the editor and co-editor of four books: The Crisis of Leninism and the Decline of the Left, Essential Outsiders, Ethnopolitical Warfare, and The Causes of Backwardness in Eastern Europe. He was founding editor of the journal East European Politics and Societies. His research has been helped by the Guggenheim, Rockefeller, and Mellon Foundations, by the Social Science Research Council, and by the Institute for Human Studies in Vienna. He has consulted for the American Government, the National Endowment for Democracy, the Ford Foundation, and CARE. In 2004/05 was a Senior Fellow at the United States Institute of Peace working on conflicts in Africa. He has a B.A. from Harvard University and a Ph.D. from Columbia University.
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