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MAY 5 (MONDAY)

3:30–5:00 p.m.
Thomson Hall 317
North Korea and State Terror

Dr. Charles Armstrong, The Korea Foundation Associate Professor of Korean Studies in the Social Sciences in the Department of History and the Director of the Center for Korean Research at Columbia University

Charles Armstrong (Ph.D., University of Chicago) is The Korea Foundation Associate Professor of Korean Studies in the Social Sciences in the Department of History and the Director of the Center for Korean Research at Columbia University. A specialist in the modern history of Korea and East Asia, Professor Armstrong has published several books on contemporary Korea, including The Koreas (Routledge, 2007), The North Korean Revolution, 1945-1950 (Cornell, 2003), Korea at the Center: Dynamics of Regionalism in Northeast Asia (M.E. Sharpe, 2006), and Korean Society: Civil Society, Democracy, and the State (Routledge, second edition 2006), as well as numerous journal articles and book chapters. His current book projects include a study of North Korean foreign relations in the Cold War era and a history of modern East Asia. Professor Armstrong is a frequent commentator in the US and international media on Korean, East Asian, and Asian-American affairs.

One of the outstanding impediments in US-DPRK relations is the presence of North Korea on the State Department list of "state sponsors of terrorism." North Korea has been on this list since 1988, even though, according to the State Department itself, the DPRK has not sponsored any terrorist acts since the bombing of a Korean Airlines flight in 1987. In the Six-Party agreement of February 13, 2007, the United States promised to "begin the process of removing the designation of the DPRK as a state-sponsor of terrorism." What are the justifications for North Korea to remain designated as a state that sponsors terrorism? What in fact constitutes "state-sponsored terrorism," for the United States and in general? Is state terror only committed by "rogue nations" such as North Korea, or can other states, including perhaps the US, be considered perpetrators of state terror? Focusing on North Korea's apparent turn to terror tactics in the 1970s and 1980s, this talk will explore the history of North Korea's relationship to state terror and the possibilities for moving beyond the stigma of a "terror state" toward a more normal relationship with the US and the world.

Sponsored by the Center for Korea Studies.

MAY 9 (FRIDAY)
3:30-5:00 p.m.
Communications 120
"Once their strings are cut, they easily crumble": Uncanny Dolls in Ghost in the Shell 2: Innocence

Steven Brown, Director of Japanese Literature and Film, East Asian Languages and Literature, University of Oregon

Professor Brown's teaching and research cover topics ranging from strategies of sexuality and power in medieval Japanese literature and drama to the history of women in Japanese forms of theatricality; from the invention of feminine writing in women's diaries to figurations of the cyberpunk city in anime; from the staging of proper names and bodies in Nietzsche to the philosophical engagements of Gilles Deleuze and Felix Guattari. He is the author of Theatricalities of Power: The Cultural Politics of Noh (Stanford: Stanford University Press, 2001).

Sponsored by the Japan Studies Program. East Asia Center, Department of Asian Languages and Literature, and the Simpson Center.

MAY 13 (TUESDAY)
3:30-5:00 p.m.
Communications 120
The Three Faces of Chinese Power: Might, Money and Minds

David Lampton, Director of China Studies, Johns Hopkins University SAIS

Professor David M. Lampton is Dean of Faculty at the Johns Hopkins School of Advanced International Studies (SAIS), George and Sadie Hyman Professor of China Studies and Director of China Studies. He received his Ph.D. from Stanford University and was former President of the National Committee on U.S.-China Relations. In addition, he consults with government, foundations, and businesses, including the law firm of Akin Gump where he is senior international advisor on China. Professor Lampton has written and edited many books and articles, including: Same Bed, Different Drams: Managing U.S.-China Relations, 1989-2000, and The Making of Chinese Foreign and Security Policy in the Age of Reform (editor). Lampton will talk about his just-published book entitled: The Three Faces of Chinese Power: Might, Money and Minds (University of California Press, 2008). The paperback edition will be available for purchase for those interested.

This book addresses the following issues, among which are: How have Chinese viewed national power throughout their history? What is the dominant conception of comprehensive national power and national strategy today in China? How is China's power along different dimensions changing? And, what may all this mean for the world and America as we look ahead?

Co-sponsored by the UW China Studies Program and Global Business Center.

MAY 15 (THURSDAY)
12:00-1:30 p.m.
Thomson 317
Brown Bag Lunch Talk:
Commercial Law, Technological Innovation, and the Management of Supply Chains in China

Jane Winn, Professor of Law, Co-Director, Shidler Center for Law, Commerce and Technology, School of Law, University of Washington

A graduate of Harvard Law (1987), Professor Winn teaches commercial and technology law courses and is the Co-Director of the Shidler Center for Law, Commerce & Technology. She is also a Visiting Fellow of the University of Melbourne School of Law, teaching in the e-Law program there. Professor Winn is a member of the American Law Institute and a board member of CALI - Computer Assisted Legal Instruction. From 1987 to 1989 she practiced law at the New York office of Shearman & Sterling. She is co-author of the treatise Law of Electronic Commerce (4th ed. 2001) and the casebook Electronic Commerce (2002). Her current research interests include electronic commerce law developments in the U.S., EU and greater China.

In the face of rising costs and increasing global competition, many Chinese enterprises will have to overcome new challenges to survive. One challenge is improving the management of manufacturing and distribution systems known as production networks or supply chains. Recent commercial law reforms intended to remove legal obstacles to the use of information technology to improve business processes seem to be having little effect on the management of Chinese enterprises. Recent problems with lead paint on toys and blood thinner heparin have highlighted the significance of the failure of many Chinese enterprises to focus on supply chain management. Professor Winn will identify some factors inhibiting adoption of new supply chain management technologies and processes, and consider what, if any, policies the PRC might use to promote their adoption more effectively.

Sponsored by the China Studies Program.

MAY 16 (FRIDAY)
3:00-4:00 p.m.
Smith Hall 304
Environment and Sustainable Development:
A Comparison of Taiwan with Hong Kong and China

Jack Williams, Professor Emeritus of Geography, Department of Geography, Michigan State University

Details forthcoming.

Sponsored by the UW China Studies Program and Department of Geography.

MAY 27 (TUESDAY)

3:30-5:00 P.M.

Communications 120

Iterations of the Impossible

Jonathan Beller, Associate Professor of English and Humanities and Critical and Visual Studies, Pratt Institute

Prof. Beller is the author of The Cinematic Mode of Production: Attention Economy and the Society of the Spectacle (Dartmouth College Press and University Press of New England, 2006) and Acquiring Eyes: Philippine Visuality, Nationalist Struggle, and the World-Media
System (Ateneo de Manila University Press, 2006). He formerly taught in the History of Consciousness and Literature departments at the University of California, Santa Cruz and at the College of Mass Communications, University of the Philippines, Diliman. His current writing project has the working title The Tortured Signifier.

"Iterations of the Impossible" considers the failures of Realism to provide figures for the current politico-cultural conjuncture in the Philippines at a variety of aesthetic and analytic levels including: representational style, genre, experience, and medium. By examining the breakdown of certain visual forms and the hybridization of genre, the paper explores the confluence of the virtiginous changes brought about by globalization, the intensification of contradiction in the domain of official politics as the current regime struggles to manage the ongoing crisis of the Philippine State, and the deep structural significance implied by the changeover from chemical/analogue to electronic/digital media.

Sponsored by the Visual Praxis Collective.

JUNE 3 (TUESDAY)
7:00 p.m.
Walker-Ames Room, Kane Hall (2nd floor)
Implications of the Beijing Olympics

Speakers: Panel of UW and community experts

Details forthcoming.

Co-sponsored by the East Asia Center and the China Studies Program.

Global Asia

Home Syllabus Schedule Assignments Compendium Links	ANTH 442 / SISA 442 / WOMEN 446, Spring 2008 Instructor: Professor Sasha Welland Email: swelland@u.washington.edu Office: Padelford Hall B-110P Office Hours: Th 11:30-1:30 & by appt. Telephone: 221-4725 Images from: Made in China \| Longfellow's Tattoos \| The Intimate Economies of Bangkok \| Hip-Hop Japan Time & Location T Th 9:30-11:20 a.m. Denny Hall 205 Class Email anth442a_sp08@u.washington.edu sisa442a_sp08@u.washington.edu women446a_sp08@u.washington.edu These three section addresses are linked to the UW email addresses of all students enrolled in the course. I will use them to distribute announcements related to class. To receive these announcements, you must check your UW email account. Announcements MAY 5 (MONDAY) 3:30–5:00 p.m. Thomson Hall 317 North Korea and State Terror Dr. Charles Armstrong, The Korea Foundation Associate Professor of Korean Studies in the Social Sciences in the Department of History and the Director of the Center for Korean Research at Columbia University Charles Armstrong (Ph.D., University of Chicago) is The Korea Foundation Associate Professor of Korean Studies in the Social Sciences in the Department of History and the Director of the Center for Korean Research at Columbia University. A specialist in the modern history of Korea and East Asia, Professor Armstrong has published several books on contemporary Korea, including The Koreas (Routledge, 2007), The North Korean Revolution, 1945-1950 (Cornell, 2003), Korea at the Center: Dynamics of Regionalism in Northeast Asia (M.E. Sharpe, 2006), and Korean Society: Civil Society, Democracy, and the State (Routledge, second edition 2006), as well as numerous journal articles and book chapters. His current book projects include a study of North Korean foreign relations in the Cold War era and a history of modern East Asia. Professor Armstrong is a frequent commentator in the US and international media on Korean, East Asian, and Asian-American affairs. One of the outstanding impediments in US-DPRK relations is the presence of North Korea on the State Department list of "state sponsors of terrorism." North Korea has been on this list since 1988, even though, according to the State Department itself, the DPRK has not sponsored any terrorist acts since the bombing of a Korean Airlines flight in 1987. In the Six-Party agreement of February 13, 2007, the United States promised to "begin the process of removing the designation of the DPRK as a state-sponsor of terrorism." What are the justifications for North Korea to remain designated as a state that sponsors terrorism? What in fact constitutes "state-sponsored terrorism," for the United States and in general? Is state terror only committed by "rogue nations" such as North Korea, or can other states, including perhaps the US, be considered perpetrators of state terror? Focusing on North Korea's apparent turn to terror tactics in the 1970s and 1980s, this talk will explore the history of North Korea's relationship to state terror and the possibilities for moving beyond the stigma of a "terror state" toward a more normal relationship with the US and the world. Sponsored by the Center for Korea Studies. MAY 9 (FRIDAY) 3:30-5:00 p.m. Communications 120 "Once their strings are cut, they easily crumble": Uncanny Dolls in Ghost in the Shell 2: Innocence Steven Brown, Director of Japanese Literature and Film, East Asian Languages and Literature, University of Oregon Professor Brown's teaching and research cover topics ranging from strategies of sexuality and power in medieval Japanese literature and drama to the history of women in Japanese forms of theatricality; from the invention of feminine writing in women's diaries to figurations of the cyberpunk city in anime; from the staging of proper names and bodies in Nietzsche to the philosophical engagements of Gilles Deleuze and Felix Guattari. He is the author of Theatricalities of Power: The Cultural Politics of Noh (Stanford: Stanford University Press, 2001). Sponsored by the Japan Studies Program. East Asia Center, Department of Asian Languages and Literature, and the Simpson Center. MAY 13 (TUESDAY) 3:30-5:00 p.m. Communications 120 The Three Faces of Chinese Power: Might, Money and Minds David Lampton, Director of China Studies, Johns Hopkins University SAIS Professor David M. Lampton is Dean of Faculty at the Johns Hopkins School of Advanced International Studies (SAIS), George and Sadie Hyman Professor of China Studies and Director of China Studies. He received his Ph.D. from Stanford University and was former President of the National Committee on U.S.-China Relations. In addition, he consults with government, foundations, and businesses, including the law firm of Akin Gump where he is senior international advisor on China. Professor Lampton has written and edited many books and articles, including: Same Bed, Different Drams: Managing U.S.-China Relations, 1989-2000, and The Making of Chinese Foreign and Security Policy in the Age of Reform (editor). Lampton will talk about his just-published book entitled: The Three Faces of Chinese Power: Might, Money and Minds (University of California Press, 2008). The paperback edition will be available for purchase for those interested. This book addresses the following issues, among which are: How have Chinese viewed national power throughout their history? What is the dominant conception of comprehensive national power and national strategy today in China? How is China's power along different dimensions changing? And, what may all this mean for the world and America as we look ahead? Co-sponsored by the UW China Studies Program and Global Business Center. MAY 15 (THURSDAY) 12:00-1:30 p.m. Thomson 317 Brown Bag Lunch Talk: Commercial Law, Technological Innovation, and the Management of Supply Chains in China Jane Winn, Professor of Law, Co-Director, Shidler Center for Law, Commerce and Technology, School of Law, University of Washington A graduate of Harvard Law (1987), Professor Winn teaches commercial and technology law courses and is the Co-Director of the Shidler Center for Law, Commerce & Technology. She is also a Visiting Fellow of the University of Melbourne School of Law, teaching in the e-Law program there. Professor Winn is a member of the American Law Institute and a board member of CALI - Computer Assisted Legal Instruction. From 1987 to 1989 she practiced law at the New York office of Shearman & Sterling. She is co-author of the treatise Law of Electronic Commerce (4th ed. 2001) and the casebook Electronic Commerce (2002). Her current research interests include electronic commerce law developments in the U.S., EU and greater China. In the face of rising costs and increasing global competition, many Chinese enterprises will have to overcome new challenges to survive. One challenge is improving the management of manufacturing and distribution systems known as production networks or supply chains. Recent commercial law reforms intended to remove legal obstacles to the use of information technology to improve business processes seem to be having little effect on the management of Chinese enterprises. Recent problems with lead paint on toys and blood thinner heparin have highlighted the significance of the failure of many Chinese enterprises to focus on supply chain management. Professor Winn will identify some factors inhibiting adoption of new supply chain management technologies and processes, and consider what, if any, policies the PRC might use to promote their adoption more effectively. Sponsored by the China Studies Program. MAY 16 (FRIDAY) 3:00-4:00 p.m. Smith Hall 304 Environment and Sustainable Development: A Comparison of Taiwan with Hong Kong and China Jack Williams, Professor Emeritus of Geography, Department of Geography, Michigan State University Details forthcoming. Sponsored by the UW China Studies Program and Department of Geography. MAY 27 (TUESDAY) 3:30-5:00 P.M. Communications 120 Iterations of the Impossible Jonathan Beller, Associate Professor of English and Humanities and Critical and Visual Studies, Pratt Institute Prof. Beller is the author of The Cinematic Mode of Production: Attention Economy and the Society of the Spectacle (Dartmouth College Press and University Press of New England, 2006) and Acquiring Eyes: Philippine Visuality, Nationalist Struggle, and the World-Media System (Ateneo de Manila University Press, 2006). He formerly taught in the History of Consciousness and Literature departments at the University of California, Santa Cruz and at the College of Mass Communications, University of the Philippines, Diliman. His current writing project has the working title The Tortured Signifier. "Iterations of the Impossible" considers the failures of Realism to provide figures for the current politico-cultural conjuncture in the Philippines at a variety of aesthetic and analytic levels including: representational style, genre, experience, and medium. By examining the breakdown of certain visual forms and the hybridization of genre, the paper explores the confluence of the virtiginous changes brought about by globalization, the intensification of contradiction in the domain of official politics as the current regime struggles to manage the ongoing crisis of the Philippine State, and the deep structural significance implied by the changeover from chemical/analogue to electronic/digital media. Sponsored by the Visual Praxis Collective. JUNE 3 (TUESDAY) 7:00 p.m. Walker-Ames Room, Kane Hall (2nd floor) Implications of the Beijing Olympics Speakers: Panel of UW and community experts Details forthcoming. Co-sponsored by the East Asia Center and the China Studies Program.	Syllabus (pdf)
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