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Lecture by Dr. Cemil Aydin: Between Imperial Visions and Anti-Imperialist Thought: Grand Strategy Dilemmas of the Japanese and Ottoman Empires
Start: 02/09/2009 12:00
End: 02/09/2009 14:00

The Japanese Empire of the late 1930s, like other modern empires, was fraught with contradiction: Japanese Asianists believed in their imperial mission while advocating the destruction of the Eurocentric imperial
world order. The ideals of liberation and progress were not unique to Japan; the Ottoman Empire, another non-Western, non-Christian modern empire provides an important point of comparison. Both imperial regimes
had to respond to the formidable challenge of articulating legitimacy in a Eurocentric world order.

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UW Middle East Roundtable Breakfast Briefing by Professor Resat Kasaba: Politics & Economy in a Changing World
Start: 02/10/2009 08:00
End: 02/10/2009 09:30

The Trade Development Alliance of Greater Seattle and Henry M. Jackson School of International Studies invites you to a breakfast briefing by Professor Resat Kasaba on: Middle East Roundtable, Politics & Economy in a Changing World.

Join the Trade Alliance and Henry M. Jackson School of International Studies at our second event in the Centennial Anniversary business lecture series.

Lecture by Dr. Maureen Jackson: The Girl in the Tree: Peripheral Performers of Turkish Synagogue Music
Start: 02/10/2009 12:00
End: 02/10/2009 13:30

Based on research in the Jewish community in Istanbul, this talk shares Dr. Maureen Jackson's, 2008-2009 Haze D. Cole Fellow in Jewish studies, unexpected exploration of women well-versed in an historical synagogue repertoire, the Maftirim, performed by men on Shabbat. How did a girl
growing up in 1930s Istanbul learn and perform these songs? As a woman, how did she negotiate communal religious and musical expectations in a changing society? Through memoirs and oral histories, this talk will explore these questions and more, challenging the gendered

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