November 1989, Page 57

Bulletin Board

Conferences and Seminars

The Washington Committee on US-Arab Relations will sponsor a one-day seminar on doing business with the Gulf Cooperation Council Countries and Iraq on Tues., Nov. 7 at the Univ. of Washington Student Union Building (HUB), Room 200. The event is co-sponsored by the Middle East Center at the Univ. of Washington, the International Trade Administration, US Dept. of Commerce and the Washington State Dept. of Trade and Economic Development. For additional information contact the Middle East Resource Center, Jackson School of International Studies, DR-05, 225 Thompson Hall, Univ. of Washington, Seattle, WA 98195, (206) 543-4227.

A conference entitled "Apartheid's Arc and the Palestinian Uprising: Making the Connections" will be held on Nov. 11 at the Massachusetts College of Art's Tower Auditorium, 625 Huntington Avenue in Boston. Speakers will include Professors Ibrahim Abu-Lughod of Northwestern University and Noam Chomsky of MIT, Israeli Foreign Affairs editor Jane Hunter, Bernard Mills, former director of the UN Relief and Works Agency in the Gaza Strip, and others. For information and registration contact the Middle East Justice Network, PO Box 558, Cambridge, MA 02238, (617) 666-8061.

The Middle East Studies Association's 23rd annual meeting will be held in Toronto Nov. 15-18, on the theme "Steppe Societies in Transition: Timurids and Turkmens." For further information contact MESA c/o the Dept. of Oriental Studies, Univ. of Arizona, Tucson, AZ 85721, (602) 621-5850.

Lecture Series

The Smithsonian Institution's Resident Associate Program in Washington, DC is offering a lecture series entitled "The Middle East and the United States: Current Issues." Lectures take place Mondays at 8 pm and continue through Dec. 4. For complete information contact the RAP, Smithsonian Institution, Dept. 0603, Washington, DC 20073-0603, (202) 543-4227.

Opportunities and an Announcement

The Center for Global Education is offering a travel seminar to Israel and the occupied territories, Nov. 28 to Dec. 9; cost is $1775 from New York. For more information contact the Center at Augsburg College, 731 21st Ave. S., Minneapolis, MN 55454, (612) 330-1159.

The US Institute for Peace offers three types of fellowships through its Jennings Randolph Program for International Peace. To obtain further information about the program, nominate a candidate or apply for a fellowship, contact the Institute at 1150 M St., NW, Suite 700, Washington, DC 20005-1708, (202) 457-1706. Completed application materials must be postmarked by Nov. 15.

The Institute for Palestine Studies and Kuwait University have announced that, effective with the Fall 1989 issue, the Journal of Palestine Studies will be published on their behalf by the University of California, which will also handle marketing and circulation. JPS editors will retain full control over the content of the journal.

The Center for Arabic Study Abroad at the American University in Cairo offers fellowships for summer and full-year Arabic language study. Applications are available from the Center for Middle Eastern Studies, Institute of International Studies, Univ. of California, Berkeley, CA 94720, (415) 642-8208. Application deadline is Jan. 1, 1990.