Join Us for the Reading Group Challenge
THE CHALLENGE
First, select one of the three 9th Annual Symposium Reading Group texts listed below. Then form a reading group made up of at least six PLU community members (faculty, staff and/or students), plan to meet once to discuss your selected text, and all members of the reading group will receive a copy FREE!
- Appiah. The Lies that Bind: Rethinking Identity
- Norenzayan. Big Gods: How Religion Transformed Cooperation and Conflict
- Spade. Normal Life: Administrative Violence, Critical Trans-Politics and the Limits of the Law
HOW TO PARTICIPATE
The reading group convener should send an email to Rosemary Raynolds, raynolrl@plu.edu, at the Wang Center for Global Education, by no later than March 1, 2020.
To be considered for the challenge, this email should contain:
- Three sentences on why the group wishes to participate
- A list of the reading group participants with email addresses and their PLU affiliation (use “student” for student affiliation)
- The date, time, and location of the ONE reading group meeting
- A commitment to attend your selected author’s keynote address as well as at least two other sessions of the symposium
For more information, please contact Rosemary Leahy Raynolds at raynolrl@plu.edu or at 253-535-7577.
NOTE: Only current PLU faculty, staff, and students are eligible to participate.
MADE POSSIBLE BY THE GENEROUS SUPPORT OF PLU’S CENTER FOR GENDER EQUITY, DIVERSITY CENTER, OFFICE OF THE PROVOST, AND THE DEAN OF INCLUSIVE EXCELLENCE
Reading Challenge Selection
