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  • The role of imagination in theology and the life of discipleship is often underappreciated. We will explore the role of imagination in the call to conversion and the promise of the kingdom.

    The Theology, Art & the Imagination of The Saint John’s Bible 4 p.m. Wednesday, March 15 in the Scandinavian Cultural CenterThe role of imagination in theology and the life of discipleship is often underappreciated. We will explore the role of imagination in the call to conversion and the promise of the kingdom. The illuminated Saint John’s Bible will be used as a case study in the role of art to stimulate our imagination and help us learn to see how God is at work in the world and our lives

  • have a hard time with. I really empathized with her story as a child of immigrants myself—the constant feeling of betrayal that comes with leaving behind your parents and your culture as you move into the realm of American teenage awkwardness and adulthood.” Our class devoted a month to studying and drawing literary inspiration from Daisy Hernández’s award-winning memoir, A Cup of Water Under My Bed (Beacon Press, 2014). Hernández spoke with our evening class until it was late at night in Ohio

  • In Edwin Black’s book “IBM and the Holocaust” he examines IBM’s complicit work in creating a database for the Third Reich’s final solution. ‘IBM and the Holocaust’ By Barbara Clements University Communications Edwin Black remembers walking into the U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum with his parents…

    October 5, 2012 In Edwin Black’s book “IBM and the Holocaust” he examines IBM’s complicit work in creating a database for the Third Reich’s final solution. ‘IBM and the Holocaust’ By Barbara Clements University Communications Edwin Black remembers walking into the U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum with his parents in Washington D.C. when something caught his eye by the door. “One of the first things you saw was an IBM punch card system,” he recalled. “No one knew what it was for. IBM and the

  • PLU’s mission to support the education of our students and larger community on issues of diversity and justice are intimately connected to the study of the tragedy of the Holocaust.

    2023 Powell-Heller Conference for Holocaust Education: “Africa and the Holocaust” Oct. 25-27, 2023 Thanks to the generosity of donors this event is free and open to the public. The 15th Annual Powell-Heller Conference for Holocaust Education will take place on Wednesday, Oct. 25th – Friday, Oct. 27th in the Anderson University Center, Regency Room. Our conference will explore “Africa and the Holocaust” as its theme. In this conference our speakers will be exploring the under-researched

    Powell-Heller Holocaust Education Conference
    12180 Park Avenue South, Tacoma, WA 98447-0003
  • TACOMA, WASH. (Sept. 15, 2017)- Pacific Lutheran University students are people of many interests. This semester, several courses illustrate how the university’s curriculum caters to those eclectic interests. Beyoncé and Black Feminist Theory “Who Beyoncé is for?” is not usually a question that you ask…

    grandmother not come to the U.S. that year. (Photo by John Froschauer/PLU) The Holocaust in the American Literary ImaginationThis year, Professor of English Lisa Marcus will do something different with her class, “The Holocaust in the American Literary Imagination.” Along with readings, literary analysis and the other trappings of a literature course, students will work with historical artifacts from the Holocaust. “To engage in the material,” Marcus said, “I think one has to do other things than just

  • This year's Powell-Heller Holocaust Conference will focus on genocide, and personal stories of those who have registersurvived conflicts around the world, from Rwanda to the Congo.

    Survivor Movie Trailer from The Last Survivor on Vimeo.On Friday, Carl Wilkens, the only American who stayed in Rwanda during the genocide, will give first-hand accounts of his experiences. Later in the day, a Holocaust survivor will talk on his experiences and story of survival, while the story of the rescue of the Jews in Le Chambon, France by the French Huguenots, will be discussed. On Friday evening, the Raphael Lemkin Student Essay Contest Awards will be presented, with a reception to follow

  • This year's Powell-Heller Holocaust Conference will focus on genocide, and personal stories of those who have registersurvived conflicts around the world, from Rwanda to the Congo.

    Survivor Movie Trailer from The Last Survivor on Vimeo.On Friday, Carl Wilkens, the only American who stayed in Rwanda during the genocide, will give first-hand accounts of his experiences. Later in the day, a Holocaust survivor will talk on his experiences and story of survival, while the story of the rescue of the Jews in Le Chambon, France by the French Huguenots, will be discussed. On Friday evening, the Raphael Lemkin Student Essay Contest Awards will be presented, with a reception to follow

  • This year's Powell-Heller Holocaust Conference will focus on genocide, and personal stories of those who have registersurvived conflicts around the world, from Rwanda to the Congo.

    Survivor Movie Trailer from The Last Survivor on Vimeo.On Friday, Carl Wilkens, the only American who stayed in Rwanda during the genocide, will give first-hand accounts of his experiences. Later in the day, a Holocaust survivor will talk on his experiences and story of survival, while the story of the rescue of the Jews in Le Chambon, France by the French Huguenots, will be discussed. On Friday evening, the Raphael Lemkin Student Essay Contest Awards will be presented, with a reception to follow

  • This year's Powell-Heller Holocaust Conference will focus on genocide, and personal stories of those who have registersurvived conflicts around the world, from Rwanda to the Congo.

    Survivor Movie Trailer from The Last Survivor on Vimeo.On Friday, Carl Wilkens, the only American who stayed in Rwanda during the genocide, will give first-hand accounts of his experiences. Later in the day, a Holocaust survivor will talk on his experiences and story of survival, while the story of the rescue of the Jews in Le Chambon, France by the French Huguenots, will be discussed. On Friday evening, the Raphael Lemkin Student Essay Contest Awards will be presented, with a reception to follow

  • This year's Powell-Heller Holocaust Conference will focus on genocide, and personal stories of those who have register survived conflicts around the world, from Rwanda to the Congo.

    Survivor Movie Trailer from The Last Survivor on Vimeo.On Friday, Carl Wilkens, the only American who stayed in Rwanda during the genocide, will give first-hand accounts of his experiences. Later in the day, a Holocaust survivor will talk on his experiences and story of survival, while the story of the rescue of the Jews in Le Chambon, France by the French Huguenots, will be discussed. On Friday evening, the Raphael Lemkin Student Essay Contest Awards will be presented, with a reception to follow