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classical age. Scholars like Erasmus and Luther urged reform of the Church, felt to be moribund by confused traditions and corrupt practices. Indeed, the Lutheran Reformation drew upon significant cultural features of the Renaissance: Greek and Hebrew texts for translation of the Bible into the German vernacular, dissemination of theological arguments through printed tracts, depiction of reformed theology in visual art (Lucas Cranach), new musical genres (Johann Sebastian Bach), and architecture (Nickel

Religion Department of Religion Welcomes New Faculty Member Department of PhilosophyA Semester in Oxford Philosophy and Economics in Opole Technology as a Topic of Intentional Inquiry We are proud to feature several photos from the Parkland Community Mural Project. The Parkland Mural was designed by PLU student Saiyare Refaei (PLU ’14) but it took a team of committed volunteers to bring this collaborative text to life. Over the course of several months, Parkland residents, local business owners, and

the author of Nazi Germany and the Arab World (2015), Zionism and Anti-Semitism in Nazi Germany (2008, 2010) with the German edition Zionismus und Antisemitismus im Dritten Reich appearing in 2012, and The Third Reich and the Palestine Question (1986 and 2000). He is also co-author (with Donald Niewyk) of The Columbia Guide to the Holocaust (2001). He has edited or co-edited ten books, among them most recently, Dokumente zur Geschichte des Deutschen Zionismus 1933-1941, in the Leo Baeck

degree at Chestnut Hill College, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania and her M.A. and Ph.D. at Rutgers, the State University of New Jersey. Her doctoral advisor was Professor Omer Bartov. She is the author of Bishop von Galen: German Catholicism and National Socialism (Yale University Press, 2002). She is the co-editor with Dr. Christina Guenther of the book, Trajectories of Memory: Intergenerational Representations of the Holocaust in History and the Arts (Cambridge Scholars Press, 2008) and she is the

against humanity are phenomena that command serious study and civic engagement. Individualized Major The individualized major offers students the chance to design and propose their own program of study, charting a course through PLU’s curriculum that allows them to pursue their interests and prepare for their future. Languages & Literatures PLU offers majors and minors in Chinese, Classics (Greek and Latin), French, German, Norwegian, and Spanish (Hispanic and Latino Studies). Students can develop

ScheduleSteve is also the author of 50 Children: One ordinary American Couple’s Extraordinary Rescue Mission in the Heart of Nazi Germany (HarperCollins, 2014)Robert P. EricksenModerator: Robert P. Ericksen, Kurt Mayer Chair in Holocaust Studies (emeritus)Bio: Robert P. Ericksen is the author of Complicity in the Holocaust: Churches and Universities in Nazi Germany (Cambridge, 2012) and Theologians under Hitler (Yale, 1985), which appeared in German, Dutch, and Japanese translation and was turned into a

, and coursework aimed at developing intellectual skills and resources apt to generate success in legal study and practice. Recent successful PLU applicants to law schools have taken such diverse courses as those in the anthropology of contemporary America, social science research methods, American popular culture, English Renaissance literature, news writing and argumentation, recent political thought, international relations, freelance writing, intermediate German, animal behavior, neuropsychology

German Occupation of Tunisia” Zoom Presentation Dr. Saadoun is Professor Emeritus at the Open University in the Department of History, Philosophy and Judaic Studies in Israel, and the Director of the Center for Documentation on North African Jewry During World War II, The Ben Zvi Institute for the Study of Jewish Communities in the East, and member of the academic committee of the International Institute for Holocaust Research, Yad Vashem. Convener: Lexi Jason, Education Program Manager, Holocaust