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the Scandinavian Area Studies sponsored Harstad Lecture on the topic of national identities. Also that month, the Philosophy Department hosted a lecture by Dr. Gail Presby on the work of Wangari Maathai. In April, PLU philosophy and natural science faculty joined forces and wits for their 4th annual panel discussion, this time on the topic of “Which Questions Matter?”Determining the Value of Life PanelFood SymposiumVandana Shiva LectureHarstad LectureWhich Questions Matter?Determining the Value of

will read diverse texts within their historical and cultural contexts, developing a critical understanding of how literature can both uphold and resist existing structures of power. 5. Critical Approaches. Students will apply ideas from works of criticism and theory in their own reading and writing. 6. Vocation and Community. Students will evaluate the roles reading, writing, and language play in their vocational goals and in different community settings.

This project seeks to answer three questions: First, what happens when we focus our reading and discussion of Austen’s work on her representations of the environment. Our definition of the environment includes air, wind, water, landscapes and grounds, and the more-than-human world (animals, plants, microbes, and more). Second, what can reading Jane Austen in the midst of our present environmental crises teach us about the possibilities that literature opens up and closes off for our deep

activities of PLU students in a professional setting. Student research may emanate from a classroom, laboratory, or community-based learning experience, study away, academic internship or a mission-related experience. More Information Hitler’s Pink Victims April 19 Samuel Torvend, Ph.D., will give his farewell lecture as university chair in Lutheran studies at 7 p.m. in the Scandinavian Cultural Center. The talk is titled “Hitler’s Pink Victims: Robert Oelbermann and the Persecution of Homosexuals in

can readily understand how he and his courses have this effect.  Dr. Bergman is infectious.  He doesn’t hold back.Learn more about Dr. Bergman at his website www.charlesbergman.com Such unique dimensions of his work should not distract us from his many other, no less valuable contributions. Year in and year out he has taught vital courses for the English Department – Environmental Literature, English Renaissance Literature, American Environmental Writing, etc. He was the founding director of the

survivors and the role of rescuers in the context of the Holocaust. Registration is now open for the Holocaust Education Conference, which is free and open to the public. Interested students, educators, alumni and community members are urged to reserve a space at both the Conference and the Symposium.     Confirmed Program   Day One: Feb. 20 8:00 a.m.-5:30 p.m., AUC Gray Area   Ongoing Registration and hospitality   8:30 a.m.-5:00 p.m., AUC 201   Study Away Expo   9:55-11:40 a.m., Scandinavian Cultural

University & Faculty Conference | Aug 28-29Pre-conference Workshops & Events Pre-Conference Workshops & Events Monday, August 26 – Tuesday, August 27, 2024 A variety of virtual and on-campus workshops and events have been scheduled for faculty and staff during Pre-Conference Workshops. *Registration is required for Pre-Conference Workshops and Events. Monday, August 26 8:30 – 10:00 am | Academic Program Leaders Meeting – Anderson University Center – Scandinavian Cultural Center Joanna Gregson, Provost

as director of the Rainier Writing Workshop—and as the new Poetry Editor of the prestigious New England Review. Read More Art of Diplomacy An exhibition celebrating Norway’s constitution, 1814-2014: Red White and Blue–Norwegian Constitution, American Inspiration, held its exclusive U.S. premiere at PLU’s Scandinavian Cultural Center and remains on display through Sept. 28. Read More SIGNS, SIGNS, EVERYWHERE A (PLU) SIGN In today’s crazily competitive college market, you either go big or go home

as director of the Rainier Writing Workshop—and as the new Poetry Editor of the prestigious New England Review. Read More Art of Diplomacy An exhibition celebrating Norway’s constitution, 1814-2014: Red White and Blue–Norwegian Constitution, American Inspiration, held its exclusive U.S. premiere at PLU’s Scandinavian Cultural Center and remains on display through Sept. 28. Read More SIGNS, SIGNS, EVERYWHERE A (PLU) SIGN In today’s crazily competitive college market, you either go big or go home

— now the chair of the school’s Nordic Studies program — to work at PLU in the first place. Storfjell was working as an instructor of Scandinavian studies at the University of Colorado-Boulder when he interviewed at PLU in 2005. During a conversation with Janet Rasmussen, then the director of the Wang Center for Global Education, Storfjell broached the possibility of piloting an NAIS program and minor at the university. “She was really receptive to it,” Storfjell said. “That’s one of the reasons I