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  • . This engaging, timely history examines the unfolding implications of major climate changes; the impact of resource exploitation on the indigenous peoples; the current high-stakes game for control over the adjacent waters of Alaska, Arctic Canada and Greenland; the events, issues and strategies that have influenced claims to authority over the lands and waters of the North American Arctic, from the arrival of the first inhabitants around 3,000 BCE to the present; and sovereignty from a comparative

  • from 1992 to 1995. The violence resulted in more than 100,000 deaths, some 2.5 million displaced, 800,000 destroyed homes, and widespread human rights abuse. Denial of the crimes took place during the genocide and continued immediately after. Memišević is an assistant professor at the Department of Legal History and Comparative Law, Faculty of Law, University of Sarajevo.Lemkin Lecture Registration Ehlimana Memišević About Raphael LemkinLearn more about the Polish-born Jew who escaped from Nazi

  • Sharon Jansen English Department Phone: 253-535-7321 Website: http://sharonljansen.com/ Professional Biography Education Ph.D., English, University of Washington, 1980 M.A., English, University of Washington Areas of Emphasis or Expertise Medieval literature Early-modern history, politics, and literature Women’s literature, in particular writing by medieval women, early-modern women, and feminist texts from the fifteenth through mid-nineteenth centuries (from Christine de Pizan through Caroline

  • majors and is an introduction to the discipline of Political Science. Throughout the semester we will learn about the various subfields of the discipline and contributions that the discipline has made to our understanding of American politics. Prerequisite: POLS 151. (4) POLS 265 : Latino Politics - ES, GE This course will discuss the demographics, histories, and racialization of Latinos in the U.S. Likewise, students will explore contemporary research that examines Latinos' quest for political

  • Take a peak inside Comparative Vertebrate Anatomy Follow Professor Egge’s biology class as they reconstruct a massive gray whale skeleton in a new Rieke Science Center classroom as part of BIOL 352: Comparative Anatomy. In BIOL 352, you take an evolutionary approach to understanding the complexities of vertebrate morphology. Through hands-on examination… April 22, 2024 AcademicsBiologyProfessors

  • Posted on December 1, 2017October 31, 2018 The Environmental Politics of Study Away: a US citizen’s role in the lives of indigenous Mexicans As an Environmental Policy minor, it is of great importance to me to understand the viewpoints of local people, conceptions of geography, cultural practices, and general ideas about people’s relationship with the land in the context of certain ecological issues and phenomena. Throughout my activities studying very specific places and issues as an

  • Islamophobia Film Screening & LectureOn Tuesday, April 26 at 6:00pm in Xavier 201 the Global Studies Program has organized a showing of the Emmy-nominated PLU MediaLab documentary Beyond Burkas and Bombers: Anti-Muslim Sentiment in America. A talk on the Politics of Islamophobia by JuliAnne Rose (PLU ’13) will follow with time for questions and discussion. Ms. Rose graduated from PLU with degrees in Political Science and Global Studies. She was the Chief Videographer/Editor for the Beyond

  • “Jewish Life in Poland: Before, During and After the Holocaust” The conference is free and open to the public. ScheduleWednesday, October 26Glenn KurtzRobert P. EricksenGlenn KurtzPost-film discussion: “Three Minutes: A Lengthening” Who: Glenn Kurtz, Ph.D. Stanford University in German Studies and Comparative Literature Bio: Glenn Kurtz is the author of Three Minutes in Poland: Discovering a Lost World in a 1938 Family Film (Farrar, Straus & Giroux 2014), which was selected as a “Best Book of

  • Posted on December 1, 2017October 31, 2018 The Environmental Politics of Study Away: a US citizen’s role in the lives of indigenous Mexicans As an Environmental Policy minor, it is of great importance to me to understand the viewpoints of local people, conceptions of geography, cultural practices, and general ideas about people’s relationship with the land in the context of certain ecological issues and phenomena. Throughout my activities studying very specific places and issues as an

  • Sufi Leader, Greater Seattle Area Introduced by Suzanne Crawford-O’Brien, Professor of Religion and Chair of the Department Location: Scandinavian Cultural Center About the Paul O. Ingram Lecture: Held every other year, this lectureship celebrates the work of Professor Emeritus Paul O. Ingram. These lectures continue Dr. Ingram’s work in extending understandings of all religions through scholarship and teaching in comparative religions and interreligious dialog, by bringing to campus scholars whose