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Pacific Lutheran University is a community of scholars, a community of readers and writers. Reading informs the intellect and liberates the imagination. Writing pervades our academic lives as teachers and students, both as a way of communicating what we learn and as a means of shaping thoughts and ideas. All faculty members share the responsibility for improving the literacy of their students. Faculty in every department and school make writing an essential part of their courses and show

Anthropology Presentation Title: “Resilience in Rural West Africa: How Togolese Women Find Hope, Harmony and Healing” Sara Stiehl Graduate Student in Anthropology at the University of Colorado-Boulder Graduated from PLU in 2013 Majors: Anthropology and Global Studies Presentation Title: “Social Resilience at the Nexus: Contemporary Forms of Resistance against the Xayaburi Dam”

2019-20 Bjug Harstad Memorial Lecture``Imagining the North``Dr. Rikke Platz Cortsen will provide an overview of the trends in contemporary Nordic comics and harkens back throughout the history of the medium in this part of the world looking at the aesthetic qualities and social themes currently shaping the field of Nordic comics.Dr. Rikke Platz Cortsen is Danish lecturer at University of Texas, AustinOctober 15, 2019, 7:00 PMUC- Scandinavian Cultural Center Bjug Harstad Memorial FundDonateDr

¡Bienvenidos! | Welcome! Study Tour to Pueblos Mancomunados del Norte. September 15-17 2017. Development | Culture | Social Change Designed for advanced Spanish language students with an interest in Latin American Studies, this unique semester program explores the intersection of development, culture, and social change through the lens of the dynamic and evolving context of contemporary Mexico. Located in the southwestern Mexican state of Oaxaca – declared “Humanity’s Cultural Patrimony” by the

lectures at historical societies, local high schools and junior highs, and at professional days for public school teachers. In addition to her public speaking, Dr. Griech-Polelle is an editor of the online journal, Contemporary Church History Quarterly and she is currently serving as guest editor of the Journal of Jesuit Studies special edition on Jesuits and communism.Amy SimonPresentation Title: “Telling Their Own Stories: Jewish Victim Diaries and Archives in the Warsaw and Vilna Ghettos” Who: Dr

lectures at historical societies, local high schools and junior highs, and at professional days for public school teachers. In addition to her public speaking, Dr. Griech-Polelle is an editor of the online journal, Contemporary Church History Quarterly and she is currently serving as guest editor of the Journal of Jesuit Studies special edition on Jesuits and communism.Amy SimonPresentation Title: “Telling Their Own Stories: Jewish Victim Diaries and Archives in the Warsaw and Vilna Ghettos” Who: Dr

abroad in Europe, but knew little about Africa or Islam. “My world view was very narrow,” she admitted. Mauritania expanded it, rapidly. “It was a fantastic experience,” she said, “which I benefited from way more than the people I was quote-unquote ‘helping.’” Wiley’s new book, Work, Social Status, and Gender in Post-Slavery Mauritania (Indiana University Press), is based on anthropological research she conducted on a return trip years later. It focuses on women who are Haratine — a term that refers

women who are Haratine — a term that refers to former slaves or their descendants. In 1981, Mauritania legally abolished slavery—the last country in the world to do so. Slavery took on different forms in different places, however, and the plantation system that US readers typically picture didn’t exist in the Sahara desert. “Slaves carried out a lot of roles, and arguably had a lot more autonomy,” Wiley said. Because the slave-owning population was historically nomadic, some slaves in farming

Bailey “Community Formation withing Fan Fiction and the Internet: The Importance of Readers and Writers” Lukas Aberle “Competing Masculinities Among Indigenous Groups in Oaxaca, Mexico” Archaeology, Identity, and Shifting CulturesThursday May 9, 2019 / 10:00 - 11:40 a.m.Hauge Administration Building, Room 202KD WilliamsIan FarrellTanner PremoCessna WestraKD Williams “Intentional Development of Fictional Personas in Nordic Living History Populations of North America” Ian Farrell “Domestic Obsidian

Thinking About Messy War My recent book, The Warrior, Military Ethics and Contemporary Warfare: Achilles Goes Asymmetrical, represents my scholarly inquiry around military ethics and non-conventional warfare over the last fifteen years, in which I have explored questions like: What is a warrior and how is that different from a soldier? What are the rules and moral principles that our military ought to follow in war? How does the changing nature of warfare impact these rules? How do we train and