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January 31, 2013 Cambodia: A reflection on the genocide by Khmer Rouge and coverage by US media by Kathryn Perkins ’13 In 1975 over one-fourth of the Cambodian people were murdered. Not by foreign aggressors or malicious diseases, but by their own people. The Khmer Rouge, a communist regime with a Utopian dream, decimated its own country. Like the Holocaust, the history of Cambodia needs to be remembered.   The Cambodian genocide is part of a larger story of human atrocities in the 20th century

PITT SURF 2023 Posted by: nicolacs / January 5, 2023 January 5, 2023 The Department of Chemistry at the University of Pittsburgh is pleased to announce four to six SURF (summer undergraduate research fellowship) positions open to students from underrepresented groups and/or female applicants in the STEM disciplines. This program is in part supported by the Office of Naval Research. The applicant must be a chemistry or closely related major; a US citizen or permanent resident. The program runs

. I’m especially interested in the proximate experiences of two immigrant groups in our area, the Chinese and the Norwegians. As the Norwegian immigrants were looking to found a college to educate their children (that became PLU), Chinese immigrants were expelled from Tacoma and dispossessed of their flourishing businesses in the area. By putting PLU’s history in the broader community context, I want to help us think about how connections and exclusions have been developed and continue to shape our

March 4, 2014 Taking Sides on the Opium War Chinese students and Lutes hold heated debate on still-hot topic By Mahlon Meyer PLU Visiting Assistant Professor of History Winners of the 2013 China Open international college debate tournament visited PLU on Feb. 25 and joined Modern Chinese History students in a heated debate over the West’s invasion of China in the 19th Century. “The topic was, Was China to blame for the Opium War?,” said PLU Visiting Assistant Professor Mahlon Meyer, whose class

Powell-Heller Conference explores before, during and after the Holocaust Posted by: Silong Chhun / October 7, 2022 October 7, 2022 By Veronica CrakerPLU Marketing & CommunicationsThe 14th Annual Powell-Heller Conference for Holocaust Education will occur on October 26-28, 2022 at Pacific Lutheran University.This year the conference theme is “Jewish Life in Poland: Before, During and After the Holocaust.” The keynote speaker is professor of history Jan Grabowski from the University of Ottawa

was written. Art students will look at the historical building themselves, as well as at the amazing artworks (paintings, frescos, altar pieces, etc.) that can be found in these buildings.Follow their adventures on the blog! Music Capitals of the WorldAssociate Professor of Music Ed Powell is taking students to explore the history of music. Germany, Austria and the Czech Republic are rich with musical tradition. This small area of Europe was the central location for many of the finest musicians of

Benson Research Fellows to Present Kara Atkinson and Austin Karr explore business and economic history on April 5 Posted by: halvormj / March 31, 2023 March 31, 2023 On Wednesday, April 5, 2023, History majors Kara Atkinson and Austin Karr present on their student-faculty research projects. Please join us in Admin 101 from 4:00pm – 5:00pm! Read Previous Neurotechnology Lecture “Enhancement” Read Next 10 Innovation Studies Students Graduate LATEST POSTS Heven Ambachew ’24 combines her passions

Benson Research Fellows to Present Kara Atkinson and Austin Karr explore business and economic history on April 5 Posted by: halvormj / March 31, 2023 March 31, 2023 On Wednesday, April 5, 2023, History majors Kara Atkinson and Austin Karr present on their student-faculty research projects. Please join us in Admin 101 from 4:00pm – 5:00pm! Read Previous Summer Research Fellows Share Results Read Next Recording of Glory M. Liu’s 2023 Benson Lecture Released LATEST POSTS Recording of Glory M

Expanding the Mind in German Studies Posted by: alex.reed / May 6, 2022 May 6, 2022 By Kirsten Christensen and Jennifer JenkinsOriginally Published in 2016The German word for the humanities is die Geisteswissenschaften – literally translated, the sciences of the spirit or of the mind. The term, coined by the historian Wilhelm Dilthey in the 19th century, has its roots in the German philosopher Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel’s concept of “Geist” as a superindividual cultural consciousness. (In

September 1, 2009 Digging into history When Bradford Andrews looks at an obsidian core in his hand, he doesn’t see its indigo beauty, as it sparks back against the spotlight. The palm-sized flake gives PLU’s assistant visiting professor of anthropology a window into the everyday life of a complex society that called the mountains just east of Mexico City home in the 16th century. Obsidian flakes and tools, how they were found, how they were made, where they were made and in what quantity opens