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the Holocaust 2016 Powell-Heller Conference for Holocaust Education The ninth annual Powell-Heller Conference for Holocaust Education , “Women and the Holocaust,” will take place Oct. 17-19 at Pacific Lutheran University. In preparation for this event, Beth A. Griech- Polelle and Samuel Torvend — the Kurt Mayer chair of Holocaust studies and chair of Lutheran studies, respectively — discussed PLU’s approach to Holocaust and genocide studies and how the university talks about Martin Luther’s anti

, Anderson University Center) 10:00 – 11:40 a.m. – Women as Perpetrators (Regency Room, AUC) Scholars will present the latest analysis of the role of women as perpetrators of Nazi crimes. The study of women as being active persecutors has long been neglected by most historians, who tended to associate women as traditional caregivers and nurturers incapable of participating in acts of oppression and murder. Introduction: Pauline Kaurin, Associate Professor of Philosophy, Holocaust and Genocide Studies

Lectures in ReligionEach year, the Department of Religion hosts a number of events, including the Lutheran Studies Conference and the David and Marilyn Knutson Lecture.The 2014 Lutheran Studies Conference While the Lutheran movement began in Germany and then spread quickly to Scandinavia during the sixteenth century, Lutheran schools were established throughout most of the world by the end of the nineteenth century thus creating a global educational presence. Through its relationship with the

express information to others. Decades of work has shown that gestures support our ability to communicate with others and learn new information. However, we are still working to understand why gestures support communication and learning. In this talk, I will address one potential mechanism for gesture’s effects: its ability to impact visual attention. Through three studies, I will demonstrate that gesture’s ability to guide visual attention plays a role in its support of learning, but that it is also

Student’s Study Away Experiences Lead to State Department InternshipInternships An internship (either locally or abroad) can count for Global Studies credit through GLST 495. If you are interested in a Global Studies internship, please be aware of the following guidelines. Looking for an Internship?Check with the Internship Database at the Alumni & Student Connections Internship Office.Internship Policy - Domestic Students must complete a Learning Agreement (available at the Alumni & Student

The 2023 Natalie Mayer Lecture Adrift Between Two AmericasThursday, April 13, at 7 p.m. in the Anderson University Center Regency roomSpeaker: David Treuer, Ph.D., University of Southern CaliforniaThe Holocaust and Genocide Studies Program invites you to join us for the 2023 Natalie Mayer Holocaust and Genocide Studies Lecture. The speaker will be David Treuer, who grew up on the Leech Lake reservation, the son of an Austrian Jewish Holocaust survivor father, and an Ojibwe Indian tribal court