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/Benefits: up to $20,000 Contact the Wang Center for application details.Critical Language ScholarshipThe Critical Language Scholarships are to support U.S. students attending State Department-administered overseas intensive summer language institutes in 15 critical languages – some require previous study of the language but many do not. Study of Chinese requires at least 2 full years or equivalent study before the summer program begins. Award/Stipend/Benefits: Fully funded summer study abroad

Printing Madame DupinLast fall, Students in French 401, “Women and Print in Early Modern France,” got to try their hand at something really new (or old?!): letterpress printing. The occasion was momentous.  They were putting into print, for the very first time, the manuscript words of Madame Dupin. Dupin is best known as the châtelaine of the beautiful castle of Chenonceau in the Loire valley, and for saving this historic site from destruction during the French revolution by allowing

Hispanic Studies Students Meet with Celebrated Mexican Author Juan VilloroOn February 26th, 2016, a group of students in the PLU Hispanic Studies program had the unique opportunity to meet and converse with one of Mexico’s leading intellectuals, Juan Villoro. A prize-winning novelist whose social commentary appears regularly in the most important news outlets in the Spanish-speaking world, Villoro has been Professor of Literature at Mexico’s National University, as well as Visiting Professor at

From Quills to Laptops: Transcribing Early Modern Manuscriptsby Nancy Simpson-YoungerBringing the Literary World to the Classroomby Wendy CallA Work-in-Progress: A New English Faculty Writing Workshopby Jenny JamesEnglish Department Welcomes New Faculty Members!by Jenny James

Feature 4880 PLU professor composes music for ‘timeless’ Chinese opera featuring student and faculty performers December 16, 2016 Feature 3970 Martin Luther comes to life November 15, 2016 Feature 4190 MediaLab celebrates 10-year milestone November 10, 2016 Faculty Faculty 4830 Printmaking professor pens book on feminist history December 6, 2016 Faculty 4020 JP Avila – Office Hours December 1, 2016 Faculty 5220 PLU welcomes new artistic director of theatre November 12, 2016 News News 3850 $125,000

City Art Institute and the University of Missouri Kansas City. At these institutions she has developed and taught courses on Gendering the Holocaust, Nazi Germany, Antisemitism, and Modern Europe. She is currently revising her dissertation for publication.Pauline Shanks KaurinTitle: Respondent, Women as Perpetrators panel Who: Dr. Pauline Shanks Kaurin, Associate Professor of Philosophy, Holocaust and Genocide Studies faculty, PLUBio: Dr. Pauline Shanks Kaurin holds a Ph.D. in Philosophy from

Connection through TranslationKiyomi Kishaba and Professor Rona Kaufman track Jewish Migration to UruguayWhy the Digital Humanities Lab Impacts UsProfessor Adela Ramos on the Collaborative, Technological Approach to Humanistic ProjectsThe Importance of Dead LanguagesProfessor Collin Brown on Dead Languages and the Modern Human ExperienceSharing Passion for ScholarshipThe Kelmer Roe Scholarship in the Humanities Supporting Student-Faculty Research

“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

Global Study On-Campus Photo by John Froschauer In addition to study away, Pacific Lutheran University offers several opportunities for global education through on-campus academic departments and programs.PLU offers an International Honors program, eight foreign languages, an International Business concentration within the School of Business and cross-disciplinary majors in Chinese Studies, Global Studies, Nordic Studies and Environmental Studies. There are programs for the study of global

Gateway program in Telemark. She was the first recipient of the Svare-Toven Endowed Professorship, through which she promoted a contemporary focus on Scandinavian migration, peacebuilding and gender equality. Claudia’s research focuses on the Norwegian author Sigrid Undset. She has published several articles on Undset’s historical novels and is now researching Undset’s life in exile in the United States during World War II. She also works as a translator, primarily of literature of new immigrants to