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Summer 2020 Explore Ancient Egypt and other fascinating civilizations. HIST 107: Tombs and Texts of the Ancient Near East – SO  ONLINE When: June 1-26, 2020, Summer Term I Prof. Michael Halvorson, Ph.D., Professor of History Meets: Completely online (no set meeting time, but plan for daily assignments and activities Monday through Friday) Description: Surveys the history of the ancient Near East and Mediterranean regions, including ancient Sumer, Egypt, Israel, Persia, and Greece. Major themes

The Innovation Studies minor offers courses from 10 different academic units, making the program highly flexible. For scheduling purposes, the following 4-year course plan lists the availability of core courses that satisfy the Intro, Principles, and Seminar requirements, including HIST/COMA/PHIL 248 (Innovation Ethics and Society), HIST 121 (History in Video Games), HIST 346 (History of Technology), HIST 247 (U.S. Capitalism: Railroads to Netflix), BUSA 201 (Intro to Business), ECON 101 (Intro

Learn More: Yaka Ndeemba MaskAfter a long history of forced migration and union with other groups, the Yaka have been an independent society since the 19th century.  Living in the northern Congo, the Yaka are primarily hunters, although they also practice small scale farming.  The tight-knit social system of the Yaka consists of a chief and his second in command who delegates to lineage chiefs.  The Yaka are known for their masks, sculpture, and decorative everyday objects.  Also, the

The Department of History is proud to present the 2021 Senior Capstones. The presentations were given virtually on several dates during Spring Term. Click on each student name to see their presentation title. April 15, 2021Gracie AndersonBrennan CostelloAndrew WelchGracie Anderson``From Spring to Fall: A Study of Memory and Collective Action in 1968 and 1989 Czechoslovakia``Brennan Costello``Dying with Honor: The Sobibor Revolt and Jewish Resistance During the Holocaust``Andrew Welch``The

Does Anyone Oppose Charity?I first met Claire in 2003 when she was a student in my course on the history of early Christianity (50-600 C.E.). She was married, a mother, and worked twenty hours a week, in addition to carrying a full load of courses at PLU. One claim I make in the course is that early Christian communities promoted social initiatives that benefitted the hungry, the impoverished, women, children, and the chronically sick and that, from a sociological perspective, these initiatives

The Seventeenth Dale E. Benson Lecture Glory M. Liu, Johns Hopkins University Glory M. Liu, Johns Hopkins University. Image Credit: Nicole Marie Photograph Our most recent Benson lecturer was Glory M. Liu of Johns Hopkins University, who presented the 17th Dale E. Benson Lecture in Business and Economic History. Dr. Liu’s presentation explored the legacy of Adam Smith in the United States and the influence of Smith’s ideas in American thought, politics, and culture. The lecture was related to