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New gifts in 2010 in support of the Kurt Mayer Professorship in Holocaust Studies have pushed that endowment total beyond $2 million, making it the third endowed chair at PLU.
Holocaust Studies Professorship turns into Holocaust ChairNew gifts in 2010 in support of the Kurt Mayer Professorship in Holocaust Studies have pushed that endowment total beyond $2 million, making it the third endowed chair at PLU. The Kurt Mayer Chair in Holocaust Studies again secures the university’s position as one of the premier centers for Holocaust studies in the nation. Holocaust studies is not a new idea at PLU. It is an area of academic distinction and excellence that has been built
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New gifts in 2010 in support of the Kurt Mayer Professorship in Holocaust Studies have pushed that endowment total beyond $2 million, making it the third endowed chair at PLU.
Holocaust Studies Professorship turns into Holocaust ChairNew gifts in 2010 in support of the Kurt Mayer Professorship in Holocaust Studies have pushed that endowment total beyond $2 million, making it the third endowed chair at PLU. The Kurt Mayer Chair in Holocaust Studies again secures the university’s position as one of the premier centers for Holocaust studies in the nation. Holocaust studies is not a new idea at PLU. It is an area of academic distinction and excellence that has been built
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Since 2016, hate speech and crimes directed at members of the Jewish community in the U.S. have increased sharply.
Genocide Studies Program), Dr. Seth Dowland (Associate Professor of American Religious History), and Rabbi Bruce Kadden (Lecturer in Judaism and Holocaust Studies) will invite discussion of some of the toxic sources of antisemitism and the efforts to protect Jewish communities. 7:00pm – The Seventeenth David and Marilyn Knutson Lecture “From Religion to Politics: Antisemitism and Jew Hatred From Ancient Times Until Today” Dr. Marc Dollinger, the Richard and Rhoda Goldman Chair in Jewish Studies at San
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Guilt and Innocence – What does it Mean to be Alive? By Julia Walsh ’14 “Do you enjoy your work?” It’s an innocuous, innocent question. Would that it had an innocuous, innocent answer. I came to apply for the Kurt Mayer Summer Fellowship in Holocaust…
January 1, 2013 Guilt and Innocence – What does it Mean to be Alive? By Julia Walsh ’14 “Do you enjoy your work?” It’s an innocuous, innocent question. Would that it had an innocuous, innocent answer. I came to apply for the Kurt Mayer Summer Fellowship in Holocaust and Genocide Studies in April of 2012 after winning second place in the Raphael Lemkin essay contest in March of the same year for my paper “Letters Written in Blood: the Holocaust in Poetry”. The fellowship application was for the
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Emmanuel Habimana didn’t choose to be born Tutsi. He still recalls asking his parents as a child why the Hutu neighbors treated him so poorly when they played together.
moving forward, Habimana shares his story with others. He visited Pacific Lutheran University in October 2016 to speak to an intimate group of genocide studies, anthropology and social work students. “It’s a really tough responsibility,” he said. “Sometimes, it’s not easy.” Director of Holocaust and Genocide Studies Programs, Kirsten Christensen, introduces Emmanuel Habimana, filmmaker and survivor of the 1994 Rwandan genocide. (Photo: John Froschauer/PLU) Emmanuel Habimana co-directed “Komora: To
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Women and The Holocaust in FilmThursday, Oct. 13 Oma and Bella 4:00-5:15 p.m. | Ingram 100 | Directed by Alexa Karolinski “Oma and Bella is an intimate portrait of two elderly Jewish women in Berlin with humor, powerful stories, and a deep fondness for good food. As the documentary follows them through their daily lives, a portrait emerges of two Holocaust survivors who stayed in Germany. They answer questions of heritage, memory and identity, ultimately, through the recreation of the sumptuous
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Women and The Holocaust in FilmThursday, Oct. 13 Oma and Bella 4:00-5:15 p.m. | Ingram 100 | Directed by Alexa Karolinski “Oma and Bella is an intimate portrait of two elderly Jewish women in Berlin with humor, powerful stories, and a deep fondness for good food. As the documentary follows them through their daily lives, a portrait emerges of two Holocaust survivors who stayed in Germany. They answer questions of heritage, memory and identity, ultimately, through the recreation of the sumptuous
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Women and The Holocaust in FilmThursday, Oct. 13 Oma and Bella 4:00-5:15 p.m. | Ingram 100 | Directed by Alexa Karolinski “Oma and Bella is an intimate portrait of two elderly Jewish women in Berlin with humor, powerful stories, and a deep fondness for good food. As the documentary follows them through their daily lives, a portrait emerges of two Holocaust survivors who stayed in Germany. They answer questions of heritage, memory and identity, ultimately, through the recreation of the sumptuous
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Close to 50,000 Jewish refugees fled to Argentina during the rise of Nazism and World War II. In fact, between 1933 and 1945, Argentina received more Jewish refugees per capita than any other nation in the world, except Palestine. But to most – outside of…
volunteering at a local senior home for Holocaust survivors, she met Giovanna Urdangarain, professor of Hispanic and Latino Studies, and Rona Kaufman, professor of English, who were interviewing survivors and recording their stories. “I realized I wanted to be involved in that,” Dieringer recalls. Following that trip, during her sophomore year, she worked with two other PLU students to transcribe and translate the survivor interviews conducted by the professors. As a junior, she headed to Oxford University
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Professors Suzanne Crawford O’Brien, Adela Ramos, and Kevin O’Brien share why it’s a great time to study environmental studies and why PLU is a great place to do so! Keep reading to learn more about the environmental studies program .
Major Minute(ish): Environmental Studies Posted by: vcraker / June 2, 2022 June 2, 2022 Professors Suzanne Crawford O’Brien, Adela Ramos, and Kevin O’Brien share why it’s a great time to study environmental studies and why PLU is a great place to do so! Keep reading to learn more about the environmental studies program. Read Previous International student finds home away from home Read Next Makaela Whalen ’23 pursues newly launched pre-law minor LATEST POSTS PLU Scores 4.5 out of 5 on Campus
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