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  • In honor of Women’s History Month, we are “commemorating and encouraging the study, observance and celebration of the vital role of women in American history.” ( https://www.womenshistorymonth.gov/ ). This exhibit includes a short list of just a few women’s first achievements in the past six…

    On Exhibit: Women’s History Month Posted by: Holly Senn / March 9, 2022 March 9, 2022 In honor of Women’s History Month, we are “commemorating and encouraging the study, observance and celebration of the vital role of women in American history.” (https://www.womenshistorymonth.gov/). This exhibit includes a short list of just a few women’s first achievements in the past six years, from 2017 to 2022, and print biographies about women from the Mortvedt Library collection. While there are many

  • Professor of Native American and Indigenous Studies | Native American and Indigenous Studies | storfjta@plu.edu | 253-535-8514 | Troy Storfjell (Sámi) specializes in Sámi and Indigenous studies, where his work is largely guided by Indigenist criticism and decolonize methodologies.

    Troy Storfjell Professor of Native American and Indigenous Studies Phone: 253-535-8514 Email: storfjta@plu.edu Office Location: Hauge Administration Building - 227-F Professional Biography Education Ph.D., Scandinavian Studies (Literature), University of Wisconsin, 2001 M.A., Scandinavian Studies (Literature), University of Wisconsin, 1995 Grunnfag, Nordic Studies, University of Tromsø (Norway), 1994 B.A., History & German, Andrews University, 1989 Areas of Emphasis or Expertise Sámi studies

  • On October 9, 2019, the PLU community welcomed Sven Beckert of Harvard University to give the 15th Annual Dale E. Benson Lecture in Business and Economic History. The lecture took place at 7:30 p.m. in the Chris Knutson Lecture Hall, located in the Anderson University…

    Sven Beckert of Harvard University to Give Benson Lecture Posted by: halvormj / July 31, 2019 July 31, 2019 On October 9, 2019, the PLU community welcomed Sven Beckert of Harvard University to give the 15th Annual Dale E. Benson Lecture in Business and Economic History. The lecture took place at 7:30 p.m. in the Chris Knutson Lecture Hall, located in the Anderson University Center. Professor Beckert is Laird Bell Professor of American History at Harvard, where he teaches the history of the

  • On October 9, 2019, the PLU community will welcome Sven Beckert of Harvard University to give the 15th Annual Dale E. Benson Lecture in Business and Economic History. The lecture will take place at 7:30 p.m. in the Chris Knutson Lecture Hall, located in the…

    Sven Beckert of Harvard University to Deliver Benson Lecture Posted by: halvormj / July 31, 2019 July 31, 2019 On October 9, 2019, the PLU community will welcome Sven Beckert of Harvard University to give the 15th Annual Dale E. Benson Lecture in Business and Economic History. The lecture will take place at 7:30 p.m. in the Chris Knutson Lecture Hall, located in the Anderson University Center. Professor Beckert is Laird Bell Professor of American History at Harvard, where he teaches the history

  • Speaker: Bob Ferguson, Washington State Attorney General Introduced by Dr. Roberto Dondisch, Mexican Consul Location: Karen Hille Phillips Center for Performing Arts

    Dinner Break7 - 8:30 p.m. | The Importance of Migrant Voices and Perspectives The 44th annual Walter C. Schnackenberg Memorial Lecture Speaker: Fredy González, Assistant Professor of Latin American History at the University of Colorado – Boulder Introduced by Timothy O’Neill, Visiting Assistant Professor of History Location: Scandinavian Cultural Center Friday, March 99:05 - 10:20 a.m. | Homo Itinerans: An Anthropological Perspective on Global Mobility Speaker: Alessandro Monsutti, Head of

  • Each year, the Bjug Harstad Memorial Lecture is arranged by the Scandinavian Area Studies program.  This endowed lecture series, made possible by generous donations by descendants of PLU’s first

    Arctic seen through the lens of literature, folk and classical music, and Sámi culture. This year’s lecture, entitled “Why Norwegian Women Can Have it All,” was presented by Norwegian journalist Cathrine Sandnes.  Sandnes’ title implied a contrast between American and Norwegian perspectives and practices of gender equality.  In a 2012 essay entitled “Why Women Still Can’t Have it All,” American Ann Marie Slaughter made the bold statement that current conditions in American society made the balance

  • Associate Professor of Psychology | Native American and Indigenous Studies | las@plu.edu | 253-535-7769

    Laura Shneidman Associate Professor of Psychology she/her/hers Phone: 253-535-7769 Email: las@plu.ed

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  • Poetry, Nonfiction | MFA in Creative Writing - Low Residency | Fleda Brown has published nine collections of poems.

    Fleda Brown Poetry, Nonfiction Website: http://fledabrown.com/ Biography Biography Fleda Brown has published nine collections of poems.  The Woods Are On Fire: New & Selected Poems was published in 2017 by the University of Nebraska Press.  The book is in the Ted Kooser Contemporary Poetry Series.  Her work has twice appeared in The Best American Poetry and has won a Pushcart Prize, the Felix Pollak Prize, the Philip Levine Prize, and the Great Lakes Colleges New Writer’s Award, and has twice

  • Dr. James L. Brown , Professor of Music and Chair of Vocal Studies has announced the list of vocal and musical talents who will be working with voice students during Spring Semester. The presenters will be: Audrey Luna , star soprano who set a world…

    both contemporary and conventional roles and has performed internationally. audrey-luna.com      Lisette Oropesa, international sensation, celebrated star soprano and recording artist. Oropesa emphasizes bel canto style and is a lyric coloratura soprano. lisetteoropesa.com       Zachary Dietz, music director from Broadway. Dietz has worked on a variety of musicals in multiple roles. From keyboards to conductor to music director, Dietz has worked on In the Heights, School of Rock, and Mrs. Doubtfire

  • The Religion Department is pleased to present the 2024 Spring Capstones.  Monday, May 20 - 4:00-6:30 pm  and Tuesday, May 21 - 1:00-3:00 pm Xavier Hall, Room 201

    Issued! Marguerite Porete and A Mirror of Simple Souls 1:20-1:40 pm - Rebeca Salinas Rosaries on my Altar: Towards a Contemporary Mexican-American Women’s Position on Indigenous Spiritual Practices 1:40-2:00 pm - Katie Olson Lutheran theological responses to theodicy 2:00-2:20 pm - Nathan Buegler The ELCA’s Response to Climate Change In Light of Realized Eschatology 2:20-2:40 pm - Marit Gjelde-Bennett An Unexpected Ally in Women’s Health: The Role of Religious Language in Medicine for the Reclamation