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  • Our Majors and MinorsThe Hispanic and Latino Studies Program offers a major and minor in Hispanic Studies and a minor in Latino Studies. The major and minor in Hispanic Studies combine the study of the Spanish language with courses in Latin American, Latino, and Iberian literatures, linguistics, and cultural studies. Primarily taught in Spanish, courses that count towards the major and minor include the study of advanced Spanish language and composition for heritage and second language learners

  • social and cultural impact of video games in American history, including how historical figures and events have been represented in popular games during the past 40 years. Combines the study of visual media theories and the creative process with social and political issues in games, including ethical action, violence, gender, ethnicity, religion, and environmental concerns. (4) HIST 210 : Contemporary Global Issues: Migration, Poverty, and Conflict - ES, GE This course introduces students to central

  • courses focused on Latin American literatures and cultures. She is the author of several articles on Latin American poetry and project coordinator of the bilingual edition of Ernesto Cardenal’s El estrecho dudoso/The Doubtful Strait published by Indiana University Press. Her current research interests focus on masculinities as they relate to the recovery of lyrical subjectivities in contemporary Mexican poetry and fiction. She pioneered PLU’s first J-term Study Away Spanish immersion course in Costa

  • Professor of Hispanic Studies •    Hal DeLaRosby, Director of Academic Advising •    Taylor Griffin, student •    Loana Kaja, student •    Jenny James, Assistant Professor of English •    Teru Toyokawa, Associate Professor of Psychology The PLU presenters’ topics—and the personal motivation behind them—are as varied as their fields. Davidson, for example, will discuss “We are Here to Participate: The Latino Civil Rights Narrative-in-the-Making in Latino Americans: The 500-Year Legacy That Shaped a

  • : Iberian Cultural Studies (4) HISP 322: Latin American Cultural Studies (4) HISP 325: Introduction to Hispanic Literary Studies (4) Advanced Literary, Linguistic, and Cultural Studies 8-16 semester hours, selected from the following: LTST 341: Latino/a/x Experiences in the U.S. (4) LTST 342: U.S. Latino/a/x Literary and Cultural Studies (4) HISP 401: Introduction to Hispanic Linguistics (4) OR HISP 403: Advanced Spanish (Study Away) (4) HISP 423: Special Topics in Iberian Literatures & Cultures (4

  • latest title is Apocalypse, Darling, a lyric narrative forthcoming in February 2018 from Ohio State University Press, the kickoff book in Machete: The Ohio State Series in Literary Nonfiction. She is the author of Body Geographic (University of Nebraska Press/American Lives Series), winner of a Lambda Literary Award in Memoir, an IPPY (Independent Publisher Book Award) Gold Medal in Essay/Creative Nonfiction and a 2013 IndieFab Bronze Award for Essays. In a starred review Kirkus called Body

  • Religious Outcomes of Zion’s Camp Clayton Bracht, In the Huddle for Heaven: Tim Tebow, Sports, and American Christianity Megan Corbi, The Sins of the Innocent: Infant Baptism in Third Century North Africa Nicolas Alexander Crosby, The Balinese and their Blades: Keris and Locality Thomas Haines, Evolving the Creationist Debate: A Detailed Analysis of the Evolution/Creationism Debate Mark David Herzfeldt-Kamprath, Wining and Dining with Luke: Social Aspects of the Banquet Motif in the Lucan Narrative

  • July 8, 2008 Spanning the globe during J-Term 2008 In January more than 400 students were sojourners in 21 countries across the globe as once again PLU classes convened on all seven continents. ANTARCTICA Journey to the End of the Earth From the great South American city of Buenos Aires, Argentina, to the tip of the continent in Patagonia and Tierra del Fuego, students explored some of the grandest scenery in the world. Patagonia served as a jumping-off point for 11 days in Antarctica – all

  • SuttonReligion of Power? A Comparison of Community Perceptions of Witchcraft in the Salem and English Witch Trials11:00-12:00 pm - FILM - Comment: Lauren Loftis, ArchivistTiffany RoseAmber TeagueKassidy ShortTiffany RoseWomen, War, and Historical Fiction: Jacobitism in Diana Gabaldon's ``Outlander``Amber TeagueFact or Fiction: The Depiction of Sicilian Mafia Violence in Italian Films, 1950-2000sKassidy ShortConstructing Narratives Through Film: A Case Study of Nazi and Contemporary German Films12:00-12:50 pm

  • sale. Concerts are never cancelled due to weather. Weather updates and location changes will be shared on the PLU Music Facebook page. On days with inclement weather, concerts will held in Lagerquist Concert Hall of the Mary Baker Russell Music Center.PERFORMERS July 19: Jovino Santos-Neto Three-time Latin Grammy nominee, Jovino Santos Neto worked as a pianist, flutist and producer with the legendary Hermeto Pascoal in his native Brazil for 15 years before moving to Seattle in 1993. He has released