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  • Philosophy involves inquiry about the most basic and compelling questions of life. German philosopher Immanuel Kant once summed up these questions in this way: “What can I know? What should I do?

    -authored with Greg Hibbard PLU ’15) Philosophy in the Contemporary World 2016 Greg Johnson: The Situated Self and Utopian Thinking. Hypatia: A Journal of Feminist Philosophy (Summer 2002) On the Importance of Reversibility in Deliberative Democracy. Social Philosophy Today (Fall 2004) Pauline Shanks Kaurin: The Warrior, Military Ethics and Contemporary Warfare: Achilles Goes Asymmetric (Routledge 2014) Paul Menzel: Strong Medicine: The Ethical Rationing of Health Care. (Oxford University Press) How

  • Interested in PLU’s Global Studies program? This degree offers courses and experiences designed to equip students with the skills and analytical methods needed to comprehend and engage with contemporary global problems and possible solutions, particularly those related to development and social justice, transnational movements of…

    Discipline Dash: Professor Ami Shah on Global Studies Posted by: vcraker / June 9, 2021 June 9, 2021 Interested in PLU’s Global Studies program? This degree offers courses and experiences designed to equip students with the skills and analytical methods needed to comprehend and engage with contemporary global problems and possible solutions, particularly those related to development and social justice, transnational movements of people and ideas, and international affairs.Take a moment to hear

  • The PLU Dance team is a dedicated group of dance students who perform a variety of styles such as contemporary, jazz, funk, and synchronized movement at halftime events for men’s and women’s athletics, as well as an annual dance concert. Learn more about PLU’s theatre…

    Meet the PLU Dance Team Posted by: vcraker / January 18, 2022 January 18, 2022 The PLU Dance team is a dedicated group of dance students who perform a variety of styles such as contemporary, jazz, funk, and synchronized movement at halftime events for men’s and women’s athletics, as well as an annual dance concert. Learn more about PLU’s theatre and dance programs at plu.edu/theatre-dance. Read Previous PLU Clubs: Cubing Club Read Next Lutes Participate in Alumni Job Shadow Program LATEST POSTS

  • Minor in Anthropology 16 semester hours Required: ANTH 102. Choose: ANTH 101, 103, or 203; 4 semester hours from ANTH 330–345; 4 semester hours from ANTH 350–499 At least 8 semester hours of ANTH

    influenced the nature of "knowledge" about archaeological discoveries by looking at how they have been interpreted and understood in the sociopolitical contexts of the modern countries where they are located. Science makes lofty claims that it is an objective mode of inquiry. In other words, science claims that the analysis and interpretation of data (in this case, bones, stones, and pottery, etc.) is carried out free of bias. This course will take care to evaluate this proposition. This course may

  • The roots of the liberal arts (artes liberales) extend back into classical antiquity. Roman education, for example, progressed from basic literacy (the province of the litterator), to secondary

    curriculum was profoundly enriched and expanded through Renaissance humanism with its insistence on the study of poetry and literature, history, language study, and ethics. Humanism fostered the recovery of texts, civic virtues, and spiritual values of classical Greece and Rome. Humanism counted “the human the measure of all things” and aimed to develop all human potential as gifts from God. The learning of the Greek language and study of Greek texts revived as these cultural influences came to the West

  • Junior Rachel Diebel first remembers hearing about the AHA London program during a Study Away 101. Intrigued, she attended an information session about the AHA program and knew it was the perfect

    A Semester in LondonJunior Rachel Diebel first remembers hearing about the AHA London program during a Study Away 101. Intrigued, she attended an information session about the AHA program and knew it was the perfect fit for her. As an English Literature major minoring in both Printing and Publishing Arts and Communications, the Humanities-focused academics of AHA London were exactly what she was looking for in a study away experience, “There were so many things that made it the perfect program

  • Lecturer - Guitar, Jazz Guitar | Guitar & Lute Program | howlansn@plu.edu | 253-535-7602 | Stephen Howland is a Lecturer at Pacific Lutheran University where he teaches jazz and classical guitar, co-directs the annual PLU Guitar Festival, and directs the PLU Guitar Festival Jazz Guitar Ensemble.

    Stephen Howland Lecturer - Guitar, Jazz Guitar Phone: 253-535-7602 Email: howlansn@plu.edu Website: http://www.stephenhowland.com/ Professional Biography Personal Video Additional Titles/Roles Ear-training I/II Education D.M.A., Arizona State University M.M., Arizona State University B.M., University of Idaho Areas of Emphasis or Expertise Jazz, Classical, and Contemporary Guitar Performance, Pedagogy, and History Music Composition, Arranging, Theory, and Analysis Responsibilities Applied

  • Branding PLU’s Hebrew Idol By Chris Albert In its fourth season, Antonios Finitsis says the show just keeps on growing. This year, Finitsis, assistant professor of religion, worked closely with the Digital Media Center’s Nick Butler to revamp the Hebrew Idol logo. PLU’s Hebrew Idol…

    intentional about it,” he said. He wanted the logo to incorporate a few PLU specific elements. First, rather than the American Idol-esque purple they went with gold, and then green to highlight the Green Dot campaign that PLU is participating in and finally the Rose Window, which was recently refurbished and installed. Hebrew Idol is a video project for Religion 211 – Religion and Literature in the Hebrew Bible. Students produce their own interpretations of biblical stories, putting anything from a

  • . in Modern Languages and Literatures from the Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México (UNAM), a PhD in English and Comparative Literature from Columbia University, and a Diplome in Translation Studies from El Colegio de México. Her main area of research focuses on how interspecies relationships model self-stranger relationships in eighteenth-century British literature, and she also investigates human and non-human relationships in Latin American literature. Her forthcoming article on Mary

  • From King Tut to the Mysterious Undecorated Tombs of Ancient Egypt By JuliAnne Rose ’13 If you ever wanted to see the King Tut exhibit, now may be your only chance. Seattle is the last stop for the exhibit before you’ll have to make the…

    uncovered the mummy of 18th Dynasty female pharaoh, Hatshepsut. The exhibit features over 100 fascinating artifacts from the tomb of King Tutankhamun and other sites related to prominent ancient Egyptian rulers spanning more than 2,000 years of history. Discovered by British archeologist, Howard Carter in 1922, the nearly intact tomb of the short-lived “Boy King” pharaoh, Tutankhamun, continues to excite public interest in Egyptology. “It is the archeological discovery of which all other discoveries are