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  • March 1, 2014 Danish Resistance and Rescue Scandinavian Cultural Center During the Powell-Heller Holocaust Conference, a educational display about the Danish Resistance and rescue will be available or public viewing. Prepared by the Danish Resistance Museum in Copenhagen, the exhibit tells the story of the effort by Danes to rescue Jews from the threat of German deportation. In October 1943, word leaked that Germany was planning to round up and deport the Jews of Denmark. Approximately 8,000 of

  • Hall in the Anderson University Center. Dean Douglas will speak from her book, Stand Your Ground: Black Bodies and the Justice of God (Orbis, 2015). “Stand Your Ground law signals a social-cultural climate that makes the destruction and death of black bodies inevitable and even permissible. . . . This book is an attempt to untangle the web of social, cultural, and theological discourse that contributes to stand-your-ground culture as well as to provide a theological response.” The lecture is free

  • of Oil in America’s Century’ Wednesday, Oct. 28 | 7:30 p.m. | Lagerquist Concert Hall MORE INFORMATION The 10th Annual David and Marilyn Knutson Lecture. Dean Spade: ‘Romantic Notions: Soldiers, Spouses and the Limits of LGBT Equality’ Tuesday, Nov. 3 | 6 p.m. | Scandinavian Cultural Center MORE INFORMATION Seattle University School of Law professor Dean Spade is a leading scholar and activist in trans rights. In his talk, Spade will discuss the complex terrain of contemporary queer and trans

  • maintain established partnerships, enhance educational practices, and build collaborative exchanges among individuals, schools, and educational organizations. PLU’s Wang Center and Alumni and Student Connections seeks applications from interested PLU education alumni who want to re-establish or initiate connections with Namibian educators as a way of building cultural exchanges, and fostering collaboration, and collegial practices focused on improving instructional practice and student learning. Six

  • ¡Bienvenidos! | Welcome! Study Tour to Pueblos Mancomunados del Norte. September 15-17 2017. Development | Culture | Social Change Designed for advanced Spanish language students with an interest in Latin American Studies, this unique semester program explores the intersection of development, culture, and social change through the lens of the dynamic and evolving context of contemporary Mexico. Located in the southwestern Mexican state of Oaxaca – declared “Humanity’s Cultural Patrimony” by the

  • The Diversity Center hosts first Orientation Welcome Reception, to welcome and celebrate students and families from various cultural affinity groups.

  • 253.535.8499 www.plu.edu/religion/ zbarasgm@plu.edu Michael Zbaraschuk, Ph.D., Chair Religion is an attempt to understand the meaning of human existence. Different religious and cultural communities express that meaning in many ways. Located within an ELCA-related university, the Department of Religion stands within a Lutheran Christian and global context. In a university setting this means the serious academic study of the Bible, of the history of the Christian tradition, of Christian theology

  • Global Studies Course Selection GLST Core Courses: GLST 210: Contemporary Global Issues ANTH 102: Human Cultural Diversity ECON 101: Principles of Microeconomics

  • Introduction to Holocaust and Genocide Studies - VW, GE HISP 201 Intermediate Spanish - VW, GE HISP 202 Intermediate Spanish - VW, GE HISP 231 Intensive Spanish (Study Away) - VW, GE HISP 252 Spanish for Heritage Speakers - VW, GE HISP 301 Hispanic Voices for Social Change - VW, GE HISP 321 Iberian Cultural Studies - VW, GE HISP 322 Latin American Cultural Studies - VW, GE HISP 331 Intensive Spanish (Study Away) - VW, GE HISP 351 Hispanic Voices for Social Change for Heritage Speakers - VW, GE PHIL 121 The

  • culture. This trip will accommodate a maximum of TEN delegates from universities in Washington State. Registration is now open and we encourage you to register as early as you can due to limited availability. Proposed Activities Beijing 1. Visit Confucius Institute Headquarters (Hanban); 2. Visit Universities in Beijing (Institutions TBD); 3. Guided Culture Study Tour in Beijing (Recommended cultural heritages) Great Wall of China The Forbidden City Tiananmen Square, etc. Shenzhen 1. Visit