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  • Two PLU professors were recently invited to teach a summer intensive course at Sichuan University, a 70,000-student public university in Chengdu, China. PLU and Sichuan have a decades-long relationship that dates back to the 1980s. PLU faculty visits took place in 2023, and in summer…

    How did this experience continue to shape your views on cross-cultural learning and global education? Auman: I have always been a big proponent of cross-cultural education. I previously served as site director for PLU’s Gateway program in Namibia. I was interested in this experience because I already had that personal and professional interest. There is a lot to be gained from seeing how regular people live, as well as how Chinese students see us. Yaden: I have traveled with students, and I lived

  • I: Immigration // El Paso, TX II: Gender // Portland, OR III: Race // Sedalia, MO IV: Class // Richwood, WV

    Related Events Braceros, photographed by the Hermanos Mayo/ Braceros, fotografiados por los Hermanos Mayo Photography Exhibit Through March 26 | Mordvedt Library lobby Curator: John Mraz Other Credits: Other credits: A collaboration of the Archivo General de la Nación (AGN), the Museo Nacional de los Ferrocarriles Mexicanos, and the Centro Nacional para la Preservación del Patrimonio Cultural Ferrocarrilero (CNPPCF). A specter is haunting the world – the specter of immigration. In this exhibit

  • Every other year the Tamana All Girls’ High School Band travels to Washington state for an exchange with the Graham Kapowsin High School and a friendship concert at PLU. The eight-year long relationship has created bonds that stretch across the ocean. This year, three Graham…

    Music Ron Gerhardstein to participate in the New Year Concert. Gerhardstein embarked on his travel as both teacher and student. When Gerhardstein traveled to Japan this J-term, his goals were to observe, ask questions, listen and learn. The purpose: to study the cultural and musical exchange between Graham Kapowsin and the Tamana Band and the impact of it. The Tamana band holds a gold medal in marching and concert band performance in a culture where band performance is a big deal. Music education in

  • TACOMA, WASH. (Jan. 27, 2017)- The third biennial Ambassador Chris Stevens Memorial Lecture will be held at 7 p.m. on March 1 in the Karen Hille Phillips Center for the Performing Arts at Pacific Lutheran University. Shamil Idriss, a global leader in diplomacy and global…

    curiosity about the rest of the world.” As CEO of Soliya, an international nonprofit organization dedicated to cross-cultural engagement, from 2008-2014, Idriss worked closely with family members of Ambassador Stevens and the Obama administration to establish the J. Christopher Stevens Virtual Exchange Initiative. “I feel as though I’m one of the few people who didn’t know him,” Idriss says of Stevens. “It’s extraordinary how many people I’ve talked to who came into direct contact with him and on whom

  • Director, Anthropology Program | Department of Anthropology | andrewbw@plu.edu | 253-535-8389 | Bradford W.

    Bradford Andrews Director, Anthropology Program Phone: 253-535-8389 Email: andrewbw@plu.edu Office Location: Xavier Hall - 142 Curriculum Vitae: View my CV Professional Biography Additional Titles/Roles Associate Professor of Anthropology Education Ph.D., Anthropology, Penn State University, 1999 M.A., Anthropology, Penn State University, 1995 B.A., Anthropology, Ft. Lewis College, Durango, CO, 1986 Areas of Emphasis or Expertise Craft Production Lithic Technology Cultural Ecology New World

  • Associate Professor of Anthropology | Environmental Studies | andrewbw@plu.edu | 253-535-8389 | Bradford W.

    Bradford Andrews Associate Professor of Anthropology Phone: 253-535-8389 Email: andrewbw@plu.edu Office Location: Xavier Hall - 142 Curriculum Vitae: View my CV Professional Biography Additional Titles/Roles Department Chair of Anthropology Education Ph.D., Anthropology, Penn State University, 1999 M.A., Anthropology, Penn State University, 1995 B.A., Anthropology, Ft. Lewis College, Durango, CO, 1986 Areas of Emphasis or Expertise Craft Production Lithic Technology Cultural Ecology New World

  • “What make a man start fires?” In November 2017, New York Times reporter Richard Faussett asked this question, posed by an album title of the punk band Minutemen, in regard to Tony Hovater -- a

    The 2019 Natalie Mayer Holocaust and Genocide Studies Lecture “What Makes a Man Start Fires?”From the Cambodian Genocide to CharlottesvilleThursday, April 11, at 7 p.m. in the Scandinavian Cultural CenterSpeaker: Alexander Hinton, Ph.D., Rutgers University, NewarkAbstract:“What make a man start fires?” In November 2017, New York Times reporter Richard Faussett asked this question, posed by an album title of the punk band Minutemen, in regard to Tony Hovater — a white nationalist, Nazi

  • noun : a conference or meeting to discuss a particular subject From the Greek symp-po-sium : a drinking party or convivial discussion, especially as held in ancient Greece after a banquet

    are now 193 counties following a labyrinth of political systems and economic models, and a global population that now exceeds 7 billion. Just as the symposium reaches out to challenge the assumptions and understanding of the PLU campus community, so too is it intended to reach out to the broader Puget Sound Community. Previous symposia have been Disarming Polarization: Navigating Conflict and Difference, Migration: Towards an Interdisciplinary and Cross-Cultural Understanding of Human Mobility

  • Faculty, The Evergreen State College | Confucius Institute of the State of Washington | crowleyl@evergreen.edu | 360-867-6239 | B.A.

    Lin Crowley Faculty, The Evergreen State College Phone: 360-867-6239 Email: crowleyl@evergreen.edu Biography Biography B.A. Journalism, The World College of Journalism (Taiwan), 1980; M.A., Mass Communication/Speech, South Dakota State University, 1983; M.P.A., The Evergreen State College, 2006. Expertise: media and Chinese studies Interests: Media studies, Chinese & Asian studies, Communication, labor management relations, and photography. Related Subject Areas Cultural Studies Literature

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  • 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

    ) ANTH 102 : Introduction to Human Cultural Diversity - ES, GE Introduction to social-cultural anthropology, concentrating on the exploration of the infinite variety of human endeavors in all aspects of culture and all types of societies: religion, politics, law, kinship, and art. (4) ANTH 103 : Introduction to Archaeology and World Prehistory - ES, GE Introduction to the ideas and practice of archaeology used to examine the sweep of human prehistory from the earliest stone tools to the development