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  • Religion Department Welcomes Jon Kershner https://www.plu.edu/prism/religion-department-welcomes-jon-kershner/

    articles and chapters on Quaker antislavery efforts, global theology and colonial American theology. His book on John Woolman is currently under peer review, as is a book on Quakers and mysticism. A chapter on evangelicalism and global Christianity will soon be published in the new Cambridge Companion to Quaker Studies. His teaching interests include theologies of peace and justice, historical theology and the history of Christianity. Dr. Kershner makes his home in Renton with his wife Jessica, a high

  • Globally-Focused University https://www.plu.edu/wang-center/about/globally-focused-university/

    Globally-Focused UniversityGlobal and intercultural education is one of the primary focal points of the academic program at Pacific Lutheran University.PLU is among the most internationally active schools in the nation, offering programs that will help students: Be aware of their own place and culture in the world, and understand the interrelation of socio-political, economic, scientific, cultural, religious, and linguistic facets of human life Be sensitive to the historical, multinational

  • Scientists in Parks Fellowship – National Park Service https://www.plu.edu/physics/news/scientists-in-parks-fellowship-national-park-service/

    coral reefs at War in the Pacific National Historical Park, community-based education and outreach at Everglades National Park, and surveying pollinator abundance at Yosemite National Park. Visit the website to get the full list of 2022 opportunities! Informational Webinar: Friday, December 10th at 4:00 PM Eastern Are you interested in becoming a SIP Fellow? Do you want to know more about what it is like to work in a National Park? Join us for a webinar featuring two 2021 SIP Fellows, as they

  • Curriculum https://www.plu.edu/business-economic-history-program/curriculum/

    Education Program. The one exception to this is Hist 121: History in Video Games, which provides Creative Expression (“CX”) GenEd credit. Below is the current course list, a sample reading, and when the course is offered:Hist 121: History in Video Games - CXSurveys the 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

  • Readers/Writers https://www.plu.edu/jane-austen/readers-writers/

    is a journal production editor for an academic publisher based in Maryland. She graduated from McDaniel College with a BA in English and a minor in writing. A longtime Janeite, she analyzed Persuasion through a Freudian lens for her senior thesis and later published it for the Jane Austen Society of North America. She has also presented at the Jungian Working Group’s James Joyce conference in Baltimore and writes regularly about historical film and television for Willow and Thatch. She is deeply

  • When Two PLU Historians Sit Down to Chat https://www.plu.edu/history/news/when-two-plu-historians-sit-down-to-chat/

    Europe when it first emerged in 1347? A scene from The Walking Dead TV show Or did students’ book choice connect more to binge-worthy TV shows like The Walking Dead, where a mysterious mutating pathogen leads to a zombie apocalypse? We were determined to put our historical heads together to find out. Well… that was until we actually sat down together, and found ourselves merrily distracted (as Historians are wont to be) by questions of how and why we got here in the first place.Beth shared how her

  • Schedule https://www.plu.edu/holocaustconference-synagogue-and-church/schedule/

    . – Registration (Regency Room Lobby, Anderson University Center)10:00 a.m. - 11:40 a.m. – The “Pius Wars” (Regency Room, AUC)“Responsibility, Accountability and Judgement: Pius XII and the Holocaust” – Robert Ventresca The so-called ‘Pius War’, that war of words over the Pope’s role during the Holocaust, has done great harm to our understanding of this major historical figure, and of the institution he governed for nearly two decades. Papal biographer Robert Ventresca provides a critical assessment of the

  • Graduate Program in Biomedical Sciences (PBMS) at the Oregon Health and Science University https://www.plu.edu/chemistry/news/2022/10/13/graduate-program-in-biomedical-sciences-pbms-at-the-oregon-health-and-science-university/

    welcome to ask questions on all aspects of the admissions process, stipend, research, coursework, and historical outcomes for OHSU graduates. The virtual open house is on October 26th 2022 from 11:00 am to 1:00 pm PDT. All participants are invited to register for the webinar and virtual open house by sending an email to pbs@ohsu.edu. Read Previous DOE NNSA Laboratory Residency Graduate Fellowship Read Next Dept of Energy Office of Science Summer Undergraduate Internships LATEST POSTS ACS Diversity

  • Professor of Communication returns from sabbatical https://www.plu.edu/comm-media-designarts/news/2011/10/19/professor-of-communication-returns-from-sabbatical/

    , Jennifer Henrichsen. The book is an 80,000-word text offering historical background on coverage of conflict around the world as well as current international policies to protect journalists who risk their lives to tell the stories of war. Lisosky and Henrichsen interviewed more than 60 stakeholders from around the world to include their opinions on who should be responsible for journalists’ protection. In addition, Lisosky traveled to Azerbaijan in January 2011 to teach journalism as a Fulbright

  • Capstones Spring 2024 https://www.plu.edu/history/capstones-spring-2024/

    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