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Title: The Holocaust and the Pope’s Dilemma Who: Jacques Kornberg, Professor Emeritus, Department of History, University of Toronto Bio: Kornberg earned his his B.A. from Brandeis and his Ph.D. from Harvard. His research interests include intellectual history, modern European Jewish history, antisemitism and Holocaust studies. He established the Kornberg-Jezierski Family Memorial Essay Prize in Holocaust Studies with restitution money from the Belgian occupation, 1940-45. The gift was made in memory

Welcome to the Burton Ostenson Museum of Natural HistoryThe Burton Ostenson Natural History Museum at Pacific Lutheran University houses over 10,000 preserved animal specimens collected and preserved by PLU faculty, students, and member of the Tacoma community over the past 100 years. Specimens are used by PLU faculty and students for teaching and research. In addition to serving as educational tools, preserved specimens carry with them information on where and when they were collected

“Poland’s Problem with the Holocaust: History, Memory and Commemoration” The conference is free and open to the public. Schedule7:00 p.m. – Keynote (Regency Room, AUC) Keynote Speaker: Dr. Jan GrabowskiJan Grabowski is a professor of History at the University of Ottawa. His research includes the issues surrounding the extermination of the Polish Jews as well as the history of the Jewish-Polish relations during the 1939-1945 period. He is the author of several monographs, including Hunt for the

Clements is the former Content Development Director at PLU. Prior to PLU, she was a journalist for more than 20 years, winning numerous regional, state and national awards. She lives in Kent, Wash., with her husband, three cats and whatever stray decides to adopt them. She enjoys horseback riding, scuba and ignoring housework and has The Walking Dead recorded through 2015. Previous Post Summer Research Program Next Post History Article Prize More Story Summer Research Program While many of her friends

Testament was written by Jews. Why, then, aren’t Christians Jewish? This presentation will consider Judaism and Christianity in the first century C.E. and will explore some of the reasons that led to the parting of the ways between Jews and Christians. 10:00 a.m. – Jewish-Christian Relation in Sixteenth Century Germany Dr. Michael Halvorson, Associate Professor of History, PLU This presentation examines the complex relationship between European Christians and European Jews in Sixteenth Century Germany

A Semester in CopenhagenBailey Smith is a junior Environmental Studies major and Sociology minor who studied away during Spring Semester of 2014 in Copenhagen, Denmark. While exploring various study away options with Carmen at the Wang Center, Bailey discovered the Danish Institute for Study Abroad (DIS). While she was originally interested in studying away in other European countries such as France or England, she soon came to realize that DIS was the right program for her. She relates how

Conference Saul Kagan Fellowship in Advanced Shoah Studies, the Fulbright U.S. Student Program, the European Holocaust Research Infrastructure, and Yad Vashem. Her research interests are in Holocaust and genocide studies, migration, refugees, and humanitarian responses to crisis.Christopher Browning Christopher R. Browning was the Frank Porter Graham Professor of History at the University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill until his retirement in May 2014. Before taking up this position in the fall of 1999

Conference Saul Kagan Fellowship in Advanced Shoah Studies, the Fulbright U.S. Student Program, the European Holocaust Research Infrastructure, and Yad Vashem. Her research interests are in Holocaust and genocide studies, migration, refugees, and humanitarian responses to crisis.Christopher Browning Christopher R. Browning was the Frank Porter Graham Professor of History at the University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill until his retirement in May 2014. Before taking up this position in the fall of 1999

Conference Saul Kagan Fellowship in Advanced Shoah Studies, the Fulbright U.S. Student Program, the European Holocaust Research Infrastructure, and Yad Vashem. Her research interests are in Holocaust and genocide studies, migration, refugees, and humanitarian responses to crisis.Christopher Browning Christopher R. Browning was the Frank Porter Graham Professor of History at the University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill until his retirement in May 2014. Before taking up this position in the fall of 1999