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Dr. Sergia Hay, Seminar in Philosophy This year’s philosophy capstone course investigated a frequently used and criticized philosophical method: thought experiments.
addresses the commonalities found in the ancient Greek philosophical traditions and classical philosophical Taoism and how they can help us cultivate the skills to combat climate change. To produce a comparative analysis of the two traditions, The Butterfly Dream by Zhuangzi and The Cave Allegory by Plato will be used as primary sources. Then, by using interpretations of philosophers from their respective philosophical traditions, this paper aims to not offer quick solutions or options of technology to
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Western China: The Rural and Minority Experience For over 20 years PLU has a unique partnership with Sichuan University in Chengdu China.
minority culture and rural development. Field trips include visits to Beijing, Lhasa and other major cities as well as weekend trips to rural villages and environmental sites. For more information on the study abroad program, please visit the Wang Center for Global and Community Engaged Education. Zhongshan University in GuangzhouZhongshan University in Guangzhou (near Hong Kong) is the premier university in southern China, drawing students from all over China and around the world. Zhongshan is the
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Associate Professor of Anthropology | The PLU Chinese Studies Program | nosakaaa@plu.edu | 253-535-7664 | Dr.
). More recently, she has examined contemporary Japanese women’s fertility with regard to their family structure and relationships. Her recent work has been published in such peer review journals as Human Organization (2008 and 2012), Journal of the Society for the Anthropology of Europe (2009), Ethnology (2009), and Journal of Immigrant and Minority Health (2010). Courses she teaches at PLU include “Introduction to Human Cultural Diversity,” “Anthropology of Age,” “East Asian Cultures,” “Ethnic
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Associate Professor of Anthropology | Gender, Sexuality, and Race Studies | nosakaaa@plu.edu | 253-535-7664 | Dr.
). More recently, she has examined contemporary Japanese women’s fertility with regard to their family structure and relationships. Her recent work has been published in such peer review journals as Human Organization (2008 and 2012), Journal of the Society for the Anthropology of Europe (2009), Ethnology (2009), and Journal of Immigrant and Minority Health (2010). Courses she teaches at PLU include “Introduction to Human Cultural Diversity,” “Anthropology of Age,” “East Asian Cultures,” “Ethnic
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Associate Professor of Anthropology | Global & Cultural Studies | nosakaaa@plu.edu | 253-535-7664 | Dr.
). More recently, she has examined contemporary Japanese women’s fertility with regard to their family structure and relationships. Her recent work has been published in such peer review journals as Human Organization (2008 and 2012), Journal of the Society for the Anthropology of Europe (2009), Ethnology (2009), and Journal of Immigrant and Minority Health (2010). Courses she teaches at PLU include “Introduction to Human Cultural Diversity,” “Anthropology of Age,” “East Asian Cultures,” “Ethnic
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Associate Professor of Anthropology | Global Studies Program | nosakaaa@plu.edu | 253-535-7664 | Dr.
). More recently, she has examined contemporary Japanese women’s fertility with regard to their family structure and relationships. Her recent work has been published in such peer review journals as Human Organization (2008 and 2012), Journal of the Society for the Anthropology of Europe (2009), Ethnology (2009), and Journal of Immigrant and Minority Health (2010). Courses she teaches at PLU include “Introduction to Human Cultural Diversity,” “Anthropology of Age,” “East Asian Cultures,” “Ethnic
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Alumna, graduate speak at commencement More than 700 undergraduate and graduate students will participate in Spring Commencement 2008 at the Tacoma Dome on Sunday, May 25 at 2:30 p.m. The ceremony features a keynote address by career diplomat Joyce Barr ’76, as well as a…
university’s recent agreement program with the University of the West Indies. Hughes will graduate with a bachelor’s degree in geosciences. She spent over a year as an environmental intern for the Port of Tacoma. At PLU, she’s been active in numerous student organizations, and received the Leaders of Distinction and Inspirational Woman awards. A former U.S. Ambassador to Namibia from 2004 to 2007, Barr is currently the executive director of East Asian and Pacific Affairs in the State Department. Since
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TACOMA, WASH. (Dec. 16, 2015)- Recently ranked the sixth-best university in the country for holiday events by Best College Reviews, Pacific Lutheran University students, staff and faculty collaborated on a wide variety of Christmas events throughout the month of December. Highlights included Christmas concerts on…
’01, the sold out 125th Anniversary Gala Christmas Concert was performed at Lagerquist Concert Hall on Friday, Dec. 11.25th Annual WinterfestOn Saturday, Dec. 12 over 350 volunteers joined PLU CCES in welcoming 827 local Parkland, Tacoma and Spanaway children and their families to East Campus and presenting them with coats, socks, toys, games, arts and crafts, and a visit from Santa.Sankta Lucia FestOn Saturday, Dec. 12 the Scandinavian Cultural Center presented the Sankta Lucia Festival. Students
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John Carlin, Playing the Enemy: Nelson Mandela and a Game that Made a Nation (Penguin, 2008) A great introduction to or reminder of what apartheid was and how Nelson Mandela used the 1995 Rugby World
1968 Summer Olympics when medal winners Tommie Smith and John Carlos raised their gloved fists in a black power salute on the winner’s stand. David Maraniss, Rome 1960: The Olympics that Changed the World (Simon & Schuster 2008) A look at the Summer Olympics during the cold war when issues of East and West, Black and White (Mohammed Ali was still Cassius Clay), male and female, and amateur and professional really emerged. Jen Marlowe, Aisha Bain and Adam Shapiro, Darfur Diaries: Stories of Survival
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The World Conversations series is one of the Wang Center's activities that support and strengthen the university's globally focused academic programs and offer public education programming.
journalist shared her views on the Islamic world and talked about her friendship with Ambassador Chris Stevens, who was killed in Libya on the anniversary of 9-11 last year when militants attacked the embassy. The event sought to build knowledge in the PLU community about the Middle East and North Africa and the region’s ties with the United States and to demonstrate pathways to building lasting peace.
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