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the Holocaust 2016 Powell-Heller Conference for Holocaust Education The ninth annual Powell-Heller Conference for Holocaust Education , “Women and the Holocaust,” will take place Oct. 17-19 at Pacific Lutheran University. In preparation for this event, Beth A. Griech- Polelle and Samuel Torvend — the Kurt Mayer chair of Holocaust studies and chair of Lutheran studies, respectively — discussed PLU’s approach to Holocaust and genocide studies and how the university talks about Martin Luther’s anti

, Anderson University Center) 10:00 – 11:40 a.m. – Women as Perpetrators (Regency Room, AUC) Scholars will present the latest analysis of the role of women as perpetrators of Nazi crimes. The study of women as being active persecutors has long been neglected by most historians, who tended to associate women as traditional caregivers and nurturers incapable of participating in acts of oppression and murder. Introduction: Pauline Kaurin, Associate Professor of Philosophy, Holocaust and Genocide Studies

Powell-Heller Conference for Holocaust Education“Holocaust Distortion and Denial”Wednesday, October 27, 2021Free and Open to the Public - Registration RequiredAll Times Posted are Pacific Standard (PST)8:30-8:45am: Coffee and GatherOutside of Regency Room, Anderson University Center8:45-9:00am: GreetingsIntroductions by President Allan Belton, Prof. Dan Michman, Head of The International Institute for Holocaust Research and Incumbent of the John Najmann Chair of Holocaust Studies, Yad Vashem

Professor of Economics, Director of PLU’s Peace Corps Prep Certificate Program 11:30 a.m.- 1:00 p.m. – AUCMeet and greet with PLU Global Studies (https://www.plu.edu/global-studies/) students and faculty with lunch Hosts: Dr. Ami Shah, Department Chair and Associate Professor of Global Studies and Dr. Erik Hammerstrom, Associate Professor of Global Studies 2:00 p.m.- 3:30 p.m. – NesvigMeeting with Alumni and Student Connections (https://www.plu.edu/alumni-student-connections/) Opportunity for PLU

Image courtesy of the PLU Archives Dear Dr. Ramos, Environmental education is essential to the health of a watershed, as it promotes lifelong consciousness of human environmental impacts. As an elementary school student, I learned to be aware of my interactions with my watershed and how to promote clean water in my area through an early environmental studies program. As a reputable university program, PLU’s environmental studies department has the resources and responsibility to promote the

2017 Lemkin Lecturer Robert P. EricksenRobert P. Ericksen, Kurt Mayer Chair in Holocaust Studies Emeritus, joined the PLU History Department in 1999 as successor to Christopher Browning. In 2007 he helped found the endowed Holocaust Studies Program at PLU, including the Kurt Mayer Chair and the Powell and Heller Annual Holocaust Conference. He also helped establish the Holocaust and Genocide Studies Program in 2013, which now offers a minor. Ericksen, a graduate of PLU, completed his Ph.D. in

2017 Lemkin Lecturer Robert P. EricksenRobert P. Ericksen, Kurt Mayer Chair in Holocaust Studies Emeritus, joined the PLU History Department in 1999 as successor to Christopher Browning. In 2007 he helped found the endowed Holocaust Studies Program at PLU, including the Kurt Mayer Chair and the Powell and Heller Annual Holocaust Conference. He also helped establish the Holocaust and Genocide Studies Program in 2013, which now offers a minor. Ericksen, a graduate of PLU, completed his Ph.D. in

2017 Lemkin Lecturer Robert P. EricksenRobert P. Ericksen, Kurt Mayer Chair in Holocaust Studies Emeritus, joined the PLU History Department in 1999 as successor to Christopher Browning. In 2007 he helped found the endowed Holocaust Studies Program at PLU, including the Kurt Mayer Chair and the Powell and Heller Annual Holocaust Conference. He also helped establish the Holocaust and Genocide Studies Program in 2013, which now offers a minor. Ericksen, a graduate of PLU, completed his Ph.D. in

2017 Lemkin Lecturer Robert P. EricksenRobert P. Ericksen, Kurt Mayer Chair in Holocaust Studies Emeritus, joined the PLU History Department in 1999 as successor to Christopher Browning. In 2007 he helped found the endowed Holocaust Studies Program at PLU, including the Kurt Mayer Chair and the Powell and Heller Annual Holocaust Conference. He also helped establish the Holocaust and Genocide Studies Program in 2013, which now offers a minor. Ericksen, a graduate of PLU, completed his Ph.D. in

2017 Lemkin Lecturer Robert P. EricksenRobert P. Ericksen, Kurt Mayer Chair in Holocaust Studies Emeritus, joined the PLU History Department in 1999 as successor to Christopher Browning. In 2007 he helped found the endowed Holocaust Studies Program at PLU, including the Kurt Mayer Chair and the Powell and Heller Annual Holocaust Conference. He also helped establish the Holocaust and Genocide Studies Program in 2013, which now offers a minor. Ericksen, a graduate of PLU, completed his Ph.D. in