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degree at Chestnut Hill College, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania and her M.A. and Ph.D. at Rutgers, the State University of New Jersey. Her doctoral advisor was Professor Omer Bartov. She is the author of Bishop von Galen: German Catholicism and National Socialism (Yale University Press, 2002). She is the co-editor with Dr. Christina Guenther of the book, Trajectories of Memory: Intergenerational Representations of the Holocaust in History and the Arts (Cambridge Scholars Press, 2008) and she is the

Each year, Prism reflects on some of the distinctive and exciting work in PLU’s Division of Humanities. Our division collects a diverse array of programs: Chinese, Classics, Creative Writing, English Literature, French, German, Hispanic Studies, Nordic Studies, Philosophy, Religion, and Southern Lushootseed. All are united in educating students to engage —creatively, critically, and empathetically— with what it means to be human across the sweep of history, in diversity cultures and

to Oct. 31, the official date of the anniversary, here are a number of events to honor the occasion as well as our heritage. ART AND THE REFORMATION Sept. 11 – Nov. 5 This exhibit in Mortvedt Library will feature Luther’s German Bible, published in 1522 at the beginning of the Lutheran Reformation, as well as other books, manuscripts and artwork of the period. Luther was a media pioneer who used every communication form and art medium available to promote a new vision of Christianity and its

: Natalie Mayer Kirsten Christensen, Professor of German, PLU Lisa Marcus, Professor of English, PLU 12:40 - 1:35 p.m. – Spiritual Resistance (Regency Room, AUC)Heather Klein, songs by inmates of ghettos-performing songs “Why was this Seder different from all other Seders?  –The Gurs Haggadah and Passover in a Concentration Camp” – Rabbi Bruce Kadden In 1941, Jewish inmates in the Gurs Concentration Camp in southern France were able to celebrate Passover using a Hagaddah handwritten by one of the

Kristallnacht. Kurt published his memoir, My Personal Brush with History, in 2009; it was translated into German and published in October 2012, a month before he died.

Kristallnacht. Kurt published his memoir, My Personal Brush with History, in 2009; it was translated into German and published in October 2012, a month before he died.

Kristallnacht. Kurt published his memoir, My Personal Brush with History, in 2009; it was translated into German and published in October 2012, a month before he died.

Kristallnacht. Kurt published his memoir, My Personal Brush with History, in 2009; it was translated into German and published in October 2012, a month before he died.

Kristallnacht. Kurt published his memoir, My Personal Brush with History, in 2009; it was translated into German and published in October 2012, a month before he died.

Kristallnacht. Kurt published his memoir, My Personal Brush with History, in 2009; it was translated into German and published in October 2012, a month before he died.