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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

, Kurt Mayer Chair in Holocaust Studies (emeritus)Bio: Robert P. Ericksen is the author of Complicity in the Holocaust: Churches and Universities in Nazi Germany (Cambridge, 2012) and Theologians under Hitler (Yale, 1985), which appeared in German, Dutch, and Japanese translation and was turned into a documentary film of the same name (Vitalvisuals.com, 2005). He is co-editor with Susannah Heschel of Betrayal: German Churches and the Holocaust (Fortress, 1999) and has served on the Board of Editors

, Kurt Mayer Chair in Holocaust Studies (emeritus)Bio: Robert P. Ericksen is the author of Complicity in the Holocaust: Churches and Universities in Nazi Germany (Cambridge, 2012) and Theologians under Hitler (Yale, 1985), which appeared in German, Dutch, and Japanese translation and was turned into a documentary film of the same name (Vitalvisuals.com, 2005). He is co-editor with Susannah Heschel of Betrayal: German Churches and the Holocaust (Fortress, 1999) and has served on the Board of Editors

endowment will further Jazz Studies at PLU for years to come November 20, 2016 News 3730 PLU named the leading distributor of creative arts scholarships among West Coast colleges November 2, 2016 News 3460 Bring the PLU Christmas magic home! October 24, 2016 Alumni Alumni 5180 Hardman ’16 on having her design on the cover of the SOAC Events Brochure November 7, 2016 Alumni 4410 Alumni Updates November 2, 2016 Alumni 3240 Lutes Shine at Northwest Emmys October 18, 2016

News 3760 $125,000 endowment will further Jazz Studies at PLU for years to come Mandi LeCompte November 20, 2016 News 376 Views Read more

! Sage Warner (they/she) Treasurer Sage is a third-year History and Religion double major with a minor in Critical Race Studies. They are particularly interested in the Civil Rights Movement and 1960s overall. Outside of research you can find Sage drawing, tossing the frisbee, drinking iced coffee and eating baked goods. Kaelin Lor (they/she) Secretary Kaelin is a Senior History major with Religion and Anthropology minors. They are particularly interested in Ancient Near East and 1960s history. In

Beckert Author and Harvard University history professor James McLurkin Senior Hardware Engineer Mae Ngai Professor of Asian American Studies and History at Columbia University Ijeoma Oluo Author The People’s Gathering Conversations About Diversity, Equity and Inclusion We Stand with Our Muslim Neighbors Time of Prayer, Silence, Sharing and Connecting Witness Uganda Documentary-Musical Patty Murray Sen., D-Washington Freeman Hrabowski III President of University of Maryland, Baltimore County Richard

Events:Chong Wa Education Society Since Time Immemorial (STI) Workshop and World Language Teacher Networking Do you know about the new PESB regulation regarding Indigenous studies? What is STI? How do you incorporate Indigenous studies into the curriculum? Join us to find the answers! Who: Pre-service and In-service teachers What: A teacher networking event & workshop on the new PESB regulation by Dr. Tara Haskins & Dr. Donita Torres with PESB guest Leiani Sherwin Where: Online When: Saturday

Student-Faculty Publication: Bringing a Berry Back from the Land of the DeadAn Environmental Studies capstone has led to a co-authored publication for Kimberly Wogahn (’14) and Religion Professor Suzanne Crawford O’Brien. Wogahn’s senior capstone in Environmental Studies provided a critical assessment of the (predominantly Euroamerican) organic and slow-food movement, placing it in contrast with efforts to improve food accessibility for marginalized and at-risk communities. One aspect of her

Associate Professor in the Department of Africana Studies at the University of South Florida (USF). He completed his undergraduate studies in the Departments of Classics and History at the University of Ghana, in 1987. He earned an MA in History from Wilfrid Laurier University, in Canada, in 1991, and a Ph.D. in History from Concordia University, in Montreal, Canada, in 1997. Kissi was an Andrew W. Mellon post-doctoral fellow in the Genocide Studies Program at Yale University from 1998 to 1999 and