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, Afghanistan and Egypt. MARTINIQUE French Language and Caribbean Culture On the Caribbean island of Martinique, students indulged in the rhythm and energy of the French Creole cultures. The island, with its bustling, stylish city of Fort-de-France, is a part of France and the European Union. The Université des Antilles is located on the island, where PLU students immersed themselves in the study of Caribbean culture. NEAH BAY Makah Culture, Past and Present Working with members of the Makah Tribe at Neah

, and author of contemporary Caribbean literature. Her novel Tentacle was the first Spanish-language book to win the Grand Prize of the Association of Caribbean Writers in 2017. Although she experienced viral music success, Indiana has since shifted her focus to her literary career. She has authored three short story collections and five novels, three of which have been translated into English. Her work in science fiction prominently features themes of queerness, culture, and Dominican social issues

June 16, 2008 Graduate breaks new ground It’s been a whirlwind four years for Candice Hughes ’08.An international student from Trinidad and Tobago, Hughes participated in theater and Dance Ensemble, held leadership roles in the Diversity Center and ASPLU, and spearheaded the first campus Caribbean Carnival in February 2006. She even fit in a semester studying away in Botswana. At Spring Commencement 2008, the geosciences major capped off her university career as the senior class speaker. Her

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here I was forced to become aware of it.”   Eckstein said that he felt thrust into the realm of studying social justice when he realized he could identify with the African-American community because of his appearance. Back home, in his very culturally diverse Caribbean nation, his appearance didn’t cause him to stand out. Here, that wasn’t always the case. It allowed him to look at issues in ways he might have never considered before. For instance, Eckstein has been wrestling with concept of

true embodiment of this idea.  At PLU, Xi Zhu is a teacher, with valuable knowledge and deep interest in Chinese pre-modern literature. But every day this past fall, after teaching his course at PLU, Zhu commuted north to the University of Washington to take a class for his PhD. While both teaching a class and taking a class, Zhu was also working on his dissertation.  As a doctoral student, Zhu is studying a manuscript version of a pre-300 B.C.E. Chinese text known in English as the Classic of Odes

topic of guilt and innocence in Holocaust literature, with a focus on Daniel Silva’s trio of Julia Walsh ’14 talks at PLU’s 9-11 ceremony. (John Froschauer, Photographer) Holocaust-related spy novels and on Herman Wouk’s War and Remembrance. Out of my books and thoughts rose a paper on issues of guilt in Holocaust literature, finding patterns in chronology between the first and second wave of Holocaust literature. In the first mode, the antagonist and perpetrator is not specifically an individual

English we encounter the German loan word “Geist” in the term Zeitgeist, which describes the spirit of a particular historical juncture.) German speakers have become household names in the fields studied by humanities scholars, whether in literature (Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, the brothers Grimm, Franz Kafka), film (Werner Herzog, Wim Wenders), music (Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Johann Sebastian Bach, Ludwig van Beethoven), art (Caspar David Friedrich, Anselm Kiefer, Gerhard Richter), philosophy

PLU Community, students and 18 & under. Available at the Concierge desk in the Anderson University Center, at the door and at 253-535-7411. More information here. “The movement from which he draws his inspiration to create his piece has a unique aesthetic,” said Paula Peters, director of Dance 2014. “The work draws in the audience and takes them on a journey.”This year, Ragoonanan will present an Afro-Caribbean dance that combines steps from African dance and Trinidadian folk dance. (In earlier

feeling will be.” All PLU community members are welcome at the upcoming classes. For many, including Arden Phu ’18, this is the first experience with a self-defense course. “I think that they’re doing a really great job of making it easy to understand and going step by step and explaining,” Phu said. Cordice has taught several self-defense courses over the years. He is a Caribbean-born, Pacific Northwest transplant who has been in the area for almost 20 years; he’s led the PLU Karate Club for almost