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, 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

many influential books on the sociology of religion and religion in American life, presented a lecture entitled, “The Modern Project in the Light of Human Evolution,” on Wednesday, Oct. 24, constituting the seventh annual David and Marilyn Knutson Lecture. The lectureship brings to campus nationally recognized scholars who creatively work within the historical, scriptural, and theological sources of a living faith tradition, bringing those sources into dialogue with contemporary questions and

, early American, and 17th- and 18th-century British literature. He has served as General Editor of the McNair Papers monograph series and Managing Editor of War, Literature, and the Arts: An International Journal of the Humanities. He has published numerous articles and other works, including Caribbeana: An Anthology of English Literature of the West Indies, 1657-1777 (University of Chicago Press). Krise will arrive at PLU in June to assume the presidency. He succeeds Loren J. Anderson who will leave

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

By Kiara Revilla Beijing, China – Day 3 Today was by no means a busy day but it was definitely an eventful day. We started out with the luxury of getting up a little later then usual (meeting at 9:30!). Our breakfast was the usual mix of fried rice, toast, and fried duck eggs. The first stop was the art district. With our early start most of the streets were deserted and we got to look around all by ourselves. The streets were filled with modern art as well as traditional Chinese art. You could

scholar Deborah Miranda to campus. “Scott was teaching a class in Native and Indigenous literature…I was teaching the Creative Nonfiction Capstone. We decided that it would be great to have someone come who was a contemporary Native writer.” She adds, “In addition to doing her public events, Miranda also talked to the Native and Indigenous literature class.” Call made it clear how inspirational it was for students to hear Miranda’s stories in her own voice, an experience that increased many of her

Department at Oregon State University, presented a lecture entitled, “Speaking Christian: Reclaiming Christian Language,” on Wednesday, November 3, at the 6th Annual David and Marilyn Knutson Lecture. The lectureship brings to campus nationally recognized scholars who creatively work within the historical, scriptural, and theological sources of a living faith tradition, bringing those sources into dialogue with contemporary questions and challenges. Borg argued there are two central features of “common

heritage as both a classic Victorian ‘penny-dreadful’, and a contemporary morality play, the design team and I have chosen to embrace elements from both Victorian times and our own 2019 sensibilities. A period blouse, for example, might be paired with a contemporary denim jacket. Through this aesthetic, our intent is to create a world that straddles two time periods, yet feels unique to this production.” The production’s leading performers have been double-cast, to allow vocal rest due to an extremely

heritage as both a classic Victorian ‘penny-dreadful’, and a contemporary morality play, the design team and I have chosen to embrace elements from both Victorian times and our own 2019 sensibilities. A period blouse, for example, might be paired with a contemporary denim jacket. Through this aesthetic, our intent is to create a world that straddles two time periods, yet feels unique to this production.” The production’s leading performers have been double-cast, to allow vocal rest due to an extremely

PLU novice teams lead Lute success at Mahaffey Memorial Posted by: Todd / November 22, 2016 November 22, 2016 By Kate Hall ’17 It takes a village to face the Pacific Northwest’s top British Parliamentary debate teams, and PLU’s Speech and Debate team of ten novice and five open teams consistently led rounds at Linfield College’s 2016 Mahaffey Memorial tournament Nov. 19-20. PLU debaters fought their way to final rounds, where Logan Albert and Moses Mbugua were finalists in the novice division