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Should History Tell a Story? Posted by: alex.reed / May 20, 2022 May 20, 2022 By Mark JensenOriginally Published in 1990It would appear that Louis XIV never said: “L’état, c’est moi.” The researches of modern historians have produced no credible witness attesting that France’s Sun King pronounced this coldly witty laconism. But just try to find a modern history of seventeenth-century France in which it is not mentioned. “If he did not say ‘I am the state,’ it is only because it went without

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

year is Dan Forrest’s LUX: The Dawn From On High. During this concert, students will perform four of the five-movements in this work, all of which explore various facets of “light” in texts ranging from ancient liturgical chant to Scripture to modern secular poetry.The University Chorale The University Chorale will present a set of three works in the middle portion of O Nata Lux. Tomas Luis de Victoria, Spain’s most famous 16th-century composer, takes us on a musical journey into the heart of the

, Manager of Short-Term Study Away Programs at the Wang Center. “It’s a unique trip in that you travel solely with a PLU professor and a group of PLU students.” J-Term trips offer a great alternative to semester trips for students whose commitments don’t allow them to be gone for four months. “J-Term trips reach a wider demographic of students,” said Grover. “It’s great for students who can’t leave a job or family for a whole semester but still want the study-abroad experience.” New Zealand and Europe

a year that come out of Mexico alone each year. Millions of animals – not just birds – are taken from the rain forest and tropics in Central and South Americas and sold to eager buyers in the U.S. (although the trade in birds has been curtailed in the U.S. of late due to the Wild Bird Conservation Act), Europe and now in new markets in Asia and Africa. The forests are literally being strip mined of their wildlife, Bergman mused in his opening keynote speech for PLU’s World Conversations seminar

design in America isn’t the same in London. Magazine layouts in Europe have more of a “funky” feel to them, she said. “There’s just a different style,” Walker said. Learning what worked in Europe gave Walker a broader understanding of graphic design. And she knows that type of international work experience will be the type of thing that makes her portfolio stand out from the others when she begins her career as a graphic designer. That’s a big deal for someone who thought she’d be the coffee-and-tea

April 4, 2008 Diverse music, dance styles mark Dance 2008 A vibrant and dynamic series of performances marked PLU’s Dance 2008 in Eastvold Auditorium. The night’s program featured students, alumna and faculty choreographers, and a guest choreographer. The Dance Ensemble performed a collection of dances in the style of jazz, modern, ballet and hip hop. Directed by Maureen McGill, associate professor of dance and theater, the performance marked her 30th academic year at PLU. She presented “Bird

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

. Hood Feminism : Notes from the Women That a Movement Forgot. New York, NY: Viking, 2020. “A collection of essays taking aim at the legitimacy of the modern feminist movement, arguing that it has chronically failed to address the needs of all but a few women”– Provided by publisher.     Winters, Mary-Frances. Black Fatigue: How Racism Erodes the Mind, Body, and Spirit. Berrett-Koehler Publishers, 2020. “Black Fatigue tells the truth. Mary-Frances Winters brilliantly shows us how Black fatigue

Professor of Modern History at Pennsylvania State University, calls these oh-so-accessible goods “packaged pleasures”—and at PLU’s 2014 Dale E. Benson Lecture in Business and Economic History on Oct. 13, he’ll present an illustrated talk that offers a fresh perspective on the origins of the modern American consumer culture and its impact on our lives. Touching on history, marketing and technology, Cross’ talk is titled “The Package and Its Pleasures: How American Business and Technology Shaped Consumer