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  • News for Pacific Lutheran University.

    On Exhibit: Hispanic Heritage Month In collaboration with PLU’s Hispanic and Latino Studies Program , the Mortvedt Library has organized an exhibit in honor of Hispanic Heritage Month. This exhibit includes an art display, featuring works by prominent Chicanx artists, and a selection of literary and academic texts by Hispanic/Latinx… September 26, 2023

  • Embarking on a journey to study in Reykjavik, Iceland, during the summer is a unique and life-changing experience that offers an extraordinary blend of academic enrichment and natural wonder. Imagine being immersed in a land of fire and ice, where the midnight sun never sets,…

    Annica Stiles ’25 explores Iceland’s wilderness and culture Annica Stiles, an environmental studies major with minors in communication and Indigenous and Native American studies, spent the summer interning with Global Treks & Adventure. Posted by: nicolacs / September 5, 2023 Image: Annica Stiles ’25 spends the summer interning with Global Treks & Adventure in Iceland. (Photo provided by Stiles) September 5, 2023 Embarking on a journey to study in Reykjavik, Iceland, during the summer is a

  • Professor of Religion and Culture | Global Studies Program | suzanne.crawford@plu.edu | 253-535-8107 | Suzanne Crawford O’Brien’s area of specialization is Religion and Culture, with emphases in Native American religious traditions, and comparative studies of minority religious communities in North America, including religion and healthcare, gender and ethnicity, and religion and popular culture.

    Suzanne Crawford O’Brien Professor of Religion and Culture Phone: 253-535-8107 Email: suzanne.crawford@plu.edu Office Location: Hauge Administration Building - 227-C Curriculum Vitae: View my CV Professional Biography Education Ph.D., University of California, Santa Barbara, 2003 M.A., Vanderbilt University, 1997 B.A., Willamette University, 1995 Areas of Emphasis or Expertise Native American Religious Traditions Religious Diversity in North America Health, Healing, and Religious and Cultural

  • Dr. Paul Manfredi, Seminar in Languages & Literatures The presentations will be given virtually via Zoom.

    Chinese Studies Capstone Presentations Spring 2020 Dr. Paul Manfredi, Seminar in Languages & Literatures The presentations will be given virtually via Zoom.Alec DutrowSunzi and the Trade War: Ancient Perspectives on the Quest for Global SupremacyJessalene EaJung in Soul Land: The Archetypes in a Chinese Web NovelJi LarsonThread of Hope: Child Abduction and Art Activism in Contemporary ChinaMay 14, 2020, 2:00-2:20pm - Ian Lindartsen2:20-2:30pm - Q & AShifting Chinese Ideologies as Shown through

  • Dr. Paul Manfredi, Seminar in Languages & Literatures

    Chinese Studies Capstone Presentations Spring 2021 Dr. Paul Manfredi, Seminar in Languages & Literatures May 21, 2021 presentations will be in person2:00-2:30pm - Kelli GreeneFrom Traditional to Contemporary: The Transformative Adaptation of Pu Songling’s Classical Tale into Geng Xue’s Porcelain Doll Stop-Motion2:30: 3:00pm - Kevin ConklingSoft Power: Who are movies for nowadays, Americans or Chinese?3:00-3:30pm - Carlos AlvarezChimerica: The End of the Beginning or the Beginning of the End

  • Riley Dolan, ‘19, a double major in Hispanic Studies and Political Science, interned with the U.S embassy program during the summer of 2017.

    abroad had a particularly big influence on him, inspiring him to take a closer look at foreign governments, genocide studies, and digital mapping. Research in itself can open new avenues for anyone, and can inspire and support a cause worth fighting or defending. That’s why it is important to conduct research: the experiences gained through meaningful global research are life shaping!Ashley Carreño-Millan is a PLU junior, with a double major in Hispanic Studies and English Writing.  She is a

  • Ned Schaumberg is a Visiting Assistant Professor at Pacific Lutheran University (PLU) who teaches postcolonial and global literature, and researches the role of water in literary and environmental contexts. He could also save your life. According to his parents, Schaumberg’s journey to professorship began at…

    Changing Lives One Book at a Time with Professor Ned Schaumberg Posted by: hoskinsk / May 7, 2020 May 7, 2020 By Kiyomi Kishaba '21English & Communication MajorNed Schaumberg is a Visiting Assistant Professor at Pacific Lutheran University (PLU) who teaches postcolonial and global literature, and researches the role of water in literary and environmental contexts. He could also save your life.According to his parents, Schaumberg’s journey to professorship began at the age of seven. When most

  • To be Jewish in Poland, a predominantly Roman Catholic country, meant experiencing both the highs of cultural life and the absolute low of persecution and discrimination, culminating in the world’s

    Past Powell-Heller Holocaust Conferences 2022 Powell-Heller Conference for Holocaust EducationTo be Jewish in Poland, a predominantly Roman Catholic country, meant experiencing both the highs of cultural life and the absolute low of persecution and discrimination, culminating in the world’s most notorious genocide, the Holocaust. If one looks at the long view of Polish history, one would find that Jews were first invited to come to live under the king’s protection in the 13th century.Learn more

  • The word anthropology comes from the Greek words anthropos, meaning human, and logos, which refers to doctrine, theory or science.

    psychology. Often, anthropological research is multidisciplinary, with specialized divisions including paleoethnobotany, taphonomy and forensics. In the United states the study of anthropology is sub-divided into four major areas of specialization: cultural, archaeological, linguistic and biological anthropology. Cultural Anthropology (Ethnology) studies living human cultures in order to create a cross-cultural understanding of human behavior – distinguished by field-research conducted via participant

  • Migration, colonial occupation, refugee flows, global travel—the movement of people and ideas across national borders both historically and in the present has political, economic, social and

    diversity and political and economic reaction and adjustment. Approved CoursesCourses Offered in this Concentration:  HISP 321: Iberian Cultural Studies HIST 335: Slavery, Pirates, and Dictatorship: History of the Caribbean RELI 245: Global Christian Theologies *Courses that are not listed here but which meet the content descriptions of the respective concentrations may be considered via petition to the Global Studies Program. Contact Department Chair, Dr. Ami Shah – shahav@plu.edu