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In the interest of maintaining a proper business environment and preventing interference with work and inconvenience to others, employees may not distribute literature or printed materials of any kind, sell merchandise, solicit financial contributions or solicit for any other cause during working time unless it is directly related to university business. Employees who are not on working time may not solicit employees who are on working time for any cause or distribute literature of any kind to

- VW, GE CHIN 202 Intermediate Chinese - VW, GE CHIN 301 Composition and Conversation - IT, GE CHIN 302 Composition and Conversation - IT, GE CHIN 371 Chinese Literature in Translation - IT, GE COMA 304 Intercultural Communication - IT, GE DANC 301 Dance and Culture - ES, GE ECON 215 Investigating Environmental and Economic Change in Europe - ES, GE ECON 333 Economic Development - GE EDUC 385 Comparative Education - GE ENGL 216 Topics in Literature - IT, GE ENGL 217 Topics in Literature - IT, GE

Coordinators Elsa Kienberger received an MSt in English (1830-1914) at the University of Oxford in 2020 and a BA in English Literature and Theater (Acting/Directing) from Pacific Lutheran University in 2019. Always an avid fan of Austen film adaptations, she was forced to reconsider her favorites when she read Austen’s novels and found them much wittier. Since audiences often encounter Austen through the ubiquitous media presence her legacy has gained, Elsa is interested in the twenty-first

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 (Immanuel Kant, Karl Marx, Hannah Arendt), and religion (Martin Luther, Dietrich Bonhoeffer, Paul Tillich), to name a few

Hispanic Studies Students Meet with Celebrated Mexican Author Juan VilloroOn February 26th, 2016, a group of students in the PLU Hispanic Studies program had the unique opportunity to meet and converse with one of Mexico’s leading intellectuals, Juan Villoro. A prize-winning novelist whose social commentary appears regularly in the most important news outlets in the Spanish-speaking world, Villoro has been Professor of Literature at Mexico’s National University, as well as Visiting Professor at

black colors. A countdown clock appears on the left side of the screen counting down from 60 seconds] (timer beeping) English is the study of how people use the creative power of the written word. Storytelling is one of the most powerful forms of human expression. It’s an exciting time to study English. The surge in digital media and technology means that people are reading and writing in all sorts of new ways. At PLU, English majors can choose a concentration in literature, creative writing, or

Language and Heritage Language, Hispanic Literature, Mexican Culture and History, and Mexican Film. He has worked at ICO since 2004, where he teaches international students, mainly from the USA, who visit Oaxaca as part of their study away programs at University of Chicago, Pacific Lutheran University, Virginia Commonwealth University, University of Montana, University of Wisconsin Stevens Point, Bard College, Indiana University South Bend, and more. He holds certificates from the Instituto Cervantes

Appreciations: In Recognition of Mark JensenMark Jensen began his career in the French Program at PLU in 1989, fresh from Berkeley. A specialist of nineteenth-century French literature but polymath at heart, Mark wrote his dissertation on Alfred de Vigny’s historical fiction and is a leading scholar of Paul Bénichou, a preeminent critic of French Romanticism. Mark translated, with characteristic precision and elegance, several of Bénichou’s works from French into English–notably The

Course Title RELI 131 The Religions of South Asia - RL, VW, GE RELI 211 Religion and Literature of the Hebrew Bible - RL, IT RELI 212 Religion and Literature of the New Testament - RL, IT RELI 215 Religions of the Ancient Mediterranean - RL, VW, GE RELI 220 Early Christian History - RL, IT RELI 221 Medieval Christian History - RL, IT RELI 224 Always Reforming: The Lutheran Heritage - RL, VW RELI 226 Christian Ethics - RL, VW RELI 227 Introduction to Christian Theologies - RL, VW RELI 229 Health

Publishing RACHEL DIEBEL (2016) Editor, Feiwel & Friends / Square Fish Books (Macmillan Publishers) Major: English, Literature Concentration Minors: Publishing and Printing Arts; Communications; and Women’s and Gender Studies Graduate Degree: Masters of Science in Publishing, Pace University (2018) How did your English major establish a foundation for your career path? My English major laid the groundwork for how I think about and talk about stories, which is an integral part of my job. Loving