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twelve book awards. These include: a USA Jewish Book Award (Women’s Studies), a Vine Award for Canadian Jewish Literature (History), a Canadian Jewish Literary Award (Holocaust Studies), a CHOICE ‘Outstanding Academic Title’ Award, an International Book Award (History), and a Montaigne Medal for thought provoking books.Birth, Sex And Abuse: Women’s Voices Under Nazi RulePaul WeindlingPresentation Title: “Mengele at Auschwitz: Reconstructing the Twins” Who: Paul Weindling, Ph.D. Bio: Paul Weindling is

Literature. Prof. Simpson-Younger comes to us most recently from Luther College, our Iowa ELCA cousin, where she served as a visiting faculty member. She received her PhD from UW-Madison in 2012 and her research focuses on acts of watching vulnerable bodies in the early modern period. A reader at the Folger Shakespeare Library, Simpson-Younger is also very interested in questions of book history, and she  integrates manuscript evidence (including an actual sleeping  potion recipe) into many of her

-winning, Oscar-nominated documentary, and he was elected by The Great Books Foundation as a Significant Writer of War-time Literature for the anthology Standing Down. Hrivnak has made contributions to the greater good of the Northwest region through his involvement in aviation as well as nursing. He is an original member of the Northwest Regional Aviation Program, the Puget Sound Urban Search and Rescue Task Force, and the Pierce County Rescue Systems. Currently, Hrivnak is serving as Assistant Fire

-winning, Oscar-nominated documentary, and he was elected by The Great Books Foundation as a Significant Writer of War-time Literature for the anthology Standing Down. Hrivnak has made contributions to the greater good of the Northwest region through his involvement in aviation as well as nursing. He is an original member of the Northwest Regional Aviation Program, the Puget Sound Urban Search and Rescue Task Force, and the Pierce County Rescue Systems. Currently, Hrivnak is serving as Assistant Fire

the value of literature and writing is even more paramount as we move forward, because it’s acting as kind of a resistance to forces in our culture that want to reduce or simplify experience,” Barot said. “What literature does is restore complexity to the things that people feel and do and think, and celebrate complex emotional, social, intellectual experiences.” As for the future of the Rainier Writing Workshop, Barot looks backward and forward, always with the founders’ vision—and achievements

(medicines, poisons, psychoactive plants), genetic engineering, bio-prospecting, and socio-economic issues surrounding botanical commodities. Prerequisite: BIOL 226. (4) BIOL 358 : Plant Physiology A study of how plants obtain and utilize nutrients, react to environmental factors, and adapt to stress. Focuses on mechanisms at the molecular, cellular, and organismal levels. Explores connections to agriculture and ecology. Relies significantly on primary literature. Includes laboratory. Prerequisite: BIOL

, politics, history, kinship, and economics. (4) ANTH 368 : Edible Landscapes: The Foraging Spectrum - ES, GE The course examines foragers in Africa, North America, and Australia. Using classic ethnographic literature, it provides a cultural ecological perspective of foraging societies in a variety of environments. It also examines how foraging studies inform archaeological research and the challenges that these peoples now face in a rapidly changing world. (4) ANTH 370 : The Archaeology of Ancient

Assistant Professor of Communication Justin Eckstein has held an unwavering interest in argumentation, from a debate summer camp after seventh grade through all levels of college — undergraduate, graduate and doctorate.   “Debate taught me how to construct arguments, it introduced me to a whole host of literature that I would have never been exposed to otherwise. It spiked my curiosity in alternative positions. It also gave me material advantages, it introduced me to a network of potential

-year old Girl from Rhodes Saved her Family from the Holocaust” Convener: Heather Mathews, Associate Professor and Chair, Department of Communication, Media, and Design Arts 3:30 - 3:45 p.m. – Break 3:45 - 5:15 p.m. – ``Exploring the experiences of Ladino speakers,`` AUC Regency RoomCanan Bolel, Assistant Professor in Jewish Cultures, Literature, and Languages of the Eastern Mediterranean, University of Washington-Seattle, “Voicing Ladino, Translating into Ladino: The Sephardic Holocaust on Paper

academic research on a particular topic or field of study. A literature review often appears towards the beginning of an article.MisinformationInformation, usually false, that is disseminated without an intention to cause harm.PaywallDigital barrier that can be encountered when accessing academic information that your library does not have a subscription to. If you are asked to pay for an article, contact a librarian first.Primary sourcesA first-hand account of a situation or event or any original