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  • Guangzhou University, China Sichuan University, China Reims Management School, France Instituto Cultural Oaxaca, Mexico University of Namibia Telemark University College, Norway Bjorknes College,

    Partnerships, Agreements, & MembershipsPLU and the Wang Center have partnered with numerous organizations and institutions over the years to reach the vision and the goals of both PLU and its partners.Academic Partnerships and Agreements Guangzhou University, China Sichuan University, China Reims Management School, France Instituto Cultural Oaxaca, Mexico University of Namibia Telemark University College, Norway Bjorknes College, Norway Thor Heyerdahl Institute, Norway Regents Park College

  • Panel: Michael Artime, Corey L. ook, Justin Eckstein, Mary Ellard-Ivey, Sergia Hay, and Heidi Schutz Location: Scandinavian Cultural Center

    Disarming Polarization: Navigating Conflict and Difference in the 21st CenturyThursday, March 5Friday, March 6Thursday, March 58:15 - 9:45 a.m. | Welcome and Introduction: Asking the Questions Panel: Michael Artime, Corey L. ook, Justin Eckstein, Mary Ellard-Ivey, Sergia Hay, and Heidi Schutz Location: Scandinavian Cultural Center 9:55 - 11:40 a.m. | Religious Divides and the Expanding Circle of Cooperation Speaker: Dr. Ara Norenzayan, Professor of Psychology, University of British Columbia

  • TACOMA, WASH. (Nov. 2, 2017)- “What makes an American an American?” This is a question Thomas Kim ‘15 thinks about often. As a newly married third-year law student with employment lined up after graduation, an activist philanthropist and an upstanding community member, Kim checks all…

    third-year law student with employment lined up after graduation, an activist philanthropist and an upstanding community member, Kim checks all the “American” boxes. Except for one: actually being a legal citizen. Kim is one of the approximately 800,000 Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals recipients in the United States. DACA grants temporary visas to young people who arrived in the United States with their parents as undocumented immigrants. While Kim might not be an American legally, he is

  • PLU returned victorious from the Pan-American Debating Championships March 10-12 at the University of La Verne in Pomona, Calif., where debaters from universities nationwide and more than nine different countries gathered for divisions in English and Spanish Worlds Style debate. In a difficult final round…

    PLU wins Pan-American Debating Championships Posted by: Todd / March 16, 2017 March 16, 2017 PLU returned victorious from the Pan-American Debating Championships March 10-12 at the University of La Verne in Pomona, Calif., where debaters from universities nationwide and more than nine different countries gathered for divisions in English and Spanish Worlds Style debate. In a difficult final round against Cornell University and University of Denver, Pacific Lutheran University seniors Kate Hall

  • TACOMA, WASH. (Sept. 15, 2017)- Pacific Lutheran University students are people of many interests. This semester, several courses illustrate how the university’s curriculum caters to those eclectic interests. Beyoncé and Black Feminist Theory “Who Beyoncé is for?” is not usually a question that you ask…

    grandmother not come to the U.S. that year. (Photo by John Froschauer/PLU) The Holocaust in the American Literary ImaginationThis year, Professor of English Lisa Marcus will do something different with her class, “The Holocaust in the American Literary Imagination.” Along with readings, literary analysis and the other trappings of a literature course, students will work with historical artifacts from the Holocaust. “To engage in the material,” Marcus said, “I think one has to do other things than just

  • The Pacific Lutheran University Symphony Orchestra will close its 2015-16 season with a blend of brand new works and twentieth-century masterpieces. The concert on Tuesday, May 10 at 8pm, features violinist Laura Hillis ’17 and composer Emilio Gonzalez ’16, and will be conducted by Jeffrey…

    Students featured in University Symphony Orchestra season closer Posted by: Mandi LeCompte / May 2, 2016 May 2, 2016 The Pacific Lutheran University Symphony Orchestra will close its 2015-16 season with a blend of brand new works and twentieth-century masterpieces. The concert on Tuesday, May 10 at 8pm, features violinist Laura Hillis ’17 and composer Emilio Gonzalez ’16, and will be conducted by Jeffrey Bell-Hanson. The concert opens with a new orchestral fanfare, Bright Light Rising, by Scott

  • As scholars of the Humanities in the 21st century we find ourselves working in unusual settings. Places of faith and worship, educational contexts like high schools and public libraries, in newspapers, in comment forums, on radio shows, our “workplaces” often do not resemble the ivory towers of old.Vignette #1 Prime Time Family Reading Night I ask the question again… “what are symbols and why are they important?” My audience, a mix of children ages 6 to 10 and their families, settle into the

  • 9:55 a.m. | March 5 | Regency Room Click here to see a recording of Dr. Ara Norenzayan's talk! Who: Dr.

    before joining the faculty of New York University as Professor of Philosophy and Law in 2014. In addition to teaching regularly about African traditional religions, his current interests range over African and African-American intellectual history and literary studies, ethics, the connections between moral philosophy and psychology, and political philosophy and the philosophy of the social sciences. His work at the interface of ethics and psychology was recognized in a special issue of the journal

  • Professor of Religion | Global Studies Program | hammerej@plu.edu | 253-535-7225 | Erik Hammerstrom has had a deep affinity with Buddhism since he was young and has spent his entire adult life in its study.

    Teaching and Practice of Avataṃsaka Buddhism in Twentieth-Century China (Columbia University Press, Sheng Yen Series in Chinese Buddhist Studies 2020) : View Book The Science of Chinese Buddhism: Early Twentieth - Century Engagements (Columbia University Press, Sheng Yen Series in Chinese Buddhist Studies 2015) : View Book Biography Erik Hammerstrom has had a deep affinity with Buddhism since he was young and has spent his entire adult life in its study. At PLU, he teaches a variety of classes that all

  • Professor of Religion | The PLU Chinese Studies Program | hammerej@plu.edu | 253-535-7225 | Erik Hammerstrom has had a deep affinity with Buddhism since he was young and has spent his entire adult life in its study.

    Teaching and Practice of Avataṃsaka Buddhism in Twentieth-Century China (Columbia University Press, Sheng Yen Series in Chinese Buddhist Studies 2020) : View Book The Science of Chinese Buddhism: Early Twentieth - Century Engagements (Columbia University Press, Sheng Yen Series in Chinese Buddhist Studies 2015) : View Book Biography Erik Hammerstrom has had a deep affinity with Buddhism since he was young and has spent his entire adult life in its study. At PLU, he teaches a variety of classes that all