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September 29, 2008 The comic book final gets some respect as literature Harvard professor Hillary Chute took students and faculty alike into the world of graphic novels, from a woman’s point of view, last week. In a talk titled “Comics as Literature: Women’s Contemporary Graphic Narratives,” Chute spoke of how the issues in women’s lives, from significant others to sexual abuse, are explored in graphic novels, or narratives written on comic book form. Now teaching at Harvard University, Chute
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wontons The class getting to try their hand at folding and sealing wontons Steaming the dumplings Veggie eggrolls This year's theme is Food & Literature
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Renee Simms Fiction, Nonfiction Biography Biography Renee Simms, J.D., MFA, is a recipient of a National Endowment for the Arts Creative Writing Fellowship, a John Gardner Fiction Fellowship at Bread Loaf, and fellowships from Ragdale and Vermont Studio Center. She’s an associate professor of African American Studies at University of Puget Sound and teaches with the Rainier Writing Workshop, Pacific Lutheran’s low-residency MFA program. Her debut story collection Meet Behind Mars was a Foreword
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- 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
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curiosity, keep them on track for graduation and prepare for post-graduate plans. Subject areas include African-American Studies, Architecture, Biochemistry and Biology, Economics, Film, Mathematics, Human Rights and International Affairs, Journalism, Psychology, Slavic Languages and Literature, Spanish, Sustainable Development and many others. Additionally, Columbia Summer offers subject-specific programs and certifications, including: Arts in the Summer Business Certifications of Professional
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May 7, 2013 PLU President Tom Krise teaches a course on Caribbean literature during the spring semester. (Photos by John Froschauer) President Krise goes to the front of the class…to teach By Katie Scaff ’13 When students walked into Admin 214 at the beginning of spring semester for English 216: African and Caribbean short stories, some were a little surprised to find the university president, Tom Krise, standing in the front of the room with Professor Barbara Temple-Thurston. “There were some
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website to deepen their understanding and broaden their perspective on the topics and themes the book covers.2019.2020 Common ReadingKindred: A Graphic Novel Adaptation by Damian Duffy and John Throughout her career, Octavia Butler, from whose work the graphic novel is adapted, broke new ground and the boundaries of gender, race, class, and genre. As a woman and an African American in the realm of science fiction, Butler thrived in a genre typically dominated by white males. As a child, she was
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Florida Convener: Dr. Robert P. Ericksen, Kurt Mayer Chair of Holocaust Studies (Emeritus), PLU 8:00 p.m. – AUC Gray AreaPlease join us for a dessert reception following the keynote.Thursday, October 26th9:30 a.m. – AUC Gray AreaRegistration & Coffee 10:00 - 11:45 a.m. – The Genocidal Gaze, AUC Regency Room Elizabeth Baer, “German Genocide in Africa and the Third Reich: Imperialism, Race, and Sexual Violence” Dr. Elizabeth Baer is the Research Professor of English and African Studies at Gustavus
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. Beth Kraig Are you brave or are you insane for coming out at a Lutheran university in the 90s… or are you just doing the right thing? Read her story Beth Kraig, Professor of History in phased retirement, and one the first two openly queer faculty members at PLU. Brian Norman How do you move institutions towards living the values they claim to hold? Read his story Brian Norman ’99, student activist and American and African-American Literature scholar. Colleen Hacker How tough do you have to be to
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“Stein, a UCLA historian, has ferocious research talents […] and a writing voice that is admirably light and human.” Stein’s most recent book, Wartime North Africa, A Documentary History 1934-1950 (Stanford University Press, with the cooperation of the USHMM, 2022), the first-ever collection of primary documents on North African history and the Holocaust, gives voice to the diversity of those involved—Muslims, Christians, and Jews; women, men, and children; black, brown, and white; the unknown and
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