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Getting to the Chemistry DepartmentThe Chemistry Department is housed on the second floor of the Rieke Science Center. The Rieke Science Center is outlined in red on both maps below. For directions on how to get to PLU, click on the first image below for a Google Maps link or see the directions at the bottom of the page. There are also Local Hotels near by as well. Pacific Lutheran University is located 7 miles south of downtown Tacoma, Washington. Take exit 127 off Interstate 5 and head east

European, Mughal, Ottoman, and Russian; the development of the world economic system, especially comparing the West with China and Japan; and cultural globalization in the late 20th and early 21st centuries. (4) HIST 107 : Ancient Near East - IT, GE Surveys the history of the ancient Near East and Mediterranean regions, including ancient Sumer, Egypt, Israel, Persia, Greece, and Rome. Major themes include empire building, religion, law, art, and literature. Students learn to investigate historical

Jehane Noujaim, 2015 Featured Speaker Ms. Noujaim has dedicated her life to directing and producing films in the United States and the Middle East. Before graduating Magna Cum Laude from Harvard, she was awarded the Gardiner Fellowship for Mokattam, an Arabic film she directed about a garbage-collecting village near Cairo, Egypt. Noujaim then joined the MTV News and Documentary Division as a segment producer for the documentary series Unfiltered. She soon left her position at MTV to produce and

reminded me of another important aspect of breaking bread together – the notion of hospitality. It is one of the greatest qualities of a human being to possess a sense of hospitality. In ancient societies, hospitality was considered a great virtue, and refusal to be hospitable to others was a great sin. Travelers from distant lands were offered a warm reception with shelter and food for the night, often without the host knowing the stranger’s history or homeland. Increasingly in today’s society

Mediterranean cultures participated in and enjoyed the advantages of a religiously diverse community. This course examines the ways in which religion shaped the cultures of the ancient Mediterranean world. (4) RELI 220 : Early Christian History - RL, IT This course explores the social, cultural, and theological diversity and forms of self-definition of early Christian history across territories in which it emerged, including Western Asia, North and East Africa, and Western Europe. In this course, emphasis

smooth as possible. Move In, Unloading, and Parking Directions from Interstate 5 Harstad Hall Take exit 127 off Interstate 5 and head east on Highway 512. Continue on 512 for approximately two miles. Take the WA-7/Pacific Ave exit. Turn right on Pacific Avenue S Turn right on 121st Street S. Turn left on Park Avenue. Harstad Hall is the second building on your right. If you are significantly early, and need a convenient place to park and wait, you will be directed to a nearby parking lot. If you

of food. But thinking about this issue reminded me of another important aspect of breaking bread together – the notion of hospitality. It is one of the greatest qualities of a human being to possess a sense of hospitality. In ancient societies, hospitality was considered a great virtue, and refusal to be hospitable to others was a great sin. Travelers from distant lands were offered a warm reception with shelter and food for the night, often without the host knowing the stranger’s history or

ANNUAL NATALIE MAYER AND RAPHAEL LEMKIN LECTUREUndesirables: Forced Mobilities and Internments in Mediterranean Bande Dessinée April 2, 2024 | 7:00 pm Presented by Professor Aomar Boum Scandinavian Cultural Center, AUC This event is free and open to the public. Professor Aomar Boum, The Maurice Amado Chair in Sephardic Studies in the Departments of Anthropology, Near Eastern Languages and Cultures, and History at the University of California, Los Angeles, will be our Lemkin Lecturer on Tuesday