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  • Tuesday, March 7, 2023 7:00 PM, Scandinavian Cultural Center, AUC This event is open to the campus community for in-person attendance.

    Victoria Chang Victoria ChangTuesday, March 7, 2023 7:00 PM, Scandinavian Cultural Center, AUC This event is open to the campus community for in-person attendance. Victoria Chang’s most recent book of poetry, The Trees Witness Everything was published by Copper Canyon Press and Corsair Books in the U.K. in 2022, and was named one of the Best Books of 2022 by the New Yorker and The Guardian. Her nonfiction book, Dear Memory (Milkweed Editions), was published in 2021 and was named a favorite

  • 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

  • The college houses Anthropology, Economics, English, Global & Cultural Studies, History, Philosophy, Political Science, Religion, Sociology & Criminal Justice, and the Master of Fine Arts in

    This Little World: A How-to Guide for Social Innovators, new book by Professor Mike Halvorson Read More Here PLU becomes the second Washington university to join prestigious international studies organization Read article College of Liberal StudiesThe college houses Anthropology, Economics, English, Global & Cultural Studies, History, Philosophy, Political Science, Religion, Sociology & Criminal Justice, and the Master of Fine Arts in Creative Writing. The Individualized Major and

    College of Liberal Studies
    Xavier Hall - Suite 152, Office 155 Tacoma, WA 98447
  • Lucia Candidate orientation, rehearsals, and interview dates will begin the first Sunday of November (Nov 3, 2024) at 4pm in the Scandinavian Cultural Center.

    begin the first Sunday of November (Nov 3, 2024) at 4pm in the Scandinavian Cultural Center. 2024 Lucia ScholarshipApplication for Lucia ScholarshipApply NowPast winners of the Scandinavian Cultural Center Lucia Scholarship are:1950-19591950  Lola (Murk) Gracey 1951  Unknown 1952  Unknown 1953  Charlotte (Brandt) Nordling 1954  Marion (Churness) Salvage 1955  Lois (Grimsrud) Capps 1956  Joy (Nelson) Johnson 1957  Hazel Dell Hansen 1958  Nadine (Bruins) Tetrault 1959  Nancy Johanson1960-19691960 Judy

  • Thursday, October 17, 2024 7:00 PM, Scandinavian Cultural Center, AUC 100 This event is open to the campus community for in-person attendance.

    Jason Koo Jason Koo Thursday, October 17, 2024 7:00 PM, Scandinavian Cultural Center, AUC 100 This event is open to the campus community for in-person attendance. Jason Koo is a second-generation Korean American poet, educator, editor and nonprofit director. He is the author of four full-length collections of poetry: No Rest, a winner of the Diode Editions Book Contest, More Than Mere Light, America’s Favorite Poem and Man on Extremely Small Island. His work has been published in Best American

  • Speaker: Lid King, Ph.D. Respondent: Chuck Tanner Time: 6:30 p.m. Date: Wednesday, May 2 Place: Scandinavian Cultural Center Free and open to the public

    The 2018 Natalie Mayer Holocaust and Genocide Studies Lecture The Language of HateDeveloping a Counter-narrative to Internet Hate Speech Wednesday, May 2, at 6:30 p.m. in the Scandinavian Cultural Center Speaker: Lid King, Ph.D. Clear language – lucid, rational language – to a man at war with both truth and reason, is an existential threat,… a direct assault on his obfuscations, contradictions and lies… (John Le Carré, 2017) Please join us in welcoming Lid King, Ph.D. as he describes how hate

  • On Tuesday, January 16, 2018, the director of the Scandinavian Cultural Center, Jason Schroeder, interviewed SCC member and rosemaler, Julie Ann Hebert about her rosemaling.

    Lessons from Julie Ann Hebert: The Art of RosemalingOn Tuesday, January 16, 2018, the director of the Scandinavian Cultural Center, Jason Schroeder, interviewed SCC member and rosemaler, Julie Ann Hebert about her rosemaling. In the three hours they spent together, they talked about rosemaling, art in general, family histories, and teaching. In the interview, Julie Ann pointed out that she created her sitting room as a gift for her Norwegian grandmother, who had not had a sitting room. Julie

  • Welcome to the Spring 2020 Global Studies Capstones. 

    overall environmental legacy of French colonization in Senegal. The main research questions we aim to investigate looks at what the environmental legacies of colonialism were for Senegal and how they are related to climate change. This research offers suggestions as to if France and other colonial powers should offer climate reparations and how these solutions can support environmental justice. Due to the fact that previous research has mainly focused on economic, cultural, government, and educational

  • Perspective: Rethinking the global citizen The field of Subaltern Studies came into existence to address a perceived problem with the way that existing scholarly paradigms in anthropology, Latin American studies, and many other fields, had understood the “objects” of study: people in cultures other than…

    most respectable form, it promotes a “World of Understanding” that students can use to learn about cultures and cultural diversity in the United States and abroad, develop intercultural skills and become involved citizens, both locally and globally. However, during my semester in Oaxaca and as part of my Kelmer Roe Fellowship research project on emigration, I found myself wondering who was included in the definition of global citizen and how the migrants impacted by globalization defined themselves

  • The PLU Anthropology Department is dedicated to understanding the nature and variety of all humanity. Humankind has great cultural diversity, significant biological uniformity and an undeniable

    Anthropology @ PLUOur MissionThe Anthropology Program is dedicated to understanding the nature and variety of all humanity.  Humankind has great cultural diversity, significant biological uniformity and an undeniable unity with the rest of nature. Greater awareness, appreciation, and understanding of both the difference and commonalities among humans helps to combat ignorance and prejudice.  The heart of the anthropological message is respect for all humanity in its amazing diversity.  We