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  • Interim Director, IHON | International Honors | strumac@plu.edu | 253-535-8774 | Arthur Strum teaches interdisciplinary courses drawing particularly upon philosophy, literature, and political theory.

    Arthur C. T. Strum Interim Director, IHON Phone: 253-535-8774 Email: strumac@plu.edu Professional Biography Additional Titles/Roles IHON-Oxford Interim Program Director Resident Assistant Professor of Multi-Disciplinary Programs Education Ph.D., German Studies, Cornell University, 1997 M.A., Cornell University, 1991 B.A., Stanford University, 1988 Areas of Emphasis or Expertise Humanities Education German Idealist philosophy and Romanticism German philosophy and literature of the Enlightenment

  • Welcome to this year’s edition of Prism, which we’re rolling out in a fully digital format. It’s got some great features — links to sites with extra information on topics discussed in our

    read a profile of Scott in the English Department pages.) As PLU celebrates its 125th year with a visit from His Majesty King Harald V of Norway, we in the Division of Humanities take time to celebrate another outstanding year of teaching, learning, and scholarship. Inquiry and community are two key values in PLU’s mission statement.  In our cover story you’ll read how four of our faculty have pursued inquiry that engages with communities outside PLU — and how this community engagement has in turn

  • Religion faculty and staff.

    Patricia O'Connell Killen Professor Emerita and Faculty Fellow in Humanities Full Profile killenpo@plu.edu

  • The word anthropology comes from the Greek words anthropos, meaning human, and logos, which refers to doctrine, theory or science.

    psychology. Often, anthropological research is multidisciplinary, with specialized divisions including paleoethnobotany, taphonomy and forensics. In the United states the study of anthropology is sub-divided into four major areas of specialization: cultural, archaeological, linguistic and biological anthropology. Cultural Anthropology (Ethnology) studies living human cultures in order to create a cross-cultural understanding of human behavior – distinguished by field-research conducted via participant

  • These Four Years, MediaLab’s newest documentary, will have its on-campus premiere Thursday, April 28, 2016, in the Studio Theater. The film has recently received both the Award of Merit from the Accolade Competition of Southern California and a National Broadcasting Society Award in the documentary…

    Thursday, April 28, 2016. There will be a Q/A session after the show with the student filmmakers. The SOAC FOCUS Series brings together SOAC’s talented students and faculty to examine a chosen theme through a multidisciplinary approach. Through music, art, theatre and film we will explore storytelling, an interactive art form that connects all humans on a deep level, transcending time, location, age and language, while enacting change, understanding and peace.About MediaLab at PLU:MediaLab is an award

  • 2020 has been no stranger to change. Change in communities, ways of life, understanding, normality, mindset: change seems to be the common theme of 2020. With the significant changes that PLU has had to make during the ongoing Covid-19 pandemic, Dr. Jason Schroder, Director of…

    streams through the Viking Ship Prow door outside of the Scandinavian Cultural Center at PLU. Changes to tradition are nothing new, and are in fact what humanities is all about. Upon being asked why people should be connecting to humanities spots like the SCC, Schroeder says, “[The] idea of tradition being passed on, it changes. You’ll hear me say, if you ever have to take a class with me, all tradition is change, which is a quote from Swedish folklorist Barbro Klein.” He emphasizes that tragedies

  • About five years ago, Donovan Conley realized his passion for cooking and good food was something more than a pastime. As an Associate Professor of Communication Studies at University of Nevada, it dawned on him that food had everything to do with his scholarly work.…

    possibilities,” Conley says. The SOAC FOCUS Series brings together SOAC’s talented students and faculty to examine a chosen theme through a multidisciplinary approach. Through music, art, dance, theatre and communication we will explore storytelling, an interactive art form that connects all humans on a deep level, transcending time, location, age and language, while enacting change, understanding and peace. To tell a story is to bring someone into your world, touch their heart, mind and soul. Interested in

  • News for Pacific Lutheran University.

    Joel Earlywine ’17 Wins Best Research Abstract Award Joel Earlywine Wins Best Research Abstract Award Joel Earlywine (PLU Economics, 2017) School of Public Health Boston University, has won the best Research Abstract award for the Association for Multidisciplinary Education and Research in Substance Abuse and Addiction (AMERSA) for 2019. More December 2, 2019

  • Student Code of Conduct The set of rules and regulations by which all Pacific Lutheran University students must abide. Grade Dispute Policies Grade Dispute Policies are different for each division.

    LinksStudent Code of Conduct The set of rules and regulations by which all Pacific Lutheran University students must abide. Grade Dispute Policies Grade Dispute Policies are different for each division. If the following links do not link directly with the policy, please contact the Dean or office of the necessary division: Arts Business Education Humanities Natural Sciences Nursing Social Sciences

  • Irma Altman Pablo Cwainbaum Geanette Kunkes Pola Mikin Sara Pietnica Enrique Shapira Hilda Waksman

    Humanities Wang Center Student-Faculty Research Awards The Kurt Mayer Endowment Digital Humanities Lab