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  • Interdisciplinary Programs faculty and staff.

    Beth Griech-Polelle Director, Holocaust and Genocide Studies Full Profile she/her/hers 253-535-7591 griechba@plu.edu

  • Holocaust and Genocide Studies Programs faculty and staff.

    Beth Griech-Polelle Director of Holocaust and Genocide Studies Full Profile she/her/hers 253-535-7591 griechba@plu.edu

  • Department of History faculty and staff.

    Beth Griech-Polelle Kurt Mayer Chair of Holocaust Studies Full Profile she/her/hers 253-535-7642 griechba@plu.edu

  • PLU is home to an academic minor in Holocaust and Genocide Studies, an endowed chair in Holocaust history, an annual conference on Holocaust education, summer research fellowships for students

    Uncomfortable Truths: Introduction to Holocaust and Genocide Studies class examines the past to change the future More Asking Historic Questions: Beth Griech-Polelle, PLU Kurt Mayer Chair of Holocaust Studies More Holocaust and Genocide Studies Programs at PLUThe Holocaust, other genocides, and mass crimes against humanity are phenomena that command serious study and civic engagement. PLU is home to an academic minor in Holocaust and Genocide Studies, an endowed chair in Holocaust history, an

    Holocaust and Genocide Studies Programs
    Xavier Hall/115 Tacoma, WA 98447
  • Dedicated to the man who named The Crime with No Name Click here for more info and deadline for submissions Through the efforts of PLU Alumnus and Regent, Donald R. Morken, and a colleague, Mr.

    amounts of $750 and $250 respectively. For specific requirements and deadlines regarding this competition, please contact Dr. Beth Griech-Polelle at griechba@plu.edu. Brief Biographical Sketch

  • Established in 1996 to reward outstanding scholarship and encourage graduate study in history, this $2,000 award is presented annually to one or two senior history majors at PLU who intend to study

    . For more information, contact Beth Griech-Polelle.Benson Summer Research Fellowships in Business and Economic HistoryEach year, 2-3 student research fellows are awarded for paid summer research in the field of Business and Economic History. For more information, visit the Business and Economic History website or contact Michael Halvorson.Raphael Lemkin Student Essay ContestYou can earn money and fame for writing a great history essay? Yup, you sure can! Each year, the History department sponsors

  • History students at Pacific Lutheran University develop the skills needed to ask important questions, collect and evaluate evidence, work collaboratively with others, and offer clear and

    department news and stories, check out our blog features and alumni updates. For more on what we offer in our major and minor, just keep reading. What do we do here? History students at Pacific Lutheran University develop the skills needed to ask important questions, collect and evaluate evidence, work collaboratively with others, and offer clear and evidence-based explanations of past events and phenomena. History Faculty Mike Halvorson, Beth Griech-Polelle, Gina Hames, and Rebekah Mergenthal (May 2024

    Professor Rebekah Mergenthal, Chair
    Xavier Hall, Room 109 12180 Park Ave S Tacoma, WA 98447-0003
  • The Holocaust and Genocide Studies program is strongly grounded in PLU’s forty-year dedication to Holocaust Studies and the University’s educational commitment to helping its students develop as

    the Holocaust and genocide is a complex, challenging, and on-going process.For more information or to declare a minor in Holocaust and Genocide Studies, please contact Professor Beth Griech-Polelle (griechba@plu.edu).Uncomfortable TruthsRead MoreUncomfortable Truths: Introduction to Holocaust and Genocide Studies class examines the past to change the futureThe Holocaust in the American Literary ImaginationRead MoreThis year, Professor of English Lisa Marcus will do something different with her

  • New gifts in 2010 in support of the Kurt Mayer Professorship in Holocaust Studies have pushed that endowment total beyond $2 million, making it the third endowed chair at PLU.

    honor the memory of their family and friends who were murdered in the Holocaust and to ensure that the painful lessons learned from the Holocaust will be taught to future generations of students.Kurt Mayer Chair of Holocaust StudiesBeth A. Griech-PolelleThe donors were Kurt and Pam Mayer, Joe and Gloria Mayer, Natalie Mayer-Yeager, Nancy Powell, Carol Powell Heller and Harry Heller. Together they committed both to giving $1 million and to help raise another $1 million to eventually fund a $2 million

  • The History Department is pleased to present the 2024 Spring Capstones Saturday, May 18th - Xavier Hall, Room 201 - 9:00 am-3:00 pm Click on each student name to see their presentation title.

    - INDEPENDENT LUNCH BREAK1:00-2:00 pm - RACE - Comment: Dr. Rebekah MergenthalLilly PrestemonIsaac HesterGunnar SebrightLilly PrestemonThe Fight for the Sea: Struggles of the Makah Tribe and the Lummi Nation for Fishing RightsIsaac HesterLetters Home: The United States Soldiers in the 1899 Philippine InsurrectionGunnar SebrightRodney King to George Floyd: An Analysis of Responses to Police Brutality in America Through a Legislative Lens2:00-3:00 pm - WAR - Comment: Dr. Beth Griech-PolelleAnna MarkoAustin