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Supported by a generous endowment from the Benson Family, the Dale E. Benson Lecture in Business and Economic History is designed to bring leading experts in the fields of history, business, and
Lutheran Studies at PLU and the Annual Lutheran Studies Conference, please visit the Lutheran Studies Conference page. Natalie Mayer Endowed Lecture SeriesThe late Kurt Mayer escaped Nazi Germany as a child in 1940 on one of the last ships to transport Jewish refugees to America. Eventually Kurt found his way to Tacoma and connected with PLU by way of an invitation to speak to Chris Browning’s class about the Holocaust. Despite some initial skepticism, he audited the class — thus kindling a
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The Lavender Community seeks to honor, celebrate, and uplift the lived experiences of LGBTQ+ students.
broader Tacoma area. The significance of “Lavender” Lavender Graduation Ceremonies are held across the country every year. The origin of the term “lavender” has many variations. According to the Human Rights Campaign (HRC), lavender is a combination of the pink triangle that gay men were forced to wear in concentration camps and the black triangle designating lesbians as political prisoners in Nazi Germany. The LGBTQ civil rights movement took these symbols of hatred and combined them to make symbols
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Major in History Minimum of 36 semester hours; including 4 semester hours of historical methods and research (HIST 301) and 4 semester hours of seminar credits (HIST 499).
structure of the German dictatorship, the evolution of Nazi Jewish policy, the mechanics of the Final Solution, the nature of the perpetrators, the experience and response of the victims, the reaction of the outside world, and the post-war attempt to deal with an unparalleled crime through traditional judicial procedures. Prerequisite: sophomore standing or consent of instructor. (4) HIST 362 : Christians in Nazi Germany This course will study the response of Christians in Germany to Hitler and the
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Sounds of Christmas with a Reformation choral work performed by University Singers and Men’s Chorus and directed by Associated Director of Choral Studies Brian Galante.
from 1933 to 1945. Robert Oelbermann was a Lutheran naturalist; his imprisonment, torture, and death at the hands of the Nazi regime signifies the brutal repression of a sexual minority that once enjoyed considerable freedom throughout Germany. The lecture is free and open to the public.“Luther, Seven Scenes for Brass Quintet”Sunday, April 23 – 3 p.m. – Lagerquist Concert Hall in MBRThe Lyric Brass Quintet will perform “Luther, Seven Scenes for Brass Quintet” composed by PLU music professor
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Sophia Mahr ’18 analyzed how and why medical providers repeatedly and deliberately harmed people in the name of medical science by conducting non-consensual experiments on their subjects.
studies Mahr examined, Kraig said, the people aiding in the corrupt treatment believed they were doing the right thing. “If it’s doing real harm it might come in a package that says ‘I’m doing real good,’” Kraig said. For example, one of the most cited medical studies Mahr examined was the Dachau Hypothermia Experiments, which took place at the first Nazi concentration camp opened in Germany. The victims were submerged in vats of icy water, naked and outdoors in freezing temperatures, only to be
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PLU’s mission to support the education of our students and larger community on issues of diversity and justice are intimately connected to the study of the tragedy of the Holocaust.
diversity and justice are intimately connected to the study of the tragedy of the Holocaust. Students can see that marginalization of a minority group, such as the Jews of Nazi Germany, can lead to life-threatening situations culminating in one of the world’s modern genocides. Issues of distortion and denial make the process of reconciliation and healing less likely and serve as an insult to the memory of all those whose lives were destroyed in the Holocaust. Conference ScheduleCheck out this year’s
Powell-Heller Holocaust Education Conference12180 Park Avenue South, Tacoma, WA 98447-0003 -
TACOMA, WASH. (May 2, 2018) — The Mayer family has a long, storied history of philanthropic endeavors with Pacific Lutheran University. Natalie Mayer wanted to build on that good work by endowing a lecture series that addressed what she saw as a growing need —…
narrative. “My (hope) is to have scholars and artists come to PLU, spend time with students in their classrooms and to have some sort of community event,” Mayer said. “I would like the community to know what we’re doing at Pacific Lutheran University. This is a way to connect the past genocides to the bigotry and hatred of today’s world, to bridge the past with the present.” First, a little backstory. The late Kurt Mayer, Natalie’s father, escaped Nazi Germany as a child in 1940 on one of the last ships
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Raphael Lemkin’s dedication to the punishment and prevention of genocide, primarily through international legal intervention, was founded on a belief in the fundamental rights of all peoples.
meaning of lives that, to perpetrators and many observers, appeared meaningless. Logic is meant to coerce. Logical images of the universe preclude any possible critique of their contents, at least when done right. Max Horkheimer, himself a Jewish academic who fled the Nazi Germany, writing soon after the Second World War and the genocide of Jewish Europeans pointed out as much: “the philosophical systems of objective reason [of the modern world] implied the conviction of an all-embracing or
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Raphael Lemkin’s dedication to the punishment and prevention of genocide, primarily through international legal intervention, was founded on a belief in the fundamental rights of all peoples.
meaning of lives that, to perpetrators and many observers, appeared meaningless. Logic is meant to coerce. Logical images of the universe preclude any possible critique of their contents, at least when done right. Max Horkheimer, himself a Jewish academic who fled the Nazi Germany, writing soon after the Second World War and the genocide of Jewish Europeans pointed out as much: “the philosophical systems of objective reason [of the modern world] implied the conviction of an all-embracing or
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20 semester hours (a minimum of 12 semester hours of upper division) to include: HGST 200 (4) HIST 360 (4) Elective courses (12 semester hours, a minimum of 8 hours upper division) No more than 12
/288/289: Special Topics in Holocaust and Genocide Studies HGST 387/388/389: Special Topics in Holocaust and Genocide Studies HGST 291/491: Independent Studies in Holocaust and Genocide Studies HGST 495: Internship in Holocaust and Genocide Studies HIST 329: Europe and the World Wars: 1914-1945 HIST 362: Christians in Nazi Germany HIST 387/388/389: Special Topics in European History: Holocaust Memories in Berlin, Prague, and Poland RELI 230: Religion and Culture: Judaism in America RELI 237
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