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Visiting German scholar to lecture this week
April 27, 2007
Beate Hofmann, a German scholar-in-residence, will deliver a speech titled “The Political Dimensions of Christian Faith: Eye-Opening Experiences During the Hitler Regime in Germany” on Wednesday, May 9 at 7:30 p.m. in Nordquist Lecture Hall.
Hofmann is a member of the faculty at the Lutheran University for Applied Sciences in Nuremberg, Germany and holds a doctorate from the University of Munich.
The lecture will feature the story of a young German social worker during the Nazi regime who came to realize that her religious convictions and Nazism were mutually exclusive. Hofmann will describe how the realization changed the woman’s life and work as she began to resist the lawfully elected government of her country.
Hofmann has been visiting at PLU since April 9, and will be here through May 28. She is available to visit or lecture in PLU classes that focus on women’s studies, feminist theology, the history of Germany, the Holocaust, women’s religious experiences and the history of Christianity. As a member of various academic associations in Germany that focus on women in higher education, she is also interested in discussing the challenges and achievements of women teaching in American institutions of higher education.
If faculty members are interested in having Hofmann as a guest in their class, arrangements can be made through Samuel Torvend at ext. 8106 or torvensa@plu.edu.
The lecture will feature the story of a young German social worker during the Nazi regime who came to realize that her religious convictions and Nazism were mutually exclusive. Hofmann will describe how the realization changed the woman’s life and work as she began to resist the lawfully elected government of her country.
Hofmann has been visiting at PLU since April 9, and will be here through May 28. She is available to visit or lecture in PLU classes that focus on women’s studies, feminist theology, the history of Germany, the Holocaust, women’s religious experiences and the history of Christianity. As a member of various academic associations in Germany that focus on women in higher education, she is also interested in discussing the challenges and achievements of women teaching in American institutions of higher education.
If faculty members are interested in having Hofmann as a guest in their class, arrangements can be made through Samuel Torvend at ext. 8106 or torvensa@plu.edu.