Nobel Prize Winner and Turkish
Author Orhan Pamuk Reads in Seattle
On October 15
Seattle’s Arts and Lectures Anniversary season at
Benaroya Hall hosted Orhan Pamuk to read from
several of his literary works. read
more
Home Schooling vs Conventional
Schooling
Home schooling is a practice that is both familiar
and mostly accepted in the United States. But how
about in other parts of the world?
In
Germany,
for instance the practice has been met
with opposition. read
more
Historical Oddities &
Ends
Did you know that the highly acclaimed Le Cordon
Bleu Cooking School that was founded in Paris,
France in 1895 takes its name from a 16th
Century Order of the Knights of the Holy Spirit and
the blue ribbon on the medal that identified their
loyal and often royal well-fed members? read
more
The Hungarian
Revolution: Fifty years later
A commemorative event held at the UW
October 23, 2006, marks the fiftieth
anniversary of the Hungarian uprising against Soviet
occupiers. read more
Wörterwanderung
Deutsche Wörter haben sich in fast allen Sprachen
der Welt eingebürgert.
Die Schweden entwickeln „Fingerspitzengefühl“,
Russen geraten in „Zeitnot“ und Nigerianer
fragen sich „Is das so?“. Solchen Wörterwanderungen...
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more
What is culture?
This is
the first question
Professor Viktoria
Harms asked the
students in her
Contemporary German
Culture class at the
University of
Washington.
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Learning as an
experience
There are not a lot of
schools out there that
describe learning as a
journey, let alone an
exciting journey. And
I dare to say that
there are not a lot of
students that would
portray learning that
way, either.
read more
Waldorf Schools -
Pro or Con?
Waldorf Schools are a
unique educational
institution, founded
by Austrian-born
Rudolf Steiner in
Germany in 1913.
Fifteen years later
the first American
Waldorf School opened
its doors in New York.
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The old and new world
can learn from each
other
In
February 2004, Seattle
Pacific University
opened its doors for
the 21st Annual
European Studies
Symposium. read more
