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MHSBC is a community-funded organization, and we depend on your support. Your donation helps preserve our Mennonite stories and heritage for future generations. Funds are used to keep our archives open to public users; upgrade equipment; support our few staff members; bring you the latest research on Mennonite history through the Roots and Branches newsletter; and to sponsor special events. Tax-deductible receipts are provided.
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Details of the Poland History Tour with Richard Thiessen:
The Mennonite Experience in Poland History Tour 2024.
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The "Research and Articles" webpage allows writers and researchers to post research and short articles in support of
items in Roots and Branches, or as stand alone documents.
Glenn Penner, University of Guelph, is compiling DNA from Mennonite men with his "Y-DNA Wish List."
Along with men with specific surnames, the Y-DNA part of the Mennonite DNA Project is interested in having any man who has paternal Low-German Mennonite join the project.
Click on "Research Articles" in the left menu to download a PDF document with the details on how to participate.
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Messages from Aileen Friesen Co-director of the Centre for Transnational Mennonite Studies at The University of Winnipeg
Do you have a Mennonite history-related project that needs financial support? We may be able to help! Twice each year, the Plett Foundation awards grants to
support research and publications. The next grant application deadline is March 15.
Research grants cover expenses like travel and accommodation for research trips, and archival fees. Publication grants may be used for the production of books,
documentaries, and exhibits. To qualify, projects must be related to the history of the Mennonites who migrated to Canada from Russia in the 1870s,
their descendants, or their ancestors. (Did you know this is the 150th anniversary year of Mennonite settlement in Manitoba? Maybe you have a related project!)
Projects funded by the Plett Foundation in the past year include:
- A video setting of Patrick Friesen's poem "Maria".
- Publication of Nina Schroeder-van 't Schip's forthcoming book Mennonites and Art in the Dutch Republic: Church, Home, and Art Marketplace (1581-1795)
- Production of a historical atlas of Manitoba's West Reserve
- Dale Hildebrand's documentary film
about the 1870s migration of Mennonites to Manitoba
- Research trips to Poland, Mexico, Bolivia, and Paraguay
For more information and to apply, visit our website.
— Aileen Friesen
Executive Director, Plett Foundation
Co-director, CTMS>br?
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Messages from Ben Nobbs-Thiessen Chair in Mennonite Studies & Co-director of CTMS at the Centre for Transnational Mennonite Studies at The University of Winnipeg
I'm pleased to share that Felipe Hinojosa, professor of history at Baylor University, will deliver the Eighth Annual CTMS Lecture at the University of Winnipeg Club on Wednesday,
April 3, at 7 pm CDT, titled “From Occupation to Sanctuary: The Faith Politics of Latinx Freedom Movements, 1960s to 1980s.”
Dr. Hinojosa's first book was Latino Mennonites: Civil Rights, Faith, and Evangelical Culture (Johns Hopkins University Press, 2014).
His new book,
Apostles of Change: Latino Radical Politics, Church Occupations, and the Fight to Save the Barrio (University of Texas Press, 2021), tells the story
of the clash between Latino radical activists and religious leaders in 1969 and 1970 as they occupied churches to protest urban renewal, poverty, police brutality, and racism.
Join us in person, and stay for refreshments, or tune in to the livestream. The University of Winnipeg Club is located on the fourth floor of Wesley Hall,
at 515 Portage Avenue, Winnipeg.
— Ben Nobbs-Thiessen
Chair in Mennonite Studies & Co-director, CTMS
Register to Attend: Register for the Event.
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As a new university year gets underway, I have a few CTMS announcements to share. First, I'm happy to announce our next conference. On the occasion of
another significant anniversary, the sesquicentennial of Mennonite settlement in Manitoba, we will hold the conference
"Subjects, Settlers, Citizens: The 1870s Mennonites in Historical Context" on October 4 and 5, 2024, at the University of Winnipeg.
A call for papers has been posted, and we look forward to receiving submissions from potential presenters. See below for more information.
Second, the new issue of the Journal of Mennonite Studies will soon be arriving in subscriber mailboxes. This issue includes six articles from the 2022 conference
"Indigenous-Mennonite Encounters in Time and Space," held at Conrad Grebel University College, as well as other research articles and book reviews.
If you're not a subscriber, you can become one!
JMS now publishes twice a year.
Finally, my colleagues and I are teaching four courses in the Mennonite Studies program at the University of Winnipeg: the introductory courses
Mennonite Studies I and II, a seminar on the history of Mennonites in Russia, and a seminar on Mennonites and the environment.
Registration is still open for the fall and winter semesters.
— Ben Nobbs-Thiessen
Chair in Mennonite Studies & Co-director of CTMS
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See the MHM website at: www.mennonitemuseum.org.
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Volunteer at the Mennonite Heritage Museum Gardens!
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YouTube link for Louise Bergen Price's MHM Book Launch “The Canada Coat” recording of the event.
YouTube Link for for Dr. Richard Toews' recorded Virtual Book Launch, The Confession.
Center for Transnational Mennonite Studies, University of Winnipeg presents "Packing for Canada,"
a fascinating presentation on Russlaender Mennonite material culture.
A recording of the event is now available on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j2EEgrZhX9Y.
The Center for Transnational Mennonite Studies, University of Winnipeg, presents 11 sessions of "MCC at 100" On YouTube.
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The MHSBC / MHM YouTube Videos for the Anabaptist Story |
MHSBC Introductory Video with Jennifer Martens: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCB87-Sa-T8DmyfVOcIjeTNQ/ |
MHM Introductory Video with Jenny Bergen: https://youtu.be/C2TnhT5dLzs |
Presentation by Richard Thiessen: https://youtu.be/nXuVgWhu15g |
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