Centre for Transnational Mennonite Studies
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Mennonites, Land, and Settler Colonialism
Recorded October 4, 2024, at “Subjects, Settlers, Citizens: The 1870s Mennonites in Historical Context,” a conference hosted by CTMS at the University of Winnipeg (Panel 3)
Chair: Michaela Hiebert
Presentations:
• Carlos Colorado reading Joseph Wiebe, “Using Critical Indigenous Concepts in Mennonite Studies”
• Shelisa Klassen, “Manitoba’s Most Prosperous Agriculturalists: Mennonites, Land, and the Settler Colonial Project”
• Jonathan Hildebrand, “Water, Land, and Indigenous Presence: Reconsidering the West Reserve’s ‘Barren’ Prairielands”
Full conference program at ctms.uwinnipeg.ca/events/subjects-settlers-citizens/
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Introduction to "Subjects, Settlers, Citizens: The 1870s Mennonites in Historical Context"
มุมมอง 3092 หลายเดือนก่อน
Recorded October 4, 2024, at the University of Winnipeg • Welcome: Tracy Whalen, Dean of Arts, University of Winnipeg • Opening Remarks: Aileen Friesen, Co-director of CTMS, University of Winnipeg • Conference Introduction: Ben Nobbs-Thiessen, Chair in Mennonite Studies, University of Winnipeg Full conference program at ctms.uwinnipeg.ca/events/subjects-settlers-citizens/
Opening Ruptures and Forging Connections: Cultural Production Among 1870s Descendants
มุมมอง 1812 หลายเดือนก่อน
Recorded October 5, 2024, at “Subjects, Settlers, Citizens: The 1870s Mennonites in Historical Context,” a conference hosted by CTMS at the University of Winnipeg (Panel 6) Moderator: Robert Zacharias Featuring: • Featuring Armin Wiebe • Miriam Rudolph, “Storied Land: (Re)mapping Winnipeg” • Di Brandt, “‘Some one came knocking / At my wee small door’: A Brief Oral History of Poetic Practices in...
Elder Dave Scott (Swan Lake First Nation) - Oral Histories of Indigenous-Mennonite Encounters
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Recorded October 5, 2024, at “Subjects, Settlers, Citizens: The 1870s Mennonites in Historical Context,” a conference hosted by CTMS at the University of Winnipeg Keynote address by Elder Dave Scott, of Swan Lake First Nation. Followed by remarks by Finn Rachul. Introduction by Will Braun. Full conference program at ctms.uwinnipeg.ca/events/subjects-settlers-citizens/
Conclusion to "Subjects, Settlers, Citizens: The 1870s Mennonites in Historical Context"
มุมมอง 842 หลายเดือนก่อน
Recorded October 5, 2024, at the University of Winnipeg Ben Nobbs-Thiessen, Chair in Mennonite Studies, delivers closing remarks to "Subjects, Settlers, Citizens: The 1870s Mennonites in Historical Context." Full conference program at ctms.uwinnipeg.ca/events/subjects-settlers-citizens/
Knowledges Out of Place: Nature, Politics, and Art of the 1870s Migrants
มุมมอง 2462 หลายเดือนก่อน
Recorded October 5, 2024, at “Subjects, Settlers, Citizens: The 1870s Mennonites in Historical Context,” a conference hosted by CTMS at the University of Winnipeg (Panel 4) Chair: Jeremy Wiebe Presentations: • Royden Loewen, “Siloed Knowledges: Manitoba Settlers Think about Nature, 1880-1890” • Christopher Sundby, “The Mennonites’ Other Anarchists: Peter Kropotkin, Leo Tolstoy, and Abraham Isaa...
Delegates, Immigration Agents, and Treaty-Making
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Recorded October 4, 2024, at “Subjects, Settlers, Citizens: The 1870s Mennonites in Historical Context,” a conference hosted by CTMS at the University of Winnipeg (Panel 2) Chair: Aileen Friesen Presentations: • Ernest Braun, “‘But Not Manitoba’: William Ewert’s 1873 Visit” • Blake Hamm, “Theology Visualized as Geography: The Settlements of the 1870s Migration” • Ryan Eyford, “Public-Private Co...
Leaving the Russian Empire: Religion, Identity, and Neighbours Transformed
มุมมอง 4722 หลายเดือนก่อน
Recorded October 4, 2024, at “Subjects, Settlers, Citizens: The 1870s Mennonites in Historical Context,” a conference hosted by CTMS at the University of Winnipeg (Panel 1) Chair: Blake Hamm Presentations: • Aileen Friesen, “Community Tensions and Migration: Negotiating and Explaining an Exodus” • Naemi Fast, “Mapping Russian Mennonite Spirituality Practices in the Mid-19th Century” • Olena Kho...
Newcomers Remaking Villages and Communities
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Recorded October 5, 2024, at “Subjects, Settlers, Citizens: The 1870s Mennonites in Historical Context,” a conference hosted by CTMS at the University of Winnipeg (Panel 5) Chair: Conrad Stoesz Presentations: • Graham Schellenberg, “Lichtfeld: Tradition and Transformation” • Jock Lehr, “From Strassendorf to Bruderhof: The Schmiedeleut Colony of Blumengart” • Sherry Sawatzky-Dyck and Joan Garbut...
Celebrating 20 Years of the D. F. Plett Historical Research Foundation
มุมมอง 732 หลายเดือนก่อน
Recorded October 4, 2024, at “Subjects, Settlers, Citizens: The 1870s Mennonites in Historical Context,” a conference hosted by CTMS at the University of Winnipeg Royden Loewen, former Chair in Mennonite Studies, reflects on the life of Delbert F. Plett and the D. F. Plett Historical Research Foundation. Full conference program at ctms.uwinnipeg.ca/events/subjects-settlers-citizens/
Mennonites Meet Their New Neighbours
มุมมอง 4273 หลายเดือนก่อน
When Mennonites arrived in Manitoba in the 1870s, they entered a province in the midst of transition. They were part of an experiment in settling less hospitable parts of the prairie in ethnic block settlements, and this meant that their interactions with their neighbours were of great interest to the other settlers as well as Indigenous people. To mark the sesquicentennial of Mennonite settlem...
What Happened at Fort Dufferin?
มุมมอง 5136 หลายเดือนก่อน
To mark the sesquicentennial of Mennonite settlement in Manitoba, local historian Eleanor Chornoboy gives a presentation on the experience of Mennonites at the Fort Dufferin immigration station. While the Mennonite immigrants to Manitoba who settled in the East Reserve, starting in 1874, typically disembarked from riverboats at a site at the confluence of the Red and Rat Rivers, the earliest Me...
About "Mennonite History for Young People"
มุมมอง 1056 หลายเดือนก่อน
The Mennonite History for Young People series tells the story of the Mennonites who arrived in Manitoba from Russia in the 1870s and migrated to Mexico and Paraguay in the 1920s. Developed to supplement social studies curricula in Canada, the books can also serve as non-fiction readers for language classes. The books are written to engage both students and adults alike, in accessible language a...
About "Mennonite History for Young People" (enn Plautdietsch!)
มุมมอง 1066 หลายเดือนก่อน
The Mennonite History for Young People series tells the story of the Mennonites who arrived in Manitoba from Russia in the 1870s and migrated to Mexico and Paraguay in the 1920s. Developed to supplement social studies curricula in Canada, the books can also serve as non-fiction readers for language classes. The books are written to engage both students and adults alike, in accessible language a...
Virtual Launch of James Urry’s “On Stony Ground”
มุมมอง 3787 หลายเดือนก่อน
On April 25, 2024, James Urry joined us from New Zealand for the webinar launch of his new book “On Stony Ground: Russländer Mennonites and the Rebuilding of Community in Grunthal.” Hosted by Aileen Friesen, co-director of CTMS. “On Stony Ground” presents a historical ethnographic account of a generation of Mennonites from the Soviet Union who, following Russia’s revolution and civil war, immig...
From Occupation to Sanctuary: The Faith Politics of Latinx Freedom Movements, 1960s to 1980s
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From Occupation to Sanctuary: The Faith Politics of Latinx Freedom Movements, 1960s to 1980s
Exodus and Accommodation
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Exodus and Accommodation
Immigration, Deportation, and Encounters
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Immigration, Deportation, and Encounters
Education and Identity in Canada
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Education and Identity in Canada
Feature Conversation with Sandra Birdsell about "The Russländer"
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Feature Conversation with Sandra Birdsell about "The Russländer"
Neighbours, Revolution, and Civil War
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Neighbours, Revolution, and Civil War
The Soviet Promise
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The Soviet Promise
Welcome and Introduction to "The Russlaender Mennonites: War, Dislocation, and New Beginnings"
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Welcome and Introduction to "The Russlaender Mennonites: War, Dislocation, and New Beginnings"
An Immigrant Culture
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An Immigrant Culture
"I Have Nothing to Add" Documentary Film and Presentation
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"I Have Nothing to Add" Documentary Film and Presentation
Feature Conversation with Sarah Klassen about "The Russian Daughter"
มุมมอง 321ปีที่แล้ว
Feature Conversation with Sarah Klassen about "The Russian Daughter"
Feature Conversation with David Bergen about "Away from the Dead"
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Feature Conversation with David Bergen about "Away from the Dead"
Conform: The Mennonite Migration to Mexico of the 1920s
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Conform: The Mennonite Migration to Mexico of the 1920s
Russlaender 100 Ontario Events Preview
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Russlaender 100 Ontario Events Preview
Russlaender 100 Manitoba Events Preview
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Russlaender 100 Manitoba Events Preview