Inaugural Lecture Launching new Centre for Transnational Mennonite Studies at The University of Winnipeg
Plan to join us on May 5 at 7:00 p.m. for the launch of the Centre for Transnational Mennonite Studies (CTMS) and its inaugural…
Call for Papers: “Mennonites, Land and the Environment: A Global History”
…October 21-22, 2016. See the “Call for Papers” above for all the details. Submit a 100 word proposal and short CV to…
Chortizter Mennonite History Book Launch
East Reserve Historical Series volume launched Volume Five of the East Reserve Historical Series was launched at the Mennonite Heritage…
CTMS Lecture and Opening of the Mennonite Heritage Archives
…launch at 7:00 pm followed by a reception and the annual CTMS lecture by Dr. Royden Loewen, entitled “Hoax and…
Archival records preserved with financial support from the Plett Foundation
…Centre Archives (MHC) in Winnipeg. The collection includes valuable documents like an original of the 1873 agreement made between Mennonites…
“Mennonite History for Young People” Series Launched
…Village, 231 PTH 12 North, Steinbach, Manitoba, R5G 1T8 Die Mennonitische Post, 383 Main Street, Steinbach, Manitoba, R5G 1Z4 D. F.…
‘At home in this world, or the next’? A Foundation supported research project
…among Russian Mennonites, as a sense of where, exactly, Mennonites find themselves at “home”: in this world or the next. Specifically,…
3rd Annual “Christmas at Chortitz”, December 10
The historic Chortitz Church in Randolph, Manitoba will be hosting their 3rd annual “Christmas at Chortitz” event on December 10,…
Submit an Article
…submitted by mail:\n\nSubmissions can also be sent by mail\n\n 515 Portage Avenue Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada R3B 2E9 info@plettfoundation.org Aileen Friesen,…
Mennonites, Land and the Environment: A Global History Conference ( Oct 28-29, 2016)
…Colony Mennonites in Bolivia, as well as ones on Mennonites in Apollonovka, Siberia; Friesland, the Netherlands; Java, Indonesia; Matabo Mission, Zimbabwe;…
2015 Issue of Preservings has Arrived
We are very excited to announce that the 2015 issue of Preservings has arrived, just in time for your Christmas reading! The issue…
Exchanges & Connections Preservings Spring/Summer
The summer issue of Preservings was recently mailed to subscribers. Titled “Encounters & Connections,” it features stories of crossings of…