Conrad Grebel University College presents a special lecture series celebrating the publication of Leonard Friesen’s book, Mennonites in the Russian Empire and the Soviet Union: Through Much Tribulation (University of Toronto Press, 2022).
Please register in advance to attend this free public lecture. This is an in-person only event and is one of two lectures.
Location: Great Hall, Conrad Grebel University College, Waterloo, Ontario
Time: 7:30 p.m. – 9:00 p.m.
Living on Borrowed Time? The Settlement of Mennonites in Imperial Russia after 1789
It is often assumed that the Mennonites who settled in Imperial Russia after the late eighteenth century were outsiders who benefited from special privileges, alienated their neighbors with their wealth, and were rightly targeted during the Bolshevik revolution. This evening’s talk challenges these assumptions by arguing that Mennonites were integrated members of society from the beginning, thereby suggesting that Mennonites were not merely living on borrowed time before the revolution.
https://uwaterloo.ca/grebel/events/living-borrowed-time
