Pandora Press appoints new academic editor



KITCHENER, ONT.

Maxwell Kennel has taken over the role of academic editor at Pandora Press beginning in the fall of 2021, and he will also become director of the publishing company beginning in early 2022.

Pandora Press was founded in the early 1990s by C. Arnold Snyder, now professor emeritus of history at Conrad Grebel University College. Among the titles published by Pandora Press are Snyder’s Anabaptist History and Theology and A. James Reimer’s Mennonites and Classical Theology. The press has also published popular books such as The Vegan Mennonite Kitchen by Jo Snyder in 2020.

Early on, Pandora Press defined its work as “a small independently owned press dedicated to making available modestly priced books that deal with Anabaptist, Mennonite and Believers Church topics, both historical and theological”

Kennel is excited to carrying forward Pandora’s legacy of publishing historical and theological works while expanding into new philosophical, political, literary and social scientific directions.

About his new role, Kennel says: “I am looking forward to bringing new energy to Pandora Press by seeking out scholarly works that challenge existing disciplinary divisions and take Mennonite studies in new and exciting directions. At the same time, I plan to make available the many titles on Pandora Press’s backlist in new and more accessible print and digital formats. I am also eager to restructure the press’s editorial board and social media presence to broaden its public reach”

Kennel is currently a postdoctoral fellow in the Department for the Study of Religion at the University of Toronto, and an alumnus of McMaster University in Hamilton, Ont., where he earned a doctorate in 2021, and Conrad Grebel University College in Waterloo, Ont., where he earned a master of theological studies degree in 2015.

Forthcoming Pandora Press titles include an edition of Cornelius J. Dyck’s unpublished study of the Dutch Anabaptist figure Hans de Ries, and the next anthology from the long-standing Bridgefolk conference series.

Pandora Press is actively seeking out high-quality works in and around Anabaptist and Mennonite studies. Inquiries can be directed to max@pandorapress.com.



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