On Beach Reads & Complexity: 5 Questions with Historian Dr. Royden Loewen
Newly retired, up until recently Royden Loewen was professor of history and Chair in Mennonite Studies at the University of Winnipeg. His first university press […]
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Examining Abraham ‘Fuela’ Reimer’s Diary!
A while ago Andrew and I paid a visit to the Mennonite Heritage Archives in Winnipeg. On this visit, Andrew was particularly interested in having […]
Katharina Barkman Koop: Nameless in Blumenort Cemetery #2
We first visited this cemetery in 2012. We were on our way back from Harvest Sun Festival in Kelwood. There was just something about having […]
Jacob Barkman: Born in Prussia, Buried in Manitoba
This past Saturday, Andrew and I got it into our heads to find his twice-over great-great-great-great-grandfather’s grave. We used the Find A Grave website to […]
Break Ups and Blumenort
At the moment, at this very second, I’m reading Royden Loewen’s book Blumenort: A Mennonite Community in Transition. But I’m not reading it from cover-to-cover […]