2015-2016 Lecturer:
Dr. Janneken Smucker
Friday, February 5, 2016 at 7:00 pm
Public Lecture, Great Hall, Conrad Grebel University College
“Unexpected Intersections: Amish, Mennonite, and Hmong Textiles and the Question of Authenticity”
Scotland's most celebrated composer, Sir James MacMillan will be the 2016 Rodney and Lorna Sawatsky Visiting Scholar. His musical language is flooded with influences from his Scottish heritage, Catholic faith, social conscience and close connection with Celtic folk music, blended with influences from Far Eastern, Scandinavian and Eastern European music.
Professor Troy Osborne speaks on
"The Bottle, the Dagger, and The Ring: Church Discipline and Dutch Mennonite Identity in the Seventeenth Century."
The Centre for International Governance Innovation (CIGI), in partnership with Wilfrid Laurier University, Conrad Grebel University College and Global Peace Centre Canada, is pleased to present a lecture and discussion with Pakistani diplomat Ziauddin Yousafzai.
With Arli Klassen, Mennonite World Conference
Please click here to be redirected to the MCEC website where you can purchase tickets which are $50/each. ($25 receiptable)
Jeremy Bergen will be presenting the Benjamin Eby Lecture on November 3, 2016 at 7:30pm in the Conrad Grebel University College Chapel.
Christians Killing Christians: Martyrdom and the Disunity of the Church
The Institute of Anabaptist and Mennonite Studies invites you to hear Luann Good Gingerich give a presentation titled, Out of place: Social exclusion and Mennonite migrants in Canada.
Luann is an Associate Professor in the School of Social Work and Scholar in Residence at the Centre for Refugee Studies at York University.
If the only thing that a musician was responsible for would be to insure correct notes and rhythms, there would be scant justification to have any of us around. Music has no particularly visible traces, but it certainly has significant effects on those who make music. It can mirror the soul, or it can urge the soul to a different place. It can comfort, or it can discomfort. Music can be here, and elsewhere.
What role can peace scholars and practitioners play in that complex but imperative transition? This interactive presentation will explore that question and present ideas on how you can be engaged in this important work in Waterloo Region and beyond.
Join us for the 2017 Rodney and Lorna Sawatsky Visiting Scholar Lecture with Dr. Mary Jo Leddy. Leddy will give a lecture titled, "Room Enough for Hope: Canada’s Response to the Refugee Crisis."