Anabaptist Mennonite Scholars Network

About the AMSN

The Anabaptist Mennonite emphasis on dialogue between scholars of different disciplines and between scholars and the broader ecclesial community is at the heart of the Anabaptist Mennonite Scholars Network (AMSN). The AMSN responds to the need for increasing communication around conference planning, special journal issues, and related items with a view not only to facilitating greater awareness and cooperation but also, and significantly, to expanding the conversation. In a very modest way, the AMSN seeks to nurture the conditions whereby we can break out of disciplinary, institutional, gendered, and geographic siloes that too often narrow our vision by fostering cross-disciplinary connections that intentionally include marginalized voices from across the street and around the world.

An email newsletter with recently added and upcoming news and events will be sent out roughly 3–4 times annually. If you are not already on our mailing list, we invite you to sign up at the bottom of this page. We are always looking to add information of relevance to the Anabaptist Mennonite scholarly world around the globe so if there are events and/or other items you are aware of, please let us know either by sending us an email or clicking the "submit news and events" button below.

Calls for Papers

Coming Together: The Journey of Faith and Peace | 3rd Global Mennonite Peacebuilding Conference & Festival | Eastern Mennonite University | Harrisonburg, VA | Submissions due 30 Novemeber, 2022.

Conferences, Lectures, and Events

Reconstructing Linguistic History: What did Ontario's Earliest Amish Speak? | Prof. Mark Louden | 2022 Bechtel Lecture | 20 October 2022
Departing Canada, Encountering Latin America: Reflections on the Centenary of Mennonite Emigration from Canada to Mexico and Paraguay | Centre for Transnational Mennonite Studies Conference | University of Winnipeg | Winnipeg, MB, Canada | 21-22 October 2022
Confronting Christian Nationalism in our Churches | Brethren in Christ Study Conference 2022 | Messiah University | 4 November 2022
Coming Together: The Journey of Faith and Peace | 3rd Global Mennonite Peacebuilding Conference & Festival | Eastern Mennonite University | Harrisonburg, VA | June 16 - 18, 2023.

Recurring Lectures and Events

Anabaptist Theology Forum | Anabaptist Mennonite Network
Bechtel Lecture in Anabaptist-Mennonite Studies | Conrad Grebel Univeristy College
Benjamin Eby Lecture | Conrad Grebel Univesity College
Brethren in Christ Study Conferece | Messiah University
C. Henry Smith Peace Lecture | Bluffton University and Goshen College
Jacob D. Maendel Lectures | Hutterian Brethren Book Centre
J.J. Thiessen Lectures | Canadian Mennonite University
John and Margaret Friesen Lectures | Canadian Mennonite University
Goshen College Conference on Religion and Science | Goshen College
Intercollegiate Peace Fellowship
Mennonite Scholars and Friends Forum at the AAR/SBL
Rawlyk Memorial Lecture in Baptist Studies | Acadia Centre for Baptist and Anabaptist Studies
Rodney and Lorna Sawatsky Visiting Scholar | Conrad Grebel University College
S.A Yoder Memorial Lecture Series | Goshen College
Shrag Lecture | Messiah Univeristy
TMTC Biennial Graduate Student Conference |Toronto Mennonite Theological Centre
TMTC Public Lecture | Toronto Mennonite Theological Centre
Yoder Public Affairs Lecture | Goshen College
Zeman Memorial Lecture in Anabpatist Studies | Acadia Centre for Baptist and Anabaptist Studies

Employment Opportunities

Anabaptist Mennonite Biblical Seminary is hiring for a number of positions including Doctor of Ministry Program Director and Assistant as well as Applied Leadership Curriculum Director and Program Assistant. Details available here.
Conrad Grebel University College is hiring a full-time tenure-track faculty position in Peace and Conflict Studies. The appointment will begin 1 July 2023. The College will begin reviewing applications on 15 October 2022.

Fellowships, Scholarships, Awards and Grants

Acadia Centre for Baptist and Anabaptist Studies Essay Prize | Acadia Centre for Baptist and Anabaptist Studies
Acadia Centre for Baptist and Anabaptist Travel Grants | Acadia Centre for Baptist and Anabaptist Studies
A. James Reimer Award | Toronto Mennonite Theological Centre
Bridging Gaps Exchange Program | VU Amsterdam and Amsterdam Mennonite Seminary
C. Henry Smith Peace Oratorical Contest | Mennonite Central Committee
Canadian Japanese-Mennonite Scholarship | Mennonite Central Committee
Christian Lesher Fellows Program | E. Morris and Leone Sider Institute for Anabaptist, Pietist, and Wesleyan Studies | Messiah University
"Company of 1000" Study Reserve Fund | Mennonite Church Canada
Eberhand Arnold Research Grant | Plough Publishing House
Marpeck Fund
Menno Simons Sermon Award | Center for Peace Church Theology at the University of Hamburg
Sider Grants Program | E. Morris and Leone Sider Institute for Anabaptist, Pietist, and Wesleyan Studies | Messiah University
TMTC Fellows Program | Toronto Mennonite Theological Centre
Young Center Fellows Program | Elizabethtown College

Publications

Journals

Anabaptism Today | Anabaptist Mennonite Network
Anabaptist Witness | Anabaptist Mennonite Biblical Seminary
Conrad Grebel Review | Conrad Grebel Univesity College
Direction | Mennonite Brethren higher education institutions in Canada and the US
Mennonite Historian | Mennonite Heritage Archives and the Centre for MB Studies in Canada
Mennonite Quarterly Review | Goshen College, Anabaptist Mennoninte Biblical Seminary, and the Mennonite Historical Society
Mennonite Life | Bethel College
Journal of Mennonite Studies | University of Winnipeg and Canadian Mennonite University
Journal of Mennonite Writing | Center for Mennonite Writing at Goshen College
Korean Anabaptist Journal
Peace Research: The Canadian Journal of Peace and Conflict Studies | Canadian Mennonite University
Preservings | D. F. Plett Historical Foundation
Plough Quarterly | Plough Publishing House / Bruderhof
Reflections | Missionary Church Historical Society
RELEA: Red Latinoamericana de Estudios Anabautistas
Vision: A Journal for Church and Theology | Anabaptist Mennonite Biblical Seminary and Canadian Mennonite Univesity

Book Series

Online Resources

Anabaptist Historians: Bringing the Anabaptist Past into a Digital Century | Menno Simons Historical Library at Eastern Mennonite University and The Center for Anabaptst, Pietist, and Weslyan Studies at Messiah University
Anabaptist Worship Network | Mennonite Church Eastern Canada and Anabaptist Mennonite Biblical Seminary
Bearing Witness Stories Project | Institute for the Study of Global Anabaptism | Goshen College
Celebration | Institute of Mennonite Studies | Anabaptist Mennonite Biblical Seminary
Global Anabaptist Education Network | Mennonite World Conference
Global Anabaptist Mennonite Encyclopedia Online
Global Anabaptist Wiki | Mennonite Historical Library at Goshen College
CommonWord | Mennonite Church Canada and Canadian Mennonite University
Sermons of Rev Dr. John N. Gladstone | Acadia Centre for Baptist and Anabaptist Studies
Together in Worship | CommonWord, Anabaptist Worship Network, and Voices Together

Research Centres and Institutes

Acadia Centre for Baptist and Anabaptsit Studies | Acadia Divinity College
Arbeitsstelle Theologie der Friedenskirchen | Universität Hamburg
Canadian School of Peacebuilding | Canadian Mennonite University
Center for Anabaptist Studies | Fresno Pacific University
Center for Faith Formation and Culture | Anabaptist Mennonite Biblical Seminary
Center for Justice and Peacebuilding | Eastern Mennonite University
Center for Mennonite Writing | Goshen College
Center for Mennonite Brethren Studies | Tabor College
Center for Peace Studies and Conflict Resolution | Mennonite Brethren Centenary Bible College
Center for Religion, Peace, and Justice | Doopsgezind Seminarium
Centre for Anabaptist Studies | Bristol Baptist College
Centre for Mennonite Brethren Studies | Canadian Conference of MB Churches
Centre for Resilience | Canadian Mennonite University
Centre for the Study of Religion and Peace | Conrad Grebel University College
Centre for Transnational Mennonite Studies | University of Winnipeg
Centre Mennonite de Paris
Chair in Mennonite Studies | University of Winnipeg
Doopsgezind Seminarium
D. F. Plett Historical Research Foundation
Humanitas Anabaptist-Mennonite Centre | Trinity Western University
Institute for the Study of Global Anabpatism | Goshen College
Institute of Anabaptist Mennonite Studies | Conrad Grebel University College
Institute of Mennonite Studies | Anabaptist Mennonite Biblical Seminary
Institute of Peace and Conflict Studies | Conrad Grebel University College
Kindred Credit Union Centre for Peace Advancement | Conrad Grebel University College
Mennonitische Forschungsstelle | Einrichtung des Mennonitischen Geschichtsvereins e. V. in Deutschland
Menno Simons Historical Library | Eastern Mennonite University
Mennonite Archives of Ontario | Conrad Grebel University College
Mennonite Heritage Archives | Canadian Mennonite University, Mennonite Church Canada, and The Centre for Transnational Mennonite Studies
Peace Studies Centre | Myanmar Institute of Theology
Sider Institute for Anabaptist, Pietist, and Wesleyan Studies | Messiah University
Summer Peacebuilding Institute | Eastern Mennonite University
Toronto Mennonite Theological Centre | Conrad Grebel University College
Young Center for Anabaptist and Pietist Studies | Elizabethtown College
Zehr Institute for Restorative Justice | Center for Justice & Peacebuilding

Contact Us

We are always looking to add information of relevance to the Anabaptist-Mennonite scholarly world around the globe and rely on an ever-expanding network of institutions and individuals to keep us in the loop with what is happening in your neck of the woods. If you have information or events you would like to see on the AMSN website, please let us know either by sending us an email or clicking the "submit news and events" button below.