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| Title: | Dr. Janis Thiessen - Manufacturing Mennonites: Work and Religion in Post-War Manitoba |
| Description: | The Department of History at the University of Winnipeg presents, as part of the History Seminar Series: Manufacturing Mennonites: Work and Religion in Post-War Manitoba Dr. Janis Thiessen, UW History Where: 3M60 Manitoba Hall When: Wednesday, February 13th 12:30 - 1:30 p.m. History Seminar Series Winter 2013 In this new seminar series UW history faculty and other historians present and share their latest research. Seminars will be held once a month. Everyone is welcome to attend. In this seminar Janis Thiessen will discuss her new book Manufacturing Mennonites: Work and Religion in Post-War Manitoba. Manufacturing Mennonites examines the efforts of Mennonite intellectuals and business leaders to redefine the group’s ethno-religious identity in response to changing economic and social conditions after 1945. As the industrial workplace was one of the most significant venues in which competing identity claims were contested during this period, Janis Thiessen explores how Mennonite workers responded to such redefinitions and how they affected class relations. Through unprecedented access to extensive private company records, Thiessen provides an innovative comparison of three businesses founded, owned, and originally staffed by Mennonites: the printing firm Friesens Corporation, the window manufacturer Loewen, and the furniture manufacturer Palliser. Complemented with interviews with workers, managers, and business owners, Manufacturing Mennonites pioneers two important new trajectories for scholarship - how religion can affect business history, and how class relations have influenced religious history. For more information please contact the History Department. |
| Sponsor: | Department of History |
| When: | February 13, 2013, 12:30 PM - 1:30 PM |
| Where: |
3M60 Manitoba Hall University of Winnipeg515 Portage Ave. Winnipeg, MB Canada Map |
| Contact: |
Angela Armstrong a.armstrong@uwinnipeg.ca 204 786 9382 http://www.uwinnipeg.ca/index/history-news-events |
| Category: | Lectures |
