Centre for Transnational Mennonite Studies

Directors and Members

Directors

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Aileen Friesen

Aileen Friesen is an associate professor and a co-director of the Centre for Transnational Mennonite Studies at the University of Winnipeg. She is also the executive director of the Plett Foundation.

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Ben Nobbs-Thiessen

Ben Nobbs-Thiessen is the Chair in Mennonite Studies and a co-director of the Centre for Transnational Mennonite Studies at the University of Winnipeg.

Associate Members

Royden Loewen

Royden Loewen is a professor emeritus at the University of Winnipeg.

Hans Werner

Hans Werner is a senior scholar at the University of Winnipeg.

Nataliya Venger

Nataliya Venger is professor of history and chair of the World History Department at Dnipropetrovsk National University, Ukraine, and a research associate at CTMS.

Jeremy Wiebe

Jeremy Wiebe is the Plett Foundation’s communications and finance officer. He also teaches at the University of Winnipeg.

Robert Zacharias

Robert Zacharias is an associate professor in the Department of English at York University.

Our Next Annual Conference

Global Mennonites and the Justice System Since 1525

Martyrs, Perpetrators, Enforcers, and Advocates
October 3–4, 2025

University of Winnipeg and Livestream