Austin Sachs, 19, a sophomore at Eastern Mennonite University, couldn’t sit by idly watching the protests erupting at the Standing Rock Indian Reservation in North Dakota against the Dakota Access ... read more about Standing with the Standing Rock cause
Four faculty and staff at Eastern Mennonite University are interviewed in a documentary about the Protestant Reformation, This Changed Everything: 500 Years of Reformation. The documentary, released in September, is ... read more about Reformation documentary features four EMU experts on religion, history and peacebuilding
Filmmaker and new visual and communication arts faculty member Zeljko Mirkovic brings myriad connections and a growing body of acclaimed work to Eastern Mennonite University (EMU). In 2015, Mirkovic won ... read more about Future connections plotted for interdisciplinary curriculum ties to visionary scientist Nikola Tesla
After Sept. 11, The Rev. Steven D. Martin found himself the subject of much interest. Suddenly every public television station was scrambling for material on Muslims, and his first major ... read more about Communications director for National Council of Churches shares his interfaith journey
In his native Caroline County, Virginia, Mark Loving II’s family name is well known. Beyond generations of rootedness, there is both a plaque at the courthouse and a historical marker about his family history. One reason why Mark came to ... read more about Mark Loving on the film ‘Loving’ and a Supreme Court case that changed the nation
Simone Horst, special collections librarian at the Sadie Hartzler Library, shares excerpts from the diary of Emanuel Suter, a potter who fled with his family during the Civil War. "Diaries have a special ability to shed light on our present realities by exposing similarities and differences in daily life across time," she writes, in this blog post on the Anabaptist Historians website. ... read more about Learn from the Civil War-era refugee experience of Valley potter Emanuel Suter, writes special collections librarian Simone Horst from Anabaptist Historians
From brushing shoulders with congressmen and lobbyists to working with homeless people and at-risk youth, students spending the fall semester at the Washington Community Scholars’ Center bring home a range ... read more about From the Hill to homeless shelters, this semester’s WCSC scholars gain work experience and grow in community
Service takes center stage in the latest collection of memoir from the Anabaptist Center for Religion and Society (ACRS) at Eastern Mennonite University (EMU). Titled “Re-Envisioning Service: The Geography of ... read more about Latest ACRS publication features Mennonite and Brethren authors on the theme of service
Today’s students are “astute cultural historians who have been bombarded with media all of their lives,” says Eastern Mennonite University history professor Mark Sawin. “They’re immersed in film and music ... read more about Exploring history through film, music, literature and more, Mark Sawin’s interdisciplinary approach challenges student-scholars
Scholars, activists, students and literary, performing and visual artists alike are invited to submit proposals for consideration to “Crossing the Line: Women of Anabaptist Traditions Encounter Borders and Boundaries,” a ... read more about Interdisciplinary conference on women of Anabaptist traditions, slated for June 2017, announces call for proposals