Reading the Russländer in Ukraine

From Sandra Birdsell to John Weier to Rudy Wiebe, a host of Mennonite authors have represented the dramatic history of the 1920s migration of Mennonites from the Soviet Union to Canada in fictional form. Why have so many authors returned to retell this story? How does literature help us remember the past? Is it truly possible to visit the places to which we are first introduced by fiction? Robert Zacharias, associate professor of English at York University, addresses these questions in this webinar recording. Hosted by Aileen Friesen, co-director of the Centre for Transnational Mennonite Studies at the University of Winnipeg. Recorded February 8, 2022.