The Young Center Fellows Program
Center Fellows typically spend one semester at the Young Center pursuing research related to the faith, history, and culture of Anabaptist and/or Pietist movements. The Center provides office space, various support services, access to library holdings, and a modest stipend toward housing and travel expenses. Fellows typically teach a seminar, present a public lecture, or organize an interpretive event during the period of residency. Fellows are responsible for their own salary support from sabbatical, research grant, or other sources. Excellent resources on a variety of Anabaptist and Pietist groups are located within the region. Summer fellowships for junior faculty and graduate students are also available for a short-term appointment of four to six weeks.
The Center also welcomes Doctoral Fellows who are conducting research or involved in writing their doctoral dissertations. Although Doctoral Fellows receive support for their research through the use of facilities, computer, and library resources, they do not receive a stipend. Doctoral Fellows should follow the same application procedures as Center Fellows.
The Young Center currently invites applications and nominations for Center Fellows in Fall 2010 and Spring 2011 and and Doctoral Fellows in Summer 2010. Applications are accepted on a rolling basis until the Center Fellow for each semester is appointed. Letters of inquiry should describe the Fellow’s proposed research activities and possible lecture, course offerings, or seminar topics. Include a curriculum vitae that details academic accomplishments. Send inquiries or nominations to:
Jeff Bach
The Young Center
Elizabethtown College
One Alpha Drive
Elizabethtown, PA 17022
Phone (717) 361-1470; Fax (717) 361-1443
e-mail: youngctr@etown.edu
Previous Center Fellows
| TERM | NAME | AREA OF STUDY, ACTIVITIES, PUBLICATIONS | POSITION |
| 1990 Fall | Richard Luman | Lecture: "Luther's Theological Critique of Anabaptists" | Professor of Religion, Haverford College (PA) |
| 1991 Spring | Calvin W. Redekop | Communal Societies conference; Mennonite entrepreneurs; "Power" conference | Professor of Sociology, Conrad Grebel College (ON) |
| 1991 Summer | Leo Driedger | Future of Mennonites in North America seminar; Mennonite peacemaking | Professor of Sociology, University of Manitoba (MB) |
| 1991 Fall | Roscoe Hinkle | Brethren and Mennonite Conscientious Objectors in World War II | Professor of Sociology, Ohio State University (OH) |
| 1992 Spring | Robert S. Kreider | Mirror of the Martyrs exhibit | Professor of Peace Studies, Bethel College (KS) |
| 1992 Fall | Dennis L. Slabaugh | Anabaptist history seminar; Lecture: "The Sermon as Weapon: Jakob Andreae Against the Anabaptists" | Research Associate, University of Hamburg (Germany) |
| 1993 Spring | Jacob A. Loewen | Mennonite Experience in Russia 1789-1919; "The Abuse of Power Among Mennonites in South Russia" presentation at "Power" conference; Only the Sword of the Spirit | Consultant in Linguistics and Anthropology, British Columbia |
| 1993 Spring | Wesley J. Prieb | Collaborated with Jacob Loewen on Mennonite Experience in Russia and Only the Sword of the Spirit projects | Professor of English, Tabor College (KS) |
| 1993 Fall | Dale W. Brown | Brethren Doctrines; Sin and nonviolent resistance; Anabaptist hermeneutics seminar; Brethren Life and Thought course | Professor of Theology, Bethany Theological Seminary (IL) |
| 1994 Spring | C. Norman Kraus | Theological Rationale for Cultural and Religious Intervention lectures; An Anabaptist Spirituality for the 21st Century article | Professor of Religion, Goshen College (IN) |
| 1994 Fall | Hermann Vogt | The Amish of Lancaster County; Lecture: "Amish Spirituality: From the Ausbund to the Modern World" | Professor of Political Science, University of Dortmund (Germany) |
| 1995 Spring | John S. Oyer | Lectures: "The Reformers' Critique of the Anabaptists" and "Recent Trends in Anabaptist Research" | Professor of History, Goshen College (IN) |
| 1995 Summer | Peter Ester | The Quiet in the Land: A Sociological Treatise on the Amish in Lancaster County | Professor of Sociology, Tilburg University (Netherlands) |
| 1995 Summer | Richard MacMaster | The African Revival and the Lancaster Mennonite Conference; Donegal Presbyterian Church history | Professor of History, Bluffton College (OH) |
| 1995 Fall | Anna K. Juhnke | Mennonite literature course; Mennonite drama research; Mennonite poetry presentation | Professor of English, Bethel College (KS) |
| 1996 Spring | James C. Juhnke | Nonviolent America project and seminar; Dirk's Exodus drama | Professor of History, Bethel College (KS) |
| 1996 Fall | James Hurd | The Groffdale Conference Old Order Mennonites | Professor of Anthropology, Bethel College (MN) |
| 1997 Spring | Steven M. Nolt | Catholic-Anabaptist relations; Catholics and Anabaptists in the Early American Republic Period 1790-1830 | Doctoral Candidate, Notre Dame University (IN) |
| 1997 Spring | Hans Schneider | Durnbaugh Lectures: "German Anabaptism in the 17th Century: Backgrounds of Brethren Origins," "Currrent Trends in Pietist Research in Germany," Radical Pietism and Tolerance | Professor of Church History, Philipps Universitat, Marburg (Germany) |
| 1997 Fall | William Kostlevy | Lecture: "Christian Perfection in Pennsylvania Dutch Country: The Manheim Camp Meeting and the Holiness Movement's Impact Upon Brethren and Mennonites in the Late 19th Century" | Archivist, Asbury Theological Seminary (KY) |
| 1998 Spring | Paul Peachey | Lecture series: "Churches Catholic and Free: An American Dialog" | Professor of Sociology, Catholic University of America (DC) |
| 1998 Summer | Chiho Oyabu | Lancaster County Amish economics | Professor of Home Economics, Gifu University (Japan) |
| 1998 - 1999 | John A. Lapp | Global Mennonite history project | Executive Secretary Emeritus, Mennonite Central Committee (PA) |
| 1999 Fall | Ulrich Bister | Lecture: "The Pietism of Johannes Lobach" | Independent scholar, Herborn, Germany |
| 2000 Spring | Thomas Cooper | Plain Communities and the media | Assoc. Professor of Mass Communications, Emerson College (MA) |
| 2000 Summer |
Tan Tay Keong | The Amish Community in Lancaster County | Doctoral student, National University of Singapore |
| 2000 Fall | E. Morris Sider | Lecture: "Anabaptist and Pietist Conversion Narratives" | Professor of History and Archivist, Messiah College (PA) |
| 2001 Spring | Christina Bucher | Lecture: "The Song of Solomon: A Believers Church Perspective" | Professor of Religious Studies, Elizabethtown College (PA) |
| 2001 Fall | J. Kenneth Kreider | Brethren service in the reconstruction of Europe, 1945-1953 | Professor of History, Elizabethtown College (PA) |
| 2002 Spring | Thomas N. Finger | Durnbaugh Lectures: "Sources for Contemporary Spirituality: Anabaptist and Pietist Contributions" and "Spirituality in Personal and Congregational Life" | Independent scholar, Evansville, Illinois |
| 2002 Summer |
Ketsia Lemoine | The Plain People of the Eastern U.S.: Unity and Diversity of an Identity Between Plain Tradition and Evangelical Discourse | Doctoral student, Sorbonne University (France) |
| 2002 Fall | Paul Dekar | Lecture: "Christianity on Trial: Confronting the War System" (The relationship between the Fellowship of Reconciliation and the historic peace churches) |
Independent scholar, Memphis Theological Seminary (TN) |
| 2004 Spring | Rod Janzen | Lecture: "The Hutterites and Bruderhof" | Distinguished Scholar and Professor of American History, Fresno Pacific University (CA) |
| 2004 Spring | Martine Vonk | Dissertation: “Relationship Among Philosophy of Life, Values, and Environmental Practices” (Research focusing on the Hutterites, the Amish, the Franciscans, and the Benedictines) | Doctoral student, Vrije Universiteit (Netherlands) |
| 2004 Fall |
Marie Qvarnstrom | Dissertation: “Changing Patterns of Use of the Pennsylvania German Dialect in the Amish Community of Lancaster County” | Doctoral student, Penn State University (PA) |
| 2005 Spring | Lucinda Martin | Lecture: "Quakers and Pietists: Early Conversations in Europe" | Lecturer, Universität Würzburg (Germany) |
| 2005 Spring | James Schwenk | Lecture: "Patchwork Quilt: Aspirations for Ecumenicity Among Early Pennsylvania Pietists" | Assoc. Professor of Church History, Evangelical School of Theology (Myerstown, PA) |
| 2005 Fall |
Amy Sipe | Lecture: "Influences of Anabaptist and Pietist Thought on Engendered Religious Experiences at the Ephrata Cloister" | Doctoral student, Syracuse University (NY) |
| 2006 Spring | Beth Graybill | Lecture: "Amish Business Women and Tourism in Lancaster County" | Doctoral student, University of Maryland (MD) |
| 2006 Summer |
Kate Eisenbise | Durnbaugh Research Collection | Doctoral student, Graduate Theological Union (CA) |
| 2006 Fall | Marcus Meier | Durnbaugh Lectures: "New Light on Brethren Beginnings," "Johann Kipping from Wurttemberg," and "The Little Church According to Comenius and Spener" | Instructor in Church History, Philipps-Universität, Marburg (Germany) |
| 2007 Spring | Musa Mambula | Lecture: "Are There Limits to Pacifism? The Nigerian Dilemma" | Provost, Theological College of Northern Nigeria |
| 2007 Summer | Anthony Siegrist | Dissertation topic: Mennonite, Brethren, and Amish understandings of baptism | Doctoral student, Toronto School of Theology (ON) |
| 2007 Summer |
Tomomi Naka | Dissertation topic: Disaster-related projects of Mennonite church members and national Mennonite organizations involved in disaster response | Doctoral student, University of Iowa (IA) |
| 2008 Spring | Russell Haitch | Lecture: "Young People and the Language of Love Feast" | Assoc. Professor, Bethany Theological Seminary (IN) |
| 2008 Fall | Erik Wesner (Snowden Fellow) |
Lecture: "Is Success a Four-Letter Word: The Amish Approach to Business Achievement" | |
| 2009 Spring | Patricia Gibble (Kreider Fellow) |
Lecture: "Finding Esther: Archaeological Research and Gender Construction at an 18th Century Pennsylvania Swiss/German Farmstead" | Adjunct Professor, Elizabethtown College |
| 2009 Spring | Andy Borella | Lecture: "Amish Identity and Rites of Passage" | Doctoral student, University of Turin (Italy) |
| 2009 Fall | Steve Nolt (Snowden Fellow) |
Lecture: "Globalizing a Separate People: World Christianity and North American Mennonites" | Professor of History, Goshen College (IN) |
