Dear Friends of the Max Kade Institute
All of us at the MKI hope that you are safe and well!
The Max Kade Institute for German-American Studies is an interdisciplinary unit in the College of Letters and Science at the University of Wisconsin–Madison. It is dedicated to researching, preserving, and sharing the stories of German-speaking immigrants and their descendants in the larger context of global migration past and present.
As we stay home and self-isolate, we regret that we cannot come out to your communities. We hope that this might be an opportunity for you to explore our online resources. In the coming weeks, we will post materials and links to a variety of German-Americana in a series that we call “While We Are Hausbound,” starting with a selection of old German-American baking recipes. Check out new topics and installments under “RECENT NEWS” below. And enjoy the many other postings on this site, such as MKI’s new exhibit “Neighbors Past and Present: The Wisconsin German Experience”
Alles Gute! — Antje, Hope, Kevin, and Mark
Recent News
“While We Are Hausbound” — Personal Letters
One of the hardest things about isolating at home during the COVID-19 crisis is not being able to meet with family and friends. We now Zoom, FaceTime, chat, write emails, or “simply” talk on the …
May 7, 2020
“While We Are Hausbound” — Who Are the Amish?
One of the Max Kade Institute’s most requested outreach presentations is Mark Louden’s “Who Are the Amish?”. Mark had several talks scheduled for this spring that, unfortunately, we had to cancel or postpone. THE …
April 25, 2020
“While We Are Hausbound” — German-American Gardening
The weather is slowly getting warmer, and if the low supply of seeds in (online) gardening stores is any indication, many of us are planning some gardening. What better time to take a look at nineteenth …
April 24, 2020
“While We Are Hausbound” — German-American Baking
Many of us are baking at home right now. So we will start our new “series” by sharing a few recipes from a nineteenth-century German-American cookbook: the “Practical Cook Book,” published in Milwaukee in 1904. …
April 24, 2020
CANCELLED – LECTURE: “Adolf Cluss: From German Revolutionary to Architect of the American Capital”
THIS EVENT HAS BEEN CANCELLED! Join us on April 1, at 6:00 p.m. for a lecture by Christof Mauch, Professor of History at Ludwig Maximilian University in Munich. For detailed event information CLICK HERE Adolf …
March 8, 2020- More news...