Month: March 2017

The Winter 2016-2917 issue of the Friends of the Max Kade Newsletter is here! Read about: — “A Trip to the Haslibacher Farm” in Switzerland’s Emmental Valley — The Friends of the Max Kade Institute’s upcoming Annual Meeting on May 7 in Milwaukee — “Handwritten Letters and Family Histories” — The upcoming MKI International Symposium …

“People of Faith, Voices of Tradition: German Heritage Languages Among Christians and Jews” FREE AND OPEN TO THE PUBLIC Join us for exciting lectures and evening programs This symposium will bring together an international group of researchers  with Amish, Mennonite, Hutterite, and Haredi community members to explore sociolinguistic aspects of the social-spiritual identities of these …