Year: 2023

Stefan Rabanus’ presentation on German-Romance Language Contact in the Italian Alps, recorded December 5, 2023, can now be watched online.  Click HERE for an abstract, further information.

Jana Keck’s presentation on “Text Mining America’s German-Language Newspapers, 1830–1914, recorded November 15, 2023, can now be watched online.  Click HERE for an abstract, further information, and a link to the video.”

Friederike Baer’s presentation on “Hessians: German Soldiers in the American Revolutionary War” recorded October 17, 2023, can now be watched online.  Click HERE for an abstract, further information, and a link to the video.

Join us for the 2023 annual meeting of the Friends of the Max Kade Institute in Monroe, Green County, Wisconsin, located in the center of Swiss-German immigration and culture in the state.  For a detailed program and registration information click HERE.

We are delighted and grateful that members of our Friends organization are offering a $350 matching opportunity for the restoration of select books in the Max Kade Institute Library & Archives. With your donation we can match their offer for a combined $700! To donate online click HERE and put “book restoration” in the Comments field. For more details, including a list of materials identified for …

Heike Bungert’s presentation on “German American Singing Festivals, 1849–1914,” recorded April 5, 2023, can now be watched online. The video will be available until June 30, 2023. Click HERE for an abstract, further information, and a link to the video.

Christopher J. Wickham’s and Daniel J. Gelo’s presentation on “Comanches, Captives, Germans: Transactions on the Texas Frontier, 1847,” recorded February 9, 2023, can now be watched online. Click HERE for an abstract, further information, and a link to the video.