Join us for an exciting symposium about German-speaking settlers and explorers in nineteenth-century South America, April 18-19, 2022, at the Pyle Center on the UW-Madison Campus. Free and open to the public. No registration required. …
Friends of MKI Annual Meeting in Monroe, WI, May 6, 2023
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 …
Support the restoration of materials in the MKI collection
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 …
Watch Online: “‘Wo man singt:’ German American Singing Festivals, 1849–1914”
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 …
Watch Online: “Comanches, Captives, Germans: Transactions on the Texas Frontier, 1847”
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 …
New: “Anna Seifert: Letters in German from a Wisconsin Farm”
Anna (Jagow) Seifert’s Letters to Her Son Lester “Smoky” Seifert: 1932–1942 The Max Kade Institute holds a collection of 164 letters and postcards written between 1932 and 1942 by Anna (nee Jagow) Seifert (1876–1958) to …
Watch Online: “African Voices in German-Language Publications: Slave Ship Survivors in the Atlantic World, 1739–1932” with Aaron Fogleman
Aaron Fogleman’s presentation on “African Voices in German-Language Publications: Slave Ship Survivors in the Atlantic World, 1739–1932” recorded November 10, 2022, can now be watched online. Click HERE for an abstract, further information, and a link …
Watch online: “New York’s German-Language Press in Times of Peace and War, late 19th Century to 1918”
Peter Conolly’s presentation on “New York’s German Language Press,” recorded October 13, 2022, can now be watched online. Click HERE for an abstract, further information, and a link to the video.
Help the MKI Restore Select Items from its Collections!
We are delighted to announce that two longtime members of our Friends organization are offering a. $450 matching opportunity for the restoration of select books in the Max Kade Institute Library & Archives. With your donation …
Watch online: “Making English Canada: German and French Bilingual Schools in Ontario, 1880–1912”
Benjamin Bryce’s presentation on “Making English Canada: German and French Bilingual Schools in Ontario, 1880–1912,” recorded on March 8, 2022, can now be watched online. Click HERE for an abstract, further information, and a link to …