CANCELLED   It is with deep regret that we have to cancel the September 26, 2021, Friends of the Max Kade Institute Annual Meeting and Program because of the COVID-19 situation. The Friends Annual Business …

Dr. Simon J. Bronner’s presentation from March 25, 2021, on Amish folk society in the age of fast capitalism, can now be watched online. Click HERE for an abstract, further information, and a link to the …

Listen to MKI Director Mark Louden talk about “German Heritage in Wisconsin” in this Badger Herald podcast.

The Max Kade Institute is co-organizing this four-day virtual conference. It features 15 sessions with presentations by over thirty scholars from around the world, covering the German-American experience from colonial times to the present. Topics …

Dr. Johnson-Weiner’s presentation from February 10, 2021, on the lives of Amish women, can now be watched online. Click HERE for an abstract, further information, and a link to the video.

For most of us, this holiday season is very different from previous years. However, Christmas trees remain the centerpiece of festivities in many American households. In fact, as more people stay home this year, Christmas tree …

We are delighted that MKI Associate Director Antje Petty is one of three recipients of the 2020 UW–Madison College of Letters & Science Academic Staff Mid-Career Award.

Dr. Sandra Rebok’s presentation from November 19, 2020, on Alexander von Humboldt’s Quest for Knowledge in a World of Politics can now be watched online.  Click HERE for an abstract, further information, and a link …

Dr. Helmut Schmahl’s presentation from October 29, 2020, on the Southwest German immigrant experience in 19th century Wisconsin can now be watched online.  Click HERE for an abstract, further information, and a link to the …

The first presentation in the Max Kade Institute Virtual Lectures Series is now online: Faithful to the Fatherland or Doughboys of Deutsch? New Perspectives on the World War I Experience, a lecture given by Professor Walter …