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. …
Watch Online: German American Freemasons in the United States
Jesse David Chariton’s presentation on “Foreign Traditions and Fraternal Bonds: German American Freemasons in the United States,” recorded on April 24, 2024, can now be watched online. Click HERE for an abstract and further information.
Watch Online: ‘The Mysteries of New Orleans:’ Fictions and Facts in the ‘Louisiana Staats-Zeitung,’ 1854
Caroline Huey’s presentation on “The Mysteries of New Orleans,” recorded on March 21, 2024, can now be watched online. Click HERE for an abstract and further information.
Friends of MKI Annual Meeting in Sheboygan County, May 4, 2024
Join us on May 4, 2024, for the annual meeting of the Friends of the Max Kade Institute in Sheboygan, Wisconsin. For a detailed program and registration information click HERE.
Watch Online: “Luxembourg Immigration to Southern Brazil”
Carlo Krieger’s and Jean Ensch’s presentation on “Luxembourg Immigration to Southern Brazil“, recorded February 28, 2024, can now be watched online. Click HERE for an abstract and further information.
Watch Online: “German-Romance Language Contact in the Italian Alps” with Stefan Rabanus
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.
Watch Online: “Text Mining America’s German-Language Newspapers, 1830–1914”
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.”
Watch Online: “Hessians: German Soldiers in the American Revolutionary War”
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.
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 …