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. …
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 …
Friends of the MKI Annual Meeting in Grafton & Port Washington, May 15, 2022
Join us for the Friends of the Max Kade Institute’s Annual Meeting on Sunday, May 15, 2022, in Port Washington and Grafton, Wisconsin. This event is open to the public. Click here for a detailed …
Watch online: “The German-American Feminist and the Rape Trial of a Yankee Abolitionist”
Alison Clark Efford’s presentation on “The German-American Feminist and the Rape Trial of a Yankee Abolitionist: Insights from the Letters of Mathilde Franziska Anneke” can now be watched online. Click HERE for an abstract, further …
NEW: Max Kade Institute Kurrent Transcription Group
Can you read the Old German script/ Kurrent? Do you enjoy deciphering historic texts? Would you like to learn more about the German-American experience? Join the new Kurrent transcription group at the Max Kade Institute! Modeled after a similar group at …
“Bericht des Commissionär” — Map and Report of Public Land Surveys for 1866
From the earliest days of the Republic, the U.S. government has translated many of its publications from English into other languages. A German-language example in the MKI Library is the Bericht des Commissionär des General-Landamtes, der …