Join the Friends of the Max Kade Institute for their Annual Meeting in Milwaukee on May 2, 2026. You will find more details and registration information HERE.

Paul Peucker’s presentation on “An Unusual Moravian Diary”  recorded on March 10, 2026, can now be watched online. Click HERE for an abstract and further information.

Brandon Bloch’s presentation on “German and American Protestant Pastors in Occupied Germany,”  recorded on February 25, 2026, can now be watched online. Click HERE for an abstract and further information.

Emily Sneff’s presentation on “German Americans and the Founding of the United States,” recorded on February 12, 2026, can now be watched online. Click HERE for an abstract and further information.

Emily Sneff’s presentation on “The German Audience for the U.S. Declaration of Independence,” recorded on November 20, 2025, can now be watched online. Click HERE for an abstract and further information.

Viktorija Bilić’s  presentation on “Translating History: The Milwaukee Pabst Family Letters (1841–1887)” recorded April 10, 2025, can now be watched online. Click HERE for an abstract and further information.

Mark L. Louden’s presentation on “Building Bridges: Interactions between Plain and Non-Plain Communities,” recorded March 12, 2025, can now be watched online. Click HERE for an abstract and further information.

We are delighted to announce that a good Friend of the Max Kade Institute has offered a $1,000 matching opportunity for the restoration of select books in the MKI Library & Archives and the acquisition of new …

Join the Friends of the Max Kade Institute for their Annual Meeting in Appleton, Wisconsin, on May 3, 2025. New members are welcome. For more information and registration details CLICK HERE.

Cecilia Nada’s and Sydney Norton presentation on “The Shared History of German Immigrants and African Americans in Missouri,” recorded on December 4, 2024, can now be watched online. Click HERE for an abstract and further information.