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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 include history, politics, culture, linguistics, science, and more. Participants will also have a chance to connect and socialize with other …
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 sales have been booming. Nobody quite knows how the Christmas tree tradition came about, but it is thought to have originated …
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 to the video.
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 video.
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 D. Kamphoefner on October 1, 2020. You can watch the lecture HERE, and find an abstract HERE.
Starting this fall, the Max Kade Institute is offering a new live Virtual Speaker Series. We are inviting guest speakers from around the country and Europe to give live virtual lectures on a variety of German-American topics. The presentations are free and open to the public, but require pre-registration. Our first guest will be Walter …
Most museums, historic homes, libraries, galleries, and other buildings are closed this summer, but there are many places outdoors that we can still visit and explore. Take a road trip, go on a bike ride, or join a walking tour, and make a German-American site your destination! The following are just three suggestions in and around …
