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.
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Watch Online: “German Americans and the Founding of the United States”
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.
Watch Online: “The German Audience for the U.S. Declaration of Independence”
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.
Watch Online: “Translating History: The Milwaukee Pabst Family Letters (1841–1887)”
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.
Watch Online: “Building Bridges: Interactions between Plain and Non-Plain Communities”
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.
Matching opportunity! Support the Max Kade Institute collections.
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 …
Friends of the MKI Annual Meeting in Appleton, Wisconsin
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.
Watch online: “The Shared Histories of German Immigrants and African Americans in Missouri”
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.
“From Russia with German” — Recorded Presentations
All lectures that were presented at the symposium “From Russia with German: Migration Experiences across Three Continents,” held on the UW–Madison Campus, September 19–20, 2024 are now available online. Click here for links to watch …
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.