Events

Antje Petty
LE Phillips Memorial Public Library, 400 Eau Claire St, Eau Claire, WI and Virtual
November 11, 2025 @ 2:00 pm
https://lephillips.librarycalendar.com/event/german-speakers-america-41881

This presentation will look at the experiences of German-speaking immigrants who came from Europe in the 18th, 19th, and 20th centuries, including the earliest settlers in William Penn’s colony, the three waves of mass immigration …

Antje Petty
Virtual Workshop
November 15, 2025 @ 10:00 am - 2:00 pm

Registration is required by November 12, 2025 (see below) A Zoom Link will be emailed to you on November 13, 2025.  This workshop is intended for genealogists who are new to researching ancestors from German-speaking …

Emily Sneff
Virtual Lecture
November 20, 2025 @ 6:00 pm

Free and open to the public, but registration is required. Click here to register for a Zoom link. July 4, 2026, will mark the 250th anniversary of the United States Declaration of Independence. Almost immediately after …

Mark L. Louden, J. Denny Weaver
University Club, 432 East Campus Mall, Madison. Room 313 (presentations at 4pm), 4th floor (exhibit, reception at 5pm)
December 1, 2025 @ 4:00 pm - 6:00 pm

Join us at the Max Kade Institute to celebrate the recent acquisition of a collection of books, some of them quite rare, published by and about Anabaptists. Donated by J. Denny Weaver, these mostly German- …

Antje Petty
Cedar Community, 5577 Home Drive, West Bend, WI
January 27, 2026 @ 10:00 am

German immigrants kept many of their traditions while also being part of the state’s multi-lingual and multi-ethnic society. This presentation will look at their organizations and clubs; music, theater, and tavern culture; newspapers and magazines; …

Sunny Yudkoff (UW–Madison), Mark Louden (UW–Madison), Matt Johnson (UW–Madison), Josh Brown (UW–Eau Claire)
UW–Madison Memorial Union, Old Madison Room, 800 Langdon Street
February 3, 2026 @ 4:00 pm

Presentations and Readings More information will be provided soon.

Emily Sneff
February 12, 2026 @ 6:00 pm

Details about this lecture and registration information will be posted closer to the event.   Dr. Emily Sneff is a scholar of early American history and a leading expert on the Declaration of Independence. She is …

Brandon Bloch
February 25, 2026 @ 6:00 pm

Free and open to the public, but registration is required.  Click HERE to register for the Zoom Webinar Following Germany’s defeat in 1945 and occupation by the Allies, the German Protestant Church took on critical …