Virtual Lecture: An Unusual Moravian Diary

Paul Peucker
Virtual Lecture
@ 6:00 pm

Free and open to the public, but registration is required. Click here to register for a Zoom link. Members of the Moravian Church (Brethren) were among the earliest German-speaking settlers in the American colonies. This …

Language and Place: Poetry in Yiddish and Pennsylvania Dutch

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

Yiddish and Pennsylvania Dutch are among a small number of minority languages in North America that are thriving. In addition to being vibrant vernaculars, both languages serve as vehicles for multiple literary and dramatic genres, including poetry. …

West Bend, WI: “German Community Life and Traditions in Wisconsin”

Antje Petty
Cedar Community, 5577 Home Drive, West Bend, WI
@ 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; …

Presentations, Exhibit, Reception: “Early Anabaptist Documents at the Max Kade Institute”

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

Virtual Workshop: “Introduction to German Genealogy”

Antje Petty
Virtual Workshop
@ 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 …

Eau Claire, WI: Hybrid Lecture “German-Speakers in America: An Overview of Three Hundred Years of Immigration”

Antje Petty
LE Phillips Memorial Public Library, 400 Eau Claire St, Eau Claire, WI and Virtual
@ 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 …

Milwaukee, WI: “German Community Life and Traditions in Wisconsin”

Antje Petty
Milwaukee Public Library Zablocki Branch, 3501 West Oklahoma Avenue, Milwaukee
@ 12:30 pm

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; …