Past Event Category: Guest Lectures
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Apr 10Virtual Lecture: “Translating History: The Milwaukee Pabst Family Letters (1841–1887)”Viktorija Bilić
Virtual Lecture
Free and open to the public but registration is required. CLICK HERE TO REGISTER A link to the Zoom webinar will be sent to you after registration. In 2005, about 350 letters dated between 1841 and 1887 were discovered at Pabst Farms in Oconomowoc, Wisconsin. They were written in the old German Kurrent script by …
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Dec 4Virtual Lecture: “The Shared Histories of German Immigrants and African Americans in Missouri”Cecilia Nadal & Sydney Norton
Free and open to the public but registration is required. CLICK HERE TO REGISTER! A link to the Zoom webinar will be sent to you after registration. Within the social and political context of nineteenth-century Missouri, Sydney Norton will examine the impacts of German immigrants who were dedicated to ending slavery, and who, in …
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Sep 19Symposium: “From Russia with German: Migration Experiences across Three Continents”UW–Madison, Pyle Center, 702 Langdon St., Room 335, Madison, Wisconsin, AND live-streamed
Free and open to the public In person at the UW–Madison Pyle Center and live-streamed. Join us in Madison and meet our presenters. Ask questions and take part in discussions. Symposium Schedule and Program [click here] All presentations are now available online. Click here to watch! In the late 19th and early 20th centuries, over …
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Apr 24Virtual Lecture: “German American Freemasons in the United States” with Jesse David CharitonFree and open to the public but registration is required. Email apetty@wisc.edu for a Zoom Link. Links will be emailed a day before the event During the nineteenth century, German-speaking immigrants to the United States joined and formed Masonic lodges, just as they founded religious congregations, shooting clubs, and singing societies. This presentation will outline …
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Mar 21Virtual Lecture: ‘The Mysteries of New Orleans:’ Fictions and Facts in the ‘Louisiana Staats-Zeitung,’ 1854″
Caroline Huey
Free and open to the public, but registration is required. Email Antje Petty (apetty@wisc.edu) to receive a link. Links will be sent on March 20, 2024. This presentation will explore the complex and conflict-ridden society experienced by German immigrants who lived in antebellum New Orleans, a port city known for its multicultural and international population …
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Mar 15Virtual Lecture: “American Dreams: A New Life in the USA”Christina A. Ziegler-McPherson
This lecture is organized by the German Society of Pennsylvania with co-sponsorship of the Max Kade Institute for German American Studies at UW–Madison and the German Historical Institute of Washington. Click here to receive a Zoom Link. Take a virtual tour through the special exhibition American Dreams, A New Life in the USA, now on …
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Feb 28Virtual Lecture: Luxembourg Immigration to Southern BrazilCarlo Krieger and Jean Ensch
Free and open to the public, but registration is required. Email Antje Petty (apetty@wisc.edu) to receive a link. Links will be sent on February 27, 2024. In the mid-1820s, the newly independent country of Brazil invited Europeans to settle its southern lands and provide a bulwark along the borders to Argentina and Paraguay. These efforts …
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Dec 5Hybrid Lecture: “German-Romance Language Contact in the Italian Alps” with Stefan RabanusUW-Madison Memorial Library, Rm 126, 728 State St, Madison, WI 53706 and via Zoom
HYBRID LECTURE Tuesday, December 5 , 2023, 6:00 pm Central Time In-person: UW–Madison Memorial Library, Rm 126 728 State St, Madison, WI 53706 Via Zoom: Pre-Registration Required Email Antje Petty (apetty@wisc.edu) to receive a Zoom link. (Links will be emailed the day before the event) Since ancient times, the Alps have been a transitional space …
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Nov 15Virtual Lecture: “Text Mining America’s German-Language Newspapers, 1830-1914” with Jana KeckVIRTUAL LECTURE Wednesday, November 15 , 2023, 6:00 pm Central Time PRE-REGISTRATION REQUIRED Email Antje Petty (apetty@wisc.edu) to receive a Zoom link. (Links will be emailed the day before the event) During the era of transatlantic mass migration in the nineteenth century, texts spread extensively through the emerging German American press network. This was made …
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Oct 17Virtual Lecture: “Hessians: German Soldiers in the American Revolutionary War” with Friederike BaerVIRTUAL LECTURE Tuesday, October 17, 2023, 6:00 pm Central Time PRE-REGISTRATION REQUIRED Email Antje Petty (apetty@wisc.edu) to receive a Zoom link. (Links will be emailed the day before the event) Between 1776 and 1783, Great Britain hired more than thirty thousand German soldiers to fight in its war against the American rebels. Collectively known as …