Past Event Category: Guest Lectures
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Mar 24POSTPONED—Memories of Wisconsin’s Low German Past: The Life and Work of Albert F. W. Grimm
University Club Restaurant
THIS EVENT HAS BEEN CANCELLED. It will be rescheduled at a later date. Step back into Wisconsin’s Low-German past! On March 24, 2020, the Max Kade Institute will showcase the life and work of Albert F. W. Grimm. Join us for a fun evening with short presentations, readings (with translations), and musical selections featuring Max …
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Mar 8A Wisconsin German Experience at the Schlegelmilch House
Schlegelmilch House, 517 S Farwell St., Eau Claire, WI
This event is offered in conjunction with the display of MKI’s traveling exhibit “Neighbors Past and Present” at the Chippewa Valley Museum in Eau Claire. Join UW-Eau Claire German students led by Professor Josh Brown as they share language and cultural activities that connect to Wisconsin’s German heritage. Enjoy tours of the Schlegelmilch home featuring …
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Jan 13Oshkosh, Wisconsin — MKI Traveling Exhibit “Neighbors Past and Present: The Wisconsin German Experience”
Oshkosh Public Library, 106 Washington Avenue, Oshkosh, WI
Location: Oshkosh Public Library, 106 Washington Avenue Oshkosh, WI Co-sponsor(s): Oshkosh Public Library, Wisconsin Humanities Council Description: Display of MKI’s traveling exhibit “Neighbors Past and Present: the Wisconsin German Experience.” On fourteen panels that draw largely on images and resources from the MKI Library and Archives, the exhibit covers German migration and settlement in Wisconsin, …
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Oct 16The Wends of Texas: a Case Study of German Minority Immigration to the U.S.
UW-Madison Memorial Library, Rm 126, 728 State Street, Madison
Speaker(s): David Zersen Location: UW–Madison, Memorial LIBRARY, room 126, 728 State Street, Madison Co-sponsor(s): Center for German and European Studies (CGES); Center for Russia, East Europe, and Central Asia (CREECA); Department of German, Nordic, and Slavic at UW–Madison Description: Sorbs or Wends are a Slavic minority living in a region of eastern Germany that borders …
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Oct 7Kiel, Wisconsin — MKI Traveling Exhibit “Neighbors Past and Present: The Wisconsin German Experience”
Location: Kiel Public Library, 511 Third Street, Kiel, WI Co-sponsor(s): Kiel Public Library, Wisconsin Humanities Council Description: Display of MKI’s traveling exhibit “Neighbors Past and Present: the Wisconsin German Experience.” On fourteen panels that draw largely on images and resources from the MKI Library and Archives, the exhibit covers German migration and settlement in Wisconsin, …
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Jul 16Wausau, Wisconsin — MKI Traveling Exhibit “Neighbors Past and Present: The Wisconsin German Experience”
Location: Marathon County Historical Society, 410 Mcindoe St., Wausau, WI Co-sponsor(s): Marathon County Historical Society, Wisconsin Humanities Council Description: Display of MKI’s traveling exhibit “Neighbors Past and Present: the Wisconsin German Experience.” On fourteen panels that draw largely on images and resources from the MKI Library and Archives, the exhibit covers German migration and settlement …
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Apr 12Benjamin Franklin and the Germans: A Transatlantic Encounter in the Age of Enlightenment
Speaker(s): Juergen Overhoff Location: Wisconsin Historical Society Auditorium, 816 State St., Madison Co-sponsor(s): Wisconsin Historical Society; Department of German, Nordic, Slavic, and the Center for German and European Studies (CGES) at UW–Madison; Friends of the Max Kade Institute Description: Benjamin Franklin had many interesting and consequential encounters with Germans both in North America and in …
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Sep 14The Way Home: A Photo Biography of Arthur Davis Hasler
Speaker(s): Arthur Frederick Hasler Location: UW–Madison Memorial Library, room 126, 728 State Street, Madison Co-sponsor(s): Center for Limnology at UW–Madison Description: One of the most fascinating phenomena in the animal kingdom is the migration of salmon. This photo presentation by Arthur Frederick Hasler tells the story of his father Arthur Davis Hasler (1908-2001), a former …
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Apr 5“It’s a lot harder in Wisconsin than here”: The Contours of German-American Immigration to Iowa
Speaker(s): Glenn Ehrstine Location: University Club, 801 State Street, Madison Co-sponsor(s): University of Iowa German Department; Department of German, Nordic, Slavic at UW–Madison Description: This lecture is the keynote address at the opening of the exhibit “German Iowa and the Global Midwest.” It is followed by a reception. Glenn Ehrstine is Associate Professor of German …
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Feb 22“The Great Suiciding People Among Us”: German Americans and Suicide in the Nineteenth Century
Speaker(s): Alison Efford Location: UW Madison Memorial LIBRARY, room 126; 728 State Street Description: When the superintendent of the census called German immigrants “the great suiciding people among us” in 1899, he simply confirmed the common wisdom of his time. Official statistics, proliferating social scientific studies, German-American literature, newspaper coverage, the testimony of family and …