Brandon Bloch
@ 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 its occupation by the Allied powers, the German Protestant Church assumed …
Emily Sneff
@ 6:00 pm
Free and open to the public, but registration is required. Click here to register for a Zoom link. The names of German Americans do not often come to mind when we think about the founding …
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. …
Emily Sneff
Virtual Lecture @ 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 …
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 …
Mark Louden
Friday Memorial Library, 155 East 1st Street, New Richmond, WI @ 6:00 pm
In this talk Professor Louden will provide an overview of the impact that German-speaking immigrants and their descendants have had in shaping the life and culture of Wisconsin, from the nineteenth century to the present. …
Antje Petty
Germantown Community Library, N112W16957 Mequon Road, Germantown, WI @ 6:00 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; …
Antje Petty
Lester Public Library, 1001 Adams St., Two Rivers, WI 54241 @ 6:00 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; …
Mark Louden
Monroe, WI Public Library, 925 16th Ave, Monroe, WI @ 10:00 am
The 1972 Supreme Court decision in Wisconsin v. Yoder, which upheld Amish parents’ right to determine their children’s education on religious grounds, is considered a landmark in American constitutional history. In this presentation Mark Louden …
Viktorija Bilić
Virtual Lecture @ 6:00 pm
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 …
