Past Event Category: Lecture
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Mar 31WATCH LIVE ON FACEBOOK— Lecture: Pioneer Breweries of Western Wisconsin
Chippewa Valley Museum
This event will be presented live on Facebook. Go to https://www.cvmuseum.com/calendar/ , and click on the event in the calendar, to receive a link shortly before the event begins. This presentation is offered in conjunction with the display of MKI’s traveling exhibit “Neighbors Past and Present” at the Chippewa Valley Museum in Eau Claire. The …
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Mar 30LECTURE: Amish in Wisconsin
Mount Horeb Public Library
One of America’s most familiar yet widely misunderstood religious groups are the Old Order Amish. This presentation will address central aspects of Amish life and the Christian faith that anchors it, with a special emphasis on Amish communities in Wisconsin, which has the fourth-largest population of any US state. Mark L. Louden is the Alfred L. …
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Feb 8Lecture by Mark Louden: “Neighbors Past and Present”
Lindenwood Community Center, 12351 N. Granville Rd., Mequon, WI
A presentation on the German experience in Wisconsin in advance of the display of MKI’s traveling exhibit “Neighbors Past and Present” at the Lindenwood Community Center in July, 2020.
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Jan 25Lecture: “The Wisconsin German Experience”
Oshkosh Public Library, 106 Washington Avenue, Oshkosh, WI
Lecture by Mark L. Louden in conjunction with MKI’s exhibit “Neighbors Past and Present.” Mark L. Louden is the Director of the Max Kade Institute for German-American Studies and Alfred L. Shoemaker, J. William Frey, and Don Yoder Professor of Germanic Linguistics at the University of Wisconsin–Madison.
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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 29Opening of Exhibit “Neighbors Past and Present,” Lecture & Reception
University Club
Speaker(s): Mark L. Louden Location: University Club Restaurant, 803 State Street, Madison Co-sponsor(s): Friends of the Max Kade Institute Description: Opening ceremony for MKI’s traveling exhibit “Neighbors Past and Present: The Wisconsin German Experience” in Madison. The exhibit will be displayed at the University Club Restaurant, first floor. Doors open at 5:30 pm. Lecture by …
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Sep 26The German Presence in Wisconsin
Speaker(s): Mark L. Louden Location: Essen Haus Restaurant and Bar, East Wilson Street, Madison Co-sponsor(s): Karl Schurz Haus Freiburg Description: This lecture is part of the Fernweh and Home Podcast Celebration. The Fernweh and Home podcast featured by University of Wisconsin’s student radio is a cooperative project by exchange students from Freiburg/Germany studying in Madison …
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Sep 12The Meaning of the Pennsylvania Dutch Language
Speaker(s): Mark L. Louden Location: Elizabethtown College, Bucher Meetinghouse, One Alpha Drive Elizabethtown, PA Co-sponsor(s): Elizabethtown College Description: BROWN BOOK AWARD LECTURE Though often misunderstood and even scorned by outsiders, the Pennsylvania Dutch language is flourishing today among the Plain people, members of Amish and Old Order Mennonite groups. This presentation by Mark Louden will …
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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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Apr 12“Who are the Amish?” – A series of lectures in Western Wisconsin
Speaker(s): Mark L. Louden Location: Prescott, Rice Lake, Spring Valley, Hawkins, Chetek Co-sponsor(s): Prescott Public Library, Rice Lake Public Library, Spring Valley Public Library, Hawkins Public Library, Christ Lutheran Church in Chetek Description: Join Mark Louden for one of six lectures on “Who are the Amish?” in Western Wisconsin: Thursday, April 12, 6:00 p.m. at …