MKI on the Road: “Reconstructing Linguistic History: What did Ontario’s Earliest Amish Speak?” with Mark Louden

Conrad Grebel University College, Great Hall, Waterloo, Ontario
@ 7:30 pm
https://uwaterloo.ca/grebel/events/lecture-series/bechtel-lectures

What language did Amish Mennonites speak when they began migrating to Southern Ontario from dialectally-diverse regions in German-speaking Central Europe? This lecture will analyze the speech of their descendants from East Zorra-Tavistock and Wilmot townships, compare …

CANCELLED—Lecture: The Wisconsin-German Experience in National Context

German-American Heritage Museum, Washington, DC
@ 7:00 pm - 9:00 pm

THIS LECTURE HAS BEEN CANCELLED. It will be rescheduled at a later date.  Opening of the Max Kade Institute exhibit “Neighbors Past and Present” and reception, with a lecture by Mark L. Louden, Director of …