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  • Oct 27
    Hermann Ahlwardt’s Antisemitic Campaign in the United States, 1895-97

    Speaker(s): Mathew R. Lange Location: Memorial LIBRARY, room 126, UW–Madison Description: This presentation covers the visit by a notorious, German antisemitic politician, Hermann Ahlwardt, to the USA from December 1895 to January 1897 and his efforts to kindle antisemitism around the country, including in Milwaukee and the New York metropolitan area. Matthew Lange is Associate …

  • Oct 21
    Heimat, Heemet, Home: Where Are the Pennsylvania Dutch?

    Speaker(s): Mark L. Louden Location: UW–Madison, Pyle Center, room 313 Co-sponsor(s): UW–Madison German and Dutch Graduate Student Association Description: This presentation is the keynote address to the 18th annual conference of the UW–Madison German and Dutch Graduate Student Association entitled “Heimat: Living, Loving, and Leaving Home.” You find the complete conference schedule here. Attachment: Poster …

  • Oct 7
    A Celebration of New Books by UW-German Faculty

    Speaker(s): Mark L. Louden, Pamela M. Potter, Sonja Klocke, Hannah Vandegraft Eldrige, B. Venkat Mani Location: Steenbock’s on Orchard, Wisconsin Institutes of Discovery, UW– Madison Co-sponsor(s): UW-Department of German, Center for German & European Studies Description: Join us for a celebration of new books by UW-German Department faculty members Mark L. Louden, Pamela M. Potter, …

  • Sep 15
    Germans and Native Americans in Wisconsin

    Speaker(s): Mark Louden Location: Lebanon Fire Hall, Lebanon, WI Co-sponsor(s): Lebanon Historical Society

  • Sep 12
    Early German Settlements in Wisconsin

    Speaker(s): Antje Petty Location: Fond du Lac Public Library, 32 Sheboygan Street, Fond du Lac, Wisconsin Co-sponsor(s): Fond du Lac County Genealogical Society

  • Jul 29
    MKI at German Fest Milwaukee

    Location: Henry Maier Festival Park, 200 North Harbor Drive, Milwaukee, WI Co-sponsor(s): Friends of the Max Kade Institute, Milwaukee German Fest Description: Visit the Max Kade Institute table in the Culture Pavilion at German Fest Milwaukee! http://germanfest.com/culture/

  • May 5
    The Enemy at Home: German-Americans in the World War I Era

    Speaker(s): Cora Lee Kluge Location: Wisconsin Veterans Museum, 30 W Mifflin St, Madison, WI 53703 Description: Quarterly dinner lecture event at the Wisconsin Veterans Museum. Join Cora Lee Kluge, Co-Director of the Max Kade Institute for German-American Studies, as she explores both the illiberalism and intolerance experienced by German Americans in the World War I …

  • Apr 19
    Of German Neighborhoods and Low German Villages: Spoken German in South Africa

    Speaker(s): Peter Wagener Location: Union South, UW–Madison Co-sponsor(s): Department of German, Center for European Studies, Center for German and European Studies, African Studies Program, History Department Description: This lecture presents the results of recording sessions taken during a journey through South Africa, in February/March 2012 as part of the project „Spoken German in Southern Africa“. …

  • Apr 18
    Pennsylvania Dutch Folk Music

    Speaker(s): Mark Louden Location: Memorial Library, room 126, UW–Madison Co-sponsor(s): Mayrent Institute for Yiddish Culture Description: An exploration of Pennsylvania Dutch folk music as part of the Mayrent Institute’s Sound Salon series.

  • Apr 10
    Who Are the Amish?

    Speaker(s): Mark Louden Location: Rib River Ballroom, 3237 WI-29, Marathon City, WI 54448 Co-sponsor(s): Pommerscher Verein Central Wisconsin

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