Past Event Category: MKI Presentations
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Apr 7An Extraordinary Record: Three-Plus Centuries of Germans in New Orleans as Documented in the Holdings of The Historic New Orleans Collection
Speaker(s): Daniel Hammer Location: Union South, UW–Madison Co-sponsor(s): UW–Madison German Department, Center for German and European Studies, History Department, School of Library and Information Sciences Description: This talk uses primary source objects and documents to explore the history of Germans in New Orleans and ask questions about where this history is convergent with, and where …
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Mar 21Who Are the Amish?
Speaker(s): Mark Louden Location: Brookfield Public Library, 1900 North Calhoun Road, Brookfield Co-sponsor(s): Elmbrook Historical Society Attachment: Elmbrook Historical Society_Louden 1 page.pdf
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Mar 15Two Troubled Souls: A Moravian Couple in the 18th-Century Atlantic World
Speaker(s): Aaron Fogleman Location: UW Memorial LIBRARY, room 126 Co-sponsor(s): UW–Madison German Department, Center for German and European Studies, History Department, Religious Studies Description: In 1746, Maria Barbara Kroll (born a German Lutheran) and Jean François Reynier (a Huguenot from Switzerland) were married in a Moravian wedding ceremony near Frankfurt and immediately sent to Suriname …
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Feb 10Who Are the Amish?
Speaker(s): Mark Louden Location: Union South, UW–Madison Co-sponsor(s): UW Office of Talent Management; UW Roundtable Description: One of America’s most visible yet often misunderstood religious groups are the Old Order Amish. In this presentation, we will explore basic facts about the faith and life of the Amish, including in Wisconsin, which has the fourth highest …
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Jan 10Who Are the Amish?
Speaker(s): Mark Louden Location: Various locations in rural western Wisconsin. See description Co-sponsor(s): Various co-sponsors. See description. Description: Come to rural western Wisconsin, where MKI Co-Director Mark Louden will give nine presentations on “Who Are the Amish?,” as well as a radio interview. Monday Jan. 11, 1:00 Cameron Area Public Library, 506 Main St., Cameron …
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Jan 3Was It Something They Said? German Americans in the World War I Era
Speaker(s): Cora Lee Kluge Location: German American Heritage Center, 712 W 2nd St, Davenport, IA 52802 Co-sponsor(s): German American Heritage Center
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Nov 15The German Language in America
Speaker(s): Mark Louden Location: Lebanon Historical Society, Lebanon, WI Co-sponsor(s): Lebanon Historical Society
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Oct 15“They Came to America” – German Immigration Tour
Speaker(s): Antje Petty Location: Pope Farm Conservancy, 7440 W Old Sauk Rd, Verona, WI Co-sponsor(s): Pope Farm Conservancy Description: Hear about the story of German Immigration to the area in the 1850-1870’s. Learn about why they came here, the “Push—Pull” dynamics that related to all immigrants, and the “Chain Migration.” Learn how they got here–by …
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Oct 8Imperial Germany as a Country of Emigration and Immigration
Speaker(s): Werner Sollors Location: University Club, 803 State Street, Madison Co-sponsor(s): UW Lectures Committee Description: This lecture is the keynote address to the international symposium “Outside the Kaiserreich: the German Diaspora in the World War I Era.” About five million Germans—some political refugees but mostly economic migrants—came to the United States between 1850 and 1920 …
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Sep 2220th Century German Immigration: A Max Kade Institute Oral History Project
Speaker(s): Antje Petty Location: Portage Public Library, Portage, WI Co-sponsor(s): Columbia County Genealogical Society