Past Event Category: MKI Presentations
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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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Jul 16Wausau, Wisconsin — MKI Traveling Exhibit “Neighbors Past and Present: The Wisconsin German Experience”
Location: Marathon County Historical Society, 410 Mcindoe St., Wausau, WI Co-sponsor(s): Marathon County Historical Society, 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 …
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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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Feb 9In Their Own Words: German Americans in the World War I Era
Speaker(s): Antje Petty Location: Lindenwood Community Center, Mequon, WI Description: Drawing on the resources of the Max Kade Institute Library & Archives and other contemporary materials, this presentation looks at German-language documents published in the United States during the World War I Era. It offers a glimpse into German Americans’ view of the world as …
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Nov 5In Their Own Words: German Americans in the World War I Era
Speaker(s): Antje Petty Location: Oshkosh Public Library, Oshkosh, Wisconsin Co-sponsor(s): Winnebago County Historical & Archeological Society Description: Drawing on the resources of the Max Kade Institute Library & Archives and other contemporary materials, this presentation looks at German-language documents published in the United States during the World War I Era. It offers a glimpse into …
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Oct 25The Amish in Wisconsin
Speaker(s): Mark L. Louden Location: Franklin Public Library, 9151 West Loomis Road, Franklin, WI Co-sponsor(s): Franklin Public Library
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Oct 1German-Language Resources for Genealogists
Speaker(s): Antje Petty Location: Kiel Public Library, Kiel, Wisconsin Description: Join us for an overview of German-language resources for genealogists and suggestions on where to find them. We will learn how to interpret historic documents and practice deciphering Old German script and print.
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Sep 24Kick Up Your Heels to “Die Tanzgeiger”
Speaker(s): “Die Tanzgeiger” Austrian Dance Band Location: UW–Madison, University Club, 803 State Street Co-sponsor(s): Friends of UW–Madison Libraries, the Center for the Study of Upper Midwestern Cultures, Mayrent Institute for Yiddish Culture, Mills Music Library and Max Kade Institute for German-American Studies Description: Doors open at 5PM, music begins at 6PM This early evening event …
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Sep 14The Way Home: A Photo Biography of Arthur Davis Hasler
Speaker(s): Arthur Frederick Hasler Location: UW–Madison Memorial Library, room 126, 728 State Street, Madison Co-sponsor(s): Center for Limnology at UW–Madison Description: One of the most fascinating phenomena in the animal kingdom is the migration of salmon. This photo presentation by Arthur Frederick Hasler tells the story of his father Arthur Davis Hasler (1908-2001), a former …
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Sep 9From Humble Stew to Elegant Kaffee: German-American Cookbooks and Food Traditions
Speaker(s): Antje Petty Location: German American Heritage Center & Museum 712 W 2nd St. Davenport, IA 52802 Co-sponsor(s): German American Heritage Center, Davenport, IA Description: When immigrants from German-speaking Europe came to the Midwest in the nineteenth century, they brought with them their culture and traditions, especially culinary ways and recipes. Before long, cookbooks were …