Past Event Category: Virtual Lectures
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Jan 28Live Virtual Lecture: “Folk Farmsteads on the Frontier”
Virtual Event
Folk Farmsteads on the Frontier: German-American Farm Buildings in Southwestern North Dakota Anna Andrzejewski and Travis Olson Free and open to the public, but registration is required. Email Antje Petty (apetty@wisc.edu) to receive a link. (links will be mailed on January 27, 2021) This talk focuses on farm buildings built by German Americans who immigrated …
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Dec 10Live Virtual Lecture: “On the Road to Prohibition: The Temperance Battle and German-American Brewers”
Virtual Event
This lecture is available to pre-registrants only. It will NOT be posted online. Email Antje Petty (apetty@wisc.edu) to receive a link to this webinar. Links will be sent a day before the event. A hundred years ago, Prohibition was enacted nationwide in the Unites States. This lecture juxtaposes the evolution of the temperance movement with …
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Nov 19Live Virtual Lecture: “From the Spanish Royal Court to the White House: Alexander von Humboldt’s Quest for Knowledge in a World of Politics”
Virtual Event
Free and open to the public, but pre-registration is required email Antje Petty (apetty@wisc.edu) to receive a link to the event The year 2019 marked the 250th anniversary the birth of Alexander von Humboldt, the Prussian explorer, naturalist, historian and humanist, whose wide-ranging work continues to influence scientific theories and movements to this day. This lecture discusses Humboldt’s role between the …
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Oct 29Live Virtual Lecture: “Thousands of Rhine-Hessians Are Living Here” — The Southwest German Immigrant Experience in 19th Century Wisconsin”
Virtual Event
Free and open to the public. This lecture requires pre-registration. Please RSVP to apetty@wisc.edu and you will be emailed a link to the event by October 29. In the mid-nineteenth century, emigrants from the present-day German state of Rhineland-Palatinate settled in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, and in rural clusters in surrounding counties, such as Washington, Sheboygan and Fond du …
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Oct 1LIVE Virtual Lecture: Faithful to the Fatherland or Doughboys auf Deutsch? New Perspectives on the World War I Experience
Virtual Event
Free and open to the public, but pre-registration is required email Antje Petty (apetty@wisc.edu) to receive a link to the event This lecture examines the experiences of German-Americans during the Great War, focusing on their treatment by the Anglo-American society as well as their own attitudes toward the war and the Fatherland. Both groups failed to distinguish …
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Sep 10Live Online: “A Historical Look at the Amish”
Virtual Event
After fleeing religious persecution in Europe, members of the Amish settled in the United States and Canada before the American Revolution. Initially immigrating to Pennsylvania, Amish communities can now be found across the country, including in Texas. Listen to MKI Director Mark L. Louden as he discusses Amish history at a live virtual program at …
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Sep 1Live Online: “Amish in Wisconsin”
Virtual Event
Join “Badger Talks Live” and watch MKI Director Mark L. Louden’s presentation on “Amish in Wisconsin.” https://www.facebook.com/UWConnects/event. HOW TO JOIN: This lecture is presented by Badger Talk Live on Facebook. All Facebook users can access the talk at https://m.facebook.com/uwconnects/live at the starting time, September 1, 12:00 pm, CDT. Free and open to anyone. This lecture is …
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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 …