Past Events
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Sep 26The German Presence in Wisconsin
Speaker(s): Mark L. Louden Location: Essen Haus Restaurant and Bar, East Wilson Street, Madison Co-sponsor(s): Karl Schurz Haus Freiburg Description: This lecture is part of the Fernweh and Home Podcast Celebration. The Fernweh and Home podcast featured by University of Wisconsin’s student radio is a cooperative project by exchange students from Freiburg/Germany studying in Madison …
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Sep 17Leaving Europe for the New World: Documents of Emigration from German-Speaking Europe
Speaker(s): Antje Petty Location: CHARLES TALLMAN ARCHIVES AND RESEARCH CENTER, Carriage House, 430 N. Jackson St., Janesville, WI Co-sponsor(s): Rock County Genealogical Society Description: Your ancestors decided to leave German-Speaking Europe for America – what did they do at home before they were able to embark on their journey? This presentation will look at the …
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Sep 14A Sturdy Linguistic Hybrid: Pennsylvania Dutch, Past and Present
Speaker(s): Mark L. Louden Location: Pennsylvania German Heritage Center, Kutztown University, Kutzland, PA Co-sponsor(s): Pennsylvania Chapter of the Palatines to America German Genelaogy Society Description: This lecture is part of the Genealogy & Cuture Conference 2019, held by the Pennsylvania Chapter of Palatines to America German Genealogy Society. More information can be found here: https://www.palam.org/pennsylvania-palam-chapter.php
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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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Sep 3Spring Valley, Wisconsin — MKI Traveling Exhibit “Neighbors Past and Present: The Wisconsin German Experience”
Location: Spring Valley Public Library, E121 South 2nd St., Spring Valley, WI Co-sponsor(s): Spring Valley Public Library; 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 …
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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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Jul 14Athens, Wisconsin — MKI Traveling Exhibit “Neighbors Past and Present: The Wisconsin German Experience”
Location: Berlin Center, 11248 Berlin Lane, Athens, WI Co-sponsor(s): Pommerscher Verein Central Wisconsin, 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 in Wisconsin, …
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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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Apr 11German in America: Words, Sounds, and Images – Society for German-American Studies Annual Symposium
Location: Madison, Wisconsin: Concourse Hotel, University Club, Wisconsin Historical Society Description: The Max Kade Institute for German-American Studies at the University of Wisconsin–Madison is the local cosponsor of the 43rd Annual SGAS Symposium. A thematic focus of the Symposium will be on the diverse expressions of German culture in America, past and present, including topics …
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Feb 23SOLD OUT – Finding Our German Ancestors in Europe: a Workshop for Genealogists
Speaker(s): Antje Petty Location: Memorial Library, Rm. 126, 728 State Street, Madison Co-sponsor(s): Wisconsin Historical Society Description: SOLD OUT Session I “All I know is they were from Germany” Before you can do any meaningful family research in Europe, it is crucial to know where your ancestor lived at a certain time. This session will …