Past Events
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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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Nov 7German-American Genealogy Workshop
Speaker(s): Antje Petty and Lori Bessler Location: Memorial Library, Room 126, 728 State St Madison, WI 53706 Co-sponsor(s): Wisconsin Historical Society Description: Do you have ancestors from German-speaking Europe? Then you will enjoy this all-day workshop. Combining history and genealogical strategies, this program will help you research your German-speaking ancestors. It will also give tips …
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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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Oct 8Outside the Kaiserreich: The German Diaspora in the World War I Era
Location: Pyle Center Co-sponsor(s): UW–Madison German Department, Center for European Studies, Center for German and European Studies, Department of History, Mosse/ Weinstein Center for Jewish Studies, Friends of the Max Kade Institute Description: This symposium is the forty-eighth Wisconsin Workshop, an annual interdisciplinary forum in German studies sponsored by the UW Department of German. It …
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Oct 8In Their Own Words: German Americans in the World War I Era
Location: Max Kade Institute, 432 East Campus Mall, Madison Description: Drawing on the rich resources of the Max Kade Institute Library and Archives, this exhibit showcases German-language newspapers, magazines, books, and other materials that were printed in the United States in the World War I era. Interpretive posters and translations offer a glimpse at how German-Americans …
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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