Past Events
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Oct 23The Lusitania Effect: German Propaganda and German-American Identity in World War I
Memorial Union
Speaker(s): Frank Trommler Location: Memorial Union, UW–Madison Description: The lecture is the Keynote address at the 25th anniversariy celebration of the Max Kade Institute. Frank Trommler is Professor Emeritus of German at the University of Pennsylvania
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Sep 28The German Language and Immigration in International Perspective
Memorial Union
Location: Memorial Union, UW–Madison Description: On Thursday, September 28 and Friday, September 29, 2006, the Max Kade Institute, in conjunction with the Center for German and European Studies, will sponsor a conference on the topic “The German Language and Immigration in International Perspective.” This will take place in the Memorial Union on the UW–Madison campus. …
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Nov 11Tales of Contact and Change: Traditional Stories of Immigration
Pyle Center
Location: Pyle Center, University of Wisconsin–Madison campus Co-sponsor(s): UW–Madison Center for the Study of Upper Midwestern Cultures Description: Most of us living in the Upper Midwest are descendants of immigrants or have been immigrants ourselves. During the nineteenth century, many new residents to this region came from Europe, especially German-speaking Europe. Once in their new …
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Sep 12Sounds of Two Worlds: Music as a Mirror of Migration to and from Germany
Memorial Union
Location: UW–Madison, Memorial Union Co-sponsor(s): UW–Madison Center for the Study of Upper Midwestern Cultures and Mills Music Library Description: This conference brings together scholars, folk artists, and the public to explore the role of music in the migration experience and the shaping of ethnic identity. By looking at the music of Germans who immigrated to …
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Oct 26German-Jewish Identities in America: From the Civil War to the Present
University Club
Location: UW Madison, University Club Co-sponsor(s): UW–Madison George L. Mosse/Laurence A. Weinstein Center for Jewish Studies Department of German Center for Humanities Description: Within the vast literature on both German-speaking immigrants to this country and on Jews in America, relatively less attention has been paid to the intersection of these two groups, German-speaking Jews. This …
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Oct 15Defining Tensions: A Fresh Look at Germans in Wisconsin
Concourse Hotel
Location: Concourse Hotel Co-sponsor(s): The Max Kade Foundation The Anonymous and Humanistic Funds Friends of the Max Kade Institute Department of German, UW Description: A conference to examine how German immigrants to Wisconsin have gone from being seen as an alien group, sometimes even a threat to Anglo-American values, to becoming a major part of …