Past Events
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Apr 10Virtual Lecture: “Translating History: The Milwaukee Pabst Family Letters (1841–1887)”Viktorija Bilić
Virtual Lecture
Free and open to the public but registration is required. CLICK HERE TO REGISTER A link to the Zoom webinar will be sent to you after registration. In 2005, about 350 letters dated between 1841 and 1887 were discovered at Pabst Farms in Oconomowoc, Wisconsin. They were written in the old German Kurrent script by …
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Mar 12Virtual Lecture: “Building Bridges: Interactions between Plain and Non-Plain Communities”Mark L. Louden
Virtual Lecture
Please notice the new date! Free and open to the public but registration is required. CLICK HERE TO REGISTER A link to the Zoom webinar will be sent to you after registration. As Amish, traditional Mennonite, and Hutterite (Plain) groups in North America experience exponential growth – their numbers are doubling every twenty years – …
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Feb 1Virtual Workshop: “Learn to Read the Old German Script”
Antje Petty and Mark Louden
with Mark L. Louden and Antje Petty Zoom Links will be emailed on January 31, 2025 Sponsored by the Friends of the Max Kade Institute Reading historic German documents written in the old German script, Kurrent, is a challenge for many scholars and family historians. This workshop will introduce you to the basics of reading Kurrent. …
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Dec 14Virtual Workshop: “German Genealogy — Documents of Emigration”
Antje Petty
Virtual Workshop German Genealogy: Emigration Experiences and Documents December 14, 2024, 10:00 am – 2:00 pm Central Time with Antje Petty Register here by December 12, 2024 Every immigrant first was an emigrant. This workshop will discuss the experiences of German-speaking Europeans as they left their home countries, as well as the records that were …
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Dec 4Virtual Lecture: “The Shared Histories of German Immigrants and African Americans in Missouri”Cecilia Nadal & Sydney Norton
Free and open to the public but registration is required. CLICK HERE TO REGISTER! A link to the Zoom webinar will be sent to you after registration. Within the social and political context of nineteenth-century Missouri, Sydney Norton will examine the impacts of German immigrants who were dedicated to ending slavery, and who, in …
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Sep 19Symposium: “From Russia with German: Migration Experiences across Three Continents”UW–Madison, Pyle Center, 702 Langdon St., Room 335, Madison, Wisconsin, AND live-streamed
Free and open to the public In person at the UW–Madison Pyle Center and live-streamed. Join us in Madison and meet our presenters. Ask questions and take part in discussions. Symposium Schedule and Program [click here] All presentations are now available online. Click here to watch! In the late 19th and early 20th centuries, over …
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May 4Sheboygan County: Annual Meeting of the Friends of MKI
Riverdale Country Club 5008 S 12th St., Sheboygan, Wisconsin
This year, the Friends of the Max Kade Institute will explore the rich German American history of Sheboygan County. Join us for our annual meeting at the Riverdale Country Club in Sheboygan, with a warm lunch buffet and a presentation by Katie Dippel Reilly, researcher at the Sheboygan County Historical Research Center (SCHRC). Afterward we …
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Apr 24Virtual Lecture: “German American Freemasons in the United States” with Jesse David CharitonFree and open to the public but registration is required. Email apetty@wisc.edu for a Zoom Link. Links will be emailed a day before the event During the nineteenth century, German-speaking immigrants to the United States joined and formed Masonic lodges, just as they founded religious congregations, shooting clubs, and singing societies. This presentation will outline …
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Mar 21Virtual Lecture: ‘The Mysteries of New Orleans:’ Fictions and Facts in the ‘Louisiana Staats-Zeitung,’ 1854″
Caroline Huey
Free and open to the public, but registration is required. Email Antje Petty (apetty@wisc.edu) to receive a link. Links will be sent on March 20, 2024. This presentation will explore the complex and conflict-ridden society experienced by German immigrants who lived in antebellum New Orleans, a port city known for its multicultural and international population …
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Mar 15Virtual Lecture: “American Dreams: A New Life in the USA”Christina A. Ziegler-McPherson
This lecture is organized by the German Society of Pennsylvania with co-sponsorship of the Max Kade Institute for German American Studies at UW–Madison and the German Historical Institute of Washington. Click here to receive a Zoom Link. Take a virtual tour through the special exhibition American Dreams, A New Life in the USA, now on …