The following lectures were presented at the symposium “From Russia with German: Migration Experiences across Three Continents,” held on the UW–Madison Campus, September 19–20, 2024. Click here for or more information on the symposium including the event program.
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Words of Welcome
Mark L. Louden, Professor of Germanic Linguistics, University of Wisconsin–Madison
Keynote: In the Fold of a “Greater German Empire”? ‘Russian Germans’ and Diasporic Connectedness before 1914
Stefan Manz, Professor of Global History, Aston University, Birmingham, United Kingdom
“Voices Crying Out in the Wilderness”: Germans from Russia Transnational Networks across Eurasia and North America during the Soviet Dissident Period, 1972–1987
Eric J. Schmaltz, Professor of History, Northwestern Oklahoma State University, Alva
A Brief Sociolinguistic History of Plautdietsch in the Altai (Russia)
Peter Rosenberg, Senior Scholar of Linguistics, European University Viadrina, Frankfurt (Oder), Germany
Russian Mennonites in North America: Three Countries – Three Identities?
Göz Kaufmann, Adjunct Professor of German Linguistics, Albert Ludwig University of Freiburg, Germany
When the Russlaender met the Kanadier: Cultural Complexities of a Mennonite Reunion
Aileen Friesen, Associate Professor of History, The University of Winnipeg
“Making It” on the Edge of the American West: The Prospective Landscapes of German Russian Settlers in Southwestern North Dakota
Travis Olson, Ph.D. candidate in Art History, University of Wisconsin–Madison
Ethnic Textiles and Clothing of the Germans from Russia
Ann Braaten, Associate Professor [retired], School of Design, Art, and Architecture, North Dakota State University
“A Stocky, Almost Round, Appearance”: An Analysis of German Russian Women’s Dress from 1850 to 1900
Nancy Martin, Lecturer in Apparel Design, San Francisco State University
Being Volga German: Historical Background, Sociolinguistic Development, and the Formation of Identity
Claudia Maria Riehl, Professor of Germanic Linguistics, Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich, Germany
Germans from Russia and Diversity in German America
Mark L. Louden, Professor of Germanic Linguistics, University of Wisconsin–Madison
The symposium has been cosponsored by the UW–Madison’s Center for European Studies; the Center for Russia, East Europe, and Central Asia; the Department of German, Nordic, Slavic+; and by the Friends of the Max Kade Institute. It is made possible through the generous financial support of the UW–Madison Anonymous Fund and significant financial contributions by our cosponsors. The keynote lecture received additional support from the UW Lectures Committee and the Kemper K. Knapp Bequest Fund.