“From Russia with German” — Recorded Presentations

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.

Click on the links in the titles below to watch a video recording.

Photograph of Professor Mark L. Louden.

Words of Welcome
Mark L. Louden, Professor of Germanic Linguistics, University of Wisconsin–Madison

 

 

Photograph of Stefan Manz

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

 

Eric J. Schmaltz

“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 

Photograph of Peter Rosenberg

A Brief Sociolinguistic History of Plautdietsch in the Altai (Russia)
Peter Rosenberg, Senior Scholar of Linguistics, European University Viadrina, Frankfurt (Oder), Germany 

 

Photograph of Göz Kaufmann

Russian Mennonites in North America: Three Countries – Three Identities?
Göz Kaufmann, Adjunct Professor of German Linguistics, Albert Ludwig University of Freiburg, Germany

 

Photograph of Aileen Friesen

When the Russlaender met the Kanadier: Cultural Complexities of a Mennonite Reunion
Aileen Friesen, Associate Professor of History, The University of Winnipeg 

 

Photograph of Travis Olson

“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 

 

Photograph of Ann Braaten

Ethnic Textiles and Clothing of the Germans from Russia
Ann Braaten, Associate Professor [retired], School of Design, Art, and Architecture, North Dakota State University 

 

Photograph of Nancy Martin

“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 

 

Photograph of Claudia Maria Riehl

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

 

Photograph of Professor Mark L. Louden.

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.