The latest issue of the Max Kade Institute NEWSLETTER has been sent to our members.
Join the Friends, and receive your copy in the mail.
Read about..
— The German Diaspora in the World War I Era – a report on MKI’s October conference
— Harvey Miller’s Pennsylvania Dutch poems written during WWI
— Book review: “The Temptation of Despair”
— Book review: “Folksongs of Another America”
— How German Americans Shaped America’s Beer Culture
“Quench Your Thirst For Knowledge”
Join the Friends for an entertaining evening to benefit the Max Kade Institute for German-American Studies! 
Friday, November 13, 2015
6:00 – 9:00 p.m.
The University Club
803 State Street, Madison, 53703
**Craft beer from Bull Falls Brewery in Wausau, Wisconsin
**German-style buffet with delicacies from Clasen’s European Bakery in Middleton, Swiss Colony in Monroe, Freiburg Gastropub in Madison, and the University Club Restaurant.
**Polka Music with Rick March, and fun silent auction baskets.
Invite your Friends and share the attached Fall Fest_poster!
Contact: friends.mki.madison@gmail.com or 608-262-7546
PLEASE NOTE: No tickets will be mailed to you. Once we have received your payment, we will confirm your purchase by email or phone call. On the day of the event, please stop at the registration table, and you will receive a wristband.
Come to Madison for a German-American GENEALOGY WORKSHOP, co-sponsored by the Friends!
Saturday, November 7, 2015, 8:30 a.m. – 4:00 p.m.
Memorial Library – room 126, 728 State Street, Madison
$30, box lunch included, 10% discount for Friends of the MKI and members of the WHS.
Join Lori Bessler (Wisconsin Historical Society) and Antje Petty (Max Kade Institute for German-American Studies) as they share tips and strategies to help you research your ancestors from German-speaking Europe.
Registration online at the Wisconsin Historical Society: http://shop.wisconsinhistory.org/productcart/pc/viewPrd.asp…
For details see the attached PROGRAM or CONTACT
Lori Bessler: Lori.Bessler@wisconsinhistory.org, 608-264-6519 or
Antje Petty: apetty@wisc.edu, 608-262-7546
Join us for an exciting and thought-provoking symposium on Germans who lived outside the Kaiserreich in the World War I Era.
During the era of the “Great War,” many nations had significant numbers of first- or second-generation ethnic Germans living within their borders. Speakers of German could be found in the United States, Russia, Denmark, southern Africa, China, and Latin America. This symposium will look at the complex situations and dynamics of societies with German populations on the periphery or outside the borders of the German Empire in this period of global armed conflict
FREE and open to the PUBLIC!
Click here for schedule and details.
May 4, 5, 6 at 7:30
UW–Madison Memorial Union Play Circle
A German-American comedy about love, local politics and drinking in 1853 Milwaukee. Written in German and originally performed in Milwaukee 160 years ago, Christian Essellen’s play offers an entertaining view of Wisconsin Germans around 1850 – and of issues that remain current today!
Performance by students of the UW–German Department. (in German.)
FREE. Reservations required. Registration information and program details can be found here: http://german.lss.wisc.edu/new_web/?q=node/344
The play will also be performed in Milwaukee May 8 at 6pm at Nicolet High School in the Community Room/Studio Theater (Room F-106) 6701 North Jean Nicolet Road, Glendale, WI 53217