Brandon Bloch
@ 6:00 pm CST
https://uwmadison.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_8hq7_WMqTI6iSh06ocWevw
This presentation examines the fraught interactions between German Lutheran pastors and their American Protestant counterparts, as well as U.S.-based faith organizations.
Van Hise 1418 @ 4:00 pm CDT
Nathan Taylor's talk, "Fugitive Logistics: Unsettling the German Archive,” is drawn from his forthcoming book of the same name with Cornell University Press. It shifts from discourses of value to global value chains and draws on an emerging field of ‘infrastructural’ and critical logistics studies to rethink paradigms of exile and Atlantic migration in German Studies.
Paul Peucker
@ 6:00 pm CDT
Join us and Dr. Peucker as he explores the history of the Moravians and examines the diary itself—who these men were, the topics they discussed in London, and why this source remains relevant today.
Mark L. Louden, Antje Petty
@ 10:00 am CDT - 12:00 pm CDT
This workshop is designed for scholars, family historians, students, and anyone curious about Kurrent. You will learn how to decipher individual characters, words, and simple texts, even if you do not speak German. We will also discuss common structures and phrases found in personal documents that can help you better understand their content.
Union South @ 9:00 am CDT - 1:00 pm CDT
This annual outreach event invites Wisconsin middle school and high school German language students to campus to participate in competitions in German, including spelling, Pictionary, charades, poetry, music performance, and skits. The motto this year is “Stadt, Land, Zukunft” which translates as city, country, future.
Deluca Forum @ 7:00 pm CDT - 8:30 pm CDT
Berlin-based director Jürgen Kuttner, theater specialist Helga Angarano, and students in the German Theater class will present a performance of Bertolt Brecht’s subversively funny short story “Die unwürdige Greisin” (“The Shameless Old Lady”). The performance …