Events

GNS+ Events

• Jan

  30

  GNS+ Book Talk - The Not-Quite Child January 30, 2026 @ 12:00 pm CST Madsen Room (1312 Van Hise)
  

  The discussion will focus on Liina-Ly Roos’s recent publication, The Not-Quite Child (University of Washington Press, 2025). The event will take the form of a conversation among three of our wonderful GNS colleagues: Dr. Liina-Ly Roos, Dr. …

• Feb

  02

  ‘МОСТ’ WANTED”: Intergenerational Bridge-Building in Bulgarian Village Revitalization February 2, 2026 @ 4:00 pm CST - 5:00 pm CST 1418 Van Hise Hall
  

  This presentation explores why and how young, urban Bulgarians are addressing rural depopulation, and especially how recovery of traditional cultural practices plays into their endeavors.

• Feb

  03

  Language and Place: Poetry in Yiddish and Pennsylvania Dutch February 3, 2026 @ 4:00 pm CST UW–Madison Memorial Union, Old Madison Room, 800 Langdon Street
  

  This event will showcase poetic works in Yiddish and Pennsylvania Dutch that deal with the concept of place.

• Feb

  12

  Virtual Lecture: “German Americans and the Founding of the United States” February 12, 2026 @ 6:00 pm CST https://uwmadison.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_1UOtwOHvSIOb93RMGB1i5g

  Free and open to the public, but registration is required. Click here to register for a Zoom link. The names of German Americans do not often come to mind when we think about the founding …

• Feb

  25

  Virtual Lecture: "German and American Protestant Pastors in Occupied Germany” February 25, 2026 @ 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.

• Mar

  10

  Virtual Lecture: An Unusual Moravian Diary March 10, 2026 @ 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.

• Apr

  10

  GNS+ Lecture: The Last Aurochs: Zoopolitics, Memorialization, and Early Modern Extinction April 10, 2026 @ 4:00 pm CDT Pyle Center Room 332
  

  From the 16th century onward, Jaktorów Forest in Mazovia, Poland, became the last refuge of the aurochs, a now-extinct species of long-horned wild cattle. Despite the Polish kings’ best efforts at conservation, the species perished …

• Apr

  24

  German Play: "Die unwürdige Greisin" ("The Shameless Old Lady) April 24, 2026 @ 6:30 pm CDT Deluca Forum
  

  More information to come.