The "Free Thinkers" has considerable influenceon various German-American
cultural societies -- pictured here is a congregation from Sauk City, WI (1902).

The University of Wisconsin-Madison presents a FREE public lecture series on German Immigrants to the United States (1848-present) as part of the State and University sesquicentennial celebrations ... there will be a special focus on the large numbers of Germans who came to Wisconsin.

1999 University Summer Forum GERMAN IMMIGRANTS TO THE UNITED STATES: 1848-PRESENT Free and open to the public July 13-August 5 Join us at 7 p.m., Tuesdays and Thursdays, July 13-August 5, for some stimulating discussions on the German immigrants. All lectures are free and open to the public. Registered summer students may receive 1 or 3 university credits for this program.

The University Summer Forum examines the diverse experiences of many rural laborers, artisans, workers, and intellectuals who left German lands to settle in the United States, especially those coming to Wisconsin. Guest lecturers will discuss the European background of these immigrants and the role they played in historical occurrences in the U.S. and world history since 1848. The rich resources of Wisconsin will provide information on settlement, employment, architecture, religion, education, old traditions, and other influences of the German immigrants.

To request an information brochure, call 608/262-1156 or e- mail cont.ed@ccmail.adp. wisc.edu. For program details, contact Professor Cora Lee Nollendorfs, Dept of German, phone 608/262-2192 or e-mail clnollen@facstaff.wisc.edu or call Mary Devitt at the Max Kade Institute for German-American Studies at 608-262-7546 or email: maxkade@macc.wisc.edu.

SUMMER SESSIONS
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UW-Madison Forum Course
German Immigration in Wisconsin
July 13-Aug. 5, 1999
Classes held in room 1100 Grainger Hall, 975 University Ave.
Discussion sessions for registered students will be held in 1270 Grainger hall at 9:15 pm Tuesdays and Thursdays.


Guest lecturers

July 13 Cora Lee Nollendorfs Course Introduction	July 15 James Leary "From Dorfkapelle to Dutchman Bands: Wisconsin's German Music"
July 20 Joseph Salmons "The German Language in Wisconsin"	July 22 Robert Ostergren "Geography of German Immigration and Settlement in Wisconsin"
July 27 Kathleen Conzen "The German Catholic Settlement System of the Upper Midwest"	July 29 Heike Bungert "German-American Festive Culture"
August 3 Brent Peterson "Becoming German-American: A Literary/Cultural Approach"	August 5 Wrap-up. Last Session

for more information call Mary Devitt at the Max Kade Institute: 608-262-7546
or email: maxkade@macc.wisc.edu
Forum Course
German Immigration to the US with a special focus on Wisconsin

About the speakers:

Heike Bungert is Assistant Prof. of History at the University of Cologne. She is currently an Honorary Fellow at UW-Madison, and is on a two-year German fellowship researching German-American festive culture in the U.S., with a focus on Wisconsin.

Kathleen Conzen is Professor and Chair of the History department at the University of Chicago. She is internationally known for her research on the history of American immigration and particularly for her work on the German-American experience. Her book, Immigrant Milwaukee, 1836-60: Accommodation and Community in a Frontier City, published in 1976, has been a seminal influence on a generation of scholars.

James Leary is Director of the UW-Madison Folklore program. He is the author of numerous publications on midwest folklore, including Midwestern Folk Humor, Minnesota Polka, Yodeling in Dairyland: A History of Swiss Music in Wisconsin, co-author of Down Home Dairyland, and co-host of the radio show by the same name, and co-producer of Ach Ya, a recording of German-American music. He is also the author of the recent anthology, Wisconsin Folklore.

Cora Lee Nollendorfs is Associate Professor of German at UW-Madison. Her research interests include German-American literature, culture and history. In addition to serving as editor of Monatshefte, she has written on the Image of Germany in America in the wake of the First World War and recently edited a volume entitled Christian Essellen's Babylon.

Robert Ostergren is Professor and Chair of the Geography department at UW-Madison. His research has focused on historical geography, North American immigration and ethnicity, and Conservation. He has written extensively on Swedish Immigration to the US Upper Middle West and recently completed two works, The Cultural Map of Wisconsin and Wisconsin Land and Life.

Brent Peterson is Associate Professor of German at Ripon College. His research has focused on German literature, German-American literature and the German experience in the United States. He is the author of Popular Narratives and Ethnic Identity: Literature and Community in Die Abendschule.

Joseph Salmons is Professor of German and Director of the Max Kade Institute for German-American Studies at UW-Madison. In addition to work on phonology and historical linguistics, he has written on German dialects spoken in Texas, Indiana, and Wisconsin. He edited The German Language in America, 1868-1991 and has begun work on a volume analyzing the shift to the use of the English language in Wisconsin's German-speaking communities.