2018 Events (talks, films, etc.)

February 13

4:30–5:30 p.m., Schaeffer Hall 140 — “From Nazi Germany to Iowa – A Presentation of New Student Research”

April 5

6:00-7:00 p.m., Max Kade Institute for German-American Studies, University of Wisconsin-MadisonGlenn Ehrstine, “‘It’s a Lot Harder in Wisconsin than Here’: The Countours of German Immigration to Iowa

April 5–27

German Iowa and the Global Midwest Exhibit, Max Kade Institute for German-American Studies, University of Wisconsin, Madison

April 13

noon – 1:00 p.m., 2115 Pearson Hall, Iowa State UniversityGlenn Ehrstine, “Coming to Iowa”

April 13–27

German Iowa and the Global Midwest Exhibit, World Languages and Cultures, Iowa State University, Ames

August 4

5:00-6:00 p.m., Amana Heritage SocietyGlenn Ehrstine, “World War I and the Demise of German-Iowan Newspapers”

August 15

5:30-7:00 p.m., Big Grove Brewery, Iowa CityGlenn Ehrstine, “Prohibition, German Iowans, and the Iowa City Beer Riots of 1884

November 11 (Armistice Day)

2:00-3:00 p.m., German American Heritage Center & Museum, Davenport – Glenn Ehrstine, “World War I and the Demise of German-Iowan Newspapers”