We're back with Badger Talks - finally!!! \;Join the L ake Geneva Public Library\, Barrett Memorial Library\, Fontana Public Libr ary\, and our location sponsor Lodge Geneva National (formerly The Ridge) with UW-Madison's Badger Talks on October 29. \;
\nOur speaker:& nbsp\;
\nMark Louden
Alfred L. Shoemaker\, J. William Frey\, an
d Don Yoder Professor of Germanic Linguistics
College of Letters &
\; Science l Department of German\, Nordic\, and Slavic
Hometown: Min
neapolis\, MN and Oakland\, CA
Mark Louden is a linguist who recei ved his training in Germanic linguistics at Cornell University. A fluent s peaker of Pennsylvania Dutch\, he has published extensively on this langua ge and other German-American varieties\, as well as Yiddish. In addition t o his position as the Alfred L. Shoemaker\, J. William Frey\, and Don Yode r Professor of Germanic Linguistics in the Department of German\, Nordic\, and Slavic+\, he directs the Max Kade Institute for German-American Studi es and is affiliated with the Religious Studies and Language Sciences prog rams and the Mosse/Weinstein Center for Jewish Studies. He serves as an in terpreter and cultural mediator for Plain people (Amish and traditional Me nnonites) in multiple settings\, especially health care.
\nDr. Loude n will be presenting \"The German Presence in Wisconsin\". In this talk Pr ofessor Louden will provide an overview of the impact that German-speaking immigrants and their descendants have had in shaping the life and culture of Wisconsin\, from the nineteenth century to the present.
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