"Amish and Mennonite Music": VIRTUAL Badger Talk in Augusta, WI

Join us for a virtual talk on July 10, 2025, at 6:00 PM, hosted by the Augusta Memorial Library. No registration is needed, and a streaming link will be provided soon. This event is a part of the library's Summer Lecture Series and is free and open to the public. With any questions, contact the library's front desk at (715) 286-2070.

A lecture on the importance of music in Amish and Mennonite cultures.

Presenter Mark Louden is a linguist who received his training in Germanic linguistics at Cornell University. A fluent speaker of Pennsylvania Dutch, he has published extensively on this language and other German-American varieties, as well as Yiddish. In addition to his position as the Alfred L. Shoemaker, J. William Frey, and Don Yoder Professor of Germanic Linguistics in the Department of German, Nordic, and Slavic+, he directs the Max Kade Institute for German-American Studies and is affiliated with the Religious Studies and Language Sciences programs and the Mosse/Weinstein Center for Jewish Studies. He serves as an interpreter and cultural mediator for Plain people (Amish and traditional Mennonites) in multiple settings, especially health care.

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