Who Are the Amish?

Mark Louden is a linguist who received his training at Cornell University. A fluent speaker of Pennsylvania Dutch and author of Pennsylvania Dutch: The Story of an American Language, he has published extensively on the subject as well as other German-American languages and also on Yiddish. In addition to his position as the Alfred L. Shoemaker, J. William Frey, and Don Yoder Professor of Germanic Linguistics, he directs the Max Kade Institute for German-American Studies and is affiliated with the Religious Studies Program, the Mosse/Weinstein Center for Jewish Studies, and the Department of Linguistics. He also serves as an interpreter and cultural mediator for Amish in multiple settings. Dr. Louden will join us to discuss the history and culture of Wisconsin's Amish communities. 

Please Note: This presentation will be filmed by the Sun Prairie Media Center for later broadcasting and streaming.