Max Kade German-American Center IUPUI

05/26/2025

The Max Kade Center will be closed during the 2025-2026 academic year while the director is on sabbatical. Any questions for the Center should be directed to the IU Indianapolis School of Liberal Arts Dean's office.

See you in August 2026!

04/19/2025

That's it for the Max Kade Center for this year -- see you in the fall!

04/16/2025

Make sure you add to your calendar a talk by Leo Riegert THIS Friday (Apr 18). We are so excited for this final MKC event of the year and hope you can join us. 6p IUI Campus Center and free and open to all!

04/09/2025

Today! Wir lieben Brot! Join us at the IUI Campus Center for a talk and tasting by the Brotgarten at 6p. Free and open to all.

04/07/2025

Don't forget! In just two days the lovely proprietors of Indy's Brotgarten will come to IUI to talk about bread and baking -- including a tasting. Free and open to all -- come for the knowledge and stay for the tastiness!

03/25/2025

Dr. Leo Riegert (Kenyon College) comes to IU Indianapolis on Friday April 18th to present a talk that sits at the intersection of personal and academic discourses about identity and belonging. Read the talk abstract on the MKC Events website, here.

Join us on Wednesday, April 18, 2025 at the IUI Campus Center, room 309 (420 University Blvd.). The event commences at 6 p.m. It is free and open to everyone. If you cannot join us in person, you may click the link, above, to register to watch the talk via Zoom.
https://liberalarts.indianapolis.iu.edu/centers/maxkade/events/upcoming-events/

03/25/2025

03/25/2025

Please join the IU Indianapolis Max Kade Center for a full month of programming in April. All events are free and open to everyone, so please invite interested students, colleagues, and friends. More information including talk abstracts can be found on the Max Kade website and in the attached flyers.
https://liberalarts.indianapolis.iu.edu/centers/maxkade/events/upcoming-events/

April 2, 2025: Dr. Till van Rahden (Carleton University, Montreal): Dorit and Gerald Paul Program for the Study of Germans and Jews lecture “Nationalism and Its Discontents: Jewish Visions of Pluralism from the Era of Emancipation to the Hi**er Years” – IU Indy Campus Center, room 305; reception at 5.30p and talk at 6p

April 9, 2025: a talk and tasting with the proprietors of Indy’s Broad Ripple bakery, Brotgarten – IU Indy Campus Center, room 309, 6p

April 18, 2025: Dr. Leo Riegert (Kenyon College): “1/64th By Blood, and You Call Yourself a Native American?” – IU Indy Campus Center, room 309, 6p (talk also viewable by Zoom)

We very much hope to see you there!

Join us for three exciting events this spring semester! Prof. Till van Rahden "Nationalism and its Discontents: Jewish Visions of Pluralism from the Era of Emancipation to the Hi**er Years" on April 2nd in the IUI Campus Center (room 305); 5.30p reception, 6:00p talk Dr. van Rahden is the Canada Res...