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Library Zoom Presentation – “American Dreams: A New Life in the USA” with curator Christina Ziegler-McPherson
Fri. Mar. 15, 2024 - 12:00pm - 1:00pm
Please join us for a Zoom presentation at 12:00 pm EDT on Friday, March 15.
This is an exciting opportunity to take a virtual tour through the special exhibition "American Dreams, A New Life in the USA", now on display at the Haus der Geschichte Baden-Württemberg, in Stuttgart, Germany.
Dr. Christina A. Ziegler-McPherson, one of the curators of the exhibition, will discuss the development of "American Dreams", with a special focus on the stories from Pennsylvania featured in the exhibition. A highlight will be a presentation of the material loaned by the German Society of Pennsylvania!
Bio: Christina A. Ziegler-McPherson is an American historian in Germany specializing in migration history and assimilation theory. She holds a Ph.D in history from the University of California, Santa Barbara, and is the author of four books and several articles dealing with these themes. She is at present a curator at the Baden-Württemberg state history museum, Haus der Geschichte Baden-Württemberg, in Stuttgart, where she helped curate the special exhibition, "American Dreams, A New Life in the USA," on display at the museum until July 28, 2024.
This event is brought to you with cooperation from our partners the Max Kade Institute for German-American Studies at the University of Wisconsin–Madison and the German Historical Institute Washington (GHI).
Max Kade Institute for German-American Studies at the University of Wisconsin–Madison
German Historical Institute of Washington
Please email our Librarian at librarian@germansociety.org if you have any questions.
This is an exciting opportunity to take a virtual tour through the special exhibition "American Dreams, A New Life in the USA", now on display at the Haus der Geschichte Baden-Württemberg, in Stuttgart, Germany.
Dr. Christina A. Ziegler-McPherson, one of the curators of the exhibition, will discuss the development of "American Dreams", with a special focus on the stories from Pennsylvania featured in the exhibition. A highlight will be a presentation of the material loaned by the German Society of Pennsylvania!
Bio: Christina A. Ziegler-McPherson is an American historian in Germany specializing in migration history and assimilation theory. She holds a Ph.D in history from the University of California, Santa Barbara, and is the author of four books and several articles dealing with these themes. She is at present a curator at the Baden-Württemberg state history museum, Haus der Geschichte Baden-Württemberg, in Stuttgart, where she helped curate the special exhibition, "American Dreams, A New Life in the USA," on display at the museum until July 28, 2024.
This event is brought to you with cooperation from our partners the Max Kade Institute for German-American Studies at the University of Wisconsin–Madison and the German Historical Institute Washington (GHI).
Max Kade Institute for German-American Studies at the University of Wisconsin–Madison
German Historical Institute of Washington
Please email our Librarian at librarian@germansociety.org if you have any questions.