DPAK-Mitgliederversammlung 2009

Die Mitgliederversammlung des DPAK findet am 14. Juni 2009 in Kaiserslautern in den Räumen der Atlantischen Akademie statt, direkt im Anschluss an die zweitägige Konferenz der Atlantischen Akademie Rheinland-Pfalz zum Thema \“300 Jahr Pfälzer in Amerika\“. Im Rahmen der Versammlung wird Prof. Rob Reynolds, Direktor des \“Pennsylvania German Cultural Heritage Center\“ in Kutztown (PA) über [...]

En Friehyaahr fer die Mudderschprooch 2010

Dear friends of the Pennsylvania German language,
The German-Pennsylvanian Association (Deutsch-Pennsylvanischer Arbeitskreis e.V.) is pleased to announce plans for an annual festival to promote the Pennsylvania German dialect throughout Pennsylvania. We hope to establish and institutionalize a series of events called “En Friehyaahr fer die Mudderschprooch” (A spring-time for the mother-tongue) on a yearly basis with [...]

Mainzer Studenten besuchen das Pennsylvania Dutch Country

Press Release, University of Mainz – March 2009
From March 30 to April 10, fifteen students of the American Studies Department of Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz, Germany, supported by the German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD), will be on a field trip to Pennsylvania. The trip is connected with the 300-year anniversary of the first German mass [...]