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October 3 — Giles Hoyt explores the history of the German Hoosiers

Giles Hoyt, Indiana German Heritage Society president and Director of the IUPUI Max Kade German-American Center, will share with audience members the history and heritage of Germans in Indiana.

When: Wednesday October 3, noon to 1:00 PM
Where: Indiana Historical Society, Cole Porter Room 450 West Ohio St. Indianapolis, IN 46202
Free and open to the public. For more information, go here.

Giles Hoyt is Professor of German and Philanthropic Studies and Director of the IUPUI Max Kade German-American Research and Resource Center. The master of things German in Indiana.

If this event sounds interesting, check out … The conference on German immigration September 22. Compare the immigration from Germany a century ago with the new immigration celebrated in the International Center’s book, New Faces at the Crossroads: The World in Central Indiana (released the same day as Giles’s talk). And to visualize how the state’s connections with Germany persist today, attend the Provocate-ive November 17 event, Indiana Opens to the World: Making a Map, Seeing the Connections.

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