Indiana German Heritage Society Meeting and Symposium, March 23 and 24, 2007.
One event you should have on your calendars is the annual Indiana German Heritage Society Meeting and Symposium, March 23 and 24, 2007.
This year’s theme is the Turners, Education and the 100th anniversary of the presence of the Normal College of the North American Gymnastic Union (Nordamerikanischer Turnbund) in Indianapolis and Indiana.
The symposium will bring first-rate presentations on the history of the turners and their school, the freethinkers, and the impact these groups had on education and the role they continue to play. A new book, the English version of Prof. Annette Hofmann’s German History of the American Turners, hopefully will be ready for the event.
The symposium will be staged in the former home of the Normal College, the Athenaeum in Indianapolis. For anyone interested in those topics or German-American experience, contact Dr. Giles Hoyt, ghoyt@iupui.edu or 317/274-2330. Or, click here to register.
Event schedule:
Friday, March 23rd
5:30 pm
Annual Membership Meeting, Athenaeum, Auditorium
6:00 pm
Dinner, Athenaeum Rathskeller
7:00 pm
Welcome, Giles R. Hoyt, IGHS President
Nick Kellum, Dean, School of Physical Education and Tourism Management, IUPUI, Jeff Vessely, Chair, Dept. of Physical Education, IUPUI
7:15 pm
"The Normal College: The Experience" Panel Discussion with Walter Lienert, Nick Kellum, Jeff Vessely, Ann Schnurr
Saturday, March 24th
9:00 am
Registration, Coffee and Refreshments
9:30 am
"Theodore Stempfel: Turner, Financier, Writer"
Eberhard Reichmann, Professor Emeritus, Germanic Studies, Indiana University, Bloomington, Fellow IUPUI Max Kade German-American Center
10:30 am
"Academic Rigor: The Curriculum of the Normal College"
Giles R. Hoyt, Professor of German and Director, IUPUI Max Kade German-American Center Robert McDougal, M.D., Indiana Medical History Museum
11:15 am
"New Materials in the Archives: The Normal College in the Collection"
Greg Mobley, Assistant Archivist
12:00
Lunch, Athenaeum, Rathskeller
Reading by Norbert Krapf, Hoosier-German Poet laureate
1:30 pm
"The Freethinkers: Sound Mind in the Sound Body"
Claudia Grossmann, Senior Lecturer and Fellow, IUPUI Max Kade German-American Center
2:15 pm
"Turnvereins: Bricks and Mortar."
William L. Selm, Design Technology, IUPUI School of Engineering.
Directions:
Located at
401 E. Michigan St., Indianapolis, IN
Parking for the Deutsche Haus-Athenaeum is in the lot next to the building. There is also plenty of parking on the street.
From I-65 North take the Michigan Street Exit, turn right (W) into Michigan Street, after 2nd stoplight the building is to your left.
From I-65 South take the Market Street Exit (Exit 111),
turn left (W) into Market Street, go 1 block, at the stop light turn right (N) into College Street. At 3rd stop light turn left (W) into Michigan Street, after the next stoplight the building is to your left.
Coming from town keep in mind that Michigan is a One-Way East to West. Take North St. going East, turn right (S) into East St. and right (W) onto Michigan.
Donate now! Use this link to make a charitable gift to the school via the IU Foundation’s secure site. You will be able to choose from a variety of school funds utilizing this site.
