Monday, March 01, 2004
USI lecture exploring life in Amana
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The University of Southern Indiana Center for Communal Studies Lecture Series will feature author Peter Hoehnle, historical consultant and docent at the Amana Heritage Society in Iowa, March 18. Hoehnle’s illustrated lecture with slides, “Work, Prayer, and Communal Life at Amana, 1828-1933,” will be presented at 2 p.m. in Mitchell Auditorium in the Health Professions Center. The free program is open to the public. Hoehnle is the author of The Amana People: The History of a Religious Community (Penfield Books, 2003). He has worked at the Amana Heritage Society since 1988. One of the longest-lasting communal societies in the world, the Amanas were established in Iowa’s River Valley by a group of German-speaking European settlers seeking religious freedom. In addition to writing numerous articles, Hoehnle edited The Amanas Yesterday: A Religious Communal Society (revised edition, Penfield Books, 2003) and A Change and a Parting: My Story of Amana (revised edition, Penfield Press, 2001). Hoehnle earned a doctorate in agricultural history and rural studies last year at Iowa State University, where he also won the 2003 Research Excellence Award, earned a master’s in American history, and served as a lecturer and teaching assistant. |
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