Author Thomas Meinecke visits UT Austin to hold a reading of his novel (in progress) featuring Texas German. He also donated a set of audio and video recordings he made of Texas German speakers in the 1990s and early 2000s to the TGDP.
Prof. emeritus Glenn Gilbert visits UT Austin to give a talk on his pioneering research in the 1960s and 1970s on Texas German.
TGDP member James Kearney is featured with a story on Texas-German History in the Texas Exes’ Alcalde Magazine.
TGDP member Jana Weiss publishes article on The history of beer and German-American Immigration on the UT history department’s Not Even Past blog.