Dolores Huerta was an organizer, a leader, and an inspiration. Her legacy of worker empowerment changed the trajectory of this country for the better, and her memory will live on. May she rest in peace.
NBC News@nbcnews.com · last wk.BREAKING: Dolores Huerta, labor rights leader and co-founder of the United Farm Workers, dies at 96.
In Anishinaabe thought, the wiindigoo (wendigo; windigo) is far more than a monster in a story. Join Dr. Carter Meland (University of Minnesota Duluth) tomorrow from 12-1 pm as he explores how the wiindigoo functions in Anishinaabe literary traditions and popular culture. https://bit.ly/4e2trNT
Thanks to Inside Higher Ed reporter Olivia Sanchez for this great article on our updated #ImmigrationSyllabus. www.insidehighered.com/news/faculty... Immigration and Ethnic History Society @michelewaslin.bsky.social @umnengagement.bsky.social @umn-amst.bsky.social
Immigration Historians Compile Syllabus for Faculty
Leaders at the University of Minnesota Immigration History Research Center say they want to put immigration enforcement policy debates into context and share accurate information with anyone who wants...
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Join UMN American Studies & MAASA for our joint reception at ASA 2026! 📆 Saturday, October 24 ⏰ 5:30pm-7:00pm 📍 Chicago Room (floor 5), Palmer Hotel Chicago #ASA2026
This Thursday! Register: z.umn.edu/Rosales2026 @ihrc-umn.bsky.social
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UMN American Studies@umn-amst.bsky.social · 2mo agoWe are proud to be co-sponsoring the 2026 Ramona Arreguín de Rosales Lecture with Dr. Jacqueline Lazú, presented by the Department of Chicano & Latino Studies! Register here: z.umn.edu/Rosales2026
Appreciating our CLA instructors is easy. Here's what a few students had to say about meaningful classroom experiences this year. 🔗 z.umn.edu/wtd-26 #UMNCLA #WorldTeachersDay
Join author and CLA alum Dr. René Esparza (PhD '17, @umn-amst.bsky.social) for the first event in Making Minnesota, a new series from #UMNCLA on Thursday, Oct. 8 in Northrop. 🔗: https://cla.umn.edu/news-events/events/vice-nice-race-aids-and-midwestern-politics
We are proud to be co-sponsoring the 2026 Ramona Arreguín de Rosales Lecture with Dr. Jacqueline Lazú, presented by the Department of Chicano & Latino Studies! Register here: z.umn.edu/Rosales2026
Join us for this important webinar on how Operation Metro Surge impacts healthcare. @umnengagement.bsky.social @umnlawschool.bsky.social @umnpolisci.bsky.social @umnanth.bsky.social @umn-amst.bsky.social @umnenglish.bsky.social umn.zoom.us/webinar/regi...
Welcome! You are invited to join a webinar: The Gap Between Need and Care: What Operation Metro Surge Revealed About Healthcare Organizations. After registering, you will receive a confirmation email ...
Speakers: Munira Maalimisaq, APRN, FNP-BC, and Jennifer Needle-Suarez, MD, MPH, MPA, HEC-C. Operation Metro Surge created rapidly changing barriers to healthcare access that challenged traditional as...
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UMN grad students: the IHRC is now accepting applications for travel grants. Applications are due October 2. Much more information is available at cla.umn.edu/ihrc/graduat... @umnengagement.bsky.social @umnpolisci.bsky.social @umnanth.bsky.social @umn-amst.bsky.social @umnbioethics.bsky.social
Travel Grants
The IHRC offers travel funding for select UMN graduate students to support the presentation of research at academic conferences.
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Robert M. Frame III is an architectural historian and @umn-amst.bsky.social alum (PhD ‘60). In his recent publication, Making Mill City: Flour and Fortune in Minneapolis, Frame shares what he found while studying the Mill District for half a century. 📚: https://bit.ly/4eVswhK
Co-sponsoring the 2026 Mujeres Activas en Letras y Cambio Social (MALCS) Summer Institute, "Movements along Bdote: Disruption and Solidarity Sin Fronteras," July 15–18, 2026, at the University of Minnesota Twin Cities:
MALCS SUMMER INSTITUTE 2026 - Mujeres Activas en Letras y Cambio Social
Maria Cristina Tavera, Gota a Gota/ Drop by Drop, 2026, Giclee SITE COMMITTEE
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As we near the end of the month, we want to remind our CLA community to check out our roundup of LGBTQ+ stories and resources within CLA and the University. 🏳️🌈 https://ow.ly/2N1S50Zg1P1
If you want to learn more after the Supreme Court's decision on TPS for Haitians, the IHRC held an online conversation on Haitian immigration that you can watch at www.youtube.com/watch?v=fdG2... @umnlawschool.bsky.social @umnengagement.bsky.social @umn-amst.bsky.social @haitianbridge.bsky.social
Haitian Immigration: A History of the Present Webinar
YouTube video by Immigration History Research Center
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Nonfiction and fiction, stories and histories so crucial to why we honor and celebrate Pride. Browse the Pride Month collection, now 30% off: www.upress.umn.edu/collection-p...
Powerful new exhibit right now in the Elmer Andersen Library. Thanks to UMN Libraries and our colleagues at the Immigration History Research Center Archives. @umnengagement.bsky.social @umnanth.bsky.social @umn-amst.bsky.social @uofmhumanrights.bsky.social libnews.umn.edu/2026/05/the-...
The Ache for Home: An Exhibit of Photographs by Selma Fernandez Richter - UMN Libraries News & Events
“The Ache for Home” is a photographic meditation on displacement, belonging, and adaptation. As the artist's personal reflection on what it means to build a life in a new country, this photograph exhi...
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ICYMI: Dr. Jennifer Pierce, Professor Emerita of American Studies, was quoted in a recent The Yale Politic article about recent financial slashes and their impacts at the University of Minnesota. Read here: thepolitic.org/wheres-my-op...
Where’s My Opportunity? Americans’ Search for Upward Mobility in 2026 - The Politic
However, such inspiring American success stories have become rarer in recent years. Income and wealth inequality have risen sharply in the past four decades, while intergenerational mobility has been ...
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Join in celebrating Black literature, historical archives, and Black Freedom Tradition across generations with UROC and the Givens Collection of African American Literature and Life in this new Northside exhibit, opening with live performance Sat June 20 10:30am-12pm:
How have current events affected the most popular soccer event in the world? Sociology Professor Doug Hartmann was interviewed by the Star Tribune about the lack of excitement around the 2026 World Cup. 🔗 https://ow.ly/3CN350ZaHXf
Dr. Chia Youyee Vang (Ph.D. ’06)—first-generation college student, mother, and the first Hmong American to earn a PhD in American Studies at UMN—reflects on how graduate school, raising children, and studying Hmong refugee community-building shaped her life and career. z.umn.edu/chiayouyeevang
American Studies PhD to Distinguished Scholar and Vice Chancellor: A Reflection by Chia Youyee Vang
Vang shares how her experiences and lessons learned from the American studies graduate program at UMN have shaped her work today.
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“I want my students to have a piece of what I experienced... When you’re in the hands of a powerful teacher, it feels like magic.” In a new feature, AMST alum Dr. Karla Erickson (Ph.D. '05) reflects on the lasting impact of mentors Dr. David Noble and Dr. Jennifer Pierce. z.umn.edu/karla-erickson
A Whole-Person Education: Karla Erickson’s American Studies Graduate Experience
Karla Erickson reflects on how her graduate education in American studies at UMN set her up for a meaningful career.
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The Liberal Arts Engagement Hub serves as a support system and home base for residency projects. Recently announced new residencies support projects in the arts, humanities, and social sciences. Learn more about 2026-27 residencies: https://ow.ly/GWII50Z6ONQ
Illuminating immigration in Media Moderated by Fred de Sam Lazaro (Under-Told Stories, PBS NewsHour), the conversation will explore contemporary immigration issues in Sweden and Minnesota. June 4, 6-8pm @umnlawschool.bsky.social @umn-amst.bsky.social asimn.org/events-calen...
Illuminating Immigration in Media: Contemporary Perspectives from Sweden and the Twin Cities - American Swedish Institute
Journalists from The Local Sweden and Sahan Journal in conversation about contemporary immigration issues
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Join the Southeast Asian Diaspora (SEAD) Project for these upcoming special events commemorating the 50th anniversary of southeast Asian refugees in Minnesota. www.theseadproject.org/mekongjourne...
Mekong Journeys | theseadproject
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A remarkable feature with one of our brilliant graduate students, Selena Moon, a second year American Studies PhD student:
Immigration History Research Center@ihrc-umn.bsky.social · 7mo agoWe're so proud of @umn-amst.bsky.social grad student Selena Moon who published her work on Asian American disability. Check it out here. @migrationcollab.bsky.social @iehs.bsky.social @umnengagement.bsky.social densho.org/catalyst/ask...
✨ONE WEEK AWAY! Join the Department of American Studies for the 2026 David Noble Lecture, titled “Auntologies: Queer Aesthetics and South Asian Aunties” by Dr. Kareem Khubchandani. ✨ 📅 Thursday, April 9 ⏰ 6:00pm-7:30pm 📍 Cowles Auditorium, University of Minnesota & Zoom z.umn.edu/aunties
Next week!! The 2026 Noble Lecture with Dr. Kareem Khubchandani. Auntologies: Queer aesthetics & South Asian Aunties Thurs. April 9 at 6pm. Lecture followed by book signing & reception. cla.umn.edu/american-stu... @umn-amst.bsky.social @umnlawschool.bsky.social @umnengagement.bsky.social
Auntologies: Queer Aesthetics and South Asian Aunties
The 2026 David Noble Lecture, organized by the Department of American Studies, will be presented by Dr. Kareem Khubchandani (Tufts University).
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Join us Wed. April 22 for Students of Diaspora and the Fight for Justice. This webinar will bring together experts to examine how international, immigrant, and migrant students in the U.S. have organized against repression and restrictions. z.umn.edu/IHRC_April22 @umn-amst.bsky.social
Attention UMN students studying migration: Applications for IHRC Summer and Academic Year Fellowships are due March 31st. More info at cla.umn.edu/ihrc/fellows... @umnengagement.bsky.social @umn-amst.bsky.social @umnanth.bsky.social @umnpolisci.bsky.social
Fellowships & Scholarships
Immigration History Research Center offers funding opportunities in the form of a number of fellowships and scholarships that support student and scholar research.
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