***Letter-Writing Campaign Against National Archives and Records Administration Closures in San Francisco (San Bruno) and Chicago*** Save Our National Archives has launched an immediate letter writing campaign and is asking writers to CC their Congressional representatives. Thread - 1/3

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***Write for the IEHS Blog, Not From Here*** Our blog seeks submissions from scholars writing about the histories of immigration, race, and ethnicity. We seek blog posts about identity, archival research, contemporary issues, reflections on pedagogy, and more! iehs.org/submit-a-blo...

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***Congratulations to IEHS Member Shouyue Zhang*** Shouyue Zhang is a PhD candidate in History at the University of Melbourne and the recipient of an incoming Yale University Fox International Fellowship. iehs.org/experts/shou...

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Learn more about Italians in Chicago at the Casa Italia Library website. Thanks to Dominic Candeloro for sharing. sites.google.com/site/chicago...

"Importance of Accessibility at Historic Sites" by @selenammoon.bsky.social for @denshoproject.bsky.social densho.org/catalyst/his...

Importance of Accessibility at Historic Sites  - Densho: Japanese American Incarceration and Japanese Internment

In this guest contribution, historian and PhD student Selena Moon explores the importance of accessibility at historic sites, highlighting how many sites have been and continue to be inaccessible. She...

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***Register for the Next IEHS Online Book Event*** Join us at 3:00 PM EST on Thursday, August 13 for our next online book event with Eladio Bobadilla and Nicole Greer Golda, whom will discuss their books. Juan Ignacio Mora will moderate the discussion. Register here: iehs.org/event/online...

***IEHS Digital History Grants*** The IEHS invites submissions for 2 awards, up to $2,000 each, to support graduate students and early-career scholars seeking to develop or engage with historical digital scholarship connected to migration history and related fields. iehs.org/awards/seed_...

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***Videos of OAH-IEHS Joint Events Available*** The videos of the three-part Organization of American Historians (OAH)-Immigration Ethnic History Society webinar series are now available to stream anytime on the OAH YouTube channel. www.youtube.com/@TheOAH/videos

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The Organization of American Historians promotes excellence in the scholarship, teaching, and presentation of American history, and encourages wide discussion of historical questions and equitable tre...

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***Don't miss our summer online book event!*** Join Eladio Bobadilla and Nicole Greer Golda for a discussion of their recent publications! The panel will be moderated by Juan Ignacio Mora. August 13, 2026, 3:00-4:15 PM ET Register here: iehs.org/event/online...

New post in our blog, Not From Here: Francesca Tapper, “The Bruja Endures: Tracing Brujería Across the Guatemalan Diaspora” (excerpt from undergraduate senior honors thesis) iehs.org/the-bruja-en...

The Bruja Endures: Tracing Brujería Across the Guatemalan Diaspora

This modified excerpt is a part of the Not From Here blog series highlighting sections of undergraduate students’ research. IEHS recognizes the intellectual labor involved in undergraduate re…

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***Awards available from the Immigration and Ethnic History Society (IEHS)*** The IEHS offers a number of prestigious awards that recognize excellence in scholarship in the fields of immigration and ethnic history. iehs.org/awards/

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Announcing Journal of American Ethnic History Vol. 45, No. 4! Featuring three new articles on deporting Germany's undesirables, the Order Sons of Italy in America, and Boston's Irish Catholic and Jewish communities during WWI. cc: @iehs.bsky.social scholarlypublishingcollective.org/uip/jaeh/iss...

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Check out this new book from IEHS member Ron Hayduk: Untangling the Political Roots of Immigration and Inequality in the United States (Routledge, 2026) www.routledge.com/Untangling-t...

***Share Your News with Us*** The IEHS monthly digest comes out on the 27th of every month. Please email us at digest@iehs.org if you have any announcements about events, grants, job ads, or public speaking engagements that you would like us to share with the IEHS community.

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***Take action against NARA closure*** The federal government recently announced that it will be closing the National Archives and Records Administration branches in San Bruno, CA and Chicago, IL and move all their historical records to a site with no research. Write a letter! Thread - 1/2

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My book, Expelling the Poor (@academic.oup.com), was cited by SCOTUS in the birthright citizenship case. ls.berkeley.edu/news/supreme...

My book, Expelling the Poor (@academic.oup.com), was cited by SCOTUS in the birthright citizenship case. ls.berkeley.edu/news/supreme...

Supreme Court cites Berkeley history professor’s research in landmark birthright citizenship decision

The U.S. Supreme Court this week reaffirmed the constitutional guarantee of birthright citizenship, rejecting President Donald Trump’s attempt to end the longstanding practice of granting citizenship ...

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***Congratulations to IEHS Member Shouyue Zhang*** Shouyue Zhang is a PhD candidate in History at the University of Melbourne and the recipient of an incoming Yale University Fox International Fellowship. iehs.org/experts/shou...

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***Register for the Next IEHS Online Book Event*** Join us at 3:00 PM EST on Thursday, August 13 for our next online book event with Eladio Bobadilla and Nicole Greer Golda. Juan Ignacio Mora will moderate the discussion. Please register here: iehs.org/event/online...