The Executive Board of the Immigration and Ethnic History Society has released the following statement on recent developments targeting immigrants, refugees, asylum seekers, and international students and scholars in the United States: iehs.org/iehs-stateme...

IEHS Statement on Immigration

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Please consider joining us and the @ihrc-umn.bsky.social tomorrow, April 22, 2025 from 4:30 PM to 6:00 PM ET, for an online webinar, "The Page Act of 1875: Rethinking Its Significance 150 Years Later." Registration: iehs.org/event/page-a... 1/

Really looking forward to this event! The passage of the Page Act in 1875 is a pivotal moment in U.S. immigration history. Hear more about it from experts in the field 👇🏽

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The Immigration and Ethnic History Society is hosting this upcoming program alongside the Immigration History Research Center a week from today on Tuesday, April 22nd! Learn more about the event and register here: iehs.org/event/page-a...

The @oah.org Annual Conference on American History is just a few days away and we can't wait to see all of our members and friends in Chicago. Check out the lineup of meet-ups, panels, roundtables, and seminars we've got planned for #OAH25!

The Massachusetts governor, the city, and the university needs to drop everything to locate and free this girl and make sure this doesn't happen again. This is DEFCON-1. If they do this to someone who wrote an op-ed in a college newspaper, they will do this to anyone they don't like.

Matt Novak@paleofuture.bsky.social · 2y ago

Video of the international student at Tufts being arrested by "federal authorities" in Massachusetts has been released and it's terrifying. They're not even uniformed officers. Just secret police thugs in hoodies and masks. From WCVB: youtu.be/PuFIs7OkzYY

The transcript of the interview between Stanton/Sherman and Savannah's Black leaders is one of my favorite sources to teach Reconstruction with. It was a treat to find the spot where it happened.

Awesome to see Irish Studies at my alma mater! Congrats BSU and @ellenscheible.bsky.social on this collection.

Ellen Scheible@ellenscheible.bsky.social · 2y ago

Save the date for spring Irish Cultural Heritage Day at BSU: April 3, 4:30 pm, Maxwell Library Heritage Room. Highlights include an unveiling of our new Charles Fanning collection and a talk by @maryburke.bsky.social on Grace Kelly and the Kennedys. I hope to see you there!

Excited to share that Embracing Emancipation received the 2024 Lawrence J. McCaffrey Prize for Books on Irish America at #ACIS2025!

Excited to see Embracing Emancipation at #ACIS2025! And learned much from great talks by @ciantmcmahon.bsky.social, @rosulli.bsky.social, and @anelisehshrout.bsky.social, among others.

New US immigration history book alert! Brendan A. Shanahan, Disparate Regimes: Nativist Politics, Alienage Law, and Citizenship Rights in the United States, 1865–1965, will be published from Oxford UP in February! @iehs.bsky.social @legalhistoryblog.bsky.social global.oup.com/academic/pro...

Looking forward to talking about Embracing Emancipation tomorrow alongside @sfahrenthold.bsky.social, who will talk about her brilliant book Unmentionables. Thanks to @iehs.bsky.social for organizing!

Hidetaka Hirota@hidehirota.bsky.social · 2y ago

TOMORROW! Join @iehs.bsky.social online book series to learn about Syrian and Irish immigration history from recent books by @sfahrenthold.bsky.social and @iandelahanty.bsky.social! @stanfordpress.bsky.social @fordhampress.bsky.social

Don’t forget to join @IEHS1965’s Spring 2025 Online Book Series, February 12, 3:30-4:45PM EST! @iandelahanty.bsky.social and @sfahrenthold.bsky.social will discuss their books. Moderated by Brendan A. Shanahan. Register in advance: iehs.org/event/online...

Spring 2025 Online Books Series

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Immigration and Ethnic History Society@iehs.bsky.social · 2y ago

Join @IEHS1965’s Spring 2025 Online Book Series, February 12, 3:30-4:45PM EST! @iandelahanty.bsky.social and @sfahrenthold.bsky.social will discuss their books. Moderated by Brendan A. Shanahan. Register in advance: iehs.org/event/online...

In today's Muster, Ian Delahanty describes how a place-based learning approach worked in his Civil War history course www.journalofthecivilwarera.org/2025/01/teac...

Teaching the Civil War: A Place-Based Learning Approach to Civil War Memory - The Journal of the Civil War Era

This post is the second in a new Muster series that will highlight innovative ways that classroom instructors have approached teaching the Civil War era. Today’s post is written by Professor Ian Delah...

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On Sunday, February 2, I'll share portions of Embracing Emancipation with the Gaelic American Club of Fairfield, CT.

Join @IEHS1965’s Spring 2025 Online Book Series, February 12, 3:30-4:45PM EST! @iandelahanty.bsky.social and @sfahrenthold.bsky.social will discuss their books. Moderated by Brendan A. Shanahan. Register in advance: iehs.org/event/online...

Stop by the Fordham UP booth at #AHA25 to find Embracing Emancipation among other great titles. If (like me) you can't make it, FUP is offering 25% off their virtual book exhibit: www.fordhampress.com/aha-2025/

The Rise and Rapid Fall of the First US Department of Education The department, established in 1867, faced opposition from Southern congressmen, who associated it with education for the formerly enslaved. 🗃️ www.history.com/news/departm...

The Rise and Rapid Fall of the First US Department of Education | HISTORY

The department, established in 1867, faced opposition from Southern congressmen, who associated it with education for the formerly enslaved.

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10 years in, I remain beyond grateful for my 4-4 tenured gig. But the issues of access and networking are real. Received yesterday another list of journals we're losing access to; professional society dues come out of pocket; and conference travel funds will cover about a tank of gas and a meal.

Big Data Kane@cmwitko.bsky.social · 2y ago

There’s so many highly qualified PhDs minted these days that getting a job at an R1 versus a 4-4 teaching place is pretty much random. Then inequality in access to resources, networks, etc. leads to divergent career outcomes. So, if you’re at a 4-4 don’t compare your output to people at R1s.

Mainly for my own ease, I've put together an Irish Diaspora Histories starter pack (I shall be putting them all into a list for when I want an extra dose of Irish diaspora-ness) - there are some Irish migration historians in there too! Let me know if you want me to add you in! go.bsky.app/MvvgFFF

Today's lesson with my American history survey students on how to connect the past with the present featured this article by Eric Foner on the uniquely American history of mass deportations: www.thenation.com/article/soci...

America Has Done Mass Deportation Before

From the Indian Removal Act of 1830 to the deportation of Mexican-Americans during the Great Depression, Trump can easily find precedents for his policy. None of them ended well.

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Embracing Emancipation: A Transatlantic History of Irish Americans, Slavery, and the American Union, 1840-1865 (Fordham University Press, 2024). Currently researching New England cotton gin makers' role in the expansion of cotton cultivation and forced labor in the U.S. & India.

Here's an Immigration Historians starter pack. It is incomplete since I don't know everyone who has migrated here, but let me know and I'll add your name. go.bsky.app/L3YMsk7

Excited to see my forthcoming book Embracing Emancipation: A Transatlantic History of Irish Americans, Slavery, and the American Union, 1840-1865 in Fordham University Press's Spring 2024 catalog. Sharing snippets from it here in the months ahead--thanks in advance for sharing with others here.