Immigration and Ethnic History Society
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Founded in 1965, the IEHS promotes the study of immigration history through the Journal of American Ethnic History and professional/educational outreach. https://iehs.org/
***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
IEHS member and committee member, Dr. Julia Rose Kraut, is offering her expertise this coming academic term:
Julia Rose Kraut@juliarosekraut.bsky.social · yesterday‼️ Colleagues: If you're teaching this semester, please let me know if I can assist you. Happy to recommend reading, talk w/ students about immigration, free speech, Cold War/McCarthyism, ideological exclusion/deportation, "Threat of Dissent." 🗃️ @iehs.bsky.social www.hup.harvard.edu/books/978067...
***Call for Papers*** Stanford University’s Department of African and African American Studies will be hosting a conference entitled ‘The Archival Gap in the Global Imagination’ on February 18, 2027. Send your 300-word proposal and brief bio to daaasevents@stanford.edu by September 1, 2026.
‼️ Colleagues: If you're teaching this semester, please let me know if I can assist you. Happy to recommend reading, talk w/ students about immigration, free speech, Cold War/McCarthyism, ideological exclusion/deportation, "Threat of Dissent." 🗃️ @iehs.bsky.social www.hup.harvard.edu/books/978067...
Threat of Dissent — Harvard University Press
“Suspicion of foreigners goes back to the earliest days of the republic…Kraut traces how different ideologies would be considered intolerably dangerous according to the dominant fears of a given era. ...
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In Journal of American Ethnic History 45.4, @colincrawford.bsky.social reviews "Catholics across Borders: Canadian Immigrants in the North Country, Plattsburgh, New York, 1850–1950" by Mark Paul Richard (@sunypress.bsky.social). cc: @iehs.bsky.social scholarlypublishingcollective.org/uip/jaeh/art...
***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
***Online Books Series, Summer 2026*** 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, 3-4:15 PM ET Register here: iehs.org/event/online...
***Share Your News with Us*** The IEHS monthly email 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.
***Membership Discount for Graduate Students*** Membership comes with many benefits, including opportunities to serve on IEHS committees and be part of IEHS programming. Continuing student members pay $15 per year. order.press.uillinois.edu/jaeh/order.h...
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***Job Opportunity at the University of Richmond*** Via Dominic Candeloro www.facebook.com/share/p/1EFL...
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***Are You A Member? Create an Expert Profile on the IEHS Website*** This is an excellent resource for fellow academics, journalists, and other readers interested in the work that IEHS members do. Fill out the IEHS expert registration form here: iehs.org/expert-regis...
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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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Historians - funding opportunity, especially for grad students and early-career scholars!!
Immigration and Ethnic History Society@iehs.bsky.social · last wk.***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_...
***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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Carolina Muñoz reviews CHICAGO LATINA TRAILBLAZERS edited by Rita D. Hernández, Leticia Villarreal Sosa, and Elena R. Gutiérrez. 📄Review in Journal of American Ethnic History 45.4 (@iehs.bsky.social): scholarlypublishingcollective.org/uip/jaeh/art... 📕Book: www.press.uillinois.edu/books/?id=p0...
***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...
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"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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Great new blog post on @denshoproject.bsky.social by UMN grad student @selenammoon.bsky.social exploring the importance of accessibility at historic sites. @umnengagement.bsky.social @umncla.bsky.social @migrationcollab.bsky.social @iehs.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...
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***Visit the Immigration and Ethnic History Society YouTube channel*** Check out our channel to watch clips from our past virtual events, including book talks, panel discussions, and more. These clips are great teaching tools! www.youtube.com/@iehs_org
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In Journal of American Ethnic History 45.4, Massimiliano G. Del Gaudio @thegraduatecenter.bsky.social presents a reexamination of the relationship between Italian communities in the US & fascism, from late 1920s to outbreak of WWII. @iehs.bsky.social scholarlypublishingcollective.org/uip/jaeh/art...
***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...
***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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I can't wait to hear more about these exciting books!
Immigration and Ethnic History Society@iehs.bsky.social · 3w ago***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...
***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...
🎉Dominic A. Pacyga Will Receive the 2026 Pattis Family Foundation Chicago Book Award: buff.ly/ZBZ6Di7 He has also authored articles and reviews in Polish American Studies, Journal of the Illinois State Historical Society, & Journal of American Ethnic History (@iehs.bsky.social)! buff.ly/BVZlOrp
Author Dominic A. Pacyga Will Receive the 2026 Pattis Family…
Pacyga is the fifth winner of the $25,000 award, recognizing works that transform public understanding of Chicago
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