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Immigration and Ethnic History Society @iehs.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

Have you checked out the Summer 2026 issue of the Journal of American History? @illinoispress.bsky.social scholarlypublishingcollective.org/uip/jaeh/iss...

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Immigration and Ethnic History Society @iehs.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

***Awards 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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Immigration and Ethnic History Society @iehs.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

***Upcoming: "Asian Exclusion and the Battle for Birthright Citizenship"*** This conference contextualizes efforts to restrict and strip birthright citizenship from the children of immigrants ineligible to naturalize within the context of Asian American history. www.huntington.org/event/asian-...

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Immigration and Ethnic History Society @iehs.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

New book by IEHS member Jeffrey Louis Decker: Rebel Girl and the Godfather: New York City’s Italians and the Fight for Civil Rights sunypress.edu/Books/R/Rebe...

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Immigration and Ethnic History Society @iehs.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

New book by IEHS member Ruth Wasem: The Struggle for Fairness: Forging the Immigration Act of 1965 @degruyterbrill.bsky.social www.degruyterbrill.com/document/doi...

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Immigration and Ethnic History Society @iehs.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

New book by Felice A. Bonadio: A. P. Giannini: Banker of America (University of California Press, 2026) www.ucpress.edu/books/a-p-gi...

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Immigration and Ethnic History Society @iehs.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

Forthcoming book on the history of the sanctuary movement by IEHS members @elprofebarba.bsky.social and @smgonzalezwi.bsky.social: Sanctuary in America: How Activists Defied the Government and Defended Immigrants—And Why It Still Matters global.oup.com/academic/pro...

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Immigration and Ethnic History Society @iehs.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

New book: Racist by Design: Two Centuries of U.S. Immigration Control by Kelly Lytle Hernández wwnorton.com/books/978132...

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Glucksman Ireland House NYU @gihnyu.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

Eric Foner donated one of his books to the National Library of Ireland with a dedication to "Irish men and women who fought against slavery.” Kevin Kenny explained how Foner's work transformed Irish-American historiography @irpinaingiro.bsky.social @hidehirota.bsky.social www.nli.ie/news-stories...

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A May Day Celebration for Eric Foner

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Immigration and Ethnic History Society @iehs.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

New book edited by IEHS members @elprofebarba.bsky.social and @smgonzalezwi.bsky.social : Sacred Refuge: New Histories of the Sanctuary Movement (New York University Press, 2026) nyupress.org/978147983370...

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Immigration and Ethnic History Society @iehs.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

***Soliciting Members for Immigration and Ethnic History Society (IEHS) Board*** The Nominations Committee invites all IEHS members to recommend colleagues for leadership positions in the organization. Thread - 1/3

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Immigration and Ethnic History Society @iehs.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

***Share Your News with Us*** The Immigration and Ethnic History Society (IEHS) monthly digest comes out on the 27th of every month. Please email us at digest@iehs.org if you have any announcements.

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Immigration and Ethnic History Society @iehs.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

***Are You A Member? Create an Expert Profile on the Immigration and Ethnic History Society (IEHS) Website*** If you are an IEHS member, consider creating an expert profile on the IEHS webpage. You can set up your profile page by filling out here: iehs.org/expert-regis...

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Expert registration form

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Immigration and Ethnic History Society @iehs.bsky.social · 12/09/2026

**Write for the Immigration and Ethnic History Society (IEHS) Blog** Not From Here, the official blog of the IEHS, seeks submissions from scholars writing about the histories of immigration, race, and ethnicity. For more information: iehs.org/submit-a-blo...

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Immigration and Ethnic History Society @iehs.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

***Book Reviewers for the Journal of American Ethnic History ( JAEH, @illinoispress.bsky.social ) Needed*** If you are interested in reviewing books for the JAEH, please complete the volunteer reviewer form: iehs.org/review-books...

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Review Books for the JAEH

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Immigration and Ethnic History Society @iehs.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

***Membership Discount for Graduate Students*** Please help spread the word about our free introductory offer for new student members. Membership comes with many benefits! Continuing student members pay $15 per year. order.press.uillinois.edu/jaeh/order.h...

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Immigration and Ethnic History Society @iehs.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

***Academic Job Opportunity*** Assistant Professor of Migration Studies apply.interfolio.com/192729

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Immigration and Ethnic History Society @iehs.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

***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.

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Immigration and Ethnic History Society @iehs.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

***Postdoc Opportunity*** Columbia University has authorized a search for a two-year post-doc position in Asian American history through its Ethnic Studies center. @karl-jacoby.bsky.social is chairing the committee and can answer any questions. More info: apply.interfolio.com/192621.

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Immigration and Ethnic History Society @iehs.bsky.social · 05/09/2026

***OAH Letter Writing Event for NARA*** The OAH Committee on the Status of African American, Latina/o, Asian American, and Native American Historians (ALANA) has an upcoming event to preserve the National Archives and Records Administration facilities in San Bruno and Chicago. Thread - 1/

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Immigration and Ethnic History Society @iehs.bsky.social · 04/09/2026

***Amicus Brief in American Association of University Professors v. Rubio*** On 8/12, the Brennan Center, together with Davis Wright Tremaine LLP and McDermott Will & Schulte LLP, filed a brief on behalf of historians Ellen Schrecker, IEHS member @juliarosekraut.bsky.social , and Sam Lebovic. 1/

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Immigration and Ethnic History Society @iehs.bsky.social · 03/09/2026

***Letter-Writing Campaign Against NARA Closures*** The federal government recently announced that it will be closing National Archives and Records Administration (NARA) branches in San Bruno, CA and Chicago, IL and move historical records to Missouri with no research facilities. A thread - 1/

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Immigration and Ethnic History Society @iehs.bsky.social · 02/09/2026

***Immigration History Manuscript Workshop*** The @ihrc-umn.bsky.social is now accepting applications. They invite applications from authors working on US immigration history. All materials are due 9/30. More information is available on the IHRC website: cla.umn.edu/ihrc/researc...

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Immigration History Manuscript Workshop

IHRC seeks authors of U.S. immigration history books for expert feedback at the OAH conference.

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Immigration and Ethnic History Society @iehs.bsky.social · 01/09/2026

***Save the Date for the Fall Online Book Event*** Join us at 4:30pm ET on 10/27 for our next book event with @unlawfulentries.bsky.social , author of Migration and the Origins of American Citizenship, and Mary E. Mendoza, author of Deadly Divide. Jonathan Cortez will moderate. More info soon!

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Nicholas T. Pruitt @ntphistory.bsky.social · 28/08/2026

It was a bit surreal finding these former copies of a titan in the field of immigration history at a used book store around the corner from Columbia! @iehs.bsky.social

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Immigration and Ethnic History Society @iehs.bsky.social · 28/08/2026

New book from IEHS member Eiichiro Azuma: Brokering a Race War: Japanese Americans in the Pacific War and the Occupation of Japan (Oxford University Press, 2026) global.oup.com/academic/pro...

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Immigration and Ethnic History Society @iehs.bsky.social · 25/08/2026

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Immigration and Ethnic History Society @iehs.bsky.social · 27/08/2026

***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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Immigration and Ethnic History Society @iehs.bsky.social · 27/08/2026

***Phishing emails*** Many thanks to everyone who told us that they were receiving suspicious emails from one of the current IEHS leaders. The IEHS Director of Digital and Public Operations continues to work on this issue.

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Immigration and Ethnic History Society @iehs.bsky.social · 24/08/2026

***Want something in the next IEHS monthly digest?*** Email digest@iehs.org

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Immigration and Ethnic History Society @iehs.bsky.social · 20/08/2026

***The Immigration and Ethnic History Society (IEHS) on Social Media*** Be sure to follow and connect with the IEHS on social media if you have yet to do so! The IEHS is on Bluesky, Facebook, and Youtube. If there is anything in particular you’d like to see added, email social_media@iehs.org.

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Immigration and Ethnic History Society @iehs.bsky.social · 20/08/2026

***Please visit the IEHS YouTube channel*** 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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Immigration and Ethnic History Society @iehs.bsky.social · 18/08/2026

***Videos of Organization of American Historians ( @oah.org ) - Immigration and Ethnic History Society (IEHS) Joint Events Available*** The videos of the three-part OAH-IEHS 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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Immigration and Ethnic History Society @iehs.bsky.social · 17/08/2026

New post in our Immigration and Ethnic History society blog, Not From Here: “The Bruja Endures: Tracing Brujería Across the Guatemalan Diaspora” (Senior Honors Thesis) iehs.org/the-bruja-en...

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Immigration and Ethnic History Society @iehs.bsky.social · 17/08/2026

New issue of our publication, the Journal of American Ethnic History ( @illinoispress.bsky.social ): scholarlypublishingcollective.org/uip/jaeh/iss...

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Immigration and Ethnic History Society @iehs.bsky.social · 13/08/2026

***Awards from the Immigration and Ethnic History Society*** The IEHS offers a number of prestigious awards that recognize excellence in scholarship in the fields of immigration and ethnic history. Visit the awards page for more details, including deadlines. iehs.org/awards/

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Awards Overview

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Immigration and Ethnic History Society @iehs.bsky.social · 13/08/2026

***Please email us if you recently published something*** We are happy to feature your scholarship in the monthly digest. digest@iehs.org

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Immigration and Ethnic History Society @iehs.bsky.social · 13/08/2026

New book by IEHS member Charlotte Brooks: The Moys of New York and Shanghai: One Family's Extraordinary Journey Through War and Revolution (University of California Press, 2026) www.ucpress.edu/books/the-mo...

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Immigration and Ethnic History Society @iehs.bsky.social · 13/08/2026

New book by IEHS member Eiichiro Azuma: Brokering a Race War: Japanese Americans in the Pacific War and the Occupation of Japan (Oxford University Press, 2026) global.oup.com/academic/pro...

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Hidetaka Hirota @hidehirota.bsky.social · 12/08/2026

Honored to contribute a module on Japanese incarceration during WWII -- "Making Citizens Internal Enemies" -- to the American Historical Review's "Authoritarianism 101: A Global History." @historians.org www.historians.org/module/makin...

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Immigration and Ethnic History Society @iehs.bsky.social · 07/08/2026

***Share Your News with Us*** The IEHS monthly email digest comes out on the 27th of every month. Please email us 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. Email: digest@iehs.org

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Immigration and Ethnic History Society @iehs.bsky.social · 06/08/2026

***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...

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Immigration and Ethnic History Society @iehs.bsky.social · 06/08/2026

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Immigration and Ethnic History Society @iehs.bsky.social · 03/08/2026

***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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Immigration and Ethnic History Society @iehs.bsky.social · 31/07/2026

***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.

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Immigration and Ethnic History Society @iehs.bsky.social · 30/07/2026

***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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Immigration and Ethnic History Society @iehs.bsky.social · 30/07/2026

***Job Opportunity at the University of Richmond*** Via Dominic Candeloro www.facebook.com/share/p/1EFL...

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