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Immigration and Ethnic History Society @iehs.bsky.social · 8h

***The Immigration and Ethnic History Society is on YouTube!*** Please visit the IEHS YouTube 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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Immigration and Ethnic History Society @iehs.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

***Letter-writing Zoom Event*** IEHS members are invited to join a Save Our National Archives Letter-writing Zoom Event on Wednesday, September 30 at 6 pm ET. RSVP here: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...

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RSVP: Save Our National Archive

Please use this form to RSVP for the ALANA Save Our National Archive Letter Writing Zoom Event on Wednesday, September 30, 2026 at 6p EST. Agenda: 15 mins | Brief Introduction to Save Our National A...

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Immigration and Ethnic History Society @iehs.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

***Immigration History Manuscript Workshop*** The @ihrc-umn.bsky.social at the University of Minnesota is now accepting applications for its annual Immigration History Manuscript Workshop. To have your manuscript considered for this workshop, please fill this out docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...

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Immigration and Ethnic History Society @iehs.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

***Conference on Illinois History, Abraham Lincoln Presidential Museum and Library*** The 28th Annual Conference highlights research into all aspects of Illinois history, culture, politics, geography, and archaeology. The conference will take place between October 1-2, 2026. Thread - 1/2

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Immigration History Research Center @ihrc-umn.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

Are you working on your first book manuscript? You still have time to submit an application for our Immigration History Manuscript Workshop and get a chance to share your work-in-progress with leading scholars. cla.umn.edu/ihrc/researc... @iehs.bsky.social @oah.org @migrationcollab.bsky.social

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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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Anna O. Law @unlawfulentries.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

I so enjoyed my joint new book event with Gautham Rao that there is another one at the end of October. Deets for sign up soon, open to all since it's online. This one is hosted by the immigration historians and pairs my book with an intriguing one about pathogens + people at the SW border.

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Immigration and Ethnic History Society @iehs.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

New post in our Immigration and Ethnic History Society blog, Not from Here: "Towards a Digital Archive: Documenting the Island of Diego Garcia" by Kate Motluck iehs.org/towards-a-di...

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Towards a Digital Archive: Documenting the Island of Diego Garcia

The island of Diego Garcia is difficult place to get to know. This is in part a function of geography. The island sits close to the centre of the Indian Ocean, nearly 2,000km away from neighbouring…

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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

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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Awards Overview

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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 · 22/09/2026

***Have you recently published something on immigration and/or ethnic history?*** Please email us at digest@iehs.org. We are happy to feature your scholarship in the monthly digest.

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Immigration and Ethnic History Society @iehs.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

***Have you recently published something on immigration and/or ethnic history?*** Please email us at digest@iehs.org. We are happy to feature your scholarship in the monthly digest.

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rewasem.bsky.social @rewasem.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

Please use trusted booksellers or the publisher if you order the book. At least one website is selling it for a jacked up price.

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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 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 · 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

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

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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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Nathan Ellstrand @nellstra.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

As a scholar of the sanctuary movement, I have to say that this is an amazing year for work on sanctuary, in large part thanks to @smgonzalezwi.bsky.social and @elprofebarba.bsky.social !!

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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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Nathan Ellstrand @nellstra.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

As I mentioned before, I can't wait to read this new edited volume! It's so very much needed. @elprofebarba.bsky.social @smgonzalezwi.bsky.social

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

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Immigration History Research Center @ihrc-umn.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

Applications for our Immigration History Manuscript Workshop are due Sept 30. This is a great opportunity for scholars completing their 1st book manuscript to present their work at the OAH conference. More info at cla.umn.edu/ihrc/researc... @migrationcollab.bsky.social @iehs.bsky.social @oah.org

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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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Selena M Moon @selenammoon.bsky.social · 13/09/2026

Adding this to my "things to do starting next semester" list.

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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

***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 · 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 · 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 · 05/09/2026

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Nathan Ellstrand @nellstra.bsky.social · 04/09/2026

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Julia Rose Kraut @juliarosekraut.bsky.social · 04/09/2026

Thank you to @iehs.bsky.social for posting this 🧵 about the Historians' Amicus Brief in AAUP v. Rubio. 🗃️ The Amicus Brief focuses on the First & Second Red Scares, & on the development of free speech jurisprudence. Read ⬇️ @brennancenter.org www.brennancenter.org/our-work/res...

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Historians’ Amicus Brief in American Association of University Professors v. Rubio

Historians filed a brief supporting a challenge to the federal government’s policy of arresting, detaining, and deporting noncitizen students and faculty on the basis of their speech and associations.

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