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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.

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Who are we?

Founded in 1965, the Immigration and Ethnic History Society (IEHS) promotes the study of immigration history through the Journal of American Ethnic History and professional/educational outreach.

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***Awards!***

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 details regarding all 2025-26 awards, including deadlines:

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Awards Overview
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November 25, 2025 at 5:39 PM
New publication from IEHS member Harvey Strum:

“Maine's Aid to Ireland during the Great Hunger,” Journal of New England History 82, no. 2 (Spring 2025): 80-107.

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Strum, Harvey. Maine's Aid to Ireland During the Great Hunger | NEJH
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November 24, 2025 at 5:36 PM
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The recording of our Hidden Histories of Unauthorized Migrations from Europe to the US webinar is now available at cla.umn.edu/ihrc/news-ev...
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November 24, 2025 at 3:31 PM
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New publication by IEHS member Samuel J. Klee:

“Drawing Barbed Wire: The Tule Lake Scrapbook of 1942,” Environmental History 30, no. 4 (October, 2025): 729-745.

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Drawing Barbed Wire: The Tule Lake Scrapbook of 1942 | Environmental History: Vol 30, No 4
Abstract In December 1942, teachers and Japanese Americans at the Tule Lake Relocation Center created a scrapbook for Elmer Shirrell, the camp’s outgoing director. The scrapbook reveals Tule Lake teac...
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November 21, 2025 at 3:46 PM
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The “mass production technique” here refers to mass prosecutions, an earlier iteration of mass deportation policy that has been aimed at Mexicans in Los Angeles for my entire lifetime
November 20, 2025 at 12:18 AM
***New article by IEHS member @kangborderlaw.bsky.social ***

“Creating a ‘Mass Production Technique’: Anti-Mexican Racism and the McCarran-Walter Act of 1952,” Journal of American Constitutional History 3, no. 3 (2025): 545-613.

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Creating a “Mass Production Technique”: Anti-Mexican Racism and the McCarran-Walter Act of 1952
by S. Deborah Kang New archival research shines a light on the anti-Mexican animus that motivated the authors and agents of the McCarran-Walter Act of 1952 and reveals that racism was a feature, rathe...
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November 20, 2025 at 12:00 AM
***We're 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!

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November 18, 2025 at 10:36 PM
***Share Your News with Us***

The IEHS monthly digest comes out on the 27th of every month. Please email us at [email protected] 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.
November 18, 2025 at 12:35 AM
***Write for the 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...
Submit a blog post
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November 15, 2025 at 5:16 PM
New blog post on the IEHS blog, Not From Here: Authors on Authors: Kevin Kenny & Maddalena Marinari with Hardeep Dhillon

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Authors on Authors: Kevin Kenny & Maddalena Marinari
Kevin Kenny and Maddalena Marinari, Rituals of Migration: Irish and Italians on the Move (New York University Press, 2025). In Rituals of Migration, editors Kevin Kenny and Maddalena Marinari—with …
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November 14, 2025 at 3:12 AM
***TODAY***

The @ihrc-umn.bsky.social invites you to the Hidden Histories of Unauthorized Migrations from Europe to the United States webinar on Wednesday, November 12 from 4:00 to 5:15 CST.

Register: z.umn.edu/HiddenHistories.
Welcome! You are invited to join a webinar: Hidden Histories of Unauthorized Migrations from Europe to the United States. After registering, you will receive a confirmation email about joining the web...
European migrants are often depicted as the nation’s iconic legal immigrants, yet Europeans did enter and remain in the US without proper authorization. In this webinar, our experts will tell the stor...
z.umn.edu
November 12, 2025 at 8:13 PM
***Book Reviewers for the JAEH Needed***

If you are interested in reviewing books for the Journal of American Ethnic History, please complete the volunteer reviewer form or send your contact information and areas of expertise to [email protected]

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Review Books for the JAEH
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November 12, 2025 at 8:11 PM
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Please join us this Wednesday at 5pm (ET) for a conversation with the authors of Hidden Histories of Unauthorized Migrations from Europe to the United States. Register for the webinar here: umn.zoom.us/webinar/regi...

@ihrc-umn.bsky.social @dbattisti.bsky.social @carlygoodman.bsky.social
November 9, 2025 at 3:15 PM
***Tomorrow***

The recently formed Migration Scholars Solidarity and Resistance Network urges all migration scholars around the globe to organize Teach Ins-Outs around the theme “Stop the War on Migrants; Migration is a Social Good” on November 11, 2025.

More: [email protected].
November 10, 2025 at 8:16 PM
***Funding Opportunity***

The Botstiber Institute for Austrian-American Studies is pleased to announce the 2026-2027 Research and Project Grant call for applications.

Deadline: 3/31/26.

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Research & Project Grants | The Botstiber Institute for Austrian-American Studies
The BIAAS seeks grant proposals for research or projects aimed at promoting an understanding of the historic relationship between the United States and Austria, including Habsburg Austria.
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November 7, 2025 at 7:07 PM
In case you missed it:

There is a new special issue of the Journal of American Ethnic History ( @illinoispress.bsky.social ) guest edited by @migrantherstory.bsky.social and @irpinaingiro.bsky.social on "Immigration and Citizenship."

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Volume 44 Issue 4 | Journal of American Ethnic History | Scholarly Publishing Collective
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November 6, 2025 at 6:48 PM
***A week from today***

The IHRC invites you to the Hidden Histories of Unauthorized Migrations from Europe to the United States webinar on Wednesday, November 12 from 4:00 to 5:15 CST.

Register at z.umn.edu/HiddenHistories.
Welcome! You are invited to join a webinar: Hidden Histories of Unauthorized Migrations from Europe to the United States. After registering, you will receive a confirmation email about joining the web...
European migrants are often depicted as the nation’s iconic legal immigrants, yet Europeans did enter and remain in the US without proper authorization. In this webinar, our experts will tell the stor...
z.umn.edu
November 5, 2025 at 7:05 PM
TODAY, November 5th

Philip K. Hitti Memorial Fund Lecture at the University of Minnesota

Possible Histories: Arab Americans and the Queer Ecology of Peddling with Charlotte Karem Albrecht for the inaugural Philip K. Hitti Memorial Fund lecture at UMN and online. Register at z.umn.edu/HittiLecture
IHRC Welcomes Charlotte Karem Albrecht for the Inaugural Philip K. Hitti Memorial Fund Lecture
Wednesday, November 5, 2025 Reception 5-6pm Lecture 6-7:30pm (hybrid) Weisman Art Museum 333 E River Rd, Minneapolis, MN 55455 The Immigration History Research Center invites you to our inaugural Phi...
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November 5, 2025 at 7:02 PM
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TODAY! Possible Histories: Arab Americans and the Queer Ecology of Peddling with Charlotte Karem Albrecht. Reception 5pm Lecture 6pm Central. More info and RSVP at z.umn.edu/HittiLecture @arabamericanmuseum.org.web.brid.gy @miznaarabart.bsky.social @iehs.bsky.social @umnengagement.bsky.social
November 5, 2025 at 3:21 PM
Global Teach Ins-Outs about Migration

The Migration Scholars Solidarity and Resistance Network urges migration scholars to organize Teach Ins-Outs around the theme “Stop the War on Migrants; Migration is a Social Good” on November 11, 2025.

Info? [email protected].
November 4, 2025 at 6:51 PM
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***Attention graduate students of U.S. immigration, emigration, and/or ethnic history, broadly defined***
***Attention graduate students***

Apply to the George E. Pozzetta Dissertation Award!

IEHS invites submissions for two awards of $3,500 each (up from $1,000) to help graduate students with their dissertations on U.S. immigration, emigration, or ethnic history.

iehs.org/awards/georg...
George E. Pozzetta Dissertation Award
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November 3, 2025 at 6:42 PM
***Attention graduate students***

Apply to the George E. Pozzetta Dissertation Award!

IEHS invites submissions for two awards of $3,500 each (up from $1,000) to help graduate students with their dissertations on U.S. immigration, emigration, or ethnic history.

iehs.org/awards/georg...
George E. Pozzetta Dissertation Award
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November 3, 2025 at 6:38 PM
Check out this new special issue of the Journal of American Ethnic History focused on "Immigration and Citizenship" edited by @migrantherstory.bsky.social and @irpinaingiro.bsky.social:

scholarlypublishingcollective.org/uip/jaeh/iss...
Volume 44 Issue 4 | Journal of American Ethnic History | Scholarly Publishing Collective
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October 31, 2025 at 5:30 PM
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Congratulations again, @omarvaleriojimenez.bsky.social! So well deserved.
***David J. Weber Prize Winner***

Congratulations to IEHS Executive Board member @omarvaleriojimenez.bsky.social for receiving the David J. Weber Prize from the Western History Association for his Remembering Conquest: Mexican Americans, Memory, and Citizenship!
October 31, 2025 at 2:11 AM