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Kevin Kenny
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Historian of US immigration | 19th-century | race | labor | slavery | global migration | diaspora

Political science 28%
Sociology 16%

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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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The publication date for my book on the history of policing American slavery has been moved up a month! Now available May 12, 2026! Thanks so much to those who have preordered! The Press is offering 30% off with the code, 01UNCP30

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White Power
Beginning in the colonial era and growing through the American Revolution and the Southern plantation system, slaveholders’ violent police regime continued...
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***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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***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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Immigration and Ethnic History Society
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***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.

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***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:

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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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Thrilled and honored to be discussing new approaches to the history of slavery and abolition with these INCREDIBLE scholars @ the American Society for Legal History’s annual conference! #aslh2025

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***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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The full four-part series will air on PBS early in 2026
So enjoyed listening to @janeohlmeyer.bsky.social on the @empirepoduk.bsky.social with @willdalrymple.bsky.social and @anitaanand.bsky.social Will this film have a release in US theatres?

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So enjoyed listening to @janeohlmeyer.bsky.social on the @empirepoduk.bsky.social with @willdalrymple.bsky.social and @anitaanand.bsky.social Will this film have a release in US theatres?

Wonderful to host historian @janeohlmeyer.bsky.social & filmmaker Briona Nic Dhiarmada for the NYC screening of "From That Small Island" @gihnyu.bsky.social -- the story of Ireland, across the millennia, in global context @tedsmyth.bsky.social
An incredible evening in NYC for our screening. A huge thank you to the amazing team @irelandhousenyu & @irelandnyc 🇮🇪🇺🇸
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@kevinkenny.bsky.social
@tcddublin.bsky.social

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An incredible evening in NYC for our screening. A huge thank you to the amazing team @irelandhousenyu & @irelandnyc 🇮🇪🇺🇸
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@tcddublin.bsky.social

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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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New! I talked with Tyler Anbinder about his approach to writing and revising--plus, you'll learn about the person who told this celebrated historian he would never write trade book! We dug into his newest book, PLENTIFUL COUNTRY (@littlebrown.bsky.social). Listen: draftingthepast.com/podcast-epis...

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***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.

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George E. Pozzetta Dissertation Award
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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:

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Volume 44 Issue 4 | Journal of American Ethnic History | Scholarly Publishing Collective
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Taking sage advice of @unlawfulentries.bsky.social I’m posting cover of forthcoming book Dark Concrete: Black Power Urbanism and the American Metropolis

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***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!

Live now ‼️ October 30 5pm ET @iehs.bsky.social @oah.org @hidehirota.bsky.social
OAH-IEHS Joint Virtual Event TODAY:

Thursday, October 30, 2025 at 5:00 PM EST

The event will focus on the history of deportation in the United States and feature several IEHS members who are experts on the topic.

Register: www.oah.org/2025/10/06/o...
OAH | October 30 Webinar: History of DeportationsOAH | October 30 Webinar: History of Deportations
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OAH-IEHS Joint Virtual Event TODAY:

Thursday, October 30, 2025 at 5:00 PM EST

The event will focus on the history of deportation in the United States and feature several IEHS members who are experts on the topic.

Register: www.oah.org/2025/10/06/o...
OAH | October 30 Webinar: History of DeportationsOAH | October 30 Webinar: History of Deportations
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Live now, October 28 4:15pm ET

Live now, October 28 4:15pm ET
HAPPENING NOW! IEHS Online Books Series

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HAPPENING NOW! IEHS Online Books Series

Register here: iehs.org/event/online...

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I had a chance to interview two of my favorite people in the field - @irpinaingiro.bsky.social & @kevinkenny.bsky.social After Rituals of Migration was published!
Read more about their new edited work--with nine scholars-- here:
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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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