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***Awards from the Immigration and Ethnic History Society (IEHS)***

The IEHS offers a number of 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.

iehs.org/awards/
Awards Overview
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***Fall Online Book Event***

Join us on Tuesday, October 28 at 4:15 PM EDT for the next online book event with @greeneland.bsky.social and Brendan A. Shanahan. Michael Salgarolo will moderate the discussion.

Register here: iehs.org/event/online...
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by Kevin Kenny

kevinkenny.bsky.social
Very much looking forward to discussing "Organizing Workers in the Shadow of Slavery" with @rbatzell.bsky.social, Lara Vapnek, Richard Price, and & Naomi R. Willians in @lawcha.bsky.social's 2025 Labor Book Big Forum, Friday, October 17, 2pm to 4pm ET online ⬇️⬇️⬇️
Registration details for Friday, October 17, 2pm to 4pm ET: https://umd.zoom.us/meeting/register/FCXIyoNuQf6R3AA-ymF2uA#/registration
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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.

iehs.org/awards/georg...
George E. Pozzetta Dissertation Award
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***New OAH lecturers***

Congratulations to Immigration and Ethnic History Society (IEHS) members Adrian De Leon and Omar Valerio-Jimenez for being selected to the Organization of American Historians (OAH) Lectureship Program!

OAH Lecturers can be booked online:

www.oah.org/lectures/con...
OAH | Contact the Distinguished Lectureship ProgramOAH | Contact the Distinguished Lectureship Program
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gihnyu.bsky.social
We're so excited to have @sineadgleeson.bsky.social at GIH this Thursday to discuss her novel "Hagstone" in conversation with Douglas Stuart.
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by Kevin Kenny

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Congratulations, Gautham, on this important and timely work.
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Gautham Rao @gauthamrao.bsky.social · 8d
Took about 20 years. And I never thought a book about enslavers using deputization to give themselves policing power would be relevant to our times. But we are where we are.

My book, White Power: Policing American Slavery, is now available for preorder.

a.co/d/29c7EIP
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Reposted by: Kevin Kenny, Anna O. Law, Mirya R. Holman , and 4 more

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Took about 20 years. And I never thought a book about enslavers using deputization to give themselves policing power would be relevant to our times. But we are where we are.

My book, White Power: Policing American Slavery, is now available for preorder.

a.co/d/29c7EIP
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Here it is, my 243rd #ScholarSunday thread of great public scholarly writing & work, podcast episodes, new & forthcoming books from the past week. Add more below, please share widely, & enjoy, all! 🗃️

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#ScholarSunday Thread 243 (9/28/25) - Black and White and Read All Over
Here it is, my 243rd #ScholarSunday thread of great public scholarly writing & work, podcast episodes, new & forthcoming books from the past week. Add more below, please share widely, & enjoy, all! Fi...
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by Kevin Kenny

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Thank you, Kathleen!
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Be sure to check out the new special issue of the Journal of American Ethnic History on "Immigration and Citizenship" co-edited by @irpinaingiro.bsky.social and @migrantherstory.bsky.social:

scholarlypublishingcollective.org/uip/jaeh/iss...
Volume 44 Issue 4 | Journal of American Ethnic History | Scholarly Publishing Collective
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If your family history research involves Irish and Italian emigration, Rituals of Migration nyupress.org/978147982513... belongs on your bookshelf. #genealogy
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Reposted by: Kevin Kenny, Dustin Mulvaney, Annette Yoshiko Reed

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p.s. My essay on the Wounded Knee massacre can be found here (open access!):

www.jstor.org/stable/10.25...
Of Memory and Massacre: A Soldier's Firsthand Account of the “Affair on Wounded Knee” on JSTOR
Karl Jacoby, Of Memory and Massacre: A Soldier's Firsthand Account of the “Affair on Wounded Knee”, The Princeton University Library Chronicle, Vol. 64, No. 2 (Winter 2003), pp. 333-362
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What a fun night! Thanks to our fantastic hosts at @gihnyu.bsky.social
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by Kevin Kenny — Reposted by: Kevin Kenny

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Video of our launch of Rituals of Migration @gihnyu.bsky.social @nyupress.bsky.social is now up on YouTube www.youtube.com/watch?v=6Qh1...
@irpinaingiro.bsky.social @hidehirota.bsky.social @grainnemcevoy.bsky.social @ciantmcmahon.bsky.social @josephsciorra.bsky.social @appalachianphilly.bsky.social
Launch of Rituals of Migration: Italians and Irish on the Move
YouTube video by Glucksman Ireland House NYU
www.youtube.com
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Reposted by: Kevin Kenny, Anna O. Law

iehs.bsky.social
The Immigration and Ethnic History Society (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.

iehs.org/awards/
Awards Overview
Visit the post for more.
iehs.org
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laborlawchajournal.bsky.social
Commentaries will be provided by Lara Vapnek (St. John’s University), Kevin Kenny (@kevinkenny.bsky.social) (New York University), Richard Price (University of Maryland), and Naomi Williams (Rutgers). Julie Greene (@greeneland.bsky.social) will moderate.
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We are excited to announce Labor's Big Book Forum for 2025! Scheduled for Fri 10/17, 2-4pm ET via Zoom, this year we feature Rudi Batzell's (@rbatzell.bsky.social) new book: Organizing Workers in the Shadow of Slavery (@uchicagopress.bsky.social)
A flier that says: 2025 Labor Big Book Forum; Friday Oct 17 2-4 ET ; Register Today! with the link: go.umd.edu/LaborBigBook2025 ; and has a picture of the book "Organizing Workers in the Shadow of Slavery" which features four sets of raised fists, alternating between red and blue.
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New article from IEHS members Naoko Wake and @michaelrjin.bsky.social in the @historians.org American Historical Review:

Surviving the Bomb in Diaspora: Intergenerational Suffering and Justice-Seeking Among Korean Pihaeja

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Surviving the Bomb in Diaspora: Intergenerational Suffering and Justice-Seeking Among Korean Pihaeja
Abstract. Uncovering the voices of the Korean diasporic atomic bomb survivors across multilingual and transimperial spaces in archives and memories in East
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Reposted by: Kevin Kenny, Anna O. Law, Maarten Vink

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The recording of our History of the Present webinar on Birthright Citizenship is now available at www.youtube.com/watch?v=TEH5...
@unlawfulentries.bsky.social @skantrow.bsky.social @cnacken1.bsky.social @michelewaslin.bsky.social @iehs.bsky.social @migrationcollab.bsky.social
Birthright Citizenship: A History of the Present Webinar
YouTube video by Immigration History Research Center
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***Upcoming Event: Birthright Citizenship - Future of the Past***

September 24, 2025
6:00 PM ET
Zoom

Join us for a discussion on birthright citizenship. The panel will focus on Executive Order 14160, "Protecting the Meaning and Value of American Citizenship."

us06web.zoom.us/webinar/regi...
Welcome! You are invited to join a webinar: Birthright Citizenship - Future of the Past. After registering, you will receive a confirmation email about joining the webinar.
On January 20, 2025, President Donald J. Trump signed Executive Order 14160, "Protecting the Meaning and Value of American Citizenship," which upended more than a hundred and fifty years of American l...
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by Kevin Kenny

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@gihnyu.bsky.social Thursday, September 18 at 7pm
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Kevin Kenny @kevinkenny.bsky.social · Jul 7
🗃️"Love charms, frog bread, letters and wakes: How the Irish & Italians handled emigration to the US" by the editors of a new collection "Rituals of Migration" @irpinaingiro.bsky.social @nyupress.bsky.social @gihnyu.bsky.social @irishtimes.com @tedsmyth.bsky.social www.irishtimes.com/culture/book...
Love charms, frog bread, letters and wakes: How the Irish and Italians handled emigration to the US
The editors of Rituals of Migration: Italians and Irish on the Move highlight two great diasporas’ differences and similarities
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by Anna O. Law — Reposted by: Kevin Kenny, Leo Lucassen, Anna O. Law

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Cian T. McMahon, PhD @ciantmcmahon.bsky.social · 22d
Really excited to be here for the event. Have decamped to the Bobst Library Special Collection in anxious anticipation.
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Really excited to be here for the event. Have decamped to the Bobst Library Special Collection in anxious anticipation.
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***Attention IEHS members***

In the fall of 2025, the IEHS will choose three new Executive Board members, whose terms will run from 2026 to 2029.

Please email your suggestions for nominees to Adam Goodman at [email protected]. Self-nominations are welcome.

Deadline: 10/17/25
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***Know Your Rights Cards***

Under the U.S. Constitution, all people in the United States, regardless of immigration status, have certain rights and protections. The Immigrant Legal Resource Center’s red cards give examples of how people can exercise these rights.

www.ilrc.org/red-cards-ta...
Red Cards / Tarjetas Rojas | Immigrant Legal Resource Center | ILRC
All people in the United States, regardless of immigration status, have certain rights and protections under the U.S. Constitution. The ILRC’s Red Cards help people assert their rights and defend them...
www.ilrc.org
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by Kevin Kenny — Reposted by: Kevin Kenny, Kris Inwood

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We have a full house, but here's the registration link for Thursday, September 19 @gihnyu.bsky.social @nyupress.bsky.social ⬇️:
as.nyu.edu/research-cen...
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by Kevin Kenny — Reposted by: Kevin Kenny, Anna O. Law

kevinkenny.bsky.social
Looking forward to launching "Rituals of Migration" @nyupress.bsky.social @gihnyu.bsky.social Sept 19, 7pm w/ @irpinaingiro.bsky.social @hidehirota.bsky.social @grainnemcevoy.bsky.social @ciantmcmahon.bsky.social @unlawfulentries.bsky.social @tedsmyth.bsky.social @josephsciorra.bsky.social &co. 🎉🎉🎉
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Glucksman Ireland House NYU @gihnyu.bsky.social · 22d
Join us this Thursday to celebrate the launch of the latest book in the NYU Press Glucksman Irish Diaspora series, Rituals of Migration: Italians and Irish on the Move. We can't wait to see you all at Ireland House this week 🎉 @nyupress.bsky.social @kevinkenny.bsky.social @irpinaingiro.bsky.social
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***2025-2026 Immigration History Research Center ( @ihrc-umn.bsky.social ) Immigration History Manuscript Workshop***

Authors writing their first book-length publication addressing any aspect of US immigration history are welcome to apply.

Details: cla.umn.edu/ihrc/researc...
Immigration History Manuscript Workshop
IHRC seeks authors finishing a US immigration history book (colonial era–present) for feedback from experts at the Organization of American Historians conference.
cla.umn.edu
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