The covid-19 pandemic has fueled racism and xenophobia, echoing past pandemics. Beatrix Hoffman has compiled a reading list on U.S. immigration, public health, and the history of medicine to help make sense of our current moment. Below are 10 must-read…
Yukako Otori, “A Girl Without a Country”
On April 18, 1905, the Board of Special Inquiry at the port of Boston excluded Mariam Zartarian, age 15, because she was afflicted with trachoma, an eye infection. The Board also decided to hold Almas Zartarian, Mariam’s mother. Since 1889,…
IEHS is pleased to announce the 2020 award winners
Theodore Saloutos Memorial Book Prize: Jesse Hoffnung-Garskof, Racial Migrations: New York City and the Revolutionary Politics of the Spanish Caribbean Honorable Mention: Benjamin Francis-Fallon, Rise of the Latino Vote: A History IEHS First Book Award: Danielle Battisti, Whom We Shall…
Emiliano Aguilar Jr., “’Many people opted to leave’: The Repatriation Movement in East Chicago, Indiana”
When I talked to him on the phone, Frederick Maravilla was ninety-nine years old, and was a captivating storyteller. I sat at the kitchen table in my studio apartment, listening to stories of his eventful life growing up in a…
Samuel J. Klee, “Childlike Cultivators? Catholicism and Latinx Migrants in Chesterfield, Missouri, 1951-1965”
What’s a priest to do when his flock is unfree? Fr. John F. Godfrey, a mid-twentieth century priest at Ascension Catholic Church in Chesterfield, Missouri, ministered to farmworkers at the Hellwig Brothers’ Farm. During World War II, the Hellwigs and…
Nathan Ellstrand, “The transnational Sinarquista movement”
“We seek no fame, nor power or wealth, but only to bring happiness to our country by restoring a Christian brotherhood.”[1] Efrain Pardo spoke to a large group of students and faculty at the University of Notre Dame and St.…
Opportunity: SHAFR Dissertation Completion Fellowship
SHAFR Marilyn Blatt Young Dissertation Completion Fellowship The Society for Historians of American Foreign Relations (SHAFR) invites applications for its dissertation completion fellowship. SHAFR will make one year-long award in the amount of $25,000 to support the writing and completion of…
2019 immigration history – public facing work
Immigration historians have risen to the challenges of 2019, sharing research and expertise well beyond our discipline. Below please find a compilation of op-eds and posts written for non-scholarly outlets. These short pieces can be excellent for use in courses…
Call for submissions: 5th Annual IEHS Grad Student Blog Competition Due November 22, 2019
Call for submissions: Do you want to showcase your research and win $100? Enter the Immigration and Ethnic History Graduate Student Blog Competition, due Friday, November 22, 2019. Recognizing the need to bring critical and evidence-based knowledge to public conversations on timely issues,…
Carolina Ortega & Bryan Winston, “Mexican Consulates and the Negotiation of Inequality in the 20th Century”
In 1930 the Mexican consul in New York City wrote to the Secretaría General del Estado in Mexico City to inform the Mexican government of the upcoming Mexican Independence Day celebrations that would take place in the city. According to…
