We, the scholars of the Immigration and Ethnic History Society, express our outrage over the murders and police killings of George Floyd, Ahmaud Arbery, and Breonna Taylor among countless others. We condemn the underlying forces of white supremacy and state…
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…
IEHS is pleased to announce this year’s award winners
Theodore Saloutos Memorial Book Prize: S. Deborah Kang, “The INS on the Line” Julian Lim, “Porous Borders” (Honorable Mention) IEHS First Book Award: Hidetaka Hirota, “Expelling the Poor” Rachel Kranson, “Ambivalent Embrace” (Honorable Mention) IEHS Dissertation Award: Bernadette J. Pérez,…
Becoming American: A Documentary Film and Discussion Series on Our Immigration Experience
The IEHS calls your attention to Becoming American: A Documentary Film and Discussion Series on Our Immigration Experience, a six-week public program featuring documentary film screenings and scholar-led discussions designed to encourage an informed discussion of immigration issues against the…
In Memoriam: James M. Bergquist, 1934-2017
It is with great sadness that we share the news that Jim Bergquist, long-time editor of the IEHS Newsletter, died on August 1, following complications from a fall. Jim was Professor Emeritus of History at Villanova University, where he taught 19th…
IEHS Announces New Editor of the Journal of American Ethnic History
The Immigration and Ethnic History Society is pleased to announce the appointment of Dr. Suzanne Sinke to the position of editor of the Journal of American Ethnic History beginning Sept. 1, 2017. Dr. Sinke is a highly regarded scholar of U.S. immigration…
IEHS Newsletter, Vol. 49, No. 1 (Summer 2017) has been Mailed and is Available Online
The latest IEHS newsletter, Vol. 49, No. 1 (Summer 2017), is in the mail! Contributions highlight how historians have responded to contemporary issues since the IEHS’s founding. All online subscribers with their email addresses on file received this issue in their…
Immigration Control and Resistance: Historicizing the Present Moment, a Conversation between Historians and Activists
Attending the AHA? This late breaking session will feature two senior immigration scholars and two senior representatives from immigrant legal and social aid organizations. It will occur on Saturday Jan. 6, 2018 @ 3:30-5:00 (Roosevelt Room 2, Marriott Wardman Park, Exhibition…
All Back Issues of the Newsletter Available at IEHS Online
Recently, the back catalog of the IEHS Newsletter-nearly 50 years of issues–were made freely available on IEHS Online. To view and download them, just visit: https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/0BzH6J1OQQewETmFQTlNLLUt2TFk
