This bibliography supplements an essay published in the Summer 2019 issue of the Immigration and Ethnic History Newsletter (available now to IEHS members and freely available online after a one-year delay). As the essay explains, and this list shows, scholars…
Immigration historians in the news 2018
Immigration, the hallmark issue of the Trump presidency, was front page news all year. Assaults on birthright citizenship, Trump’s family separation policy, a new proposed public charge rule, the asylum ban, the lowest refugee cap ever, fearmongering the migrant caravan,…
Gerson Rosales, “Salvadoreños in Michigan: Deliverance activism in the Midwest during the 1980s”
In my research, I discovered the stories of two teenagers who arrived at First Presbyterian Church in Ann Arbor, MI in late fall 1984. The chilly Michigan autumn must have been the coldest weather they had ever felt. Their arrival…
Ashley Johnson Bavery, “Borderlands in North America: A Selective Bibliography”
This bibliography supplements a historiographical essay published in the summer 2018 issue of the Immigration and Ethnic History Newsletter (available now to IEHS members and freely available online after a one-year delay). Conceptual Works Anzaldua, Gloria. Borderlands/La Frontera: The New…
Tyler Anbinder, “Moving Beyond Rags to Riches: Using Digital History to Uncover the Lost Stories of New York’s Famine Immigrants”
A new website, “Moving Beyond ‘Rags to Riches’: Using Digital History to Uncover the Lost Stories of New York’s Irish Famine Immigrants,” provides students and scholars at every level with easy access to thousands of primary source documents on the…
In 2017 IEHS scholars made history
In 2017, historians entered the fray. Immigration and ethnic history society scholars, especially, have been called to bring historical thinking and analysis to policy issues and public debates about immigration, citizenship, borders, white supremacy, and vulnerable and marginalized communities. Not…
Libby Garland, “Introducing a new immigration history teaching resource”
During the 2016 election and now under the Trump administration, U.S. immigration has been hotly debated, and immigration historians have been stepping up to provide critical context. In the Washington Post, for example, historians have published pieces in recent months…
Elizabeth Venditto, “New Immigrant Storytelling Tools for Challenging Times”
Since January 20, I have repeatedly had the same conversation. When I tell someone that I manage a storytelling and archiving project called Immigrant Stories, they ask if it is now difficult to find people willing to share their immigration experiences. I…
Genevieve Carpio, “Teaching #ImmigrationSyllabus”
In the past year, there have been a series of #syllabi designed to provide a historical and theoretical context for critical social issues with deep historical roots in the United States, including #FergusonSyllabus, #CharlestonSyllabus, #BaltimoreSyllabus, and #StandingRockSyllabus. These syllabi and their hashtags provide a…
