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…
Bryan Winston, “Contesting Immigration Incarceration: How the Mexican Consulate in St. Louis Worked to Free Migrants”
On December 11, 1911, a court in Johnson County, Iowa found Enrique Betancourt guilty of larceny. A week later, he was incarcerated at the Reformatory in Anamosa, Iowa, sentenced for five years. Betancourt, who only arrived in the United States…
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,…
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…
Damian Shiels, “Transatlantic Obligations: a new source for immigrant remittance networks”
In 1863 Mary Madigan received a letter from her sister in Ireland. Mary had left for America not long after her husband’s death in the Great Famine, but the years since had brought little but continued heartache. Settling in Ohio…
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…
EXTENDED DEADLINE Grad Blog Competition – entries due 12/15
Do you want to showcase your research and win $100? Enter the Immigration and Ethnic History Society Graduate Student Blog Competition, extended deadline December 15. These days, blogging feels more relevant than ever. Recognizing the need to bring critical and…
Ellen Engseth, “Resources for you at the IHRC Archives”
I am happy to share with you about the resources at the IHRC Archives available for your work on im/migration and ethnic history, including some funding opportunities. The Immigration History Research Center Archives (aka IHRCA, or IHRC Archives) is a…
