***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/

***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...

***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...

Our national podcasting contest for college students is now open for entries. Submit your story for a chance to win our $5,000 grand prize, and hear your podcast on NPR.

“But today, most Americans do not seek out news. In August 2022, a Pew Research Center survey found that only 38 percent of Americans claimed to check news regularly—a sustained decline from 51 percent in March 2016.” This an article to read, weigh, and come back to. #InformationCrisis

Check out this new blog host in our Immigration and Ethnic History Society blog, Not From Here: "Stop Jewhooing Superman" by @comicsscholar.bsky.social iehs.org/stop-jewhooi...

Congratulations again, @omarvaleriojimenez.bsky.social @aadeleon.bsky.social! Such a well deserved honor. @iehs.bsky.social is lucky to have you as members!

***A Word of Thanks*** Many thanks to all the IEHS members who attended the first OAH-IEHS online event on September 24. This was the first of three upcoming joint events. Watch out for more details about the other two over the next couple of months!

Congratulations again, @omarvaleriojimenez.bsky.social @aadeleon.bsky.social! Such a well deserved honor. @iehs.bsky.social is lucky to have you as members!

Event Announcement: The Forgotten Family Separation Crisis with Ashley DeAzevedo and Anna Lekas Miller Join me this Thursday, October 2, at 1:00 PM eastern for a virtual conversation with Ashley and Anna. Registration is required. open.substack.com/pub/austinko...

Have you seen our Immigration and Ethnic History Society (IEHS) Monthly Digest for September yet? We just sent out our monthly newsletter which includes exciting announcements about recent award winners, publications, and upcoming events. Want to be included? Email [email protected]

Really looking forward to this! Registration details below 👇🏽

p.s. My essay on the Wounded Knee massacre can be found here (open access!): www.jstor.org/stable/10.25...

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! 🗃️ blackwhiteandread.com/scholarsunda...

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...

This was such a fantastic event! Many thanks to @kevinkenny.bsky.social and @gihnyu.bsky.social for hosting the launch of Rituals of Migration. The audience was truly amazing.

This was such a fantastic event! Many thanks to @kevinkenny.bsky.social and @gihnyu.bsky.social for hosting the launch of Rituals of Migration. The audience was truly amazing.

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/

Sens. Jon Ossoff and Raphael Warnock are asking Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem for answers after more than a dozen people died in immigration detention, as the department rushes to expand.

Congratulations to Naoko and @michaelrjin.bsky.social! This article makes a critical contribution to the field.

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 academic.oup.com/ahr/article-...

Be sure to check out IEHS member Vivian Yan-Gonzalez's new article: “Left or Right, Loyal or Disloyal: Ideology, Partisanship, and Empire in the Construction of Interwar Japanese American Politics,” Pacific Historical Review 94, no. 3 (2025): 299-335. online.ucpress.edu/phr/article-...

***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...

"Gender studies scholars and experts on domestic violence have long known that gender-based bigotry is a gateway to violent extremism. It’s time for national security officials to catch up, says @milleridriss.bsky.social" 19thnews.org/2025/09/how-...

***Share Your News with Us*** The IEHS monthly digest comes out on the 27th of every month. Please email us at [email protected] if you have any announcements about events, grants, job ads, or public speaking engagements that you would like us to share with the IEHS community.

***Book Reviewers for the JAEH Needed*** If you are interested in reviewing books for the Journal of American Ethnic History (@illinoispress.bsky.social ), fill volunteer reviewer form or send your contact information or email [email protected]. iehs.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?...

***IEHS members*** The Nominations Committee invites all IEHS members to recommend colleagues for leadership positions in the organization. Please email your suggestions to [email protected]. The deadline for nominations is 10/17.

🚨There is a hidden issue in US immigration detention: the treatment of pregnant, postpartum, and nursing women. 🚨 Despite ICE's own policies against detaining these individuals, reports of medical neglect, miscarriages, and nutritional deprivation have been documented.

***Mentoring Event*** The IEHS Graduate and Early Career Affairs Committee is excited to hold this event on 10/2. The event is open to grad students, early career historians, and independent scholars working on North American immigration and ethnicity. Register by 9/19: iehs.org/event/mentor...

So excited to celebrate the launch of Rituals of Migration later this week!

***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...

So excited to celebrate the launch of Rituals of Migration later this week!

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. 🎉🎉🎉

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

Thank you for your generous review!

***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...

Truly grateful for such a generous review of the book @ithacamcg.bsky.social and I coedited! I

***Fall Online Book Event*** Join us on Tuesday, October 28 at 4:15 PM EDT for the next online book event with Julie Greene and Brendan A. Shanahan. Michael Salgarolo will moderate. Register below. Please note that this event will happen via Google Meet, not Zoom. iehs.org/event/online...

***Mentoring Event*** The IEHS Graduate and Early Career Affairs Committee is excited to hold this event on 10/2. The event is open to grad students, early career historians, and independent scholars working on North American immigration and ethnicity. Register by 9/19: iehs.org/event/mentor...

***IHRC Birthright Citizenship Webinar*** The University of Minnesota Immigration History Research Center (@ihrc-umn.bsky.social ) will host a webinar titled Birthright Citizenship: A History of the Present on Wednesday, September 17 at 4-5:15 CDT. Register: umn.zoom.us/webinar/regi...

Be sure to check out this upcoming immigration history manuscript workshop from our colleagues with the @ihrc-umn.bsky.social :

***Mentoring Event*** The IEHS Graduate and Early Career Affairs Committee is excited to hold this event on 10/2. The event is open to grad students, early career historians, and independent scholars working on North American immigration and ethnicity. Register by 9/19: iehs.org/event/mentor...

🗣️ New from MiSC scholar Jenna Loyd for @publicbooks.bsky.social. The article challenges the idea that "the border" is just a line on a map. Instead, it's a technology—a tool that mixes law, territory, bureaucracy & policing to control human mobility. 🧵 ⤵️ www.publicbooks.org/with-big-tec...

Hi all, I rarely do this, but I'm posting that I'm back on the academic job market. As a Californian, my partner and I are trying to stay on the West Coast. Any leads for jobs in History, American Studies, Cultural Studies, etc. in the Western U.S. are greatly appreciated! Sincerely, Nathan

***Authors on Authors Blog Series*** Our blog, Not From Here, welcomes contributions to its new series, which consists of authors interviewing other authors about their recent publications. Interested? Contact Yun Jung Kim, the IEHS Blog Editor, at [email protected].

***Attention grad 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, broadly defined. iehs.org/awards/georg...

This is a great opportunity for many @iehs.bsky.social members!

***Immigration History Job at Georgia Institute of Technology*** The Georgia Institute of Technology in Atlanta, Georgia seeks a tenure-track assistant professor of history who specializes in immigration and the United States in a period after 1860. networks.h-net.org/jobs/68973/g...