***IEHS Spring Online Book Series*** Please join our spring Online Book Series at 3:00 p.m. EST on Wednesday, March 4! Marla A. Ramirez and Reem Bailony will present their books. The event will be moderated by Mark Tseng-Putterman. Register here: iehs.org/event/online...

To every US athlete who makes the podium in Italy: Please take note.

***WTTW new series: Black and Jewish America: An Interwoven History*** Following the broadcasts, on February 25, WTTW is hosting a Community Screening and Conversation with speakers, including Daniel Greene who has presented for the Chicago Jewish Historical Society: www.wttw.com/events/2026-...

***Appointment of New JAEH Editor*** Dr. Alison Efford (Marquette University) has been appointed as the new editor of the Journal of American Ethnic History. Her appointment will begin in April 2027.

***Book Talk: A Discussion with Dominic A. Pacyga, Author of Clout City*** Thursday, February 19, 2026 12:00 - 1:00 PM CST Free and open to the public More info here: chicagocollections.org/news-events/...

***Call for Papers*** Maddalena Marinari and Maria Cristina Garcia are inviting IEHS members to submit a paper proposal for an edited anthology, tentatively titled Immigrants in Challenging Times, by March 15, 2026. More info: urldefense.com/v3/__https:/...

Papaya salad (shredded green papaya, peanuts, green beans, tomatoes, Thai chili, garlic, lime juice, fish sauce, and dried shrimp).

Slices of chicken marsala and mushroom pizza (with anchovies).

Mini exhibits highlighting the work of two centers that I'm affiliated with.

One of my favorite plaques on campus

Civil rights activist Medgar Evers was shot in the back by a Klansman in 1963. The National Park Service has removed visitor brochures from Evers' museum and reportedly plans to remove references that call his murderer a “racist"

Baked Lumachine (pasta baked with caciocavallo and smoked mozzarella, meaty tomato and pork rib sugo).

Nduja Pie ('nduja, spring onion, tomato, olive, provolone, mozzarella)

***Register for the IEHS Annual Banquet*** The dinner will be at Brauhaus Schmitz on Friday, April 17, 2026, at 7:00 p.m. during the Organization of American Historians Annual Meeting. Please register here no later than April 3, 2026. iehs.org/event/2026_b...

***Call for Proposals: IE People's History Conference***

Are you looking for summer funding? Look no further than the ACHA Summer Research, Travel, and Writing Grant for graduate students and contingent faculty. The deadline is March 15. For the requirements and more information, go to achahistory.org/summer-resea...

Por si les interesa participar!

The best arancini that I've ever had...saffron arancini with risotto and mozzarella.

Thanks to UC San Diego Latin American Studies for the opportunity to speak at my alma mater alongside @kevanaguilar.bsky.social about the intersection of Latin American Studies and History!

***Submit IEHS Panel Proposals for the 2027 OAH Annual Meeting by January 31*** The IEHS Program Committee invites submissions for solicited panels at the annual meeting of the OAH in San Francisco in 2027. Interested? Email [email protected]

Spring arrived early to SDSU!

After being in San Diego for a while now, I finally tried The Taco Stand, and although it's no Tacos El Gordo, it's solid.

Oreo milkshakes.

Nasi lemak.

***Help with Mentorship Event at the OAH*** The IEHS Graduate and Early Career Affairs Committee is seeking MENTORS for its first in-person mentorship program at the OAH. Please register your interest by January 31, 2026, and direct any questions to [email protected].

Thanks to UC San Diego Latin American Studies for the opportunity to speak at my alma mater alongside @kevanaguilar.bsky.social about the intersection of Latin American Studies and History!

Immigration History: Context for Today by @oah.org www.oah.org/2026/01/29/i...

As a philatelist, I was quite excited to get my hands on this USS Reuben James stamp!

Charcuterie board.

Pepper garlic salmon sandwich with cream cheese, shaved celery, pickled onion, and capers.

Oysters - Rockefeller and miso bone marrow (soooo good!)

🗃️ State & local jurisdictions cannot defy federal law but neither can the federal govt order them to enforce every aspect of that law. For some origins of this ongoing tension in immigration federalism, rooted in the history of American slavery, here is a 🧵 on Prigg v. Pennsylvania (1842) 🧵 1/10

Call for Papers: Maddalena Marinari and Maria Cristina Garcia invite you to submit a paper proposal for an edited anthology, tentatively titled Immigrants in Challenging Times, by March 15, 2026. docs.google.com/document/d/1...

🗃️⬇️ @iehs.bsky.social

***IEHS YouTube Channel*** Please visit the IEHS YouTube channel to watch clips from our past virtual events, including book talks, panel discussions, and more. These clips are great teaching tools! www.youtube.com/@iehs_org

***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.

***In case you missed it*** Last year, my students designed virtual historical tours of neighborhoods and regions of San Diego County using ArcGiS StoryMaps. Some of the tours were featured at the Esri annual conference last year. storymaps.arcgis.com/collections/...

A half dozen oysters, prawns, and tuna crudo

Buta (pork belly) and sori (chicken oyster) yakitori.

Toro (fatty tuna) nigiri.

Unagi (eel) nigiri.

¡Mañana!

New book from University of California Press: Radical Sovereignty: Debating Race, Nation, and Empire in Interwar Latin America by Tony Wood www.ucpress.edu/books/radica...

Felicidades a Austreberto Martinez por la noticia que su libro "Tradicionalismo y conservadurismo intransigente en México después del Concilio Vaticano II" acaba de recibir el Premio "Ramiro de Maeztu" al mejor libro de 2025 que otorgan los "Círculos San Juan de amigos de la prensa católica"!

***In case you missed it*** Last year, my students designed virtual historical tours of neighborhoods and regions of San Diego County using ArcGiS StoryMaps. Some of the tours were featured at the Esri annual conference last year. storymaps.arcgis.com/collections/...

***New blog post in Immigration and Ethnic History Society blog, Not from Here*** "Authors on Authors: Deborah Kanter & Stephen Koeth" iehs.org/authors-on-a...

In Journal of American Ethnic History (@iehs.bsky.social) Vol. 45, No. 1, @loriflores.bsky.social reviews "Intimate Eating: Racialized Spaces and Radical Futures" (@dukepress.bsky.social) by Anita Mannur: "its case studies will surely intrigue." scholarlypublishingcollective.org/uip/jaeh/art...

***Help with Mentorship Event at the OAH*** The IEHS is seeking MENTORS for its first in-person mentorship program for graduate students and early career scholars working on immigration and ethnic history at the OAH. Register by 1/31/26: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...