If you want to learn more after the Supreme Court's decision on TPS for Haitians, the IHRC held an online conversation on Haitian immigration that you can watch at www.youtube.com/watch?v=fdG2... @umnlawschool.bsky.social @umnengagement.bsky.social @umn-amst.bsky.social @haitianbridge.bsky.social

Powerful new exhibit right now in the Elmer Andersen Library. Thanks to UMN Libraries and our colleagues at the Immigration History Research Center Archives. @umnengagement.bsky.social @umnanth.bsky.social @umn-amst.bsky.social @uofmhumanrights.bsky.social libnews.umn.edu/2026/05/the-...

The 2025-2026 academic year was a busy one for the IHRC. We were fortunate to host fantastic conversations with brilliant scholars from across the globe. Learn more about our past events at cla.umn.edu/ihrc/news-ev...

Mekong Journeys: Raising New Villages, a living digital archive preserving the stories, memories, and histories of Southeast Asian communities. This project honors 50 years of resilience, migration, rebuilding, and community care. www.theseadproject.org/mekongjourneys

Illuminating immigration in Media Moderated by Fred de Sam Lazaro (Under-Told Stories, PBS NewsHour), the conversation will explore contemporary immigration issues in Sweden and Minnesota. June 4, 6-8pm @umnlawschool.bsky.social @umn-amst.bsky.social asimn.org/events-calen...

Fantastic resource from @refugeesinternational.org and @humanrightsfirst.org Monitoring the human cost of the US government's forced 3rd country transfer agreements. www.thirdcountrydeportationwatch.org

The recording of our event, Black Muslim Refugee: Militarism, Policing, and Somali American Resistance to State Violence with Dr. Maxamed Abu-maye is now available on YouTube. www.youtube.com/watch?v=sdFz... @migrationcollab.bsky.social @iehs.bsky.social @ridgs.bsky.social

As federal enforcement actions reshape communities across MN, advocates, legal experts, and community organizations are asking: how will the Minnesota Truth Council document what is happening and ensure accountability? Join this free virtual conversation on April 28 Register: z.umn.edu/MNtruth

Building a Truth Process in Minnesota: The Minnesota Truth Council & Lessons from Global Practice, a free virtual convening on April 28, hosted by the Humphrey School’s Global Policy program and University partners. @umnengagement.bsky.social Register: umn.zoom.us/webinar/regi...

You still have time to REGISTER for our online discussion on international student activism and the fight for justice. TOMORROW, April 22, 3pm Central. @iehs.bsky.social @nafsa-official.bsky.social @presalliance.bsky.social @umnpolisci.bsky.social @umnanth.bsky.social cla.umn.edu/ihrc/news-ev...

How do we process the past few months? How can we listen to the experiences of our neighbors? Join us for a story circle! Story Circles teach us about listening to our stories rather than arguing our points. Tues April 28 at 3:30pm. cla.umn.edu/ihrc/news-ev...

Join us April 22 for a fascinating conversation about how international students organize and protest in the face of repression and threats. RSVP: z.umn.edu/IHRC_April22 @freedomhouse.bsky.social @nafsa-official.bsky.social @presalliance.bsky.social @migrationcollab.bsky.social @iehs.bsky.social

Monday, April 20 at 4 p.m Dr. JC Salyer of Barnard College and the Arab American Family Support Center will speak on the difficulties disabled immigrants face when attempting to come to America. cla.umn.edu/anthropology...

IHRC Llana Barber quoted in this article in the MN Star Tribune about the terminology used to describe immigrants and what impact language can have. www.startribune.com/us-border-im...

Join us for the 5th Annual Gudeman Lecture on April 20th at 4pm featuring a presentation from Dr. J.C. Salyer more information about this lecture can be found at z.umn.edu/GudemanInfo Register for the lecture and reception at z.umn.edu/GudemanLectu... #umncla #umnproud

Join us and Mixed Blood Theatre for story circles on April 28 and help process the last few months in Minneapolis. Story Circles teach us that it is through listening to our stories, rather than arguing our points, that we discover who we are. @umnengagement.bsky.social

***IEHS Meetings and Events at the Organization of American Historians (OAH) Annual Meeting - A Thread*** 1/

Join us for this special event with UMN student Darlington Seghbean who will discuss his new book documenting the Liberian experience. Tuesday, April 14. cla.umn.edu/human-rights... @uofmhumanrights.bsky.social @umnengagement.bsky.social @umnlawschool.bsky.social

Join the Southeast Asian Diaspora (SEAD) Project for these upcoming special events commemorating the 50th anniversary of southeast Asian refugees in Minnesota. www.theseadproject.org/mekongjourne...

Join the IHRC on Wed. April 22 for a timely and important online discussion on Students of Diaspora and the Fight for Justice! @nafsa-official.bsky.social @presalliance.bsky.social @umnengagement.bsky.social @migrationcollab.bsky.social @iehs.bsky.social more info and rsvp: z.umn.edu/IHRC_April22

Join our partners at Migration Institute of Finland and the Immigration History Research Center Archives for this exciting event on a new collaboration. @umnengagement.bsky.social @migrationcollab.bsky.social @iehs.bsky.social cla.umn.edu/ihrc/news-ev...

Monday, April 20th, 2026, at 4 p.m., the @umnanth.bsky.social and IHRC will be hosting Dr. JC Salyer of Barnard College and the Arab American Family Support Center to speak on the difficulties disabled immigrants face when attempting to come to America. cla.umn.edu/anthropology...

We're so proud of @umn-amst.bsky.social grad student Selena Moon who published her work on Asian American disability. Check it out here. @migrationcollab.bsky.social @iehs.bsky.social @umnengagement.bsky.social densho.org/catalyst/ask...

In honor of #ArabAmericanHeritageMonth watch the recording of our 1st annual Hitti Memorial Lecture with Charlotte Karem Albrecht, author of Possible Histories: Arab Americans and the Queer Ecology of Peddling www.youtube.com/watch?v=Osva...

Next week!! The 2026 Noble Lecture with Dr. Kareem Khubchandani. Auntologies: Queer aesthetics & South Asian Aunties Thurs. April 9 at 6pm. Lecture followed by book signing & reception. cla.umn.edu/american-stu... @umn-amst.bsky.social @umnlawschool.bsky.social @umnengagement.bsky.social

Join us for a very special event with UMN grad student Darlington Sehgbean, author of We Had to Run: Liberian Journeys from War to Belonging. Tues April 14 at 12:30. Lunch will be served. cla.umn.edu/human-rights... @umnenglish.bsky.social @umn-amst.bsky.social @umnlawschool.bsky.social

Join us Wed. April 22 for Students of Diaspora and the Fight for Justice. This webinar will bring together experts to examine how international, immigrant, and migrant students in the U.S. have organized against repression and restrictions. z.umn.edu/IHRC_April22 @umn-amst.bsky.social

Black Muslim Refugee: Militarism, Policing, and Somali American Resistance to State Violence with Maxamed Abu-maye, Wed April 8 in person and online. More info and register z.umn.edu/IHRCApril8 @umn-amst.bsky.social @umnlawschool.bsky.social @iehs.bsky.social @migrationcollab.bsky.social

As SCOTUS prepares to hear oral arguments on Birthright Citizenship you can learn more by hearing experts explain how the US came to have birthright citizenship, and how proposed changes would impact American communities. @unlawfulentries.bsky.social @migrationcollab.bsky.social

Monday, April 20, 4-6pm. Dr. JC Salyer of Barnard College and the Arab American Family Support Center to speak on the difficulties disabled immigrants face when attempting to come to America. cla.umn.edu/anthropology... @umnengagement.bsky.social @umn-amst.bsky.social @umnanth.bsky.social

This talk draws on the tools of queer studies to demonstrate how the study of aunties can elucidate important questions of gender, sexuality, and normativity. Book signing and reception following the lecture. cla.umn.edu/american-stu...

Attention UMN students studying migration: Applications for IHRC Summer and Academic Year Fellowships are due March 31st. More info at cla.umn.edu/ihrc/fellows... @umnengagement.bsky.social @umn-amst.bsky.social @umnanth.bsky.social @umnpolisci.bsky.social

We Had to Run: Liberian Journeys from War to Belonging. Join us for a book talk with UMN grad student author Darlington Sehgbean. Tues April14 at 12:30. cla.umn.edu/human-rights... @umnengagement.bsky.social @umn-amst.bsky.social @umnlawschool.bsky.social @umnenglish.bsky.social

Book talk with Sarah Towle, author of Crossing the Line: Finding America in the Borderlands. Towle aims to expose the human cost of U.S Immigration policy through storytelling, memoir and history. Join us THIS THURSDAY 3pm Central at the UMN Law School. This event is free and open to the public.

The IHRC March Newsletter is now available at conta.cc/4rS5gWA

Join the IHRC and @iehs.bsky.social for a fascinating online discussion: The Founding of the US and Immigration History on March 31 at 3:30 Central. More info and rsvp: z.umn.edu/USandImmHistory @hidehirota.bsky.social @amandafrost.bsky.social @migrationcollab.bsky.social @umnengagement.bsky.social

Join us for a discussion with Sarah Towle, author of Crossing the Line. Thursday, March 26. Register at docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...

Join the @umnanth.bsky.social for April Kamp-Whittaker of CA State Univ Chico: Networks at Play: Sports and the Archaeology of Community in a WWII Japanese American Incarceration Center More info and rsvp: z.umn.edu/networks_at_play @umn-amst.bsky.social @umnengagement.bsky.social

ONLINE DISCUSSION: This year marks the 250th anniversary of the founding of the US. On 3/31 scholars will critically assess the place of migration in the creation and early history of the United States. RSVP: z.umn.edu/USandImmHistory @migrationcollab.bsky.social @iehs.bsky.social @oah.org

***Programming at the Tenement Museum*** The Tenement Museum has a robust programming schedule this winter and spring. The events are both virtual and in person. The full schedule is available on the Museum’s website: www.tenement.org/programs/

Auntologies: Queer Aesthetics and South Asian Aunties with Dr. Kareem Khubchandani. April 9, 6pm Central. This talk draws on the tools of queer studies to demonstrate how the study of aunties can elucidate important questions of gender, sexuality, and normativity.

NEW EVENT: Maxamed Abu-maye, author of the book Black Muslim Refugee: Militarism, Policing, and Somali American Resistance to State Violence. Wed. April 8 at 5pm in person and online. z.umn.edu/IHRCApril8 @uofmhumanrights.bsky.social @iehs.bsky.social @migrationcollab.bsky.social

Join the Asian American Studies Program for a fascinating conversation Unsettling Refugees: Vietnamese Refugees Fighting Displacement in America's suburbs with Dr. Jennifer Huynh on March 25 at 5 Central. @umn-amst.bsky.social @umnengagement.bsky.social @umnanth.bsky.social @umnpolisci.bsky.social

Join the IHRC and our partners for another timely and important event. Echoes of Home, Visions Ahead: 50 Years of Southeast Asian Community. March 20, 4-6pm. Appleby Hall 311. More info and rsvp: z.umn.edu/SEA50 @umnengagement.bsky.social @umn-amst.bsky.social @umnlawschool.bsky.social

The recording of our Intersections in Indigenous and Immigration Histories webinar is now available on YouTube. youtu.be/hiqg9kfNPPE

Attention Swedish Immigration Scholars! The Swenson Center is now accepting applications for the Dagmar & Nils William Olsson Visiting Scholar Award. This is a travel expense reimbursement of up to $2,500 for your research visit to the Swenson Center. @migrationcollab.bsky.social @iehs.bsky.social

Join the @umnanth.bsky.social for April Kamp-Whittaker of CA State Univ Chico: Networks at Play: Sports and the Archaeology of Community in a WWII Japanese American Incarceration Center More info and rsvp: z.umn.edu/networks_at_play @umn-amst.bsky.social @umnengagement.bsky.social

Important piece by UMN prof Rahsaan Mahadeo about the lasting impact of deportation and the criminalization of immigrants. @umnengagement.bsky.social @umnlawschool.bsky.social @umnpolisci.bsky.social @umnanth.bsky.social @migrationcollab.bsky.social @iehs.bsky.social truthout.org/articles/dep...

Join the IHRC and our partners for another timely and important event. Echoes of Home, Visions Ahead: 50 Years of Southeast Asian Community. March 20, 4-6pm. Appleby Hall 311. More info and rsvp: z.umn.edu/SEA50 @umnengagement.bsky.social @umnlawschool.bsky.social @umnpolisci.bsky.social

Join us for "Unsettling Refugees: Vietnamese Refugees Fighting Displacement in America's Suburbs" with Dr. Jennifer Huynh. March 25 from 5-6:15pm. More info and register z.umn.edu/JHuynh @umnengagement.bsky.social @umn-amst.bsky.social @umnanth.bsky.social @umnpolisci.bsky.social