***A week from today*** The IHRC invites you to the Hidden Histories of Unauthorized Migrations from Europe to the United States webinar on Wednesday, November 12 from 4:00 to 5:15 CST. Register at z.umn.edu/HiddenHistories.

TODAY, November 5th Philip K. Hitti Memorial Fund Lecture at the University of Minnesota Possible Histories: Arab Americans and the Queer Ecology of Peddling with Charlotte Karem Albrecht for the inaugural Philip K. Hitti Memorial Fund lecture at UMN and online. Register at z.umn.edu/HittiLecture

Global Teach Ins-Outs about Migration The Migration Scholars Solidarity and Resistance Network urges migration scholars to organize Teach Ins-Outs around the theme “Stop the War on Migrants; Migration is a Social Good” on November 11, 2025. Info? [email protected].

***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...

Check out this new special issue of the Journal of American Ethnic History focused on "Immigration and Citizenship" edited by @migrantherstory.bsky.social and @irpinaingiro.bsky.social: scholarlypublishingcollective.org/uip/jaeh/iss...

***David J. Weber Prize Winner*** Congratulations to IEHS Executive Board member @omarvaleriojimenez.bsky.social for receiving the David J. Weber Prize from the Western History Association for his Remembering Conquest: Mexican Americans, Memory, and Citizenship!

OAH-IEHS Joint Virtual Event TOMORROW: Thursday, October 30, 2025 at 5:00 PM EST The event will focus on the history of deportation in the United States and feature several IEHS members who are experts on the topic. Register: www.oah.org/2025/10/06/o...

Have you seen our Immigration and Ethnic History Society (IEHS) Monthly Digest for October 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]

Philip K. Hitti Memorial Fund Lecture at the University of Minnesota with Charlotte Karem Albrecht Wednesday, November 5, 2025 6:00 to 7:30 at the Weisman Art Museum, 333 E. River Rd. Minneapolis, MN. This lecture will be hybrid. Register at z.umn.edu/HittiLecture.

New blog post on the IEHS blog, Not From Here, with @kevinkenny.bsky.social , @irpinaingiro.bsky.social , and @migrantherstory.bsky.social : iehs.org/authors-on-a...

The Immigration and Ethnic History Society offers a number of prestigious awards that recognize excellence in scholarship in the fields of immigration and ethnic history. More details here: iehs.org/awards/?fbcl...

Be sure to check out this new blog post in our IEHS blog, Not From Here! @migrantherstory.bsky.social interviews the editors of After Rituals of Migration, @irpinaingiro.bsky.social and @kevinkenny.bsky.social.

Thank you @iehs.bsky.social @irpinaingiro.bsky.social @migrantherstory.bsky.social & Eunice Kim for this conversation on Rituals of Migration @nyupress.bsky.social @ciantmcmahon.bsky.social @hidehirota.bsky.social @grainnemcevoy.bsky.social @josephsciorra.bsky.social ⬇️⬇️⬇️ iehs.org/authors-on-a...

New article by IEHS members Naoko Wake and @michaelrjin.bsky.social: “Surviving the Bomb in Diaspora: Intergenerational Suffering and Justice-Seeking Among Korean Pihaeja,” American Historical Review 130, no. 3 (September 2025): 1009-1038. academic.oup.com/ahr/article-...

New book from IEHS member Deborah Kanter: Deborah E. Kanter, Pioneers of Latino Ministry: Claretians and the Evolving World of Catholic America (New York University Press, 2025). nyupress.org/978147983248...

***Immigration and Ethnic History Society Online Books Series - October 2025*** Join Julie Greene and Brendan A. Shanahan for a discussion of their recent publications! The panel will be moderated by Michael Salgarolo. October 28, 2025, 4:15-5:30PM EST Register: iehs.org/event/online...

Did you know that the Immigration and Ethnic History Society has a YouTube channel? Consider following us on there as we have videos of our past programs. www.youtube.com/@iehs_org?ap...

New interview in the Journal of Ethnic and Migration Studies between IEHS members Nancy Foner and Paul Statham: "Re-thinking how people and societies change through migration: comparisons across boundaries" www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

The Keough-Naughton Institute’s Gráinne McEvoy, right, and Visiting Scholar Jill Bender, second from left, spoke about their contributions to the new book “Rituals of Migration” last week at @bc-irish-studies.bsky.social. Also pictured here are @kevinkenny.bsky.social and @hidehirota.bsky.social.

Berkeley history graduate students reimagine their campus as a public history site. Topics include CA Indigenous history, relationship between CA and Asia/Pacific, campus policing, & campus protest. This is such an amazing project! @historians.org #AHAPerspectives www.historians.org/perspectives...

***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.

The Immigration and Ethnic History Society offers a number of prestigious awards that recognize excellence in scholarship in the fields of immigration and ethnic history. More details here: 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...

***Advisory to Academic Workers*** On 9/17/25, the American Association of University Professors (AAUP) and Faculty First Responders issued guidance to AAUP members and other academic workers about online speech and choices. They are available on the AAUP website: www.aaup.org/news/advisor...

Check out this newsletter from our colleagues at the University of Minnesota Immigration History Research Center ( @ihrc-umn.bsky.social ):

"The Objects That Immigrants Packed Tell a Story About What It Meant to Leave Home Forever." @irpinaingiro.bsky.social @hidehirota.bsky.social @grainnemcevoy.bsky.social @ciantmcmahon.bsky.social @josephsciorra.bsky.social @tedsmyth.bsky.social @nyupress.bsky.social ⬇️⬇️⬇️ www.nyu.edu/about/news-p...

***UCLA Mapping Deportations Project*** Mapping Deportations, an educational resource uses maps, data, and a timeline to unmask the relationship between race and immigration enforcement throughout U.S. history. mappingdeportations.com

***New post in our blog, Not from Here*** Sites of Spectacle and Sites of Sacrifice: Mapping the Ministries of 19th Century Female Preachers by @csgreer.bsky.social iehs.org/sites-of-spe...

The Immigration and Ethnic History Society offers a number of prestigious awards that recognize excellence in scholarship in the fields of immigration and ethnic history. More details here: iehs.org/awards/

Dear IEHS members: This is a reminder that the Nominations Committee is soliciting nominations for three new board members, whose terms will run from 2026 to 2029. Please email your suggestions for nominees by 10/17 to Adam Goodman at [email protected] Thank you, Nicole Greer Golda IEHS Secretary

Check out this free, open access article of the Journal of American Ethnic History ( @illinoispress.bsky.social ) available as part of Polish American History Month: scholarlypublishingcollective.org/uip/jaeh/art...

***Emmy Nomination for IEHS member*** Congratulations to @smgonzalezwi.bsky.social for having an episode he co-wrote and co-hosted for PBS Wisconsin Education nominated for the Emmy Award in the category for Outstanding Achievement for Children/Youth/Teens! ca.pbslearningmedia.org/resource/how...

Check out a FREE article of Journal of American Ethnic History ( @illinoispress.bsky.social ): "'As bad as anybody else': The Innocents, Political Violence, and the Creole-Italian Alliance in Reconstruction New Orleans" by Christopher Joseph Cook scholarlypublishingcollective.org/uip/jaeh/art...

***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...

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...

***New OAH lecturers*** Congratulations to Immigration and Ethnic History Society (IEHS) members Adrian De Leon and Omar Valerio-Jimenez for being selected to the Organization of American Historians (OAH) Lectureship Program! OAH Lecturers can be booked online: www.oah.org/lectures/con...

***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!

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]

***Immigration and Ethnic History Society Online Books Series*** Join @greeneland.bsky.social and Brendan A. Shanahan for a discussion of their recent publications! The panel will be moderated by Michael Salgarolo. October 28, 2025, 4:15-5:30PM EST Register here: iehs.org/event/online...

Video of our launch of Rituals of Migration @gihnyu.bsky.social @nyupress.bsky.social is now up on YouTube www.youtube.com/watch?v=6Qh1... @irpinaingiro.bsky.social @hidehirota.bsky.social @grainnemcevoy.bsky.social @ciantmcmahon.bsky.social @josephsciorra.bsky.social @appalachianphilly.bsky.social

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

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/

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-...

***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...

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-...

***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.

***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...