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Immigration and Ethnic History Society @iehs.bsky.social · 22h

Immigration and Ethnic History Society @iehs.bsky.social · 22h

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/

Awards Overview

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Immigration and Ethnic History Society @iehs.bsky.social · 22h

Immigration and Ethnic History Society @iehs.bsky.social · 22h

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

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University of Illinois Press @illinoispress.bsky.social · 3d

It’s Italian American Heritage Month! Get to know our Italian and cultural studies journals and check out a recommended article from each, free to access until December 31, 2025! www.press.uillinois.edu/wordpress/ce...

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Photo of Italian American Review, Italian Americana, Diasporic Italy, Italica, and Journal of American Ethnic History on a table at a conference.

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University of Illinois Press @illinoispress.bsky.social · 1d

In honor of Indigenous Peoples' Day, read an article in Journal of American Ethnic History 44.4 about US v. Pearson, how the US used citizenship+ taxation as settler-colonial tools, and how an Indigenous community fought back.
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Cover of Journal of American Ethnic History, Summer 2025, Volume 44, Number 4
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Achieving Their Goals and Adopting New Norms: Polish Immigrant Women and American Institutions in Early Twentieth-Century and Interwar Chicago

Immigration and Ethnic History Society @iehs.bsky.social · 4d

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:

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Abstract. This paper examines paradoxes and ambiguities in the interactions of Polish immigrant women with American institutions in early twentieth-century and interwar Chicago. I argue that these int...

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Immigration and Ethnic History Society @iehs.bsky.social · 6d

***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!

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How Did Early Airplane Pilots Navigate Without Modern Tech? | The Look Back | PBS LearningMedia

How did airplane pilots know where to fly before they had GPS to help guide them? Airplanes are more than just a way to get from one place to another quickly—they are historical artifacts! To keep tho...

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Immigration and Ethnic History Society @iehs.bsky.social · 7d

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

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“As bad as anybody else”: The Innocents, Political Violence, and the Creole-Italian Alliance in Reconstruction New Orleans

Abstract. Coordinated, violent political attacks increased throughout the months leading up to the 1868 presidential election in New Orleans and the surrounding area. Among the various Democratic orga...

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Nathan Ellstrand @nellstra.bsky.social · 11d

***Historians - apply to awards***

Immigration and Ethnic History Society @iehs.bsky.social · 11d

***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/

Awards Overview

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Immigration and Ethnic History Society @iehs.bsky.social · 11d

***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/

Awards Overview

George E. Pozzetta Dissertation Award

Immigration and Ethnic History Society @iehs.bsky.social · 11d

***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...

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Nathan Ellstrand @nellstra.bsky.social · 11d

Grad students of U.S. migration or ethnic history, broadly defined...take a look!!

Immigration and Ethnic History Society @iehs.bsky.social · 11d

***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...

George E. Pozzetta Dissertation Award

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Immigration and Ethnic History Society @iehs.bsky.social · 11d

***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...

James Gunn’s summer blockbuster Superman arrived in theaters July 11 to great fanfare. It stars the half-Jewish actor David Corenswet and Rachel Brosnahan, an honorary tribe member for her role as …

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Immigration and Ethnic History Society @iehs.bsky.social · 12d

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

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Stop Jewhooing Superman

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Julia Rose Kraut @juliarosekraut.bsky.social · 13d

To learn more about the history of ideological deportation in the United States and about some of the cases Judge Young mentions in his decision, including Kleindienst v. Mandel (1972), check out "Threat of Dissent." 🗃️ @harvardpress.bsky.social @iehs.bsky.social

www.hup.harvard.edu/books/978067...

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Maddalena Marinari, Ph. D. @irpinaingiro.bsky.social · 13d

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

Immigration and Ethnic History Society @iehs.bsky.social · 13d

***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...

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Immigration and Ethnic History Society @iehs.bsky.social · 13d

***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...

www.oah.org

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Immigration and Ethnic History Society @iehs.bsky.social · 13d

***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!