@iehs.bsky.social banquet during #OAH26 was phenomenal! Over 80 immigration historians got together. Besides prize winners, we celebrated Tyler Anbinder @ithacamcg.bsky.social & Mae Ngai for their lifetime achievements! Congratulations to all! Thank you @irpinaingiro.bsky.social for your leadership!
Congratulations, @srmeiners.bsky.social! I’m so glad we were able to celebrate you last night.
Congratulations again, @bethlewwilliams.bsky.social! I’m so glad we were able to honor you in person last night.
Congratulations, @ithacamcg.bsky.social! This is so richly deserved. An outstanding scholar, phenomenal mentor, and incredible leader. @iehs.bsky.social is what it is today because of what you started during your tenure as president.
Congratulations to all the @iehs.bsky.social award winners! It was so much fun to celebrate everyone at the annual banquet last night. This is definitely my favorite part of my role as president of the organization!
Congrats, @ithacamcg.bsky.social !!
Congrats, @bethlewwilliams.bsky.social !!
Congrats, @srmeiners.bsky.social !!
#OAH26
Congratulations to all of our 2026 award winners!!
#OAH26
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Thank you so much for joining the session!
***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/
***TODAY: IEHS Business Meeting***
The society’s business meeting will be from 3:00 to 4:00 p.m. on Friday, April 17 in room 410 at the conference hotel (Philadelphia Marriott Downtown).
#OAH26
Tomorrow/Saturday at #OAH26
Tomorrow/Saturday at #OAH26
Tomorrow/Saturday at #OAH26
***New IEHS Board Members***
Please join us in welcoming these new board members to the Immigration and Ethnic History Society!!
#OAH26
***Congratulations to IEHS Member Amita Sarin***
Cultural Literacy Associates, where Sarin serves as executive director, received Award of Excellence from the Religion Communicator’s Council for the documentary series, A Sacred Piece of Home: Washington DC
www.sacredpieceofhome.com/purchase-the...
***IEHS Solicited and Sponsored Sessions at the OAH - A Thread***
#OAH26
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***PEC Representatives at the OAH - A Thread***
As part of its mandate, the IEHS Professional Environment Committee (PEC) guarantees the presence of at least two representatives that can assist IEHS members if they need help during the annual meetings of the OAH and AHA.
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***Immigration and Ethnic History Society 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
***Winter 2026 Issue of Our Journal, the Journal of American Ethnic History***
CC: @illinoispress.bsky.social
scholarlypublishingcollective.org/uip/jaeh/iss...
***Recording of our recent IEHS- @ihrc-umn.bsky.social program, "The Founding of the United States and Immigration History"***
www.youtube.com/watch?v=PzD9...
Thank you!
Thank you @hcrichardson.bsky.social for referring to my work on birthright citizenship in your “Letters from an American”!
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Delighted to announce that my new book, a global history of Saint Patrick’s Day, will be published by @uncpress.bsky.social in early 2027. Big thanks to @bc-irish-studies.bsky.social @gihnyu.bsky.social @ndirishstudies.bsky.social @iehs.bsky.social @unlv.edu and everyone who helped me along the way.
***New article from IEHS member Jonathan Cortez***
“For the Sake of Migrant Futures: Historicizing Migrant Deaths in Shipping Containers on the U.S. – Mexico Border in the Twentieth- and Twenty-First Centuries,” California History 3, no. 1 (Spring 2026): 70-107.
online.ucpress.edu/ch/article/1...
A pile of Anna O. Law's Migrations and the Origins of American Citizenship and one copy propped up on top. The cover is an USA flag with a figure of a man behind it like the stripes are bars
📣 🎉Today is the official release day of my book, even tho many of you have it in hand already. 🙏 to all who purchased. Availability: Amazon has the paper w/ discount, Bookshop/OUP on back order. Should be an e-version that is missing. I will check w/ my press. More: www.annaolaw.com/book-migrati...
Brava to our very own IEHS member, @unlawfulentries.bsky.social , on the official release of her book!
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