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
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Students of Diaspora and the Fight for Justice online discussion This webinar will bring together scholars of diaspora and activism to examine how international, immigrant, and migrant students in the U.S. have organized against repression, especially in the contex...

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
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Story Circles: Processing the past few months in the Twin Cities How do we process the past few months? How can we listen to the experiences of our neighbors? Join us for a story circle! Developed by the Free Southern Theater in 1963, story circles are a processing...

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
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5th Annual Gudeman Lecture 5th Annual Stephen F. Gudeman Lecture: John (JC) Salyer

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.
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Vang: I wasn’t an 'alien.' And neither is anyone else. (Except maybe Superman.) "I was five when I first heard the word 'alien' used to describe me," Ka Vang writes. "I remember touching my face to make sure I didn’t have slime oozing out of me."

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

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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.

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

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Join us for this special event with UMN student Darlington Seghbean who will discuss his new book documenting the Liberian experience. Tuesday, April 14.
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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...

Students of Diaspora and the Fight for Justice online discussion This webinar will bring together scholars of diaspora and activism to examine how international, immigrant, and migrant students in the U.S. have organized against repression, especially in the contex...

Join the IHRC on Wed. April 22 for a timely and important online discussion on Students of Diaspora and the Fight for Justice!
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more info and rsvp: z.umn.edu/IHRC_April22

Connecting Collections: A Finnish-U.S. Archival Collaboration The Migration Institute of Finland and the University of Minnesota’s Immigration History Research Center Archives have collaborated to digitally connect the archives of Kaarle Hjalmar Lehtinen. In thi...

Join our partners at Migration Institute of Finland and the Immigration History Research Center Archives for this exciting event on a new collaboration.

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5th Annual Gudeman Lecture 5th Annual Stephen F. Gudeman Lecture: John (JC) Salyer

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.

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Ask a Historian: What were the Experiences of Disabled People during WWII Incarceration? - Densho: Japanese American Incarceration and Japanese Internment In this new installment of our running “Ask A Historian” series, guest writer Selena Moon—a PhD student researching Japanese American disability history and working on accessibility in various realms—...

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
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Possible Histories: Arab Americans and the Queer Ecology of Peddling YouTube video by Immigration History Research Center

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...

Auntologies: Queer Aesthetics and South Asian Aunties The 2026 David Noble Lecture, organized by the Department of American Studies, will be presented by Dr. Kareem Khubchandani (Tufts University).

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.

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We Had to Run: Liberian Journeys from War to Belonging Join Master of Human Rights student Darlington Seghbean (MHR '27) for a discussion about his new book.

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.
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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
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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
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Birthright Citizenship: A History of the Present Webinar YouTube video by Immigration History Research Center

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.
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5th Annual Gudeman Lecture 5th Annual Stephen F. Gudeman Lecture: John (JC) Sayler

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

Auntologies: Queer Aesthetics and South Asian Aunties The 2026 David Noble Lecture, organized by the Department of American Studies, will be presented by Dr. Kareem Khubchandani (Tufts University).

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.
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Fellowships & Scholarships Immigration History Research Center offers funding opportunities in the form of a number of fellowships and scholarships that support student and scholar research.

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...
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event flyer with We Had to Run book cover image, photo of author, and details of the event

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...
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Book Talk with Author Sarah Towle - Crossing the Line: Finding America in the Borderlands Immigration History Research Center, the Human Rights Center, the Binger Center for New Americans and the UMN Law Student Affiliate of the American Immigration Lawyers Association invite you to a disc...

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
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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
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