I found this particularly interesting - I had no idea that Frances Perkins had witnessed the Triangle Shirtwaist Factory Fire, there's a lot about her career as the breadwinner for her husband, and how she navigated being the first woman cabinet member, PLUS #immigrationhistory
February 12, 2025 at 12:19 PM
I found this particularly interesting - I had no idea that Frances Perkins had witnessed the Triangle Shirtwaist Factory Fire, there's a lot about her career as the breadwinner for her husband, and how she navigated being the first woman cabinet member, PLUS #immigrationhistory
Lots of very relevant #immigrationhistory posts in here
It’s appropriate that, on this especially fraught holiday weekend, my 232nd #ScholarSunday thread is my longest yet, full of so much public scholarly writing, podcasts, new & forthcoming books from the last week. Add more below, share widely, & enjoy! 🗃️
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#ScholarSunday Thread 232
Published on July 6, 2025
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July 6, 2025 at 8:40 PM
Lots of very relevant #immigrationhistory posts in here
Stephen Miller offers a false and twisted version of American immigration history in order to advance his white nationalist agenda. www.tiktok.com/@inthepastla...
#USHistory #ImmigrationHistory #StephenMiller #WhiteNationalism
#USHistory #ImmigrationHistory #StephenMiller #WhiteNationalism
Stephen Miller offers a false and twisted version of American immigration history in order to advance his white nationalist agenda. #ushistory #americanhistory #immigrationhistory #blackhistory #steph...
TikTok video by Edward T. O’Donnell
www.tiktok.com
July 26, 2025 at 12:45 AM
Stephen Miller offers a false and twisted version of American immigration history in order to advance his white nationalist agenda. www.tiktok.com/@inthepastla...
#USHistory #ImmigrationHistory #StephenMiller #WhiteNationalism
#USHistory #ImmigrationHistory #StephenMiller #WhiteNationalism
Same, so many big names! (and then my little one) #momprof #womenalsoknowhistory #immigrationhistory #jewishhistory #bordermatters.
Really looking forward to being in conversation with @guprofbc.bsky.social and other fantastic scholars on April 7!
I don't like to leave #Bisbee these days but I'm honored to be w/the finest historians I know on April 7 in New York @ the Center for #Jewishhistory. It's hybrid so come see us! www.cjh.org/jewish_migra...
#momprof #immigrationhistory #historymatters @irpinaingiro.bsky.social & many others!
#momprof #immigrationhistory #historymatters @irpinaingiro.bsky.social & many others!
March 21, 2024 at 7:39 PM
Same, so many big names! (and then my little one) #momprof #womenalsoknowhistory #immigrationhistory #jewishhistory #bordermatters.
Just published a little peice on Jews, comics, and the American dream via @us.theconversation.com. #jewishhistory #comics #immigrationhistory theconversation.com/see-you-in-t...
See you in the funny papers: How superhero comics tell the story of Jewish America
Jewish American artists were at the heart of the comics industry – and a closer read of beloved characters reflects fears about assimilation and acceptance.
theconversation.com
March 14, 2025 at 1:27 PM
Just published a little peice on Jews, comics, and the American dream via @us.theconversation.com. #jewishhistory #comics #immigrationhistory theconversation.com/see-you-in-t...
I'm honored to contribute a chapter on anti-Irish nativism in the mid-19th-century US to The Routledge History of Irish America. Thank you to the volume's wonderful editors, Cian McMahon and Kate Costello-Sullivan, for guiding the authors and putting the project together! #immigrationhistory
September 18, 2024 at 6:46 PM
I'm honored to contribute a chapter on anti-Irish nativism in the mid-19th-century US to The Routledge History of Irish America. Thank you to the volume's wonderful editors, Cian McMahon and Kate Costello-Sullivan, for guiding the authors and putting the project together! #immigrationhistory
Choose 20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you. One book per day for 20 days, in no particular order. No explanations, no reviews, just covers.
The Deportation Machine by Adam Goodman
#BookSky💙📚👀
#Books
#BookChallenge
#history
#immigration
#immigrationhistory
5/20
The Deportation Machine by Adam Goodman
#BookSky💙📚👀
#Books
#BookChallenge
#history
#immigration
#immigrationhistory
5/20
December 4, 2024 at 1:56 PM
Choose 20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you. One book per day for 20 days, in no particular order. No explanations, no reviews, just covers.
The Deportation Machine by Adam Goodman
#BookSky💙📚👀
#Books
#BookChallenge
#history
#immigration
#immigrationhistory
5/20
The Deportation Machine by Adam Goodman
#BookSky💙📚👀
#Books
#BookChallenge
#history
#immigration
#immigrationhistory
5/20
🗽 Welcome to New York: All About Arrival Records
What can arrival records reveal about our ancestors’ journeys to America?
Join Alec Ferretti for a look at immigration records, passenger lists, and overlooked sources that help uncover family stories.
#Genealogy #FamilyHistory #ImmigrationHistory
What can arrival records reveal about our ancestors’ journeys to America?
Join Alec Ferretti for a look at immigration records, passenger lists, and overlooked sources that help uncover family stories.
#Genealogy #FamilyHistory #ImmigrationHistory
June 28, 2026 at 2:10 PM
🗽 Welcome to New York: All About Arrival Records
What can arrival records reveal about our ancestors’ journeys to America?
Join Alec Ferretti for a look at immigration records, passenger lists, and overlooked sources that help uncover family stories.
#Genealogy #FamilyHistory #ImmigrationHistory
What can arrival records reveal about our ancestors’ journeys to America?
Join Alec Ferretti for a look at immigration records, passenger lists, and overlooked sources that help uncover family stories.
#Genealogy #FamilyHistory #ImmigrationHistory
Homeland Security uses imagery of Manifest Destiny to promote white nationalism, amidst ICE carrying out Trump’s mass deportation policy.
#ushistory #americanhistory #immigrationhistory #blackhistory #stephenmiller #nativism #massdeportation
#ushistory #americanhistory #immigrationhistory #blackhistory #stephenmiller #nativism #massdeportation
July 27, 2025 at 7:01 PM
Homeland Security uses imagery of Manifest Destiny to promote white nationalism, amidst ICE carrying out Trump’s mass deportation policy.
#ushistory #americanhistory #immigrationhistory #blackhistory #stephenmiller #nativism #massdeportation
#ushistory #americanhistory #immigrationhistory #blackhistory #stephenmiller #nativism #massdeportation
The Chinese Immigration Act of 1923 is one of the clearest examples of legislated racial discrimination in Canada; it remains an important part of the country's ongoing effort to confront its past.
#CanadianHistory #ChineseCanadianHistory #ImmigrationHistory #HumanRights #OnThisDay #Canada
#CanadianHistory #ChineseCanadianHistory #ImmigrationHistory #HumanRights #OnThisDay #Canada
July 2, 2026 at 6:27 AM
The Chinese Immigration Act of 1923 is one of the clearest examples of legislated racial discrimination in Canada; it remains an important part of the country's ongoing effort to confront its past.
#CanadianHistory #ChineseCanadianHistory #ImmigrationHistory #HumanRights #OnThisDay #Canada
#CanadianHistory #ChineseCanadianHistory #ImmigrationHistory #HumanRights #OnThisDay #Canada
Re-reading my 2nd book before teaching it at Univ of Mainz &...1) I don't remember a bunch of it 2) analysis solid, research great 3)too many adverbs! #momprof #Germany #immigrationhistory
June 11, 2024 at 9:21 AM
Re-reading my 2nd book before teaching it at Univ of Mainz &...1) I don't remember a bunch of it 2) analysis solid, research great 3)too many adverbs! #momprof #Germany #immigrationhistory
🗓️ On July 17, 1954, Ellis Island closed — not as a hopeful gateway, but as an immigration detention center.
It didn’t end with open arms. It ended with locked doors. And we still haven’t learned.
#Brewminate #TodayInHistory #EllisIsland #ImmigrationHistory
It didn’t end with open arms. It ended with locked doors. And we still haven’t learned.
#Brewminate #TodayInHistory #EllisIsland #ImmigrationHistory
July 17, 2025 at 7:13 PM
🗓️ On July 17, 1954, Ellis Island closed — not as a hopeful gateway, but as an immigration detention center.
It didn’t end with open arms. It ended with locked doors. And we still haven’t learned.
#Brewminate #TodayInHistory #EllisIsland #ImmigrationHistory
It didn’t end with open arms. It ended with locked doors. And we still haven’t learned.
#Brewminate #TodayInHistory #EllisIsland #ImmigrationHistory
This day in #StrangeAsItSeems history!
July 16th, 1948
#Immigration #ImmigrationHistory #Seals #hannibalhamlin
youtube.com/@strangeasitseems
July 16th, 1948
#Immigration #ImmigrationHistory #Seals #hannibalhamlin
youtube.com/@strangeasitseems
July 16, 2025 at 2:46 PM
This day in #StrangeAsItSeems history!
July 16th, 1948
#Immigration #ImmigrationHistory #Seals #hannibalhamlin
youtube.com/@strangeasitseems
July 16th, 1948
#Immigration #ImmigrationHistory #Seals #hannibalhamlin
youtube.com/@strangeasitseems
I don't like to leave #Bisbee these days but I'm honored to be w/the finest historians I know on April 7 in New York @ the Center for #Jewishhistory. It's hybrid so come see us! www.cjh.org/jewish_migra...
#momprof #immigrationhistory #historymatters @irpinaingiro.bsky.social & many others!
#momprof #immigrationhistory #historymatters @irpinaingiro.bsky.social & many others!
March 20, 2024 at 7:09 PM
I don't like to leave #Bisbee these days but I'm honored to be w/the finest historians I know on April 7 in New York @ the Center for #Jewishhistory. It's hybrid so come see us! www.cjh.org/jewish_migra...
#momprof #immigrationhistory #historymatters @irpinaingiro.bsky.social & many others!
#momprof #immigrationhistory #historymatters @irpinaingiro.bsky.social & many others!
Also reminds me of this memoir, about emigrating from Belgrade to Australia: bookshop.org/p/books/miss... #immigrationhistory
Miss Ex-Yugoslavia: A Memoir
A Memoir
bookshop.org
April 12, 2026 at 4:30 PM
Also reminds me of this memoir, about emigrating from Belgrade to Australia: bookshop.org/p/books/miss... #immigrationhistory
This week’s book: The Good Immigrants: How the Yellow Peril Became the Model Minority by Madeline Y. Hsu (2015). #immigration #immigrationhistory
November 26, 2024 at 6:57 PM
This week’s book: The Good Immigrants: How the Yellow Peril Became the Model Minority by Madeline Y. Hsu (2015). #immigration #immigrationhistory
🌉 Our Ethnic Studies students explored Angel Island's Immigration Station, uncovering powerful poetry by detained immigrants. Their stories of hope & resilience resonate with today's immigrant experiences. #ImmigrationHistory #EthnicStudies #togetherinunity @rosaperezisiah.bsky.social
January 24, 2025 at 12:52 AM
🌉 Our Ethnic Studies students explored Angel Island's Immigration Station, uncovering powerful poetry by detained immigrants. Their stories of hope & resilience resonate with today's immigrant experiences. #ImmigrationHistory #EthnicStudies #togetherinunity @rosaperezisiah.bsky.social
Our Ethnic Studies students @hlpusd had an inspiring visit to Angel Island State Park, exploring the powerful stories of immigration through the preserved poems & inscriptions of detained Asian immigrants. 🌟 #ImmigrationHistory #AngelIsland #EthnicStudies #StudentExperience
youtu.be/vdm_O3lFeEo
youtu.be/vdm_O3lFeEo
Echoes of Hope Students Explore Angel Island's Immigrant Stories
YouTube video by TRansformational Tech
youtu.be
November 15, 2024 at 12:37 AM
Our Ethnic Studies students @hlpusd had an inspiring visit to Angel Island State Park, exploring the powerful stories of immigration through the preserved poems & inscriptions of detained Asian immigrants. 🌟 #ImmigrationHistory #AngelIsland #EthnicStudies #StudentExperience
youtu.be/vdm_O3lFeEo
youtu.be/vdm_O3lFeEo
Boston Beyond The Revolution - visit The West End Museum this summer to experience a once lost neighborhood and the only urban planning museum in the country.
#Boston250 #TheWestEndMuseum #UrbanHistory #LocalHistory #ImmigrationHistory #BlackHistory #QueerHistory
#Boston250 #TheWestEndMuseum #UrbanHistory #LocalHistory #ImmigrationHistory #BlackHistory #QueerHistory
June 8, 2026 at 3:07 PM
Boston Beyond The Revolution - visit The West End Museum this summer to experience a once lost neighborhood and the only urban planning museum in the country.
#Boston250 #TheWestEndMuseum #UrbanHistory #LocalHistory #ImmigrationHistory #BlackHistory #QueerHistory
#Boston250 #TheWestEndMuseum #UrbanHistory #LocalHistory #ImmigrationHistory #BlackHistory #QueerHistory
So—was the 1952 INA a stepping stone toward progress or a cleverly disguised gatekeeper?
We want to hear from you: How should we judge this moment in history?
#ImmigrationHistory #CivilRights #HumanRights #EdithGreen #ImmigrationReform #1952Act #KnowYourHistory #WomensVoices
We want to hear from you: How should we judge this moment in history?
#ImmigrationHistory #CivilRights #HumanRights #EdithGreen #ImmigrationReform #1952Act #KnowYourHistory #WomensVoices
June 27, 2025 at 8:26 PM
So—was the 1952 INA a stepping stone toward progress or a cleverly disguised gatekeeper?
We want to hear from you: How should we judge this moment in history?
#ImmigrationHistory #CivilRights #HumanRights #EdithGreen #ImmigrationReform #1952Act #KnowYourHistory #WomensVoices
We want to hear from you: How should we judge this moment in history?
#ImmigrationHistory #CivilRights #HumanRights #EdithGreen #ImmigrationReform #1952Act #KnowYourHistory #WomensVoices
Emigrant Soldiers: Mobilising Italians Abroad in the First World War
by @selenadaly.bsky.social #italianhistory #diaspora #atlanticworld #skystorians #latinamericanhistory #immigrationhistory #wwi #militaryhistory
newbooksnetwork.com/emigrant-sol...
by @selenadaly.bsky.social #italianhistory #diaspora #atlanticworld #skystorians #latinamericanhistory #immigrationhistory #wwi #militaryhistory
newbooksnetwork.com/emigrant-sol...
Selena Daly, "Emigrant Soldiers: Mobilising Italians Abroad in the First World War" (Cambridge UP, 2025) - New Books Network
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November 19, 2025 at 12:41 PM
Emigrant Soldiers: Mobilising Italians Abroad in the First World War
by @selenadaly.bsky.social #italianhistory #diaspora #atlanticworld #skystorians #latinamericanhistory #immigrationhistory #wwi #militaryhistory
newbooksnetwork.com/emigrant-sol...
by @selenadaly.bsky.social #italianhistory #diaspora #atlanticworld #skystorians #latinamericanhistory #immigrationhistory #wwi #militaryhistory
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