Hidetaka Hirota
@hidehirota.bsky.social
Historian of US immigration. Teaches at UC Berkeley. Vice President of @iehs.bsky.social. Author of Expelling the Poor (Oxford). Writing books on foreign contract labor law and on transpacific Japanese migration.
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***Call for Papers***
Maddalena Marinari and Maria Cristina Garcia are inviting IEHS members to submit a paper proposal for an edited anthology, tentatively titled Immigrants in Challenging Times, by March 15, 2026.
More info: urldefense.com/v3/__https:/...
Maddalena Marinari and Maria Cristina Garcia are inviting IEHS members to submit a paper proposal for an edited anthology, tentatively titled Immigrants in Challenging Times, by March 15, 2026.
More info: urldefense.com/v3/__https:/...
Call for Proposals
Immigrants in Challenging Times Edited by Maddalena Marinari and Maria Cristina Garcia A Call for Papers Since the early republic, advocacy has played a crucial role in shaping the contours of state ...
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February 6, 2026 at 4:32 PM
***Call for Papers***
Maddalena Marinari and Maria Cristina Garcia are inviting IEHS members to submit a paper proposal for an edited anthology, tentatively titled Immigrants in Challenging Times, by March 15, 2026.
More info: urldefense.com/v3/__https:/...
Maddalena Marinari and Maria Cristina Garcia are inviting IEHS members to submit a paper proposal for an edited anthology, tentatively titled Immigrants in Challenging Times, by March 15, 2026.
More info: urldefense.com/v3/__https:/...
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***Appointment of New JAEH Editor***
Dr. Alison Efford (Marquette University) has been appointed as the new editor of the Journal of American Ethnic History. Her appointment will begin in April 2027.
Dr. Alison Efford (Marquette University) has been appointed as the new editor of the Journal of American Ethnic History. Her appointment will begin in April 2027.
February 6, 2026 at 4:36 PM
***Appointment of New JAEH Editor***
Dr. Alison Efford (Marquette University) has been appointed as the new editor of the Journal of American Ethnic History. Her appointment will begin in April 2027.
Dr. Alison Efford (Marquette University) has been appointed as the new editor of the Journal of American Ethnic History. Her appointment will begin in April 2027.
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***Programming at the Tenement Museum***
The Tenement Museum in New York City has a robust programming schedule this winter and spring. The events are both virtual and in person.
www.tenement.org/events/
The Tenement Museum in New York City has a robust programming schedule this winter and spring. The events are both virtual and in person.
www.tenement.org/events/
Events Archive
Check out our upcoming public programs and re-watch past programs anytime on our YouTube channel!
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February 10, 2026 at 7:42 PM
***Programming at the Tenement Museum***
The Tenement Museum in New York City has a robust programming schedule this winter and spring. The events are both virtual and in person.
www.tenement.org/events/
The Tenement Museum in New York City has a robust programming schedule this winter and spring. The events are both virtual and in person.
www.tenement.org/events/
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***Congratulations to IEHS Member and former Officer Sergio M. González***
@smgonzalezwi.bsky.social received the John Gilmary Shea Prize from the American Catholic History Association for his book Strangers No Longer: Latino Belonging and Faith in Twentieth-Century Wisconsin.
Congratulations!
@smgonzalezwi.bsky.social received the John Gilmary Shea Prize from the American Catholic History Association for his book Strangers No Longer: Latino Belonging and Faith in Twentieth-Century Wisconsin.
Congratulations!
February 9, 2026 at 5:59 PM
***Congratulations to IEHS Member and former Officer Sergio M. González***
@smgonzalezwi.bsky.social received the John Gilmary Shea Prize from the American Catholic History Association for his book Strangers No Longer: Latino Belonging and Faith in Twentieth-Century Wisconsin.
Congratulations!
@smgonzalezwi.bsky.social received the John Gilmary Shea Prize from the American Catholic History Association for his book Strangers No Longer: Latino Belonging and Faith in Twentieth-Century Wisconsin.
Congratulations!
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***IEHS Spring Online Book Series***
Please join our spring Online Book Series at 3:00 p.m. EST on Wednesday, March 4! Marla A. Ramirez and Reem Bailony will present their books. The event will be moderated by Mark Tseng-Putterman.
Register here: iehs.org/event/online...
Please join our spring Online Book Series at 3:00 p.m. EST on Wednesday, March 4! Marla A. Ramirez and Reem Bailony will present their books. The event will be moderated by Mark Tseng-Putterman.
Register here: iehs.org/event/online...
February 7, 2026 at 2:09 AM
***IEHS Spring Online Book Series***
Please join our spring Online Book Series at 3:00 p.m. EST on Wednesday, March 4! Marla A. Ramirez and Reem Bailony will present their books. The event will be moderated by Mark Tseng-Putterman.
Register here: iehs.org/event/online...
Please join our spring Online Book Series at 3:00 p.m. EST on Wednesday, March 4! Marla A. Ramirez and Reem Bailony will present their books. The event will be moderated by Mark Tseng-Putterman.
Register here: iehs.org/event/online...
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Legal history people: the ASLH conference will be in the Canadian Rockies in Nov.2026! Panel proposals are due March 24, 2026. The Call links to google sheets where you can find co-panelists & chair-commentators 👇 You can @ me if you're looking for fellow panelists, too.
I'm honored to serve as one of the cochairs of the Program Committee for the 2026 American Society for Legal History Conference in Banff, Canada! The CFP is now available. Please consider submitting a proposal! aslh.net/2026-annual-... #ASLH #legalhistory
2026 Annual Meeting Call for Papers | American Society for Legal History
Call for Papers 2026 American Society for Legal History Annual Meeting (November 12 - 14, 2026) The Program Committee of the American Society for Legal History invites proposals for the 2026 meeting t...
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February 5, 2026 at 1:35 PM
Legal history people: the ASLH conference will be in the Canadian Rockies in Nov.2026! Panel proposals are due March 24, 2026. The Call links to google sheets where you can find co-panelists & chair-commentators 👇 You can @ me if you're looking for fellow panelists, too.
Akira Iriye, one of the pioneers in the internationalization of U.S. history, passed away. RIP.
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Akira Iriye, leading historian of Japan-U.S. relations, dies | The Asahi Shimbun: Breaking News, Japan News and Analysis
Akira Iriye, a Harvard University professor emeritus and a leading scholar on the history of international relations, died on Jan. 27. He was 91.
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January 29, 2026 at 9:39 PM
Akira Iriye, one of the pioneers in the internationalization of U.S. history, passed away. RIP.
www.asahi.com/ajw/articles...
www.asahi.com/ajw/articles...
Akira Iriye, leading historian of Japan-U.S. relations, dies | The Asahi Shimbun: Breaking News, Japan News and Analysis
Akira Iriye, a Harvard University professor emeritus and a leading scholar on the history of international relations, died on Jan. 27. He was 91.
www.asahi.com
January 29, 2026 at 9:26 PM
Akira Iriye, one of the pioneers in the internationalization of U.S. history, passed away. RIP.
www.asahi.com/ajw/articles...
www.asahi.com/ajw/articles...
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Margaret Morgan and her children remained enslaved in MD and vanished from the historical record. But the principle of anti-racist local sovereignty stood and still stands. See The Problem of Immigration in a Slaveholding Republic @academic.oup.com ⬇️⬇️⬇️ global.oup.com/academic/pro... =10/10
January 28, 2026 at 4:08 PM
Margaret Morgan and her children remained enslaved in MD and vanished from the historical record. But the principle of anti-racist local sovereignty stood and still stands. See The Problem of Immigration in a Slaveholding Republic @academic.oup.com ⬇️⬇️⬇️ global.oup.com/academic/pro... =10/10
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🗃️ State & local jurisdictions cannot defy federal law but neither can the federal govt order them to enforce every aspect of that law. For some origins of this ongoing tension in immigration federalism, rooted in the history of American slavery, here is a 🧵 on Prigg v. Pennsylvania (1842) 🧵 1/10
January 28, 2026 at 4:08 PM
🗃️ State & local jurisdictions cannot defy federal law but neither can the federal govt order them to enforce every aspect of that law. For some origins of this ongoing tension in immigration federalism, rooted in the history of American slavery, here is a 🧵 on Prigg v. Pennsylvania (1842) 🧵 1/10
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The IEHS monthly digest comes out on the 27th of every month. Please email us at digest@iehs.org 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.
January 28, 2026 at 7:20 PM
***Share Your News with Us***
The IEHS monthly digest comes out on the 27th of every month. Please email us at digest@iehs.org 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 IEHS monthly digest comes out on the 27th of every month. Please email us at digest@iehs.org 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.
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***IEHS 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
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
Immigration and Ethnic History Society
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January 28, 2026 at 7:19 PM
***IEHS 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
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
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***New blog post in Immigration and Ethnic History Society blog, Not from Here***
"Authors on Authors: Deborah Kanter & Stephen Koeth"
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"Authors on Authors: Deborah Kanter & Stephen Koeth"
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Authors on Authors: Deborah Kanter & Stephen Koeth
For years now, Stephen Koeth and Deborah Kanter have found themselves attending the same conference panels, drawn to overlapping conversations about twentieth-century American Catholicism, urbanism…
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January 26, 2026 at 8:41 PM
***New blog post in Immigration and Ethnic History Society blog, Not from Here***
"Authors on Authors: Deborah Kanter & Stephen Koeth"
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"Authors on Authors: Deborah Kanter & Stephen Koeth"
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***Call for Proposals - Arts and Migration Symposium***
"Leaving and Belonging: Making an Impact on Immigration and Displacement through Arts, Culture, and Storytelling"
More information here: iir.gmu.edu/articles/22954
"Leaving and Belonging: Making an Impact on Immigration and Displacement through Arts, Culture, and Storytelling"
More information here: iir.gmu.edu/articles/22954
January 26, 2026 at 8:38 PM
***Call for Proposals - Arts and Migration Symposium***
"Leaving and Belonging: Making an Impact on Immigration and Displacement through Arts, Culture, and Storytelling"
More information here: iir.gmu.edu/articles/22954
"Leaving and Belonging: Making an Impact on Immigration and Displacement through Arts, Culture, and Storytelling"
More information here: iir.gmu.edu/articles/22954
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***Check out the new Fall 2025 issue of the Journal of American Ethnic History ( @illinoispress.bsky.social )****
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January 23, 2026 at 11:26 PM
***Check out the new Fall 2025 issue of the Journal of American Ethnic History ( @illinoispress.bsky.social )****
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***Help with Mentorship Event at the OAH***
The IEHS is seeking MENTORS for its first in-person mentorship program for graduate students and early career scholars working on immigration and ethnic history at the OAH.
Register by 1/31/26: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
The IEHS is seeking MENTORS for its first in-person mentorship program for graduate students and early career scholars working on immigration and ethnic history at the OAH.
Register by 1/31/26: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
IEHS Mentorship at the 2026 OAH
April 16-19, 2026
The IEHS Graduate and Early Career Affairs Committee will hold an in-person mentorship program for graduate students and early career scholars working on immigration and ethnic hist...
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January 23, 2026 at 11:23 PM
***Help with Mentorship Event at the OAH***
The IEHS is seeking MENTORS for its first in-person mentorship program for graduate students and early career scholars working on immigration and ethnic history at the OAH.
Register by 1/31/26: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
The IEHS is seeking MENTORS for its first in-person mentorship program for graduate students and early career scholars working on immigration and ethnic history at the OAH.
Register by 1/31/26: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
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***Apply to awards from the Immigration and Ethnic History Society***
The IEHS offers a number of prestigious awards that recognize excellence in scholarship in the fields of immigration and ethnic history.
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The IEHS offers a number of prestigious awards that recognize excellence in scholarship in the fields of immigration and ethnic history.
iehs.org/awards/?fbcl...
Awards Overview
Visit the post for more.
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January 22, 2026 at 2:38 PM
***Apply to awards from the Immigration and Ethnic History Society***
The IEHS offers a number of prestigious awards that recognize excellence in scholarship in the fields of immigration and ethnic history.
iehs.org/awards/?fbcl...
The IEHS offers a number of prestigious awards that recognize excellence in scholarship in the fields of immigration and ethnic history.
iehs.org/awards/?fbcl...
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***Please email us if you recently published something***
We are happy to feature your scholarship in the monthly digest.
Email: digest@iehs.org
We are happy to feature your scholarship in the monthly digest.
Email: digest@iehs.org
January 21, 2026 at 8:49 PM
***Please email us if you recently published something***
We are happy to feature your scholarship in the monthly digest.
Email: digest@iehs.org
We are happy to feature your scholarship in the monthly digest.
Email: digest@iehs.org
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Here's a new article from IEHS members Shuyue Liu and Changkang Li:
“Space, Time, and Progression: Narrating Chinese Americans Between Worlds in Literature,” Critique: Studies in Contemporary Fiction (2025): 1-14
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
“Space, Time, and Progression: Narrating Chinese Americans Between Worlds in Literature,” Critique: Studies in Contemporary Fiction (2025): 1-14
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
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January 20, 2026 at 11:06 PM
Here's a new article from IEHS members Shuyue Liu and Changkang Li:
“Space, Time, and Progression: Narrating Chinese Americans Between Worlds in Literature,” Critique: Studies in Contemporary Fiction (2025): 1-14
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
“Space, Time, and Progression: Narrating Chinese Americans Between Worlds in Literature,” Critique: Studies in Contemporary Fiction (2025): 1-14
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
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New article by IEHS members Shuyue Liu and Changkang Li:
“Empathy, Curiosity, and Critique: an AI-assisted Mapping of Non-academic Reception of Asian American Literature,” Textual Practice (2025): 1-23.
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
“Empathy, Curiosity, and Critique: an AI-assisted Mapping of Non-academic Reception of Asian American Literature,” Textual Practice (2025): 1-23.
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
Empathy, curiosity, and critique: an AI-assisted mapping of non-academic reception of Asian American literature
This study investigates how non-academic readers engage with Asian American literature through AI-assisted sentiment analysis of online reviews of Celeste Ng's novels. Ng's novels represent two mot...
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January 19, 2026 at 9:48 PM
New article by IEHS members Shuyue Liu and Changkang Li:
“Empathy, Curiosity, and Critique: an AI-assisted Mapping of Non-academic Reception of Asian American Literature,” Textual Practice (2025): 1-23.
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
“Empathy, Curiosity, and Critique: an AI-assisted Mapping of Non-academic Reception of Asian American Literature,” Textual Practice (2025): 1-23.
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
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Dear IEHS Members:
This is your reminder that voting for three positions on the IEHS board ends today! The ballot was sent via email.
Thank you,
Nicole Greer Golda
IEHS Secretary
This is your reminder that voting for three positions on the IEHS board ends today! The ballot was sent via email.
Thank you,
Nicole Greer Golda
IEHS Secretary
January 16, 2026 at 12:43 AM
Dear IEHS Members:
This is your reminder that voting for three positions on the IEHS board ends today! The ballot was sent via email.
Thank you,
Nicole Greer Golda
IEHS Secretary
This is your reminder that voting for three positions on the IEHS board ends today! The ballot was sent via email.
Thank you,
Nicole Greer Golda
IEHS Secretary
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New book from IEHS member, David-James Gonzales:
Breaking Down the Walls of Segregation: Mexican American Grassroots Politics and Civil Rights in Orange County, California (Oxford University Press, 2025).
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Breaking Down the Walls of Segregation: Mexican American Grassroots Politics and Civil Rights in Orange County, California (Oxford University Press, 2025).
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January 15, 2026 at 11:03 PM
New book from IEHS member, David-James Gonzales:
Breaking Down the Walls of Segregation: Mexican American Grassroots Politics and Civil Rights in Orange County, California (Oxford University Press, 2025).
global.oup.com/academic/pro...
Breaking Down the Walls of Segregation: Mexican American Grassroots Politics and Civil Rights in Orange County, California (Oxford University Press, 2025).
global.oup.com/academic/pro...
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🗃️ The LPC (Likely to Become a Public Charge) provision in US immigration policy is, ominously, back in the news. For its historical origins, there is no better account than
@hidehirota.bsky.social 's book "Expelling the Poor" @academic.oup.com @iehs.bsky.social ⬇️⬇️⬇️ global.oup.com/academic/pro...
@hidehirota.bsky.social 's book "Expelling the Poor" @academic.oup.com @iehs.bsky.social ⬇️⬇️⬇️ global.oup.com/academic/pro...
January 15, 2026 at 1:28 AM
🗃️ The LPC (Likely to Become a Public Charge) provision in US immigration policy is, ominously, back in the news. For its historical origins, there is no better account than
@hidehirota.bsky.social 's book "Expelling the Poor" @academic.oup.com @iehs.bsky.social ⬇️⬇️⬇️ global.oup.com/academic/pro...
@hidehirota.bsky.social 's book "Expelling the Poor" @academic.oup.com @iehs.bsky.social ⬇️⬇️⬇️ global.oup.com/academic/pro...
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The IEHS monthly digest comes out on the 27th of every month. Please email us at digest@iehs.org 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.
January 14, 2026 at 6:12 PM
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