Hardeep Dhillon
@migrantherstory.bsky.social
she/her/hers
historian of immigration & law
Asst Prof @PennHistory
PhD @ Harvard
https://www.history.upenn.edu/people/hardeep-dhillon
historian of immigration & law
Asst Prof @PennHistory
PhD @ Harvard
https://www.history.upenn.edu/people/hardeep-dhillon
Pinned
Family Ties in the Age of Exclusion: A Microhistory of Immigration, Childhood, and U.S. Citizenship
Abstract. Drawing on women’s writing, family oral histories, and legal records, this article reveals how a patchwork of state and federal laws systematical
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PUB DAY:
Nativists attacked the extension of birthright citizenship for the children of all immigrants from the moment the Fourteenth Amendment was introduced. These attacks continued over the twentieth century...
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Nativists attacked the extension of birthright citizenship for the children of all immigrants from the moment the Fourteenth Amendment was introduced. These attacks continued over the twentieth century...
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In case you missed it:
There is a new special issue of the Journal of American Ethnic History ( @illinoispress.bsky.social ) guest edited by @migrantherstory.bsky.social and @irpinaingiro.bsky.social on "Immigration and Citizenship."
scholarlypublishingcollective.org/uip/jaeh/iss...
There is a new special issue of the Journal of American Ethnic History ( @illinoispress.bsky.social ) guest edited by @migrantherstory.bsky.social and @irpinaingiro.bsky.social on "Immigration and Citizenship."
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Volume 44 Issue 4 | Journal of American Ethnic History | Scholarly Publishing Collective
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November 6, 2025 at 6:48 PM
In case you missed it:
There is a new special issue of the Journal of American Ethnic History ( @illinoispress.bsky.social ) guest edited by @migrantherstory.bsky.social and @irpinaingiro.bsky.social on "Immigration and Citizenship."
scholarlypublishingcollective.org/uip/jaeh/iss...
There is a new special issue of the Journal of American Ethnic History ( @illinoispress.bsky.social ) guest edited by @migrantherstory.bsky.social and @irpinaingiro.bsky.social on "Immigration and Citizenship."
scholarlypublishingcollective.org/uip/jaeh/iss...
Marking one of several drive outs that occurred across the U.S. West targeting Asian immigrants.
Nov. 2, 1907: Everett, Washington
from my recent publication in the Journal of American History
Nov. 2, 1907: Everett, Washington
from my recent publication in the Journal of American History
November 2, 2025 at 5:01 PM
Marking one of several drive outs that occurred across the U.S. West targeting Asian immigrants.
Nov. 2, 1907: Everett, Washington
from my recent publication in the Journal of American History
Nov. 2, 1907: Everett, Washington
from my recent publication in the Journal of American History
Reposted by Hardeep Dhillon
Check out this new special issue of the Journal of American Ethnic History focused on "Immigration and Citizenship" edited by @migrantherstory.bsky.social and @irpinaingiro.bsky.social:
scholarlypublishingcollective.org/uip/jaeh/iss...
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Volume 44 Issue 4 | Journal of American Ethnic History | Scholarly Publishing Collective
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October 31, 2025 at 5:30 PM
Check out this new special issue of the Journal of American Ethnic History focused on "Immigration and Citizenship" edited by @migrantherstory.bsky.social and @irpinaingiro.bsky.social:
scholarlypublishingcollective.org/uip/jaeh/iss...
scholarlypublishingcollective.org/uip/jaeh/iss...
Reposted by Hardeep Dhillon
Thank you for your excellent questions, @migrantherstory.bsky.social! I loved being in conversation with you about Rituals of Migration for the @iehs.bsky.social blog. @kevinkenny.bsky.social @gihnyu.bsky.social @nyupress.bsky.social
I had a chance to interview two of my favorite people in the field - @irpinaingiro.bsky.social & @kevinkenny.bsky.social After Rituals of Migration was published!
Read more about their new edited work--with nine scholars-- here:
iehs.org/authors-on-a...
Read more about their new edited work--with nine scholars-- here:
iehs.org/authors-on-a...
Authors on Authors: Kevin Kenny & Maddalena Marinari
Kevin Kenny and Maddalena Marinari, Rituals of Migration: Irish and Italians on the Move (New York University Press, 2025). In Rituals of Migration, editors Kevin Kenny and Maddalena Marinari—with …
iehs.org
October 24, 2025 at 2:31 PM
Thank you for your excellent questions, @migrantherstory.bsky.social! I loved being in conversation with you about Rituals of Migration for the @iehs.bsky.social blog. @kevinkenny.bsky.social @gihnyu.bsky.social @nyupress.bsky.social
I had a chance to interview two of my favorite people in the field - @irpinaingiro.bsky.social & @kevinkenny.bsky.social After Rituals of Migration was published!
Read more about their new edited work--with nine scholars-- here:
iehs.org/authors-on-a...
Read more about their new edited work--with nine scholars-- here:
iehs.org/authors-on-a...
Authors on Authors: Kevin Kenny & Maddalena Marinari
Kevin Kenny and Maddalena Marinari, Rituals of Migration: Irish and Italians on the Move (New York University Press, 2025). In Rituals of Migration, editors Kevin Kenny and Maddalena Marinari—with …
iehs.org
October 24, 2025 at 4:10 AM
I had a chance to interview two of my favorite people in the field - @irpinaingiro.bsky.social & @kevinkenny.bsky.social After Rituals of Migration was published!
Read more about their new edited work--with nine scholars-- here:
iehs.org/authors-on-a...
Read more about their new edited work--with nine scholars-- here:
iehs.org/authors-on-a...
Ninety-eight years ago, a large mob descended on the residents of Asian immigrants in Bellingham, WA, and drove them out of town.
The legacy of law, justice, and empire among instances of immigrant violence still matters.
Sharing some research here.
The legacy of law, justice, and empire among instances of immigrant violence still matters.
Sharing some research here.
publication day.
the history of racial violence against immigrants in the early 20th c. remains as important to history as it does to our present
academic.oup.com/jah/article/...
With many thanks to those who supported me on this journey.
the history of racial violence against immigrants in the early 20th c. remains as important to history as it does to our present
academic.oup.com/jah/article/...
With many thanks to those who supported me on this journey.
September 4, 2025 at 4:41 PM
Ninety-eight years ago, a large mob descended on the residents of Asian immigrants in Bellingham, WA, and drove them out of town.
The legacy of law, justice, and empire among instances of immigrant violence still matters.
Sharing some research here.
The legacy of law, justice, and empire among instances of immigrant violence still matters.
Sharing some research here.
Reposted by Hardeep Dhillon
***The Immigration and Ethnic History Society is looking for a new editor for the Journal of American Ethnic History***
September 3, 2025 at 8:17 PM
***The Immigration and Ethnic History Society is looking for a new editor for the Journal of American Ethnic History***
Reposted by Hardeep Dhillon
Have you read this new special issue of our publication, the Journal of American Ethnic History, yet?
It's on "Immigration and Citizenship" and edited by @irpinaingiro.bsky.social and @migrantherstory.bsky.social .
@illinoispress.bsky.social
scholarlypublishingcollective.org/uip/jaeh/iss...
It's on "Immigration and Citizenship" and edited by @irpinaingiro.bsky.social and @migrantherstory.bsky.social .
@illinoispress.bsky.social
scholarlypublishingcollective.org/uip/jaeh/iss...
August 25, 2025 at 6:20 PM
Have you read this new special issue of our publication, the Journal of American Ethnic History, yet?
It's on "Immigration and Citizenship" and edited by @irpinaingiro.bsky.social and @migrantherstory.bsky.social .
@illinoispress.bsky.social
scholarlypublishingcollective.org/uip/jaeh/iss...
It's on "Immigration and Citizenship" and edited by @irpinaingiro.bsky.social and @migrantherstory.bsky.social .
@illinoispress.bsky.social
scholarlypublishingcollective.org/uip/jaeh/iss...
Reposted by Hardeep Dhillon
✨Special Issue ✨ of Journal of American Ethnic History (Vol. 44, No. 4) "Immigration and Citizenship," guest edited by Hardeep Dhillon @migrantherstory.bsky.social and Maddalena Marinari @irpinaingiro.bsky.social is now available! @iehs.bsky.social
scholarlypublishingcollective.org/uip/jaeh/iss...
scholarlypublishingcollective.org/uip/jaeh/iss...
August 21, 2025 at 3:54 PM
✨Special Issue ✨ of Journal of American Ethnic History (Vol. 44, No. 4) "Immigration and Citizenship," guest edited by Hardeep Dhillon @migrantherstory.bsky.social and Maddalena Marinari @irpinaingiro.bsky.social is now available! @iehs.bsky.social
scholarlypublishingcollective.org/uip/jaeh/iss...
scholarlypublishingcollective.org/uip/jaeh/iss...
PUB DAY:
Nativists attacked the extension of birthright citizenship for the children of all immigrants from the moment the Fourteenth Amendment was introduced. These attacks continued over the twentieth century...
academic.oup.com/whq/advance-...
Nativists attacked the extension of birthright citizenship for the children of all immigrants from the moment the Fourteenth Amendment was introduced. These attacks continued over the twentieth century...
academic.oup.com/whq/advance-...
Family Ties in the Age of Exclusion: A Microhistory of Immigration, Childhood, and U.S. Citizenship
Abstract. Drawing on women’s writing, family oral histories, and legal records, this article reveals how a patchwork of state and federal laws systematical
academic.oup.com
August 9, 2025 at 1:12 AM
PUB DAY:
Nativists attacked the extension of birthright citizenship for the children of all immigrants from the moment the Fourteenth Amendment was introduced. These attacks continued over the twentieth century...
academic.oup.com/whq/advance-...
Nativists attacked the extension of birthright citizenship for the children of all immigrants from the moment the Fourteenth Amendment was introduced. These attacks continued over the twentieth century...
academic.oup.com/whq/advance-...
The use of citizenship to order power in the United States isn't new. It has a long and troubling history.
Today is publication day for a new scholarship on this topic.
Maddalena Marinari and I --with five superb historians-- share.
scholarlypublishingcollective.org/uip/jaeh/iss...
Today is publication day for a new scholarship on this topic.
Maddalena Marinari and I --with five superb historians-- share.
scholarlypublishingcollective.org/uip/jaeh/iss...
Volume 44 Issue 4 | Journal of American Ethnic History | Scholarly Publishing Collective
scholarlypublishingcollective.org
July 1, 2025 at 8:58 PM
The use of citizenship to order power in the United States isn't new. It has a long and troubling history.
Today is publication day for a new scholarship on this topic.
Maddalena Marinari and I --with five superb historians-- share.
scholarlypublishingcollective.org/uip/jaeh/iss...
Today is publication day for a new scholarship on this topic.
Maddalena Marinari and I --with five superb historians-- share.
scholarlypublishingcollective.org/uip/jaeh/iss...
Reposted by Hardeep Dhillon
Incredibly excited to share that the special issue on Citizenship and Migration that @migrantherstory.bsky.social and I coedited for the Journal of American and Ethnic History is out: scholarlypublishingcollective.org/uip/jaeh/iss.... The introduction we wrote is open access
Volume 44 Issue 4 | Journal of American Ethnic History | Scholarly Publishing Collective
scholarlypublishingcollective.org
July 1, 2025 at 8:30 PM
Incredibly excited to share that the special issue on Citizenship and Migration that @migrantherstory.bsky.social and I coedited for the Journal of American and Ethnic History is out: scholarlypublishingcollective.org/uip/jaeh/iss.... The introduction we wrote is open access
@carceralhistory.bsky.social, thank you for this shoutout 📣.
the biggest honor is knowing the work finds a home with readers. 🙏
the biggest honor is knowing the work finds a home with readers. 🙏
today I’m featuring new work from @migrantherstory.bsky.social, @ejwestuk.bsky.social, @briannanofil.bsky.social, Anthony Grasso, and Anthony Gregory carceral-history.ghost.io/fresh-picks-...
fresh picks: con men, anti-Indian policing, and more
Here's what I'm reading this week:
Hardeep Dhillon's new article in the Journal of American History shows how "anti-immigrant violence was a constitutive component of legal violence" in the American ...
carceral-history.ghost.io
June 24, 2025 at 3:26 AM
@carceralhistory.bsky.social, thank you for this shoutout 📣.
the biggest honor is knowing the work finds a home with readers. 🙏
the biggest honor is knowing the work finds a home with readers. 🙏
publication day.
the history of racial violence against immigrants in the early 20th c. remains as important to history as it does to our present
academic.oup.com/jah/article/...
With many thanks to those who supported me on this journey.
the history of racial violence against immigrants in the early 20th c. remains as important to history as it does to our present
academic.oup.com/jah/article/...
With many thanks to those who supported me on this journey.
June 16, 2025 at 10:28 PM
publication day.
the history of racial violence against immigrants in the early 20th c. remains as important to history as it does to our present
academic.oup.com/jah/article/...
With many thanks to those who supported me on this journey.
the history of racial violence against immigrants in the early 20th c. remains as important to history as it does to our present
academic.oup.com/jah/article/...
With many thanks to those who supported me on this journey.
Why meticulous research in the archives is ALWAYS necessary.
"Last year, Hardeep Dhillon, a historian at the University of Pennsylvania, shared some research with me that is instructive in this current moment...
Dhillon...argues that the Wise letter casts the Wong Kim Ark case in a new light..."
"Last year, Hardeep Dhillon, a historian at the University of Pennsylvania, shared some research with me that is instructive in this current moment...
Dhillon...argues that the Wise letter casts the Wong Kim Ark case in a new light..."
May 23, 2025 at 9:36 PM
Why meticulous research in the archives is ALWAYS necessary.
"Last year, Hardeep Dhillon, a historian at the University of Pennsylvania, shared some research with me that is instructive in this current moment...
Dhillon...argues that the Wise letter casts the Wong Kim Ark case in a new light..."
"Last year, Hardeep Dhillon, a historian at the University of Pennsylvania, shared some research with me that is instructive in this current moment...
Dhillon...argues that the Wise letter casts the Wong Kim Ark case in a new light..."
Reposted by Hardeep Dhillon
The research of IEHS board member, @migrantherstory.bsky.social , was featured in the New Yorker this morning:
www.newyorker.com/news/the-led...
www.newyorker.com/news/the-led...
Who Gets to Be an American?
Since the earliest days of the Republic, American citizenship has been contested, subject to the anti-democratic impulses of racism, suspicion, and paranoia.
www.newyorker.com
May 20, 2025 at 10:15 PM
The research of IEHS board member, @migrantherstory.bsky.social , was featured in the New Yorker this morning:
www.newyorker.com/news/the-led...
www.newyorker.com/news/the-led...
Reposted by Hardeep Dhillon
🧵To mark the publication of "Rituals of Migration" @kevinkenny.bsky.social & @irpinaingiro.bsky.social 👏 to the Bluesky contributors @hidehirota.bsky.social @ciantmcmahon.bsky.social @appalachianphilly.bsky.social @grainnemcevoy.bsky.social @josephsciorra.bsky.social nyupress.org/blog/2025/05...
Ten Rituals of Migration by Kevin Kenny and Maddalena Marinari - NYU Press
What do migrants do, feel, think, eat, and carry with them—on the eve of departure, in transit, and when returning home? Rituals of Migration offers snapshots of Italian and Irish migrants... READ MOR...
nyupress.org
May 15, 2025 at 1:04 PM
🧵To mark the publication of "Rituals of Migration" @kevinkenny.bsky.social & @irpinaingiro.bsky.social 👏 to the Bluesky contributors @hidehirota.bsky.social @ciantmcmahon.bsky.social @appalachianphilly.bsky.social @grainnemcevoy.bsky.social @josephsciorra.bsky.social nyupress.org/blog/2025/05...
Reposted by Hardeep Dhillon
Your periodic reminder that one way to think about privilege is: who's allowed to make mistakes?
April 19, 2025 at 2:34 AM
Your periodic reminder that one way to think about privilege is: who's allowed to make mistakes?
In solidarity.
January 20, 2025 at 7:58 PM
In solidarity.
Reposted by Hardeep Dhillon
Please help us spread the word about this new @iehs.bsky.social event! We are excited to create new programming to foster a community for graduate students and early career scholars. Registration details below 👇🏽 @hidehirota.bsky.social @kevinkenny.bsky.social @nellstra.bsky.social
Hey grad students and early career scholars! Got immigration and ethnic history research questions? Professional development inquiries? Just need a friendly ear? Sign up for the @iehs.bsky.social Virtual Mentoring Event!
Registration open until February 15: iehs.org/event/mentor...
Registration open until February 15: iehs.org/event/mentor...
January 16, 2025 at 7:12 PM
Please help us spread the word about this new @iehs.bsky.social event! We are excited to create new programming to foster a community for graduate students and early career scholars. Registration details below 👇🏽 @hidehirota.bsky.social @kevinkenny.bsky.social @nellstra.bsky.social
PBS is capturing the history of Muslims in America in a series of short episodes.
Part of that history relates to interracial intimacies - South Asian and Latinx, Black, Creole, etc. and border crossing, law, family, & marriage.
Catch us here with Asma Khalid!
www.youtube.com/watch?v=sY-d...
Part of that history relates to interracial intimacies - South Asian and Latinx, Black, Creole, etc. and border crossing, law, family, & marriage.
Catch us here with Asma Khalid!
www.youtube.com/watch?v=sY-d...
How South Asian Muslims and Mexican Americans United in the 1920s | American Muslims
YouTube video by PBS
www.youtube.com
December 5, 2024 at 9:13 PM
PBS is capturing the history of Muslims in America in a series of short episodes.
Part of that history relates to interracial intimacies - South Asian and Latinx, Black, Creole, etc. and border crossing, law, family, & marriage.
Catch us here with Asma Khalid!
www.youtube.com/watch?v=sY-d...
Part of that history relates to interracial intimacies - South Asian and Latinx, Black, Creole, etc. and border crossing, law, family, & marriage.
Catch us here with Asma Khalid!
www.youtube.com/watch?v=sY-d...
Many thanks to WHA for the Vicki Ruiz prize for best article on race. I follow in the line of scholars, including many women, I admire and cannot be more honored in the shadow of Vicki Ruiz.
My acknowledgments in this open access @lawandhistrev.bsky.social article capture my journey here!
My acknowledgments in this open access @lawandhistrev.bsky.social article capture my journey here!
@migrantherstory.bsky.social, "The Making of Modern US Citizenship and Alienage: The History of Asian Immigration, Racial Capital, and US Law,"
Award notice: westernhistory.org/VickiRuizAward
doi.org/10.1017/S073...
Award notice: westernhistory.org/VickiRuizAward
doi.org/10.1017/S073...
The Making of Modern US Citizenship and Alienage: The History of Asian Immigration, Racial Capital, and US Law | Law and History Review | Cambridge Core
The Making of Modern US Citizenship and Alienage: The History of Asian Immigration, Racial Capital, and US Law - Volume 41 Issue 1
doi.org
December 5, 2024 at 9:07 PM
Many thanks to WHA for the Vicki Ruiz prize for best article on race. I follow in the line of scholars, including many women, I admire and cannot be more honored in the shadow of Vicki Ruiz.
My acknowledgments in this open access @lawandhistrev.bsky.social article capture my journey here!
My acknowledgments in this open access @lawandhistrev.bsky.social article capture my journey here!
Reposted by Hardeep Dhillon
🗃️If you're interested in #immigration history @iehs.bsky.social runs a lively online series featuring some great recent books, with 10-minute presentations posted at www.youtube.com/@iehs_org. Recent authors include @carlygoodman.bsky.social @ithacamcg.bsky.social camcg.bsky.social & many others.
November 14, 2024 at 12:58 AM
🗃️If you're interested in #immigration history @iehs.bsky.social runs a lively online series featuring some great recent books, with 10-minute presentations posted at www.youtube.com/@iehs_org. Recent authors include @carlygoodman.bsky.social @ithacamcg.bsky.social camcg.bsky.social & many others.