Immigration and Ethnic History Society

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***IEHS Election Results***

Congratulations to David-James Gonzales, Torrie Hester, and Allison Varzally on their election to the IEHS Executive Board! ​Their terms will begin April 2026 at the IEHS business and board meetings in Philadelphia during the Organization of American Historians meeting.

#DYK These United States used to be desperate for immigrants? Immigration history and American history cannot be understood apart from one another.

Saint Patrick’s Day and the Rise of the Global Irish Diaspora A lecture by Cian T. McMahon: Saint Patrick's Day and the Rise of the Global Irish Diaspora Over the past three hundred years, Saint Patrick's Day has evolved from a religious holiday on a windswept island in the North Atlantic Ocean to an annual festival celebrated by millions of people worldwide. The anniversary's global popularity has gone hand in hand with the growth of the Irish diaspora, which is now estimated at approximately 70 million people worldwide, including over 30 million in the United States alone. Many like to say that "everybody is Irish" on Saint Patrick's Day. But how did this come to pass? How can a better understanding of the bourgeois hierarchy teach us something about the tangled relationships between migration and identity in modern human history? Cian T. McMahon uses stories of Saint Patrick's Day celebrations in specific times and places as signposts to a new history of the Irish diaspora. Cian T. McMahon is Professor of History at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas, and the author of a forthcoming global history of Saint Patrick's Day. His previous books include The Global Dimensions of Irish Identity: Race, Nation, and the Popular Press, 1840-1880 (2015), The Coffin Ship: Life and Death at Sea during the Great Irish Famine (2021), and the Routledge History of Irish America, which is co-edited with Kathleen P. Costello-Sullivan in 2024. A free Irish-themed buffet luncheon will be provided during the lecture. This event is free and open to the public; no registration is required. Paid parking is available in the Commonwealth Avenue Garage. For more information, parking advice, and mobility assistance, please contact Caroline Pace: 617-552-3282 | caroline.pace@bc.edu This event is sponsored by Irish Studies and Boston College Libraries

I am so excited (and grateful) to deliver the #SaintPatricksDay lecture at @bc-irish-studies.bsky.social next Tuesday March 17 at 12pm in BC’s O’Neill Library. Would love to see any colleagues from @iehs.bsky.social or #IrishStudies who live/work in the area!

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***Register for the Third IEHS-IHRC Joint Event***

The IEHS and the Immigration History Research Center (IHRC) are pleased to cohost their third joint event, “The Founding of the United States and Immigration History,” on Tuesday, March 31, 4:30-6:00 p.m. EST.

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Deadline March 15. We look forward to reading your proposals!

A Fraction of the Action: Special Interests in the Sending State Migration historians have frequently analyzed the “sending state” as a unified entity—either passively hemorrhaging population or actively encouraging export-labor models. This framing …

Irvin Ibargüen on the history of Mexican labor migration "To understand why people move, we must understand who, within their home country, wanted them to stay—& what they were willing to do to make that happen" @iehs.bsky.social @uncpress.bsky.social @hidehirota.bsky.social iehs.org/a-fraction-o...

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Cover of Journal of American Ethnic History, Winter 2026, Volume 44, Number 1. Special Issue: Globalizing Irish America. Yellow and Black color-blocked background with image of North America on a globe, includes list of authors

It's Irish American Heritage Month! Check out our podcast with Journal of American Ethnic History guest editors @dgannon2016.bsky.social + @ciantmcmahon.bsky.social
on their special issue, "Globalizing Irish America." cc: @iehs.bsky.social
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A Fraction of the Action: Special Interests in the Sending State Migration historians have frequently analyzed the “sending state” as a unified entity—either passively hemorrhaging population or actively encouraging export-labor models. This framing …

New post in our IEHS blog, Not From Here:

"A Fraction of the Action: Special Interests in the Sending State" by Irvin Ibargüen

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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 ...

***Call for Proposals for New Edited Volume***

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.

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Deportation Is Not a Hardship That Shall Pass — It Is an Interminable Agony US immigration agencies deported my father and uncles. Some called them “felons.” I called them family.

Important piece by UMN prof Rahsaan Mahadeo about the lasting impact of deportation and the criminalization of immigrants.
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***Online Discussion presented by @ihrc-umn.bsky.social : The Founding of the United States and Immigration History***

Tue, Mar 31, 2026 | 3:30 - 5 PM

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***Online Discussion presented by @ihrc-umn.bsky.social : The Founding of the United States and Immigration History***

Tue, Mar 31, 2026 | 3:30 - 5 PM

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We just had another one of our wonderful book talks!

Check out this page for more exciting IEHS events: iehs.org/events/

Really excited about that the next @iehs.bsky.social online book event tomorrow! Join us if you can.

Tomorrow!!

Spring 2026 Online Books Series Visit the post for more.

I am so excited about tomorrow!

The @iehs.bsky.social Spring online book series!!

Come join us!!!

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***IEHS on Social Media***

Be sure to follow and connect with IEHS on social media if you have yet to do so! The IEHS is on Bluesky, Facebook, and Youtube. If there is anything in particular you’d like to see added to social media, reach out to the Social Media Officer at social_media@iehs.org

***IEHS on Social Media***

Be sure to follow and connect with IEHS on social media if you have yet to do so! The IEHS is on Bluesky, Facebook, and Youtube. If there is anything in particular you’d like to see added to social media, reach out to the Social Media Officer at social_media@iehs.org

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From Deportees to Coerced Workers: Managing Labor and Migration Within Mexico After the Bracero Program Abstract. In 1971, agents from Mexico's secret intelligence agency began to report that hundreds to thousands of Mexican men recently detained in the United States were being taken every night from Me...

New article from IEHS member Laura Gutierrez:

"From Deportees to Coerced Workers: Managing Labor and Migration Within Mexico After the Bracero Program,” in the Hispanic American Historical Review

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