The IHRC has available several small grants of $250 each to support travel costs of researchers needing to consult IHRC collections during the fiscal year 07/01/08 - 06/30/09. Deadline to submit application is May 1, 2008. More...
Students from the U of M present excerpts on May 1 from "Life History Project" reports that record the experiences of immigrants from many cultures in coming to the United States.
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When: Tuesday, April 29, 2008 12:45-2:30 p.m.
Where: Wilkins Room 215, 2nd floor of HHH Center
301 19th Avenue South, Minneapolis, MN
Inaugural Distinguished Lecture in Legal History by Professor Linda K. Kerber, University of Iowa. Flyer.
"First Love: A Bulgarian Tale" opens April 18 at O'Shaughnessy Auditorium in St. Paul.
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Deadline to submit applications: May 1, 2008.
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New information about additional ca. 350 archival collections has recently been made available on the IHRC web site.
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Playwright and historian Celeste Raspanti will present poetry from the IHRC collections at the University Libraries' First Fridays Series on April 4, from noon to 1 p.m. in Elmer L. Andersen Library.
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Please note special hours March 17-21 at the IHRC during the University's Spring Break.
The IHRC needs volunteers to help staff an information table at International Women's Day on Saturday, March 15th, at Coffman Memorial Union. Contact Haven Hawley if you can staff a shift between 8 a.m. and 4 p.m.
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The IHRC community will celebrate the volunteers at the heart of the IHRC at a special appreciation event 5-7 p.m. on Friday, Feb. 29, in the Elmer L. Andersen Library Atrium.
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Destination Shaanxi: Material Culture at the End of the Silk Road- Running November 8, 2007-February 15, 2008, the exhibit features generous gifts and loans from members of the USCPA-MN Chapter bringing to life the twelve centuries of decorative arts from Shaanxi Province, China.
More more information about this exhibit view http://ihrc.umn.edu/community/exhibit.htm
Chicano Studies professor Richard Martinez gives a presentation titled “Newspaper Coverage of the Immigrant Rights Movement 2006” Friday, Feb. 1 at noon, opening an exciting schedule of talks in the Global Media – Diasporic Cultures Series this spring.
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Undergraduate students can gain experience in public history and digital archives while receiving course credit for Spring 2008. For details, see the complete internship description!
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90 years of immigration studies at the University of Minnesota
"The Minnesota School of Immigration and Refugee Studies" Article by Donna R. Gabaccia
http://ihrc.umn.edu/publications/pdf/winterwebminnesotaschool1.pdf