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December 1, 2009

Nelly Ortiz speaks at St. Cloud State University

Nelly Ortiz shares a first hand account of migration to the United States. (see flyer)
Date and Time: Friday, 12/04/09 at 2:00 p.m.
Location: Atwood Theater at St. Cloud State University

November 30, 2009

Fellowship Opportunity: Gender and Migration at CHR

Institution: The Center for Historical Research at Ohio State University
Theme: "The Intersection of Diaspora, Immigration, and Gender in World History"
Research focus: The period from the 19th century to the present
Applications due: February 1, 2010

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October 26, 2009

Canadian Committee on Migration, Ethnicity and Transnationalism (CCMET)

The Canadian Committee on Migration, Ethnicity and Transnationalism is a new academic organization created to foster and facilitate collaboration among historians working in this field. Those interested in the history of migrations, ethnicity, transnationalism and related subjects are invited to join the CCMET listserve or visit the web site. (more)

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October 12, 2009

Legal History Workshop

Friday, October 16, 10:10-12:10, Mondale Hall 55.
The Legal History Workshop will be hosting Christopher Capozzola, Associate Professor of History, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, who is currently working on transitional justice, postcolonial citizenship, and war crimes trials in Asia following WWII. Capozzola will be presenting a paper from his current research titled "A Tale of Two Treasons: Adjudicating War Crimes and Collaboration in Manila, 1945."

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September 1, 2009

Newly published

The 2 volume set Daily Life in Immigrant America 1820-1870 (by James M. Bergquist) and Daily Life in Immigrant America 1870-1920 (by June Granatir Alexander) is being released in soft cover. Readers will find the approach similar to David Kyvig's Daily Life in the United States, 1920-1940.

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June 26, 2009

Gabaccia named to Fesler-Lampert Chair in Public Humanities

Please join us in congratulating IHRC Director and History professor Donna Gabaccia who has been named to the Fesler-Lampert Chair in Public Humanities for the 2009-10 academic year.

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January 15, 2009

Video Archives Expand for Global REM Seminars

Videos with closed captions from the Global Race, Ethnicity and Migration seminars presented by leading scholars in fall 2007 at the University of Minnesota are now available.

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September 11, 2008

Panel at the World Conference of Humanitarian Studies, 4 - 8 February 2009, Groningen, The Netherlands

We are soliciting abstracts for papers to be included in a panel entitled, "Is humanitarianism compatible with refugee rights?" This panel will be part of the World Conference of Humanitarian Studies, organised by the universities of Bochum, Groningen and Wageningen.

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August 25, 2008

Rac(e)ing Questions: Gender and Race (online journal issue) seeks contributions by 9/15/08

To complete an upcoming issue on Rac(e)ing Questions, the multidisciplinary online journal gender forum seeks two more contributions discussing intersections of race and gender in literature, film, or culture. We welcome contributions from all disciplines. Completed manuscripts should be submitted via email to gender forum by September 15, 2008.

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August 22, 2008

Fulbright Scholar award related to demography, migration, and the sociology of population, 2009-2010

The Fulbright German Studies Seminar offers U.S. scholars the opportunity to meet in Germany to discuss current issues relevant to both Germany and the international community. This year's seminar will be dedicated to "Germany's Future: New Parties - New Solutions?"

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April 17, 2008

Employment Outcomes for Refugees

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


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April 14, 2008

Apr 22: "Stateless in America"

Inaugural Distinguished Lecture in Legal History by Professor Linda K. Kerber, University of Iowa. Flyer.

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October 16, 2007

New Graduate Course in Spring 2008

AMST 8920: Oceanic Space & Movement in Atlantic/Pacitic/Indian Ocean Worlds, Reading and Theorizing Oceanic Space and Movement, Instructor: Kale Bantigue Fajardo. (course description)