This guest post is published around the Association for Asian Studies conference in Denver, occurring March 21-24, 2019. #AAS2019 by Geoff Childs, co-author of From a Trickle to a Torrent: Education, Migration, and Social Change in …
Read More >“We need to convert a dread of the unfamiliar ‘Other’ into empathy, solidarity, and a democratizing desire for cultural difference.” — Marcelo M. Suárez-Orozco, editor of Humanitarianism and Mass Migration: Confronting the World …
Read More >In the spirit of Human Rights Day and in light of the treatment of unaccompanied and separated minor immigrants around the world, we share an excerpt by Jacqueline Bhabha from Humanitarianism and …
Read More >By Abigail Leslie Andrews, author of Undocumented Politics: Place, Gender, and the Pathways of Mexican Migrants It was over a week ago when the U.S. Border Patrol fired tear gas at several …
Read More >By Ieva Jusionyte, author of Threshold: Emergency Responders on the US-Mexico Border As news about migrant caravans traveling from Central America caught Washington’s attention last month, the government deployed over five thousand troops …
Read More >The recent tear gassing of Central American asylum seekers at the U.S.-Mexico border serves as a stark reminder to us all of the reasons for why people seek asylum in the first …
Read More >In honor of National Hispanic Heritage Month, we share an article by David Bacon, author of In the Fields of the North / En los campos del norte. Bacon discusses how the history of …
Read More >This guest post is published as part of our Scholar-Activist series related to the American Sociological Association conference from August 11 – 14 in Philadelphia as well as the Social Science History Association conference from November …
Read More >This post is published in conjunction with the American Anthropological Association conference in Washington D.C.. Check back regularly for new posts through the end of the conference on December 3rd. #AmAnth17 We are so glad to …
Read More >adapted from Home Bound: Filipino American Lives across Cultures, Communities, and Countries by Yen Le Espiritu October is Filipino-American History Month, commemorating the landing of “Luzones Indios” at what is now Morro Bay, California …
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