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100 Years after Thind: An Ethnic Studies Review Special Issue

COURT RULES HINDU NOT A ‘WHITE PERSON’; Bars High Caste Native of India From Naturalization as an American Citizen.

Q&A with Sureshkumar Muthukumaran, author of The Tropical Turn

The Tropical Turn chronicles the earliest histories of familiar tropical Asian crops in the ancient Middle East and the Mediterranean, from rice and cotton to citruses and cucumbers. Drawing on archaeological materials …

The Invisible Violence in North Korean Migrants’ Lives

By Joowon Park, author of Belonging in a House Divided: The Violence of the North Korean Resettlement Process In October 2022, the decomposed skeletal remains of a 49-year-old North Korean woman were …