by Miguel Giron | Mar 10, 2023 | Blog, Featured Post, guest post, Uncategorized
After I emigrated from Ireland a few years prior to Obama’s election to take a UConn associate professor position, I remained culturally Irish at first. The Irish Times was my newspaper site of choice, and I taught and published almost solely on Irish writers.... 
by Miguel Giron | Mar 6, 2023 | Blog, Featured Post, guest post
New York’s “New” Migrants: 1980-2020 During the late twentieth century, New York City’s longstanding history of international migration witnessed a new wave of Mexican, Central American, Caribbean, and South American arrivals.[1] Besides Puerto Ricans’ postwar... 
by Miguel Giron | Feb 27, 2023 | Blog, Featured Post, guest post, Uncategorized
During the Covid-19 pandemic, Asian Americans survived the dual threats of the public health crisis and anti-Asian sentiments. In the Winter of 2023, I was concerned about informing college students about the severity of the racial injustice in American society,... 
by Miguel Giron | Feb 15, 2023 | Announcements
Not From Here, the IEHS’s digital publication, seeks submissions that explore how instructors teach immigration and ethnic history. Authors are encouraged to explore family migration history projects and the cautions and opportunities that accompany these types of... 
by Miguel Giron | Jan 9, 2023 | Blog, Featured Post, guest post
“Tan feos!” Nury Martinez’s coarse cackles revealed how deeply colorism and anti-Indigenous racism persist among the Latino community. Her mocking comments against the Oaxacan community confirmed how Oaxacans and specifically Oaxacan Indigenous communities are...