Explores two points in U.S. past when Jewish history and migration studies intersected: 19th-century studies of Jewish migration by local community organizations; and role played by Jewish social scientists in shaping modern migration studies. Acquiring Knowledge About Migration: The Jewish Origins of Migration Studies Sep 25, 2019 Tobias Brinkmann
Examines The Indian Vocabulary (1788) produced in Britain for colonial civil servants in order to discern the ambiguous relationship toward India and British efforts to define itself in relation to its colony therein. From Nabob to Saheb: Reflections of British Rule in The Indian Vocabulary Sep 20, 2023 Mayukhi Ghosh
Revisits Werner Schiffauer's 1991 classic, Die Migranten aus Subay, which reminds us that "migrants have lives of their own before they arrive in host societies, and they never cease to maintain ties … to the homelands they leave behind." Rebels against the Homeland: Turkish Guest Workers in 1980s West German Anthropology Oct 23, 2019 Michelle Lynn Kahn
Discusses the way Ecuadorian elites presented themselves at the 1893 World's Columbian Exposition to the world, focusing on strategies to attract European and American migrants and minimize the perception of Indigenous populations and disease. Importing “Civilization”: Ecuadorian Elites’ National Representation Strategies and Immigration Promotion at the 1893 World’s Columbian Exposition Jan 3, 2025 Erika Rosado Valencia