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Stacy Fahrenthold's profile was updated on Humanities Commons 2 months ago
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Stacy Fahrenthold deposited Return migration and repatriation: Myths and realities in the interwar Syrian mahjar in the group
History on Humanities Commons 5 months, 1 week ago
The concept of return is an intoxicating analytic for scholars, for several reasons. The idea that migrants return home creates opportunities to reclaim them from the hegemony of the bordered nation-state. For diaspora theorists, return works as a rebuttal to the field’s preoccupations with exile and loss. Migrants return home all the time, t…[Read more]
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Stacy Fahrenthold deposited Return migration and repatriation: Myths and realities in the interwar Syrian mahjar in the group
Global & Transnational Studies on Humanities Commons 5 months, 1 week ago
The concept of return is an intoxicating analytic for scholars, for several reasons. The idea that migrants return home creates opportunities to reclaim them from the hegemony of the bordered nation-state. For diaspora theorists, return works as a rebuttal to the field’s preoccupations with exile and loss. Migrants return home all the time, t…[Read more]
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Stacy Fahrenthold deposited Return migration and repatriation: Myths and realities in the interwar Syrian mahjar on Humanities Commons 5 months, 1 week ago
The concept of return is an intoxicating analytic for scholars, for several reasons. The idea that migrants return home creates opportunities to reclaim them from the hegemony of the bordered nation-state. For diaspora theorists, return works as a rebuttal to the field’s preoccupations with exile and loss. Migrants return home all the time, t…[Read more]
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Stacy Fahrenthold's profile was updated on Humanities Commons 10 months ago
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Stacy Fahrenthold's profile was updated on Humanities Commons 11 months, 2 weeks ago
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Stacy Fahrenthold's profile was updated on Humanities Commons 11 months, 2 weeks ago
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Stacy Fahrenthold changed their profile picture on Humanities Commons 12 months ago
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Stacy Fahrenthold deposited Ladies Aid as Labor History: Working-Class Formation in the Mahjar in the group
History on Humanities Commons 1 year ago
In the Arabic-speaking mahjar (diaspora), the plight of the working poor was the focus of women’s philanthropy. Scholarship on welfare relief in the interwar Syrian, Lebanese, and Palestinian diaspora currently situates it within a gendered politics of benevolence. This article reconsiders that frame and argues for a class-centered reassessment o…[Read more]
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Stacy Fahrenthold deposited Ladies Aid as Labor History: Working-Class Formation in the Mahjar in the group
Global & Transnational Studies on Humanities Commons 1 year ago
In the Arabic-speaking mahjar (diaspora), the plight of the working poor was the focus of women’s philanthropy. Scholarship on welfare relief in the interwar Syrian, Lebanese, and Palestinian diaspora currently situates it within a gendered politics of benevolence. This article reconsiders that frame and argues for a class-centered reassessment o…[Read more]
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Stacy Fahrenthold deposited Ladies Aid as Labor History: Working-Class Formation in the Mahjar on Humanities Commons 1 year ago
In the Arabic-speaking mahjar (diaspora), the plight of the working poor was the focus of women’s philanthropy. Scholarship on welfare relief in the interwar Syrian, Lebanese, and Palestinian diaspora currently situates it within a gendered politics of benevolence. This article reconsiders that frame and argues for a class-centered reassessment o…[Read more]
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Stacy Fahrenthold's profile was updated on Humanities Commons 1 year, 1 month ago
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Stacy Fahrenthold's profile was updated on Humanities Commons 1 year, 8 months ago
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Stacy Fahrenthold deposited Forced Migration in South Asia and the Middle East (Topics in History) on Humanities Commons 1 year, 9 months ago
This course explores histories of forced migration in the Middle East and South Asia during the twentieth century. Looking at the role of colonialism, partition, and social unrest in driving the movement of refugees, IDPs, and stateless peoples, we examine how everyday struggles for refugee protection, asylum, and citizenship influence regional…[Read more]
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Stacy Fahrenthold's profile was updated on Humanities Commons 1 year, 12 months ago
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Stacy Fahrenthold's profile was updated on Humanities Commons 2 years, 1 month ago
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Stacy Fahrenthold deposited “Claimed by Turkey as Subjects”: Ottoman Migrants, Foreign Passports, and Syrian Nationality in the Americas, 1915–1925 in the group
Ottoman and Turkish Studies on Humanities Commons 2 years, 3 months ago
Unofficial Description: In Arab American studies, it’s long been understood that Syrian immigrants became “legally white” in 1915’s George Dow v United States. This access to whiteness was critical in getting access to US citizenship. However, US laws governing Syrian racial status also bore implications beyond the US context. Starting with Dow…[Read more]
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Stacy Fahrenthold deposited “Claimed by Turkey as Subjects”: Ottoman Migrants, Foreign Passports, and Syrian Nationality in the Americas, 1915–1925 in the group
History on Humanities Commons 2 years, 3 months ago
Unofficial Description: In Arab American studies, it’s long been understood that Syrian immigrants became “legally white” in 1915’s George Dow v United States. This access to whiteness was critical in getting access to US citizenship. However, US laws governing Syrian racial status also bore implications beyond the US context. Starting with Dow…[Read more]
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Stacy Fahrenthold deposited “Claimed by Turkey as Subjects”: Ottoman Migrants, Foreign Passports, and Syrian Nationality in the Americas, 1915–1925 in the group
Global & Transnational Studies on Humanities Commons 2 years, 3 months ago
Unofficial Description: In Arab American studies, it’s long been understood that Syrian immigrants became “legally white” in 1915’s George Dow v United States. This access to whiteness was critical in getting access to US citizenship. However, US laws governing Syrian racial status also bore implications beyond the US context. Starting with Dow…[Read more]
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Stacy Fahrenthold deposited “Claimed by Turkey as Subjects”: Ottoman Migrants, Foreign Passports, and Syrian Nationality in the Americas, 1915–1925 on Humanities Commons 2 years, 3 months ago
Description: In Arab American studies, it’s long been understood that Syrian immigrants became “legally white” in 1915’s George Dow v United States. This access to whiteness was critical in getting access to US citizenship. However, US laws governing Syrian racial status also bore implications beyond the US context. Starting with Dow (1915), this…[Read more]
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