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Center for Advanced Study 2014-2015<br>
Interdisciplinary Initiative Retrospective<br>
Focusing on the <i>Initiative on Immigration -- History and Policy</i><br>
<br>
<b>Jim Barrett</b> (Department of History, University of Illinois)
will give a presentation in the CAS Interdisciplinary Initiative
Retrospective entitled:<br>
<br>
<b>HOW IMMIGRANTS BECAME 'AMERICANS': THE CASE of the POLES,</b><br>
<br>
on <b>Monday, October 20. </b> The presentation starts at <b>noon</b>
in the<br>
first floor seminar room, Center for Advanced Study, 912 W. Illinois
St., Urbana.<br>
<br>
The question is one of the oldest in our complex relationship
with<br>
immigration: How did immigrants, steeped in their old world<br>
cultures, gradually and unevenly transform their own identities
and<br>
begin to think of themselves as "Americans"?. This paper
considers<br>
the case of the particularly strong and durable Polish American<br>
culture from two vantage points that have perhaps not received<br>
enough consideration: religion, specifically the role of the<br>
Catholic Church, and youth culture----music, dance, and street<br>
gangs. Each played a distinctive role in the emergence of a
distinct<br>
"Polish American" identity by the interwar years.<br>
<br>
<br>
<b>Emily Pope-Obeda</b> (History) will give a related talk, <b>INSTITUTIONS
of </b><b><br>
</b><b>IMMIGRANT REMOVAL: THE RISE of the AMERICAN DEPORTATION
REGIME</b>, <br>
Wednesday, November 12 at noon, also at the Center for Advanced
Study.<br>
<br>
These presentations are free and open to the public. For more <br>
information, contact the Center for Advanced Study at 333-6729 or <br>
cas.illinois.edu<br>
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*Center for Advanced Study Interdisciplinary Initiatives* offer
campus <br>
the opportunity to engage in a yearlong and in-depth conversation
about <br>
a topic relevant to our entire scholarly community. For the <br>
15th-anniversary year of this prestigious program, we have invited
back <br>
a few of our former CAS Resident Associates to reflect on the <br>
initiatives they helped organize and how their work has evolved
since.<br>
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The /*CAS Initiative on Immigration -- History and Policy*/ brought
<br>
together scholars in the social sciences, law, computer science, <br>
engineering and humanities to explore new approaches to immigration
and <br>
its controversies. CAS Resident Associates Jim Barrett (History) <br>
and Gale Summerfield (Women and Gender in Global Perspectives
Program) <br>
led this initiative.<br>
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Center for Advanced Study<br>
Phone: 217-333-6729<br>
<a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated" href="http://www.cas.illinois.edu">www.cas.illinois.edu</a>
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