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SUMMARY:Johnstown, PA, and the Invention of America’s \"Immigration Problem\"
DESCRIPTION:\nKatherine Benton-Cohen\, professor of history at Georgetow
n University and author of \;Inventing the Immigration Problem: The
Dillingham Commission and Its Legacy\, \;will discuss Pennsylvania&r
squo\;s place in American immigration history\, revealing Johnstown&rsqu
o\;s pivotal role in the largest and most important study of the nation&
rsquo\;s immigrants&mdash\;one that shaped more than four decades of U.S
. policy.\n\nThis event is part of the College of the Liberal Arts&rsquo
\; new theme\, Moments of Change: \;Immigration\, Identity\, and Cit
izenship. \;Through spring 2025\, the college will examine mass migr
ation and highlight the ongoing work of students\, faculty\, staff\, and
alumni in that regard. \;The new theme marks the 100th anniversary
of the 1924 Johnson-Reed Act\, a restrictive immigration law. The goal o
f the theme is to explore the parallels and differences between "\;t
hen"\; (100 years ago) and "\;now"\;&mdash\;both in the Unit
ed States and around the world&mdash\;exploring how the immigration expe
rience and our responses to immigration have changed over the last centu
ry. \;\n\nFor more details: https://events.la.psu.edu/event/iic_john
stown_012424/
X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:Katherine Benton-
Cohen, professor of history at Georgetown University and author of Inventing the Immigration Problem: The Dillingham Commission and
Its Legacy, will discuss Pennsylvania’s place in American
immigration history, revealing Johnstown’s pivotal role in the la
rgest and most important study of the nation’s immigrants—on
e that shaped more than four decades of U.S. policy.
This event is
part of the College of the Liberal Arts’ new theme, Moments of Change: Immigration, Identity, and
Citizenship. Through spring 2025, the college will examine mas
s migration and highlight the ongoing work of students, faculty, staff,
and alumni in that regard. The new theme marks the 100th anniversar
y of the 1924 Johnson-Reed Act, a restrictive immigration law. The goal
of the theme is to explore the parallels and differences between "t
hen" (100 years ago) and "now"—both in the United S
tates and around the world—exploring how the immigration experienc
e and our responses to immigration have changed over the last century.&n
bsp;
For more details: https://events.la.psu.edu/event/iic_johnstown_01242
4/
LOCATION:Foster Auditorium, 102 Paterno Library
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