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Welcome to the NYU Migration Network
September Digest
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Here are some updates and upcoming migration and mobility events for this month.
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SAVE THE DATE REMINDER:DETENTION AND DEPORTATIONCONFERENCE AND EVENT SERIES
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Wednesday October 159:30 AM - 5:00 PM
Detention and Deportation Conference
Join us for a full-day conference on detention and deportation.
We will explore these practices from multiple angles—past, present, and future—bringing together scholars, journalists, policy experts, and activists to examine how detention and deportation shape U.S. politics and immigration policy today.
The day will feature four panels:
1. The Politics and Policy Under Trump 2
2. On Detention, Deportation and Asylum's Afterlives
3. Technologies
4. Activism in NYC
Please see the attached PDF for the full full list of speakers.
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We encourage you to save the date and RSVP early using the link below!
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In each digest, we will list upcoming events for the month related to the topic of migration that may be of interest to you. Events upcoming this month are below.
If you have an event happening next month, please let us know using the information at the end of this newsletter.
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Escenas: Exhibition Opening
The Latinx Project is hosting their opening and reception of their fall 2025 exhibition entitled Escenas at 20 Cooper Square's Third Floor Gallery.
The third-floor gallery will host Escenas curated by Orlando Ochoa Jr. and Xavier Robles Armas. The exhibition will showcase the work of contemporary lens-based artists who explore themes of family, migration, intimacy, memory, and belonging. From creative uses of family photographs to stylized re-enactments, Escenas will invite viewers to consider how artists repurpose place, time, and ephemera to carefully regard life through photography.
Escenas spotlights the vibrant work of Andina Marie Osorio, Arlene Mejorado, Ashley Peña, Damon Casarez, Diana Guerra, José Ibarra Rizo, and Steven Molina Contreras.
Open Reception Date: September 5, 2025
Time: 6:00 PM - 8:00 PM EST
On View: September 5 - December 4, 2025
Where: 3rd Floor, Cooper Square Gallery, 20 Cooper Square, New York University
Who: The Latinx Project
The exhibition opening is free and open to the public with RSVP.
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Launch of"Rituals of Migration: Italians Irish on the Move"
NYU Press’s Glucksman Irish Diaspora Series presents Rituals of Migration: Italian and Irish on the Move (2025), in partnership with Casa Italiana at NYU.
Rituals of Migration offers snapshots of Italian and Irish migrants embarking on journeys that changed their lives. The essays in this book examine particular moments, actions, sentiments, and material objects in the process of migration—at the point of departure, in transit, and in the process of return. By examining what people did, thought, felt, and packed on the eve of their departures, during their journeys, and when returning to their homelands, Rituals of Migration reveals how everyone involved in the immigration process, including the migrants themselves, the families they left behind, and those in charge of regulating their mobility, has tried to make sense of a process filled with peril, uncertainty, excitement, and opportunity.
Date: September 18, 2025
Time: 7:00 PM - 9:00 PM
Where: Glucksman Ireland House, 1 Washington Mews, New York, NY 10003
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International Students in Limbo
International students studying in the United States have found themselves in the cross-hairs of many current federal policies and strategies. A majority of international students hail from Asian nations, the rate of those arriving from Sub-Saharan Africa is growing at the fastest rate, and Latinx students make up more than half of those who are undocumented and now increasingly being treated as international, despite having lived in the United States for many years. From travel bans to visa revocations, punitive measures against campus protests and cuts in federal funding of research, recent actions have made the position of all these students quite precarious.
Of institutions with large shares of international students, NYU ranks amongst the highest. With approximately 44% of its student body made up of international students, this is an issue of particular urgency on our campus. This panel brings together scholars and experts to understand the historical and contemporary contexts of international educational exchange, along with the implications and effects of current circumstances for the well-being of international and undocumented students.
NYU campus access guidelines: This is an in-person event, open to current NYU students, staff, and faculty. Registration is required.
Accessibility note: This venue has an elevator and is accessible for wheelchair users. There are single-stall, all gender restrooms, and a lactation room available. If you have any access needs, please email apa.rsvp@nyu.edu.
Date: September 25, 2025
Time: 12:00 PM - 2:00 PM
Where: 3rd Floor event space of 20 Cooper Square
Who: Presented by the Asian/Pacific/American Institute at NYU. Co-sponsored by the NYU Migration Network, NYU Center for Black Visual Culture, and NYU Kevorkian Center for Near Eastern Studies.
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The Truth About Immigration: Getting Beyond "Us vs. Them"
In his recent book The Truth About Immigration: Why Successful Societies Welcome Newcomers, Zeke Hernandez, Max and Bernice Garchik Family Presidential Professor at the Wharton School, offers a detailed, non-partisan look into the impact immigrants have on our local communities and the country at large. Hernandez uses an evidence-backed approach to dispel common myths and share ways that newcomers strengthen, rather than threaten, the United States and its citizenry.
Join Professor Hernandez for a discussion with Kenji Yoshino, Chief Justice Earl Warren Professor of Constitutional Law and Director of the Meltzer Center for Diversity, Inclusion, and Belonging, as they delve into the truth about immigration and how we can improve a broken, but vital, system.
Date: September 25, 2025
Time: 12:00 PM - 1:00 PM
Where: Virtual Event
Who: NYU Law
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Sanctuary, Immigration and Refuge: Quakers Respond to the Crisis
Hosted by Sophie Gonick (NYU), this event will gather leading activists and thinkers to confront rising xenophobia, draconian deportations, and the clash between federal crackdowns and local sanctuary efforts. NYC—home to over 200,000 new immigrants since 2021—faces urgent questions of accommodation amid ICE raids and arrests.
Speakers include Linda Rabben (University of Maryland), Nuala O’Doherty-Naranjo (Jackson Heights Immigrant Center), immigrant rights leader Ravi Ragbir, and City Councilmember Alexa Avilés. Together, they will explore how sanctuary and grassroots action can provide humane, creative responses to today’s crisis.
Date: September 28, 2025
Time: 1:00 PM - 4:00 PM
Where: Friends Meeting House, 15 Rutherford Place, NYC
Who: Sophie Gonick
Free admission, RSVP required.
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Film Screeening: Black Women in Motion: Mother Suriname
The NYU Department of Social and Cultural Analysis presents a monthly film series exploring how Black women navigate displacement globally. This month's screening features Mother Suriname (2023, Suriname, Dir. Tessa Leuwsha). Sign up for a series critical dialogue on place, belonging, and identity from across the African diaspora.
Date: September 25, 2025
Time: 6:00 PM
Screening Series: September 25 - April 23
Where: King Juan Carlos I of Spain Center (KJCC) Screening Room
Who: NYU Department of Social and Cultural Analysis
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Please share any events, highlights, or other information for the Migration Network by emailing migration-network@nyu.edu.
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Thanks to all of you for your continued engagement with the network. If you have any questions or concerns, please feel free to email migration-network@nyu.edu.
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