By Jeremy Dibbell

We hope you’ll join us on Wednesday, 27 January at 6 p.m. for a talk by Christian J. Samito, author of Becoming American Under Fire: Irish Americans, African Americans, and the Politics of Citizenship during the Civil War. More info here. Reservations are required for this event: please email education@masshist.org or call 617-646-0557. Refreshments will be served prior to the event, beginning at 5:30 p.m.

And on Thursday, 28 January, as part of the Boston Immigration and Urban History seminar series, Rosalyn Negron Goldbarg of UMASS Boston will discuss her paper “Situational Ethnicity for the 21st Century.” Deborah Pacini Hernandez of Tufts University will give the comment. Please read the Seminars @ MHS blog post for more information on attending seminars, including how to make reservations and receive the papers in advance.