Dartmouth professor Richard Wright will look at the current issues surrounding US immigration in the context of American history in a talk at Brooks Memorial Library. His talk, "US Immigration Policy in Historical Perspective," is part of the Vermont Humanities Council's First Wednesdays lecture series and is free and open to the public.
One would think that current anxieties about immigration in the US have never been more intense, but history teaches us otherwise. Professor Wright will examine the present-day contradictions of US immigration policy and place them in historical perspective.
Richard Wright holds the Orvil E. Dryfoos Chair in Public Affairs and has been a Professor of Geography at Dartmouth College since 1985. He has authored dozens of peer-reviewed research papers, a significant proportion of which are jointly produced with his Dartmouth students. His research and teaching focuses on racial segregation in housing and labor markets, migration, and immigration.
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For more information, contact Brooks Memorial Library at 802.254.5290 or visit www.brookslibraryvt.org.
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