It is an honor to learn with students and be colleagues with such a fantastic scholar and mentor. Karen Tani Penn History
The journey to build, the journey of solidarity continues.

The profound cooption of words such as 'harm,' 'hard,' and 'equity' continues.

🧵1/7. May 6, 1882: The Chinese Exclusion Act banned immigration by Chinese laborers for 10 years. The Geary Act (May 5, 1892) extended the ban for 10 years. It became permanent in 1902 and was not repealed until World War II.

#ThisDayinHistory 1882, President Arthur signed the Chinese Exclusion Act into law. From the archives at The American Historian, check out an issue dedicated to histories of immigration in the United States. Available below! oah.org/tah/immigratio…

In solidarity always.
ALWAYS.

My book talk at the Library of Congress is now available

#Harvard Yard is closed today because of... no stated reason.

In solidarity always.
ALWAYS.

Starting tomorrow! Public session Saturday afternoon!! Not too late to register!!! NYU Law Yale Law School

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Dhillon explains this history is just as relevant to the past as it is to the present: 'Our current practice of compensation and demands for reparations are still operationalized and sorted through similar legal structures.” Hardeep Dhillon The Indian Express Adrija Roychowdhury

Yes! 🙌🏾

Yes! I had no idea this was coming out and am thrilled. 🔥 🤩🤓

What we’ve witnessed is the erasure of life and accomplishment in the name of security despite the reality those accomplishments are made within structures of inequity.
Erasure leaves a remnant so does the misuse of power.

📣Hardeep Dhillon's (Hardeep Dhillon) important new research in The Historical Journal ('Imperial Violence, Law, and Compensation in the Age of Empire, 1919-1922') has been featured in The Indian Express!

Explore Adrija Roychowdhury's interview with Dhillon here:

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This Hardeep Dhillon is me!