"What's New About the New Immigrants?"

• Event Date: Tuesday, October 7, 2008
• Time: 4:00 pm (CDT)
• Location: Knight Auditorium, Spurlock Museum, 600 S. Gregory St., Urbana, IL
• Cost: Free Admission

• Talk

Center for Advanced Study
Initiative on Initiative on Immigration - History and Policy
"What's New About the New Immigrants?"

Nancy Foner
Distinguished Professor of Sociology, City University of New York

A hundred years ago, a massive wave of immigration dramatically changed the United States. Today, a similar influx is again transforming the nation. In what ways is history being repeated? And what -- and how much-- is different from the past? The talk will explore both parallels and contrasts between immigration then and now as well as ways that the legacy of the past has helped to shape the immigrant experience -- and reaction to immigration -- today.

Museum visitors are reminded that outside food and drinks are not allowed in the Museum. Backpacks and other large items brought to the Museum will have to be stored; there is limited locker storage space available for these items.