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Keyword: Immigrant Stories Archives - NYU Jordan Center

21st Century Schizoid Man: Old Stories Meet the Modern World

Frane Karabatic Thursday, April 27th, 2017



He looked at me, with a smile on his face, and said in perfect Croatian: Vaša viza je odobrena [You have been approved].

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‘I will be back in the autumn’ – a Romanian in the UK (An Immigrant Story)

Alexandra Bulat Wednesday, April 26th, 2017



I was back in the autumn. But it was fourteen years later.

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Alternate Histories: An Immigrant Story

Felix R. Stetsenko Monday, April 24th, 2017



I’m writing this essay rather than hoisting a Kalashnikov for a simple reason: my parents’ determination to leave the Soviet Union.

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The Imponderabilia of Immigrant Life: An Immigrant Story

Veronica Davidov Thursday, April 20th, 2017



I think of immigration in my subsequent, adult life, not as a determinant but something akin to the zodiac sign if one believes in astrology.

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Marks and Angles: An Immigrant Story

Felix R. Stetsenko Monday, April 17th, 2017



You can tell from our left arms.

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Sailing from Byzantium: An Immigrant Story

Ekaterina Chelpanova Wednesday, April 12th, 2017



My field, Byzantine studies, became almost extinct, my advisor, the last professor in the field in my city, fell ill and lost interest in continuing her work in the field.

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Solidarity and Shelter: An Immigrant Story

Agnes Sekowski Thursday, April 6th, 2017



She hid her university diploma, which she would need to start a new life, in a sealed stationary package.

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Roaming Academics: An Immigrant Story

Elizabeth (Betty) Banks Wednesday, April 5th, 2017



People ask me all the time where I will, or want to live when I finish my PhD, as if I am supposed to be able to answer that question.

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Passover 1934: An American Jewish Immigrant Story

Joan Neuberger Thursday, March 30th, 2017



As historians, most of the time we tell stories about strangers.

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Running from the Reds: An Immigrant Story

George Kalbouss Monday, March 27th, 2017



This was my heritage: cultured, formerly wealthy Russians trying to make it in New York.

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December 1989: An Immigrant Story

Masha Kisel Monday, March 20th, 2017



One could find bards at every immigrant gathering singing The Tales of What Could Go Wrong At the Interview.

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The Journey to Amerika: An Immigrant Story

Mikhail Lipyanskiy Wednesday, March 15th, 2017



No, we did not come from a war-torn country.

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Lost Diamonds, an Immigrant Story

Emma Lieber Monday, March 13th, 2017



In this story, who, really, is the precious object that was almost lost?

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The Ballad of Sonya and Louie: An Immigrant Story

Eliot Borenstein Wednesday, March 8th, 2017



I had thought my family was Russian, but then when I went to college, I found out we were just Jews.

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Try a Little Tenderness: An Immigrant Story

Ani Kokobobo Monday, March 6th, 2017



All I have left from the first 14 years of my life is an envelope of old photographs.

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An Immigrant’s Daughter

Brigid O'Keeffe Thursday, March 2nd, 2017



I have studied this passport’s contents countless times.

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Of Course, We Didn’t Know: An Immigrant Story

Boris Wolfson Tuesday, February 28th, 2017



So why not spend some time looking in their eyes?

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Immigrant Stories: A New Rubric at All the Russias

Ani Kokobobo Monday, February 27th, 2017



It seems like a good time to take pride in the diverse immigrant roots of our field by gathering immigrant stories.

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