T. Alexander Aleinikoff

Oct 18, 2024 | publicseminar.org | Achilles Kallergis |Carl Landauer |Henry M.J. Tonks |T. Alexander Aleinikoff

Homesteader repairing a fence (ca. 1940) | Lee Russell /  Farm Security Administration, Office of War Information Collection, Library of CongressHere’s a tip from the US political playbook: if your campaign is struggling, if you don’t have actual policies but “concepts of a plan,” if you secretly or openly wish for the “good ol’ days” when black people did “black jobs,” if you “forgot” to declare the lavish perks from the Turks … just blame it on the immigrant.

May 2, 2024 | publicseminar.org | Mitchell Abidor |Marija Kavtaradze |Emma Minor |T. Alexander Aleinikoff

Film still from Slow (2024) | Dir. Marija KavtaradzėEditorial note: This interview contains spoilers. Slow, Lithuanian director Marija Kavtaradzė’s latest film, recounts a romance between Elena, a modern dancer, and Dovydas, a Lithuanian Sign Language interpreter. When they meet during a dance class for deaf adolescents, they seem to be headed for young love. But events take an unexpected turn when Dovydas informs Elena that he is asexual, not attracted to anyone of either sex.

Apr 4, 2024 | publicseminar.org | Nicole Hemmer |Natalia Mehlman Petrzela |Neil Young |T. Alexander Aleinikoff

In this episode, Natalia, Niki, and Neil discuss—and celebrate!—Neil’s new book, Coming Out Republican: A History of the Gay Right. Coming Out Republican is now available for order. You can buy Neil’s book here.

Apr 3, 2024 | publicseminar.org | T. Alexander Aleinikoff |Alexandra Alonso |Paloma Griffin |Evangeline Riddiford Graham

Legends Begin | Allan Houser, photographed by Don Erhardt / CC BY-SA 3.0 DEEDNew Narratives on the Peopling of America: Immigration, Race, and Dispossession (Hopkins Press, 2024), a collection of 23 essays and artistic works, goes beyond conventional accounts of immigration to grapple with a fundamental question: Who are the people of the United States, and how did they get here? In answer, editors T.