Date: August 5, 2020
Professor Robert L. Tsai and author Dr. Julia Rose Kraut discuss her new book, Threat of Dissent—a social, political, and legal history of ideological exclusion and deportation in the United States, from the Alien Friends Act of 1798 to the evolving policies of the Trump administration.
Fellowships at the New-York Historical Society provide scholars at various times during their careers with access to the collections of the Library and Museum. Fellows participate in our Fellows Talks series.
Fellowships at the New-York Historical Society are made possible by Bernard and Irene Schwartz, Helen and Robert Appel, the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation, the Robert David Lion Gardiner Foundation, and the National Endowment for the Humanities.



