Julie Weise

Associate Professor, Department of History

Digital Humanities, History, IRES, Latinx

Email: jweise@uoregon.edu

Phone: 541-346-4833

Office Hours: Fall 2025: by appointment

Research Interests: Immigration, Migration, Mexico, United States, World History

Website: http://julieweise.com

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Biography

I am an interdisciplinary historian of migrations in the Americas and the world. I have authored an award-winning book, academic articles, and essays for the popular press in my areas of expertise. For an updated snapshot of my research and public engagement, visit my personal website.

Media Coverage

Op-Eds

Updated list of public writing

Interviews

Updated list of media interviews

Presentations

Spanish-language mini-lectures on the history of Mexicanos in New Orleans (#1, #2, #3, #4, #5), Mexican consulate in New Orleans, October 2020
In Conversation with Javier Díaz de León, Consul of Mexico in Atlanta, sponsored by Atlanta History Center, September 29, 2020
"ABAC Hosts Immigration Panel," The Tifton Gazette, Tifton, Georgia, October 8, 2017
"Corazón de Dixie: La Historia de los Mexicanos en el Sur," Qué Pasa-Mi Gente, Charlotte, January 21, 2016
“Mexican Archives and the Search for Old Immigrants in ‘New’ Destinations,” Cornell Institute for the Social Sciences, March 2, 2012

Honors and Awards

Best article in the Social Sciences, Latin American Studies Association - Mexico Section (2025)
Honorable Mention, Kimberly Hanger Article Prize, Latin American and Caribbean Section, Southern Historical Society (2025)
Winner, Merle Curti Award for best book in U.S. social history, Organization of American Historians (2016)
Co-winner, CRL James book award, Working Class Studies Association (2016)
Honorable Mention, Theodore Saloutos Book Award for best book in immigration history, Immigration and Ethnic History Society (2016)
Honorable Mention, Deep South Book Prize, Summersell Center for the Study of the South (2016)
George Washington Egleston Prize for best dissertation in American history, Yale University (2009)

Fellowships and grants (selected)

National Endowment for the Humanities fellowship, 2025 (terminated by Department of Government Efficiency)
Fulbright-IMéRA-Aix-Marseille Université Chair in Migration Studies, Marseille, France, 2022-23
Research Scholarship, Gerda Henkel Foundation, 2022
Whiting Public Engagement Fellowship, 2020-21
Multi-Country Research Grant, Council of American Overseas Research Centers, 2018-19
Weatherhead Fellowship, School for Advanced Research, Santa Fe, NM, 2011-12
National Endowment for the Humanities Faculty Award, 2011-12

Teaching

History 106: Modern World History
History 248: Latinos in the Americas - a bilingual class!
History 314: Hidden Histories Workshop
History 317: Global Migration
History 407: Research Seminar in Transnational History
History 608: Graduate Seminar in Mobility and Migration

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