Dear All,

Yep, agreed, the effect will be felt in many ways and my view is that history is repeating itself:

"What happened here was the gradual habituation of the people, little by little, to being governed by surprise; to receiving decisions deliberated in secret; to believing that the situation was so complicated that the government had to act on information which the people could not understand, or so dangerous that, even if the people could not understand it, it could not be released because of national security ...

I was a scholar, a specialist. Then, suddenly, I was plunged into all the new activity, as the university was drawn into the new situation; meetings, conferences, interviews, ceremonies, and, above all, papers to be filled out, reports, bibliographies, lists, questionnaires. And on top of that were the demands in the community, the things in which one had to, was ‘expected to’ participate that had not been there or had not been important before. It was all rigmarole, of course, but it consumed all one’s energies, coming on top of the work one really wanted to do ...

We were decent people—and kept so busy with continuous changes and ‘crises’ and so fascinated, yes, fascinated, by the machinations of the ‘national enemies,’ without and within, that we had no time to think about these dreadful things that were growing, little by little, all around us. Unconsciously, I suppose, we were grateful. Who wants to think?"

-- Milton Mayer, 'They Thought They Were Free: The Germans, 1933-45', University of Chicago Press, 1966.

I fear we are seeing the beginnings of a modern form of the Nuremberg Laws.

Jason

On 30 January 2017 at 12:27, Rachel Hendery <R.Hendery@westernsydney.edu.au> wrote:

Dear all,

 

I would like to add that even though the next conference is not in the US, many of us will have to travel via the USA to get there. (Presumably there are (complicated, expensive) alternatives, but my university policies require that we take the most cost efficient, most direct routes, and I’m sure that’s true for most of us). 

 

Even though I am not from a directly affected demographic, I am seriously reconsidering my plans to attend, because I do not want to interact with a Trump-government border control, nor to give them the details that would be necessary to enter. For my Muslim colleagues or colleagues of any religion from the specifically targeted countries, they may not even have the option of travelling through the USA even if they were prepared to take the risk.

 

While I agree that ADHO should be concerned about the policies whether or not there is a practical effect on the conference, I just wanted to point out that there is a practical effect as well.

 

Rachel Hendery

 

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From: Élika Ortega
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Subject: Re: [globaloutlookDH-l] US Executive Orders

 

Hi Ernesto and all,

We have started work on a statement already. It got delayed in between the winter break and the the state of shock we've been in the last week. But it's certainly something we'll be addressing in the next exec meeting as Roopika already mentioned. 

Many thanks and solidarity to all,

Élika

On Sun, Jan 29, 2017 at 2:35 PM gimena del rio riande <gdelrio.riande@gmail.com> wrote:

Hi all

I think this is really important and should be part of our next meeting agenda,not only in relation to the next DH conference but also to the risks students and researchers (and human beings!) might suffer due to these policies (even though they are finally not put in practice). 

​Some small but representative text translated to as many languages as we can could be a good start.

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​Best

Gimena​

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On Sun, Jan 29, 2017 at 1:55 PM, Roopika Risam <rrisam@gmail.com> wrote:

Thanks for this, Ernesto. A lot of us in the US (and, I don't doubt, around the world) have been despondent about the events of the last 48 hours.

I can put this on the agenda of the next executive meeting, which will take place in the next week or two. While I do think we're the right SIG to take a stand, I'm also cognizant of the fact that we have general membership and executive committee members working around the world in a lot precarious immigration statuses, so their safety must be our main priority. So, I'd like to feel out the exec on this.

In the meantime, it would be great to hear from anyone else who would support a statement, be willing to help draft one if the exec wants to move forward, or has any other thoughts, ideas, or concerns on this. If you don't feel comfortable posting to a list, please feel free to contact me directly at rrisam@gmail.com and I'll make sure they are passed along to the exec.

Sincerely,

Roopika

On Sun, Jan 29, 2017 at 11:35 AM, Ernesto Priego <efpriego@gmail.com> wrote:

Dear all,

With sincere apologies if this has already been discussed within this list and I have missed it.

Many of us around the world are deeply concerned about the Executive Orders concerning immigration into the US and 'Enhancing Public Safety in the Interior of the United States' recently signed by the new US administration.

The documents can be found at

https://www.whitehouse.gov/the-press-office/2017/01/25/presidential-executive-order-enhancing-public-safety-interior-united

https://www.whitehouse.gov/the-press-office/2017/01/25/executive-order-border-security-and-immigration-enforcement-improvements

Already educational institutions (such as the University of Michigan) and international academics around the world have expressed publicly their rejection of these orders. Many colleagues are considering boycotting academic conferences in the US if the so-called 'Muslim ban' is still in place.

Members of professional associations are contacting their scholarly bodies to request a recognition of their members' opposition to these orders.

I am aware that the next DH conferences won't take place in the US. Regardless of that fact, I would urge colleagues much more directly embedded in the operational matters of the ADHO/ACH and this particular SIG to take a public stand.

The NYT https://www.nytimes.com/2017/01/28/opinion/donald-trumps-muslim-ban-is-cowardly-and-dangerous.html and Observer editorials https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2017/jan/29/observer-view-britain-america-theresa-may-donald-trump are clear about the unacceptable nature of the actions recently taken by the US administration. They have consequences beyond the United States.

I'd like to take this opportunity to express my solidarity with colleagues within and outside the US.

Best regards,

Ernesto

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