Evan Taparata

Evan Taparata

Evan Taparata is a postdoctoral fellow in global American studies at Harvard University’s Charles Warren Center for Studies in American History. He is presently at work on a book manuscript about how settler colonialism, slavery, and anti-immigrant xenophobia gave rise to the United States refugee regime.


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Refuge: Denied. Asylum: Pending

The United States originates in settler colonialism, slavery, empire, and a long history of giving refuge to some while refusing refuge to others.