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Street Style at The Southern

November 17, 2014 Megan Kate Nelson 6 Comments

It is a truth universally acknowledged that historians are not particularly fashion-forward. The sartorial stereotypes persist: the tweed jacket with…

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Posted in: Megan Kate Nelson Filed under: academia, bags, conferences, fashion, hats, History, leopard print, professorial hairstyles, scarves, suits

There and Back Again: On the Awesomeness of Road Trips (and some stats)

November 5, 2014 Megan Kate Nelson 3 Comments

Along with chocolate frosted donuts at the local pool (a treat after swim lessons), road trips were the defining events…

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Posted in: Megan Kate Nelson Filed under: Arizona, Colorado, maps, navigation, New Mexico, road trips, summer vacation, Texas

The Kindness of Strangers — and Friends and Family

October 30, 2014 Megan Kate Nelson 6 Comments

There is much to love about road trips. Seeing towns, cities, and landscapes for the first time; that sense of…

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Posted in: Megan Kate Nelson Filed under: family, friends, generosity, kindness, road trips, strangers

What’s in a List? Part 2: Here’s mine.

October 13, 2014 Megan Kate Nelson 3 Comments

Last week on Historista I urged my academic colleagues to call attention to the best historians writing today (or the most…

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What’s in a List?

October 8, 2014 Megan Kate Nelson 25 Comments

I haven’t written about the academic profession much on Historista, mostly because such topics always seem a little “inside baseball.”…

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Posted in: Megan Kate Nelson Filed under: American history, books, James McPherson, lists, New York Times, writers

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