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AHA Street Style

January 7, 2015 Megan Kate Nelson 4 Comments

This past weekend, historians of all stripes converged on New York City for the American Historical Association annual meeting. As predicted,…

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Posted in: Megan Kate Nelson Filed under: academic fashion, academic street style, American Historical Association, historians

Top Ten Looks for your AHA Interview

December 29, 2014 Megan Kate Nelson 11 Comments

Every year between Christmas and New Year’s, many young historians (and some older ones) undergo a ritual of sorts. It…

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Posted in: Megan Kate Nelson Filed under: academic fashion, academic job market, American Historical Association, historians, job interviews

Civil War Military Historians Are Freaking Out

December 10, 2014 Megan Kate Nelson 38 Comments

Let’s imagine that you wake up one morning after many years of writing and speaking and teaching in your academic…

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Posted in: Megan Kate Nelson Filed under: Civil War cultural history, Civil War History Journal, Civil War military history, Civil War social history, Journal of the Civil War Era, manifestos, throwing shade

Extreme History: Apache Pass, Arizona

November 24, 2014 Megan Kate Nelson 5 Comments

As I turned off the highway and onto the county road, I made the call. My husband answered. “I’m going…

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Posted in: Megan Kate Nelson Filed under: American Civil War, American history, Apache Pass, Arizona, Extreme History, Fort Bowie, National Park Service

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

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