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The Resistance Files: Why Historians Often Talk Past Their Audiences – And How We Can Do Better

September 5, 2017 Megan Kate Nelson 5 Comments

By Matthew Christopher Hulbert   For weeks now, marble and bronze likenesses of Robert E. Lee and his Confederate ilk…

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Posted in: Megan Kate Nelson Filed under: Charlottesville, Confederate memorials, historians, historical arguments, Lost Cause, White Supremacist memorials

I’m a Social Media Sexist (and Probably, You Are Too)

July 16, 2015 Megan Kate Nelson 8 Comments

You have logged onto Facebook and Twitter and you are reading through your feed. PeopleĀ have linked to posts of all…

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Posted in: Megan Kate Nelson Filed under: Academic Communities, Facebook, Gender Bias, historians, Retweeting, Sexism, Sharing, Social Media, Twitter

AHA Street Style

January 7, 2015 Megan Kate Nelson 4 Comments

This past weekend, historians of all stripes converged on New York City for theĀ 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
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