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Tag: History

History in Public

November 3, 2017 Megan Kate Nelson 2 Comments

As a historian of American culture and of the Civil War in particular, it has been hard to know how…

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Posted in: Megan Kate Nelson Filed under: data collection, Digital History, digital mapping, History, history writing, museum exhibits, oral history, podcasting, public history, visual art

The Resistance Files: How to Fight Censorship in the Age of Trump

April 6, 2017 Megan Kate Nelson Leave a comment

Daniel Gorman Jr.   If there is an upside to the first two months of the Trump administration, it is…

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Posted in: Featured Filed under: Archives, archiving material, censorship, History, humanities programs, saving data, storing data

What If We Loved History Like We Love Football?

January 13, 2015 Megan Kate Nelson 10 Comments

This past weekend’s football frenzy—the NFL playoffs (huzzah for the Patriots!) and the college football championship game (congratulations to THE…

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Posted in: Megan Kate Nelson Filed under: academia, College Football Playoffs, History, National Football League

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

(Un)Catalogued: Adventures in Historical Research

September 18, 2014 Megan Kate Nelson Leave a comment

Beginning this week, I will be writing a regular column for JSTOR Daily, a new online magazine that “features topical…

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Posted in: Megan Kate Nelson Filed under: Archives, Digital History, History, Libraries, Research, Special Collections
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