Dr. Nick Nelson

Jedi Historian, Historian of Texas, the Old South & local history. Interest in legal & econ history. Longtime gamer & MMOer.

[Dr. Nick Nelson @Malthol]

I have not considered myself on a side within this organization (nor have i thought there was a need for sides prior to this bullying via lawsuit). I have too much else on my plate. But the disregard for the people who have made the organization work has really pushed me away.

[Dr. Nick Nelson @Malthol]

Thread is worth a read & considering. Bryan's behind the scenes pressure on the prior president resulted in the resolutions committee failing to meet & therefore no resolution to honor members who passed in the previous year, including Mike Campbell.

[Benjamin H Johnson @BenjaminHJohns1]

Tomorrow morning in a Galveston courtroom a hearing will take place with major consequences for the dispute over the @TxStHistAssoc. Filings for this hearing reveal more about how one donor can hijack a century-old organization. /1 https://t.co/B5jlPMnEI7

[Dr. Nick Nelson @Malthol]

@KeriLeighMerrit I am presently in Ireland for a short conference & preparing to head home, where we have to decide what to do about our child starting kindergarten next year. And feeling like there are no good options.

[Dr. Nick Nelson @Malthol]

Earlier today, I wrapped up my first time at a lovely annual conference with @theIAAS
I didn't get the chance to chat with everyone I would have liked to, or to thank everyone I would have liked to. I came away with much to think on, and may have more thoughts in coming days.

[Dr. Nick Nelson @Malthol]

Tomorrow morming, I am presenting at a new-to-me conference on three planter class sisters who never married & how they remained integral to the network of family property, through two inter-state migrations, the Civil War, & emancipation.

[Dr. Nick Nelson @Malthol]

@TrevonDLogan @sejr_historian Fantastic. I love the quantification. I look forward to more on this.

[Dr. Nick Nelson @Malthol]

@gvaughnjoy Feels weird to me. I have not dated in a while, but I would feel cautious but not necessarily put off.

[Dr. Nick Nelson @Malthol]

@gvaughnjoy I am heading the opposite direction on Tuesday, & my renewal had not been processed at all. Took my Congressman's office calling on my behalf to get a Monday appointment at my nearest passport office. With trip so near, try the offices that may be able to intervene for you.

[Dr. Nick Nelson @Malthol]

@gvaughnjoy Yeah, a kid asked the TX lege to do something about ending Confederate Heroes Day (19 Jan), and got handled roughly in the pushback. Bills to do so have been filed in current & past 2 sessions (never out of committee). April draws less scrutiny, b/c it is declared year by year.

[Dr. Nick Nelson @Malthol]

In the grand tradition of April Fools Day, I checked for my shadow this morning. It was there, so 6 more weeks of semester.

[Dr. Nick Nelson @Malthol]

@HoneckMischa Grandmaster Flash & the Furious Five, The Message.

[Dr. Nick Nelson @Malthol]

@Garrett_Archer Do they talk about state university faculty salaries? In my state, many of them have fallen far below teacher pay & I am interested in whether the same crisis is brewing in other states.

[Dr. Nick Nelson @Malthol]

This thread is worth reading and thinking about.

[Dr. Nick Nelson @Malthol]

@KeriLeighMerrit Wqs just discussing with a colleague today how humanities professors are no longer middle class jobs. I was looking at salary ranges for institutions i may apply at & realizing there would be no way to even rent a home for my family in those towns.

[Dr. Nick Nelson @Malthol]

@gvaughnjoy I haven't had time to pursue or find if someone has written it thoroughly, but I am interested in the evolution of Robin Hood over the centuries. The class-conscious version we know seems to coalesce in the 19th c. The original was a hero because he held up social norms.

[Dr. Nick Nelson @Malthol]

Once I catch up on grading from the week I was badly ill, I may announce the release of the grades with this image attached.

[Dr. Nick Nelson @Malthol]

@KevinIsHistory As a NTT who is not technically covered by our academic speech policy, I can't say this means anything to me.

[Dr. Nick Nelson @Malthol]

@gvaughnjoy Somehow, I feel like either Slavery Doc or Lost Cause Doc are both pretty depressing.

[Dr. Nick Nelson @Malthol]

@RadioFreeTom Yeah, makes me extra glad I de idea not to apply to any jobs there when I decided to market again.

[Dr. Nick Nelson @Malthol]

@newbiedm Same thought. Much different 6E with its own, separate license, perhaps?