Nathan Ellstrand
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Historian of transnational politics & religion between US & Latin America. Postdoc, SDSU. PhD, Loyola Chicago. Co-founder, @histcatmex . Social justice. Foodie.
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Hello!
I am Nathan Ellstrand, a historian of transnational politics and religion between the United States and Latin America during the twentieth century. I am passionate about social justice and education.
Learn more about me and my work here:
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Just submitted the entire draft of my dissertation to my committee!
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#twitterstorians
of the United States - a thread:
Free, open access resources to newspapers in the US
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#AcademicTwitter
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#AcademicChatter
: are there any folks out there, like myself, who don't use a citation management software?
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I'm happy to share that I'll be working as a Postdoctoral Research Scholar in the History Department at San Diego State University. I will be working with the Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency, as well as teaching public history courses at the university.
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I'm going to be a visiting student researcher at the UC Berkeley History Department during the 2021-2022 academic year!
Thanks to Dr. Margaret Chowning for sponsoring me.
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I just submitted the final copy of my dissertation to the Loyola University Chicago Graduate School!
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It was one of those clear days when you could see the Golden Gate Bridge from UC Berkeley.
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How are some historians publishing a book every year? Doesn't it take about 5 years or more to write a book?
#twitterstorians
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I just submitted the next and final draft of my dissertation prior to my defense on February 28th.
If you'd like to attend the defense, please DM me for the Zoom link.
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#PhDChat
- so much on Twitter about Academia is negative (and rightfully so)...but what do you enjoy about being in the Academy?
Here's mine: I love having the opportunity to wake up and study something I'm passionate about on a daily basis.
#AcademicTwitter
#AcademicChatter
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The date of my dissertation defense has been set.
If you'd like to attend, please DM me for the Zoom link.
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A thread of threads to free, open access resources to historical United States primary sources by states, territories, and federal district.
#UnitedStates
#USA
#twitterstorians
#Archives
#libraries
#Genealogy
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***Attention recently graduated PhD
#twitterstorians
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Dissertation prizes - a thread.
Thanks to everyone who helped me crowdsource this!
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Thanks so much to
@SHAFRhistorians
for the Samuel Flagg Bemis Dissertation Research Grant! I'm so glad to have the opportunity to conduct research in Mexico for my dissertation on the Unión Nacional Sinarquista in the United States.
Congratulations to Nathan Ellstrand of Loyola University Chicago! He has won a 2021 Bemis Dissertation Research Grant from SHAFR.
@nellstra
@LoyolaChicago
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As some of you might remember, I was on the academic job market this past school year. Unfortunately, it didn't go as well as I hoped.
That being said, I received an 1-year extension of my postdoc at SDSU. It has been a wonderful academic home with great colleagues and students.
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A question for fellow academics: have you read every single one of the books on the bookshelves in your office?
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"Report that FBI sought nuclear documents sharpens Trump showdown with Justice Department"
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I'm always excited to see my work cited, but especially in this new book by Kelly Lytle Hernández!
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New book from
@UnivNebPress
:
The Sonoran Dynasty in Mexico
Revolution, Reform, and Repression by
@jurgenbuchenau
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HILO: Colecciones digitales de fuentes históricas mexicanas de siglo XX.
(Si tienes algún recurso que omití, hágamelo saber)
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THREAD: Digital collections of historical Mexican sources from the 20th C.
(If you have any resources that I left out, please let me know)
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***
#twitterstorians
of Mexico and Latin America***
The Archivo General de la Nación (AGN) De México has digitized select collections and materials, and they are now available online.
Please see below:
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My special topics course in Public History for next semester at San Diego State University has been approved:
"Monuments and Memory" with a focus on the built environment and historical memory in San Diego.
I'm open to any and all recs that you may have on historical memory!
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Another day, another view of the Golden Gate Bridge from UC Berkeley
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#twitterstorians
- do you need access to archival materials in or around Chicago?
I'm willing to serve as a research assistant, digitizing and organizing material on your behalf.
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New book from
@DukePress
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Since Time Immemorial: Native Custom and Law in Colonial Mexico by Yanna Yannakakis
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Submitted my draft of dissertation chapter 5!
Now onto the conclusion and then revisions.
#AmWriting
#twitterstorians
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It's my birthday and I look forward to eating well tonight!
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My article on the sanctuary movement in Chicago is out in the world!
Thanks again to
@MiddleWestRev
for the opportunity. This article would not have been possible without the invaluable feedback from
@BenjaminHJohns1
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HILO: Colecciones digitales de fuentes históricas mexicanas desde la época prehispánica hasta la colonial.
(Si tiene algún recurso que omití, hágamelo saber)
#twitterstorians
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I just saw a historian on here tweet that no one reads dissertations.
Honestly, I don't think that's true as I see them cited all the time.
#twitterstorians
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Fellow grad workers - how much are your yearly salaries (stipends)?
#phdchat
#AcademicChatter
#AcademicTwitter
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#twitterstorians
- do you need access to archival materials in or around the Bay Area?
I'm willing to serve as a research assistant, digitizing and organizing material on your behalf.
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***Attention
#twitterstorians
of Mexican and Latin American History***
Independent and Revolutionary Mexican Newspapers Digital Collection
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Big thanks go to the
@LUCGradSchool
and the Arthur J. Schmitt Foundation for the Schmitt Dissertation Fellowship In Leadership & Service! This provides me with one more year of support to finish my dissertation.
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#twitterstorians
of Mexican American history:
The newspaper, La Opinión, is now available open access on the Library of Congress' Chronicling America.
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I am moving back to California later this summer!
My partner received a job in the Bay Area so I'll be finishing up my dissertation while there.
Any possible academic connections, suggestions for housing, etc. are greatly appreciated.
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#twitterstorians
: do you mention sources in your bibliography that you don't cite, but read for context?
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I passed my dissertation proposal defense! Thanks to my committee for a great conversation. Candidacy here we come!
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So glad to see all of our work on this paid off!
#OrganizingWorks
#LoyolaForUs
#BargainLUC
#LoyolaChicago
***HUGE NEWS***
@LoyolaChicago
announced that beginning in Fall 2021, it will increase stipends for PhD students from $18,000 to $28,000 per year.
This wouldn't have happened without the work of the Loyola Graduate Workers' Union. Expect our statement soon.
#OrganizingWorks
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Latin American and Mexican
#twitterstorians
:
The Mexican Intelligence Digital Archives (MIDAS)
MIDAS is a crowd-sourced, public access digital archive of historical documents from Mexican intelligence agencies between c. 1940 and c. 1985.
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Just started using
@internetarchive
for dissertation research and it's an amazing digital repository for
#twitterstorians
! Do check it out if you haven't already.
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A thread of threads for free and open access resources to historical primary sources of the Caribbean by country and territory.
#Caribbean
#twitterstorians
#Archives
#libraries
#Genealogy
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The real question is - why do grad students need to have a side-hustle in the first place? Why can't institutions pay us a living wage?
Are you a grad student with a side-hustle? What is your freelance/side-hustle work?
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#twitterstorians
- I'm on the academic job market (fingers crossed) for positions starting in Fall 2022!
Any leads in US, Latin American, borderlands, transnational, religious, or political history jobs are appreciated.
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"UCLA wins $3.65-million grant to build ‘Age of Mass Incarceration’ archive with LAPD records"
CC:
@klytlehernandez
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The full PDF of my dissertation, "Reclaiming La Patria: Sinarquismo in the United States, 1936-1966" was recently published in ProQuest Dissertations and Theses.
I can also send the PDF to you via email if you're interested.
#twitterstorians
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In case you missed it:
I wrote an article about the politicization of the sanctuary movement of the 1980s in and out of Chicago.
Here's the piece, but if you don't have access, DM me and I'll share it with you.
#twitterstorians
@MiddleWestRev
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My colleagues at SDSU gave me a welcome card! Everyone in the History Department is so kind!
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It's fascinating that many people are fans of Frida Kahlo and her artwork, without realizing her political position as a communist.
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This statue of Abraham Lincoln in Tijuana is something else.
He is shown breaking the chains of slavery.
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In academia, we need more cooperation and less competition.
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My most recent piece in Chicago Jewish History, the journal of the Chicago Jewish Historical Society, was published!
I write about my summer work processing and making oral histories from the 1970s to the early 2000s accessible.
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In case you missed it:
A year ago, I wrote my dissertation about the Catholic, nationalist, and anti-communist Mexican Unión Nacional Sinarquista (UNS or National Synarchist Union) in the U.S. between 1936 and the 1960s.
Open access:
#twitterstorians
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@DanielKayHertz
When the little free library mimicks the building it's in front of...this is in Roscoe Village.
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On Wednesday, February 15th, I'll be presenting on "The Unión Nacional Sinarquista, Sleepy Lagoon Incident, and Zoot Suit Riots in WWII-era Los Angeles" at San Diego State University.
If you're in the area, I'd love to see you there!
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I'm currently on the academic job market (fingers crossed) for positions starting in Fall 2022!
Any leads in US, Latin American, borderlands, transnational, religious, or political history jobs are appreciated.
More about my work here:
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What's a fellowship if it doesn't come with funding? 🤔
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If you're still on the academic job market like myself, let me know as I believe in cooperation, not competition.
We can help each other find job postings, review materials, etc.
#AcademicChatter
#twitterstorians
#phdchat
#AcademicTwitter
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***Attention
#twitterstorians
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I'm looking to organize a group of graduate student historians who study Mexico. If you're interested in joining, please let me know.
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I just presented my work to non-historians and I absolutely loved the questions that I received. It's important to present in interdisciplinary and non-academic spaces.
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In case you missed it:
About a year ago, I wrote this piece about dissertation resources relating to the field of History: grants, fellowships, and dissertation prizes.
If interested or relevant, be sure to take a look below.
#twitterstorians
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New book from
@PrincetonUPress
:
Catholic Women and Mexican Politics, 1750–1940 by Margaret Chowning
#twitterstorians
@histcatmex
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Hi all,
It's that time of year where I am looking for summer work, this time for 2022. Any leads on jobs or internships related to history, writing, research, museums, archives, or beyond are appreciated! Location: Bay Area or remote.
Thanks in advance!
Nathan
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