Hayden L. Nelson 🌲🐺
@haydenlnelson.bsky.social
PhD, University of Kansas | Writing an Environmental History of the North Woods | Research Historian @ the Minnesota Historical Society | Adjunct @ the University of Central Missouri | WI➡️MT➡️KS➡️MN
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Great Lakes Fire History Digital Archive
This is a digital archive that illustrates and organizes primary source documents pertaining to forest fires in the Great Lakes from the early nineteenth century to the present. The Great Lakes Fire H...
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Happy to share that I've begun curating the Great Lakes Fire History Digital Archive, a digital archive collating primary source documents pertaining to forest fires in the Great Lakes in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries. Excited to see how it evolves moving forward!
firearchive.omeka.net
firearchive.omeka.net
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A good way to connect with other scholars is to check out the Panel Connections spreadsheet. Anyone who has already added themselves to the MHA 2026 Panel Connections spreadsheet is encouraged to check back to see who else shares their interests and if they can network to form a session. END
MHA 2026 Panel Connections
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October 31, 2025 at 12:07 PM
A good way to connect with other scholars is to check out the Panel Connections spreadsheet. Anyone who has already added themselves to the MHA 2026 Panel Connections spreadsheet is encouraged to check back to see who else shares their interests and if they can network to form a session. END
Now featuring a timeline (that I’m still tinkering with and adding to)!
firearchive.omeka.net/fire-timeline
firearchive.omeka.net/fire-timeline
October 29, 2025 at 11:48 AM
Now featuring a timeline (that I’m still tinkering with and adding to)!
firearchive.omeka.net/fire-timeline
firearchive.omeka.net/fire-timeline
Happy to share that I've begun curating the Great Lakes Fire History Digital Archive, a digital archive collating primary source documents pertaining to forest fires in the Great Lakes in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries. Excited to see how it evolves moving forward!
firearchive.omeka.net
firearchive.omeka.net
Great Lakes Fire History Digital Archive
This is a digital archive that illustrates and organizes primary source documents pertaining to forest fires in the Great Lakes from the early nineteenth century to the present. The Great Lakes Fire H...
firearchive.omeka.net
October 26, 2025 at 7:57 PM
Happy to share that I've begun curating the Great Lakes Fire History Digital Archive, a digital archive collating primary source documents pertaining to forest fires in the Great Lakes in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries. Excited to see how it evolves moving forward!
firearchive.omeka.net
firearchive.omeka.net
Had a great time at the WHA in Albuquerque presenting some of my research and seeing friends, old and new!
October 20, 2025 at 1:55 PM
Had a great time at the WHA in Albuquerque presenting some of my research and seeing friends, old and new!
Ohtani strikes out the side and then hits a lead off home run. Come on, man.
October 18, 2025 at 12:55 AM
Ohtani strikes out the side and then hits a lead off home run. Come on, man.
Research trip up to Duluth turned into a nice little weekend getaway.
September 30, 2025 at 1:16 PM
Research trip up to Duluth turned into a nice little weekend getaway.
Minnesota Unraveled, a podcast by the Minnesota Historical Society, is up for the Signal Listeners’ Choice Award for best history podcast IN THE WORLD! This major accomplishment attests to the work of host Dr. Chantel Rodríguez and team.
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The Signal Listener's Choice Award needs YOU
I just voted for this finalist to win a Signal Listener's Choice Award. You should too.
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September 24, 2025 at 7:53 PM
Minnesota Unraveled, a podcast by the Minnesota Historical Society, is up for the Signal Listeners’ Choice Award for best history podcast IN THE WORLD! This major accomplishment attests to the work of host Dr. Chantel Rodríguez and team.
Click here to vote!
vote.signalaward.com/PublicVoting...
Click here to vote!
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Today to celebrate anniversary week, we're thrilled to share a crosspost with our friends at @nichecanada.bsky.social: @micaamy.bsky.social's incredible comic for fire season #envhist #envhum
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Living with Smoke: A Comic for the Fire Season
This essay was originally published in June 2024 in NiCHE: Network in Canadian History & Environment. Each year, British Columbia’s (BC) wildfire seasons force us to reckon with two stories abo…
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September 17, 2025 at 3:02 PM
Today to celebrate anniversary week, we're thrilled to share a crosspost with our friends at @nichecanada.bsky.social: @micaamy.bsky.social's incredible comic for fire season #envhist #envhum
envhistnow.com/2025/09/17/l...
envhistnow.com/2025/09/17/l...
One of the many reasons I love my job is because I can go look at cool things like this whenever I want.
September 10, 2025 at 7:25 PM
One of the many reasons I love my job is because I can go look at cool things like this whenever I want.
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One month until publication for _Ethanol: A Hemispheric History for the Future of Biofuels_. Tom Rogers and I lay out the linked history of the US and Brazilian ethanol programs and explain why they matter for energy, climate, and politics. Pre-orders available now!
www.oupress.com/978080619601...
www.oupress.com/978080619601...
Ethanol - University of Oklahoma Press
Though ethanol, a liquid fuel made from agricultural byproducts, has generated controversy in recent years—good or bad for the environment? a big-ag boon o...
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September 8, 2025 at 3:26 PM
One month until publication for _Ethanol: A Hemispheric History for the Future of Biofuels_. Tom Rogers and I lay out the linked history of the US and Brazilian ethanol programs and explain why they matter for energy, climate, and politics. Pre-orders available now!
www.oupress.com/978080619601...
www.oupress.com/978080619601...
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JOB: 2026-27 Mahindra Humanities Center Postdoctoral Fellowships in Environmental Humanities, Harvard University (USA)
For Early Career Scholars (PhD from May 2023 or later)
#envhum
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For Early Career Scholars (PhD from May 2023 or later)
#envhum
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Harvard University - 2026-27 Mahindra Humanities Center Postdoctoral Fellowships | H-Net
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September 5, 2025 at 5:22 AM
JOB: 2026-27 Mahindra Humanities Center Postdoctoral Fellowships in Environmental Humanities, Harvard University (USA)
For Early Career Scholars (PhD from May 2023 or later)
#envhum
networks.h-net.org/jobs/69060/h...
For Early Career Scholars (PhD from May 2023 or later)
#envhum
networks.h-net.org/jobs/69060/h...
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"I see hockey as a cultural heritage landscape, one that retains an important social role in contemporary society and one that is threatened by climate change." - Lauren Walker
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September 4, 2025 at 2:43 PM
"I see hockey as a cultural heritage landscape, one that retains an important social role in contemporary society and one that is threatened by climate change." - Lauren Walker
niche-canada.org/2018/11/27/c...
niche-canada.org/2018/11/27/c...
Does anyone have experience creating a mapping project with Omeka?
Do I know anyone with experience creating a digital archive? I have an idea/something I’m trying to put together, but have a few questions.
August 22, 2025 at 4:22 PM
Does anyone have experience creating a mapping project with Omeka?
Do I know anyone with experience creating a digital archive? I have an idea/something I’m trying to put together, but have a few questions.
August 20, 2025 at 9:25 PM
Do I know anyone with experience creating a digital archive? I have an idea/something I’m trying to put together, but have a few questions.
Officially official 🎓
August 19, 2025 at 7:58 PM
Officially official 🎓
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I have a former student interested in researching JFK, particularly his assassination and Lee Harvey Oswald. This is admittedly not my area of expertise and I know that the topic of JFK is rife with conspiracies, but does anyone have any solid books/articles I could share with them?
August 12, 2025 at 5:21 PM
I have a former student interested in researching JFK, particularly his assassination and Lee Harvey Oswald. This is admittedly not my area of expertise and I know that the topic of JFK is rife with conspiracies, but does anyone have any solid books/articles I could share with them?
I have a former student interested in researching JFK, particularly his assassination and Lee Harvey Oswald. This is admittedly not my area of expertise and I know that the topic of JFK is rife with conspiracies, but does anyone have any solid books/articles I could share with them?
August 12, 2025 at 5:21 PM
I have a former student interested in researching JFK, particularly his assassination and Lee Harvey Oswald. This is admittedly not my area of expertise and I know that the topic of JFK is rife with conspiracies, but does anyone have any solid books/articles I could share with them?
We moved and I’m making an inventory of all of my books. It got me thinking: which author has written the most books that you own?
Pretty sure mine is Alan Taylor with 7.
Pretty sure mine is Alan Taylor with 7.
July 20, 2025 at 12:43 PM
We moved and I’m making an inventory of all of my books. It got me thinking: which author has written the most books that you own?
Pretty sure mine is Alan Taylor with 7.
Pretty sure mine is Alan Taylor with 7.
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We learned last month that the State of Iowa will no longer fund or publish their peer-reviewed journal Annals of Iowa, which is now looking for an institutional home. Here we share our letter of concern, and we hope others will join us in supporting state and local history! 🗃️ 🧵
July 9, 2025 at 1:41 AM
We learned last month that the State of Iowa will no longer fund or publish their peer-reviewed journal Annals of Iowa, which is now looking for an institutional home. Here we share our letter of concern, and we hope others will join us in supporting state and local history! 🗃️ 🧵
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Check out @haydenlnelson.bsky.social's review of @charmiller4.bsky.social's "Burn Scars: A Documentary History of Fire Suppression, from Colonial Origins to the Resurgence of Cultural Burning," published in 2024 by @osupress.bsky.social
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July 2, 2025 at 10:57 AM
Check out @haydenlnelson.bsky.social's review of @charmiller4.bsky.social's "Burn Scars: A Documentary History of Fire Suppression, from Colonial Origins to the Resurgence of Cultural Burning," published in 2024 by @osupress.bsky.social
www.h-net.org/reviews/show...
www.h-net.org/reviews/show...
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Despite warnings from the law enforcement not to attend today’s No Kings rally after this mornings shooting of Minnesota lawmakers with the killer on the lose, the No Kings Rally is happening at the Minnesota State Capitol in St. Paul.
June 14, 2025 at 6:23 PM
Despite warnings from the law enforcement not to attend today’s No Kings rally after this mornings shooting of Minnesota lawmakers with the killer on the lose, the No Kings Rally is happening at the Minnesota State Capitol in St. Paul.
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George Orwell wrote in 1941:
June 14, 2025 at 1:24 PM
George Orwell wrote in 1941: