Tim Seiter
@timseiter.bsky.social
Assistant professor of history at the University of Texas at Tyler researching Colonial and Native Texas.
Curious what life was like in Texas during the 1700s? My new book Wrangling Pelicans: Military Life in Texas Presidios dives into the daily grit of Hispanos living in a Native-dominated world. Preorder your copy here! utpress.utexas.edu/9781477332801/
October 9, 2025 at 9:21 PM
Curious what life was like in Texas during the 1700s? My new book Wrangling Pelicans: Military Life in Texas Presidios dives into the daily grit of Hispanos living in a Native-dominated world. Preorder your copy here! utpress.utexas.edu/9781477332801/
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This the type of energy I need white women on.
September 29, 2025 at 7:10 PM
This the type of energy I need white women on.
As a friendly reminder, the deadline for the inaugural TexasDocuments.com $600.00 scholarships is this Saturday: texasdocuments.com/scholarship/
If you're a PhD and Master's student, simply write one page describing the Texas history research guide you plan to contribute, and submit it to me.
If you're a PhD and Master's student, simply write one page describing the Texas history research guide you plan to contribute, and submit it to me.
Texas Documents – An Archive for Texas-Related Research
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May 27, 2025 at 4:34 PM
As a friendly reminder, the deadline for the inaugural TexasDocuments.com $600.00 scholarships is this Saturday: texasdocuments.com/scholarship/
If you're a PhD and Master's student, simply write one page describing the Texas history research guide you plan to contribute, and submit it to me.
If you're a PhD and Master's student, simply write one page describing the Texas history research guide you plan to contribute, and submit it to me.
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The thing I want folks to understand abt the cuts in the GOP budget is that they are IDEOLOGICAL, NOT FISCAL. This is not abt "saving money" by cutting essential services (the budget actually operates at a substantial loss). Rather, it is abt destroying the infrastructure supportive of democracy.
May 22, 2025 at 7:13 PM
The thing I want folks to understand abt the cuts in the GOP budget is that they are IDEOLOGICAL, NOT FISCAL. This is not abt "saving money" by cutting essential services (the budget actually operates at a substantial loss). Rather, it is abt destroying the infrastructure supportive of democracy.
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First is the essay from the AHA team -- Nicholas Kryczka, Whitney E. Barringer, and Scot McFarlane.
Changing the Subject in the School Wars: An American Historical Association Research Team Perspective | History of Education Quarterly | Cambridge Core
Changing the Subject in the School Wars: An American Historical Association Research Team Perspective - Volume 65 Issue 2
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May 19, 2025 at 12:22 PM
First is the essay from the AHA team -- Nicholas Kryczka, Whitney E. Barringer, and Scot McFarlane.
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I'm no lawyer but the text of the Enemy Alien Act says it applies only in "a declared war between the US & any foreign nation or government, or any invasion or predatory incursion ... against the territory of the United States, by any foreign nation or government." None of these conditions exist.
The majority is Chief Justice Roberts plus Thomas, Alito, Gorsuch, and Kavanaugh.
In an unsigned opinion, it says Venezuelan migrants must file habeas petitions in the district where they're confined (usually Texas, which falls within the 5th Circuit. www.documentcloud.org/documents/25...
In an unsigned opinion, it says Venezuelan migrants must file habeas petitions in the district where they're confined (usually Texas, which falls within the 5th Circuit. www.documentcloud.org/documents/25...
April 8, 2025 at 12:29 PM
I'm no lawyer but the text of the Enemy Alien Act says it applies only in "a declared war between the US & any foreign nation or government, or any invasion or predatory incursion ... against the territory of the United States, by any foreign nation or government." None of these conditions exist.
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"The insurance company has an army of people who are very concerned about paperwork and precise wording ... My kindness and patience has shifted to fury."
Just popping this up to agree with you! Wrote this well before the shooting, published today. Didn’t expect it to be quite so timely, but here we are,
America, I guess.
www.huffpost.com/entry/brain-...
America, I guess.
www.huffpost.com/entry/brain-...
My Daughter Desperately Needs Brain Surgery. Our Insurance Company's Response Has Been Shocking.
"The insurance company has an army of people who are very concerned about paperwork and precise wording ... My kindness and patience has shifted to fury."
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December 7, 2024 at 4:06 PM
"The insurance company has an army of people who are very concerned about paperwork and precise wording ... My kindness and patience has shifted to fury."
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I don't think that there has been any press coverage of the matter yet, but a recent lawsuit in Texas History has huge implications for academic freedom, free speech more broadly, and disciplinary associations. /1
www.historians.org/perspectives...
www.historians.org/perspectives...
Trouble in Texas – AHA
A political controversy couched as a leadership fight roils the Texas State Historical Association.
www.historians.org
December 1, 2024 at 4:52 PM
I don't think that there has been any press coverage of the matter yet, but a recent lawsuit in Texas History has huge implications for academic freedom, free speech more broadly, and disciplinary associations. /1
www.historians.org/perspectives...
www.historians.org/perspectives...