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History Announces 2017-18 Scholarships, Grants, and Essay Competition Winners

History Announces 2017-18 Scholarships, Grants, and Essay Competition Winners

The History Department announces the 2017-18 winners of the department’s scholarship, research grant, and essay competitions. While many of these awards are designated for History majors, several of them are available to all OHIO undergraduate students. The department offers an array of annual scholarships and grants that range in amount from […]

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April 25, 2018 at 8:32 pmAnnouncements

Rattanasengchanh Awarded Contemporary History Institute’s Klinder Dissertation Fellowship

Phimmasone Michael Rattanasengchanh

The 2018-19 Klinder Dissertation Fellowship goes to Phimmasone Michael Rattanasengchanh, a doctoral student in the History Department. This year’s award marks the inauguration of the fellowship, whose endowment was established in the 1990s to fund a dissertation writing year for Ohio University doctoral students enrolled in the Contemporary History Institute Certificate […]

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April 24, 2018 at 9:29 pmAnnouncements Research

LA Times Quotes Jellison: Melania Trump ‘Does Not Want to Be in Fishbowl’

Dr. Katherine Jellison, portrait

The LA Times quoted Dr. Katherine Jellison, Professor and Chair of History at Ohio University, in a story headlined “For Melania Trump, the shroud of invisibility lifts during a week of public attention.” Ohio University historian Katherine Jellison said that while first ladies are almost always more popular than the […]

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April 24, 2018 at 9:32 amFaculty in the News In the News

Alumni News | Hurtado Torres Has Dynamic Career as Educator, Researcher in Chile

Dr. Sebastian Hurtado Torres

Dr. Sebastian Hurtado Torres and is currently assistant professor of history at Universidad Austral in Valdivia, Chile. He earned a Ph.D. in History from the College of Arts & Sciences at Ohio University in 2016. He also earned a Certificate of Contemporary History, which helped prepare him for his work […]

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April 18, 2018 at 3:16 pmAlumni

3 Receive Fellowships to Ohio Innocence Project at University of Cincinnati Law

Nick Eaton, Katie Basalla and Alexa Jesser

Three Ohio University students pursuing the Law, Justice & Culture certificate have been selected as fellows at the Ohio Innocence Project at the University of Cincinnati College of Law. Nick Eaton, Alexa Jesser, and Katie Basalla are all graduating seniors who will serve as fellows at OIP during their time […]

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April 16, 2018 at 4:44 pmNews

Baker Keynote Speaker Argues for More Meaningful Political Conversations

Ken P. Stern talks at the 2018 Baker Peace Conference.

The 2018 Baker Peace Conference dealt with the subject of modern populism and how the media, academics, and other analysts have interpreted its role in the U.S. election of 2016 and world politics in general. Keynote speaker Ken P. Stern discussed his book Republican Like Me: How I Left the Liberal […]

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April 13, 2018 at 1:38 pmNews

History Senior Receives Fulbright to Study in Spain

Francisco Cintron

Francisco Cintron ’18, an Honors Tutorial College History major, received a Fulbright U.S. Student Program fellowship for a year of study in Spain. The award provides a full year of funding for graduating college seniors to conduct research outside of the United States. Fulbright U.S. Student Program fellowships are awarded annually […]

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April 11, 2018 at 9:31 amNews