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The Arts Fuse interviews Dr. Kevin Mattson on a Genuine Culture War — Punks versus Reagan. Mattson is the Connor Study Professor of Contemporary History at Ohio University. He recently authored WE’RE NOT HERE TO ENTERTAIN: Punk Rock, Ronald Reagan and the Real Culture War of 1980s America, documenting how the […]

USA Today quotes Dr. Kevin Mattson in a story headlined “Joe Biden has not yet held a press conference as president. Does that matter?” Mattson is the Connor Study Professor of Contemporary History at Ohio University. “I think you’re watching a president who, consciously or not, is trying to move away […]

The Nation writer Samuel Zipp reviews Dr. Kevin Mattson’s xxx in an article headlined The Ethical Commitment to Be a Punk. Mattson’s book begins and ends with Cobain’s death, but it’s really a kind of coda to the larger story he hopes to tell. It’s an indicator of the stakes […]

The Contemporary History Institute hosts “The Dangers of QAnon and the Culture of Paranoia: A Conversation” on Thursday, Feb. 18, from noon to 1 p.m. on Teams. Please request a link to the conversation from Ingo Trauschweizer at trauschw@ohio.edu. The Contemporary History Institute invites Ohio University students, faculty members, and […]

From Ohio University News Dr. Kevin Mattson is one of five faculty members named 2020 Ohio University Presidential Research Scholars for excellence in the fields of arts and humanities, and life and biomedical sciences. Mattson is the Connor Study Professor of Contemporary History in the College of Arts & Sciences. […]

The Contemporary History Institute features Dr. Kevin Mattson discussing his book, We’re Not Here to Entertain: Punk Rock, Ronald Reagan and the Real Culture War of 1980s America on Thursday, Sept. 17, at 4:30 p.m. Mattson is the Connor Study Professor of Contemporary History at Ohio University. Join this event on […]

Ohio University News interviewed Dr. Kevin Mattson, the Connor Study Professor of Contemporary History at Ohio University, about his new book on punk rock. The 1980s may have been 40 years ago, but there is no denying that besides big-hair bands and leg warmers, the decade is still defined by […]