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Six Graduate Students Earn Contemporary History Certificates

The Contemporary History Institute congratulates its 2017-18 graduates who earned the graduate Contemporary History Certificate. Ph.D. Graduates Four students earned their doctorates in history and journalism and mass communication. Brad Eidahl, Ph.D. in History (December 2017). Eidahl wrote his dissertation under the supervision of Dr. Patrick Barr-Melej, Professor of History, […]

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August 28, 2018 at 2:08 pmAlumni

3 A&S Faculty Named to Challenging Dialogues for Contemporary Issues Task Force

3 A&S Faculty Named to Challenging Dialogues for Contemporary Issues Task Force

From Compass Three College of Arts & Sciences faculty have been named members of the OHIO Challenging Dialogues for Contemporary Issues Task Force, announced by Ohio University President M. Duane Nellis on April 30. The Task Force has been charged with assessing national and world issues sparking civil discourse and working […]

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May 7, 2018 at 8:59 amNews

Muhammad Presents at Conference Black Radicalism in the United States

Dr. Robin D. Muhammad

Dr. Robin Muhammad joined more than 80 activists, scholars, and artists in New York City for a two-day conference on Black Radicalism in the United States. Muhammad is Associate Professor and Chair of African American Studies at Ohio University. The conference brought together scholars and activists dealing with the history […]

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May 2, 2018 at 2:59 pmResearch

Concepts of Race Mixing and Miscegenation in 19th Century America and Ancient India, Oct. 11

Concepts of Race Mixing and Miscegenation in 19th Century America and Ancient India, Oct. 11

The Classics & World Religions Department and the Between Love and Hate Theme present “Concepts of Race Mixing and Miscegenation in 19th Century America and Ancient India”on Wednesday, Oct. 11, at 5 p.m. in Bentley 110. This conversation features Dr. Myrna Perez Sheldon, Assistant Professor of Classics & World Religions […]

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October 1, 2017 at 9:30 pmEvents

Civil War Monuments in the 21st Century: Relevant Historical Artifacts or Relics of a Past Best Forgotten, Sept. 13

General William Tecumseh Sherman Bronze Bas Relief Marching Through Georgia Civil War Memorial Pennsylvania Avenue Washington, D.C. Statue dedicated 1903, artist Carl Rohl-Smith. Located in back of Treasury where President Andrew Johnson and Ulysses Grant reviewed the Army at the end of the Civil War. General Sherman led the review at the head of the Army of Tennessee.

  On Wednesday, Sept. 13, at 7 p.m. in the Athens County Public Library, Dr. Brian Schoen, Associate Professor of History, and Dr. Robin Muhammad, Associate Professor and Chair of African American Studies, will provide openning remarks for an Athens community roundtable on “Civil War Monuments in the 21st Century: […]

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September 1, 2017 at 9:00 pmEvents

Free Screenings, Panel | I Am Not Your Negro, Feb. 23

Malcolm X Martin Luther King Jr Medgar Evers in I Am Not Your Negro. Photo courtesy of Magnolia Pictures.

A panel discussion follows free screenings of I Am Not Your Negro on Thursday, Feb. 23, at the Athena Cinema. The free screenings are at 5 and 7 p.m. The panel discussion is immediately following the 7 p.m. showing. Tickets will be available at the Athena on Feb. 23 on […]

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February 1, 2017 at 6:30 pmEvents

MLK’s Vision for the African Diaspora At Home and Abroad, Jan. 18

Dr. Robin D. Muhammad

Dr. Robin D. Muhammad discusses “MLK’s Vision for the African Diaspora At Home and Abroad” on Wednesday, Jan. 18, from noon to 1 p.m. in Baker Center 231. Muhammad is Chair and Associate Professor of African American Studies and Director of the African American Research and Service Institute at Ohio […]

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January 1, 2017 at 7:45 pmEvents