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Archaeology in Israel: Digging into the Past

Archaeology in Israel: Digging into the Past

“I felt empowered by the first break into the ground. It really felt like I was uncovering the past through my efforts,” says Megan Norris ’14, who spent a month on a dig in Israel in summer 2013. “Every part of the work during the dig felt magical. It was […]

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May 5, 2014 at 3:53 pmIn Class

11 A&S Students Awarded Enhancement Funds for Research

11 A&S Students Awarded Enhancement Funds for Research

College of Arts & Sciences students received 11 of the 24 Ohio University Student Enhancement Awards program announced in March. A total of $115,945 in funding was awarded for original research, scholarship and creative work. The Student Enhancement Awards are funded by the Office of the Vice President for Research and Creative […]

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April 13, 2014 at 2:18 pmNews

New Summer Externships on Post-Genocide Justice in Cambodia

New Summer Externships on Post-Genocide Justice in Cambodia

Nearly four decades after the Khmer Rouge genocide, two Ohio University faculty and six undergraduate students are headed to Cambodia this summer to study how the society remembers and reconciles its history with its present. “In the late 1970s, Cambodian society was wracked by the rule of the Khmer Rouge […]

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March 10, 2014 at 6:04 pmNews

Student Panel: Imagining International Justice, April 3

Student Panel: Imagining International Justice, April 3

The Ohio University Anthropology Club and Students for Law, Justice & Culture present a student-led panel, Imagining International Justice, on Thursday, April 3, at 6 p.m. in Ellis 214. The panel focuses on the ways people around the world understand and seek justice, with special attention to the politics of […]

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February 27, 2014 at 6:30 amEvents

Anthropology of International Justice: ‘Human Rights in East Timor,’ April 15

Anthropology of International Justice: ‘Human Rights in East Timor,’ April 15

The Anthropology of International Justice spring series features Dr. Elizabeth Drexler on “Human Rights in East Timor and Indonesia” on Tuesday, April 15, at 5 p.m. in the Multicultural Center on the second floor of the Baker Center. Drexler is Associate Professor of Anthropology and the Director of the Peace […]

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February 27, 2014 at 4:20 amEvents

Anthropology: International Intervention in Post-War Srebrenica, April 17

Anthropology: International Intervention in Post-War Srebrenica, April 17

The Anthropology of International Justice Series Spring 2014 presents Dr. Sarah Wagner on “International Intervention in Post-War Srebrenica” on April 17 at 5 p.m. in Scripps 111. Wagner is Assistant Professor of Anthropology at George Washington University. Her research focuses on war, memory, and justice in Bosnia and Herzegovina. Her […]

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February 27, 2014 at 4:10 amEvents

Professional Historians Train Students in Historical Document Handling

Professional Historians Train Students in Historical Document Handling

Staff from the Athens County Historical Society and Museum visited Ohio University’s Department of Sociology and Anthropology on Feb. 12 to provide a special training session for a dozen Arts & Sciences undergraduate students involved in the Appalachia Population History Project. Museum staff members Jessica Ciders and Donald Newell brought […]

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February 20, 2014 at 10:08 pmNews