Post Tagged with: "Contemporary History Institute alumni"

Ohio University alumnus Dr. Sebastian Hurtado Torres, Assistant Professor of History at Universidad Austral in Valdivia, Chile, published two major articles on Chile during the 1970s. Both of his articles explore political developments in Chile in the context of the larger Cold War. The first is titled: “The War that […]

By Dr. Ingo Trauschweizer Associate Professor of History & Director of the Contemporary History Institute 2018-19 was a rewarding academic year for our students and faculty affiliates at the Contemporary History Institute. In addition to multiple students securing funding for thesis and dissertation research, several of our faculty affiliates published books […]

Ohio University alum Dr. Gregory Schneider earned Emporia State University’s highest faculty honor, reports the Emporia Gazette. Schneider, Professor of History at Emporia State in Kansas, earned an M.A. in History and a Certificate in Contemporary History from the College of Arts & Sciences at OHIO in 1992. Gregory Schneider is […]

Three Contemporary History Institute and Ohio University History Department-affiliated scholars recently attended Britain and the World’s 2019 conference, an annual meeting that attracts experts from around the world who research British interactions with the wider world, held this year in Kansas City. As part of a roundtable discussion inspired by […]

Contemporary History Institute and Ohio University alumnus Dr. Steven Wills appears as a guest expert on an episode of “Coming in from the Cold,” a monthly podcast from the think tank Center for Naval Analyses. “Coming in from the Cold” explores obscure national security policy issues and incidents during the […]

Luke Griffith, Ohio University History and Contemporary History Institute alumnus, won a post-doctoral fellowship from the RAND Corporation. The Stanton Nuclear Security Fellows Program identifies scholars who are at the forefront of the next generation of thought on nuclear security-related topics and supports interdisciplinary research that advances policymakers’ understanding of nuclear […]

Sana Saidykhan, doctoral student in the History Department, recently secured a research grant jointly administered by The Gambia’s National Centre for Arts and Culture and Germany’s The Gerda Henkel Foundation. Saidykhan plans to use the funds, totaling 2,500 euros, to support his preliminary dissertation research in The Gambia this summer. Provisionally […]