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By George Shea Veterans are not just ex-warriors when they come home from war. Veterans are neighbors, friends, family members and community members. We share a common bond as civilians in the United States, but for many of us, we cannot relate to the events that our brothers in arms […]

Ohio University alum Raymond Haberski Jr. is Professor of History, Director of American Studies, and Director of the Institute for American Thought at Indiana University–Purdue University Indianapolis (IUPUI). During the 2008–2009 academic year he held the Fulbright Danish Distinguished Chair in American Studies. Haberski helped found the Society for U.S. […]

Ohio University history professor Mirna Zakic will talk about her forthcoming article “Hidden in Plain Sight: Jewish Children’s Survival in the Occupied Serbian Banat.” The article is related to research that Zakic conducted for her recently published book Ethnic Germans and National Socialism in Yugoslavia in World War II. Zakic’s talk on Thursday, […]

The Contemporary History Institute presents the Elizabeth Evans Baker Endowed Lecture by Professor Amitav Acharya,”Is Peace and Cooperation Possible After the Liberal Order?,” on Nov. 29 at 7:30pm in Baker Ballroom A. The Baker Lecture is presented by the Baker Peace Studies Program and fully underwritten by an endowment of […]

Photographer, videographer and filmmaker Meg Prior recently visited Ohio University and discussed her experiences in Afghanistan and her observations on war in the 21st century through the lens of a civilian photographer. Her talk was jointly presented by the Contemporary History Institute, the E. W. Scripps School of Journalism, and the CHI-administered […]

The Contemporary History Intsitute  is seeking veterans and service members to participate in a “Coming Home from War” program this academic year. “We are now inviting veterans who would like to participate in three two-hour conversations about their experiences and challenges in war and after coming home,” says Dr. Ingo […]

A New York Times opinion piece headlined “Black and White in Vietnam” written by Ohio University alum Gerald Goodwin ’14Ph.D. has spawned a Prisoners of War radio documentary. Goodwin, who earned a Ph.D. in History and a Certificate in Contemporary History from the College of Arts & Sciences at OHIO, teaches courses […]