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Mitchell Smith, Ph.D. candidate in the History Department and a Contemporary History Institute student, joined the 2018 class of legislative fellows last November at the Ohio Statehouse in Columbus, and the fellowship led to a full-time position. The fellowship consists of 24 fellows who are placed with legislators in the Ohio General […]

War reporter and documentary filmmaker Meg Prior talks about her experiences in Afghanistan and her observations on reporting about war in the 21st century on Tuesday, Oct. 30, from 7:30 to 9 p.m. in Baker Center 240/242. Prior has embedded with US Army Infantry, Combat Aviation, and Special Forces units to document […]

Dr. Brad Simpson recently visited Ohio University, kicking off the Contemporary History Institute’s fall semester speaker series. Simpson teaches and researches 20th century U.S. foreign relations and international history in the History Department of the University of Connecticut and has a joint appointment with the Asian and Asian American Studies […]

Dr. Jared Bibler ’14Ph.D. is currently an assistant professor at the American University of Phnom Penh, having spent the last four years traveling, teaching, and writing in India and Vietnam. After completing his B.A. and M.A. in International Studies and International Affairs respectively, Bibler participated in the Contemporary History Institute courses and […]

Contemporary History Institute and history doctoral student Caitlin Bentley attended the Southeast Asian Studies Summer Institute, an intensive eight-week language program hosted by the University of Wisconsin-Madison, for instruction in Tagalog. In her second course through the institute, she was supported this year by an SEASSI tuition scholarship. Bentley, who is also […]

The Contemporary History Institute presents a panel of Ohio University alumni for a panel on the new book Routledge History of World Peace since 1750 on Oct. 11 at 4:30 p.m. in Bentley 124. The book is edited by Dr. Christian Philip Peterson ’09Ph.D., Dr. William Knoblauch ’12Ph.D., and Michael Loadenthal. Peterson […]

The Contemporary History Institute presents Dr. Bradley Simpson, who draws on his expertise in Indonesia as well as other parts of the global south to discuss self-determination in the Cold War era, on Sept. 13 at 4:30 p.m. in Baker 231. In his talk, “The Atlantic Charter Moment: Self-Determination and […]