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The Contemporary History Institute welcomes Dr. Randall Woods for a talk on “LBJ, The Great Society, and the Limits of Liberalism” on Feb. 2 at 4:30 p.m. in Baker Room 242. Woods, from the University of Arkansas, received his Ph.D. from the University of Texas. In 1985 he was named […]

Guy Aldridge ’15M, an alumnus of the M.A. program in the History Department at Ohio University, will be starting his Ph.D. studies in the History Department at the University of Maryland in fall 2016. Aldridge graduated from Ohio University in spring 2015, after completing his master’s degree under the supervision of Assistant […]

The Contemporary History Institute welcomes one of its own, Tyler Esno, who will be speaking on Thursday, April 21, at 4:30 pm in Baker 242. Esno, a graduate student in History, holds the Baker Peace Dissertation Fellowship this year. His talk, titled “Reagan’s Economic Cold War,” challenges accusations that the Reagan administration sought […]

The Society for Military History and the First Division Museum at Cantigny has awarded Seth Givens, Ph.D. student in the History Department, the Kevin J. Carroll Award for Best Graduate Student Paper in Military History. Givens received the award for “‘The Defense of Berlin Starts at the Mekong’: Lyndon Johnson and […]

The 2016 Baker Peace Conference at Ohio University “History, War, and the Shaping of the Modern Middle East” is March 24 & 25. The conference focuses on the Middle East, from World War I to the present time. These events are free and open to the public. Keynote Address Thursday March […]

The 2016 Baker Peace Conference features a panel on Making Sense of Today’s Middle East on Friday, March 25, at 3 p.m. in Baker Ballroom A, The theme of the 2016 conference, held March 24 and 25 at Ohio University, is “History, War, and the Shaping of the Modern Middle […]

The 2016 Baker Peace Conference features a panel on Iraq, Saudi Arabia, & the U.S. during the Cold War on Friday, March 25, at 1 p.m. in Baker Ballroom A, The theme of the 2016 conference, held March 24 and 25 at Ohio University, is “History, War, and the Shaping of […]