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The 10th Annual Graduate History Conference is a celebration of the Contemporary History Institute’s 30th anniversary, with a keynote on Feb. 6 and presentations on Feb. 7. The goal for the conference is to foster a dialogue between current graduate students and alumni. Beyond building relationships between current and former students, […]

Dr. Kevin Mattson, the Connor Study Professor of Contemporary History at Ohio University, was quoted in an International Business Times story on “The Hunger Games Mockingjay Release: How Katniss And Other Pop Culture Icons Inspire Protesters Across The Globe.” “The real-life use of a fictional gesture led to five students’ […]

The Contemporary History Institute welcomes back Dr. David J. Ulbrich, lecturing on “American Ways of War in the 20th & 21st Century?” on Tuesday, Oct. 14, at 4:30 pm in Baker 231. Ulbrich is Assistant Professor of History at Rogers State University in Oklahoma. Previously, he was a visiting assistant professor […]

Note: This event is delayed slightly and will begin shortly after 5 p.m. The Contemporary History Institute presents Dr. Wendy Lower on “Hitler’s Furies: German Women in the Nazi Killing Fields” on Thursday, Sept. 18, at 4:30 pm in Baker 242. Lower is the John K. Roth Chair of History […]

The Contemporary History Institute welcomes Yvonne McEwen of the University of Edinburgh as the first speaker in the fall semester Guest Lecture Series. She will talk on “Daughters of Arete: Military Nursing in World War One” on Thursday, Sept. 4, at 4:30 p.m. in Baker Theater. In 2005, McEwen joined […]

By Aaron Brown and Mirco Reimer reprinted from American Diplomacy (Aaron Brown is a History Ph.D. candidate at Ohio University.) More than 20 years after leaving office, George Herbert Walker Bush finally seems to step out of Ronald Reagan’s shadow. While Bush the Elder never was a president who could […]

Ohio University faculty presented at the Policy History Conference June 4-5 in Columbus, OH. Dr. Paul Milazzo, Associate Professor of History, presented “Internationalism in One Lesson: Henry Hazlitt and the Problem with Bretton Woods, 1944-1945.” Milazzo also chaired the session on Transportation and Communication Policy. Dr. Kathleen S. Sullivan, Associate […]