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Zakić Publishes Article on ‘The Price of Belonging to the Volk: Volksdeutsche’

Zakić Publishes Article on ‘The Price of Belonging to the Volk: Volksdeutsche’

Dr. Mirna Zakić, Assistant Professor of History, published an article on “The Price of Belonging to the Volk: Volksdeutsche, Land Redistribution and Aryanization in the Serbian Banat, 1941–4” on April 2014 in the Journal of Contemporary History. Abstract: Between 1941 and 1944, the Serbian Banat was occupied by Reich German […]

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June 24, 2014 at 11:46 amResearch

Jellison in The Hill: First Lady ‘Can Branch Out a Little More’

Jellison in The Hill: First Lady ‘Can Branch Out a Little More’

Amie Parnes of The Hill quotes Dr. Katherine Jellison, Professor and Chair of History at Ohio University, in an article on “First Lady Flexes Muscles.” First lady Michelle Obama is more aggressively wading into policy fights while expanding her portfolio…. The senior administration official also said the first lady would […]

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June 13, 2014 at 2:14 pmFaculty in the News In the News

Newsmax Quotes Jellison on Michelle Obama’s Second-Term Role

Newsmax Quotes Jellison on Michelle Obama’s Second-Term Role

Dr. Katherine Jellison, Professor and Chair of History at Ohio University, was quoted by Newsmax in a May 24 story on “Michelle Obama Tackling Politics in Husband’s Second Term.” Now that her husband is in his second term of office, first lady Michelle Obama is spreading her wings into policy […]

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June 13, 2014 at 12:47 pmFaculty in the News In the News

Jellison in The Hill: Obama ‘May Have an Eye for History’

Jellison in The Hill: Obama ‘May Have an Eye for History’

Dr. Katherine Jellison, Professor and Chair of History at Ohio University, was quoted by Amie Parnes of The Hill in a story with the lead, “President Obama’s second-term focus on legacy building is coming into direct conflict with the Democratic Party’s pursuit of victory in the midterm elections.” While there’s […]

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June 13, 2014 at 10:42 amFaculty in the News In the News

Barr-Melej Elected VP of Southwestern Social Science Association

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Dr. Patrick Barr-Melej, Associate Professor of History, has been elected Vice President of the oldest interdisciplinary social science association in the United States, the Southwestern Social Science Association. He will take his turn as President of the SSSA Council in 2016-17. Founded in 1919, SSSA is the oldest interdisciplinary social […]

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June 5, 2014 at 3:39 pmNews

Brobst: ‘Great Game’ Maneuvers Continue on Chessboard of Afghanistan

Brobst: ‘Great Game’ Maneuvers Continue on Chessboard of Afghanistan

Proxies, puppets, pawns. From the “Great Game” of British imperialism in the 19th century through the Cold War in the 20th century—conflict in Central Asia could still be looked at today as a continuation of hundreds of years of “proxy warfare” between the world’s great powers. Dr. John Brobst, Associate […]

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May 29, 2014 at 11:59 amFaculty in the News In the News Research

WOUB: Has Ukraine Fallen Out Of The National Spotlight?

WOUB’s Ann Jacob interviewed Dr. Steven Miner, Director of Ohio University’s Contemporary History Institute and an expert on Russian Soviet and Eastern European history, on May 16. The issues in Ukraine were headline news for weeks as rallies overthrew a government, and even more as Russia began to move into […]

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May 21, 2014 at 1:45 pmFaculty in the News In the News