Post Tagged with: "History Alumni"

Notable Alumni | Peter Kotses, from Athens Bicycle to Baileys Mountain Bike Trail

Peter Kotses at Athens Bicycle

By Regina Yoong Editor’s Note: The College of Arts & Sciences Notable Alumni Awards honor alumni for broad career accomplishments, commitment to community service, and valuable contributions to Ohio University and the College of Arts & Sciences. Peter Kotses ’92 History An avid cyclist, Peter Kotses saw opportunity in the […]

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October 19, 2019 at 4:44 pmAlumni News

Alumni News | Morina Named Professor at University of Bielefeld in Germany

Christina Morina

Ohio University alum Dr. Christina Morina was named a “tenured, full professor of contemporary history at the University of Bielefeld, Germany starting this September. Holding the official title of Professorin fuer Allgemeine Geschichte unter besonderer Beruckstichtigung der Zeitgeschichte, Morina will continue her work on 19th, 20th and 21st century histories […]

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October 13, 2019 at 3:39 pmAlumni

Alumni News | Taaffe Publishes Seventh Book, Washington’s Revolutionary War Generals

Alumni News | Taaffe Publishes Seventh Book, Washington’s Revolutionary War Generals

Ohio University alumnus Dr. Stephen R. Taaffe has written his seventh book, Washington’s Revolutionary War Generals, published by the University of Oklahoma Press and available on Amazon and other booksellers. Taaffe is Professor of History at Stephen F. Austin State University in Nacogdoches, Texas. He earned an M.A. in Latin […]

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October 5, 2019 at 10:23 pmAlumni

Haberski Shares ‘Dangerous Ideas’ about Intellectual History

Dr. Ray Haberski

  The Contemporary History Institute held its first public lecture of the semester and welcome alumnus Raymond Haberski Jr. In his talk, titled “Dangerous Ideas,” Haberski explained how the internet has revitalized and broadened intellectual history. The branch of knowledge that deals with changes in ideas, intellectual history has suffered […]

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September 13, 2019 at 3:45 pmNews

Contemporary History | Haberski on U.S. Intellectual History, Sept. 12

Dr. Raymond Haberski

The Contemporary History Institute hosts a talk by Ohio University alum Raymond Haberski Jr. on U.S. intellectual history on Thursday, Sept. 12, at 4:30 p.m. in Bentley 227. Haberski is Professor of History, Director of American Studies, and Director of the Institute for American Thought at Indiana University–Purdue University Indianapolis (IUPUI). […]

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September 1, 2019 at 9:15 pmEvents

Alumni News | Torres Research on the Cold War Published in Two Leading Journals

Dr. Sebastian Hurtado Torres

Ohio University alumnus Dr. Sebastian Hurtado Torres, Assistant Professor of History at Universidad Austral in Valdivia, Chile, published two major articles on Chile during the 1970s. Both of his articles explore political developments in Chile in the context of the larger Cold War. The first is titled: “The War that […]

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August 25, 2019 at 9:47 amAlumni

Seven History Seniors Inducted into National Honors Society for Liberal Arts and Sciences

Seven History Seniors Inducted into National Honors Society for Liberal Arts and Sciences

Seven seniors from the History Department class of 2019 were inducted into national honors societies. Phi Beta Kappa: Academic Honors Society Phi Beta Kappa is the oldest U.S. national honors society for the liberal arts and sciences. Founded in 1776, it recognizes exemplary academic achievement and shows a commitment to the […]

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July 24, 2019 at 1:26 amAnnouncements News