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Ohio University history professor Mirna Zakic will talk about her forthcoming article “Hidden in Plain Sight: Jewish Children’s Survival in the Occupied Serbian Banat.” The article is related to research that Zakic conducted for her recently published book Ethnic Germans and National Socialism in Yugoslavia in World War II. Zakic’s talk on Thursday, […]

The Wealth and Poverty theme at Ohio University presents Dr. Ana Lucia Araujo discussing “Slavery and Its Legacies: Comparative Approaches in Memory and Reparations” on Monday, Nov. 19, from 3 to 4 p.m. at Walter  Hall Rotunda. Araujo is Professor of History of Howard University. Her research explores the history, memory, and […]

Dr. Martha J. Cutter delivers the inaugural Langston Hughes Lecture, given in honor of Dr. Amritjit Singh, Ohio University Langston Hughes Professor of English and African American Studies, on Tuesday, Nov. 27, at 3:30 p.m. in the Baker Multicultural Center, Room 219. Cutter, Professor of English and Africana Studies at […]

The Global Solidarities Lecture Series presents a public lecture by Noura Erakat titled “Contemporary Renewals of Black-Palestinian Solidarity” on Tuesday, Nov. 27, from 4:30 to 6:o0 p.m. in Schoonover 145. This lecture will explore the historical and contemporary manifestations of Black-Palestinian solidarity. In particular, it explores the ways in which […]

The Contemporary History Institute presents the Elizabeth Evans Baker Endowed Lecture by Professor Amitav Acharya,”Is Peace and Cooperation Possible After the Liberal Order?,” on Nov. 29 at 7:30pm in Baker Ballroom A. The Baker Lecture is presented by the Baker Peace Studies Program and fully underwritten by an endowment of […]

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 […]

The 41st Annual Endowed Costa Lecture features Dr. Dagmar Herzog on Wednesday, Oct. 31, at 7:30 p.m. in Walter Hall Rotunda. Her topic is “Post-Holocaust Trauma and the Creation of PTSD.” The lecture is free and open to the public. A reception with refreshments prior to the lecture begins at 7 p.m. […]