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Jellison Quoted on Emhoff’s Plan as First Second Gentleman

Dr. Katherine Jellison

The Hill quotes Dr. Katherine Jellison, Professor of History at Ohio University, in a story headlined “Doug Emhoff carves out path as first second gentleman.” “Even though he is a wealthy entertainment lawyer, he’s playing that down and his persona now as second spouse is, ‘I’m more of a regular […]

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July 7, 2021 at 11:57 amFaculty in the News In the News

Lee Reviews Two Books on History of Microbes in Food, Medicine

Dr. Victoria Lee

Dr. Victoria Lee reviews two books about microbes, looking at both sides of the “great divide” for Los Angeles Review of Books headlined “Gods of Small Things.” From the known history of human engagement with microbes, it might be tempting to conclude that modernity represents one great rupture. There was […]

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June 29, 2021 at 7:57 amFaculty in the News In the News

C-SPAN Airs Show with Jellison on Dolley Madison, Lucy Hayes & Betty Ford, May 23

Dr. Katherine Jellison

C-SPAN’s The Presidency series airs a segment with Dr. Katherine Jellison on “Dolley Madison, Lucy Hayes & Betty Ford” on May 23 and 24. May 23, 2021 | 9 p.m. EDT | C-SPAN 3 May 24, 2021 | 1 a.m. EDT | C-SPAN 3 Jellison, Professor of History at Ohio […]

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May 18, 2021 at 10:03 amEvents Faculty in the News In the News

History Interviews Miner on World War I and the Russian Revolution

Dr. Steven Miner

The History website interviewed Dr. Steven Miner, professor History at Ohio University, for a story headlined “How World War I Fueled the Russian Revolution.” “Russia was more unstable, and had more serious internal dilemmas than many other great powers, and so the degree to which the shock of war resulted in […]

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April 28, 2021 at 7:39 pmFaculty in the News In the News

Barr-Melej Spotlighted in Chilean Rock-Music Magazine

Patrick Barr-Melej

Dr. Patrick Barr-Melej, Professor of History and Interim Executive Director of the Center for International Studies, was interviewed by the Chilean music magazine Rockaxis for a recent special edition on rock music and Chilean musical icon Víctor Jara. Jara, who was murdered by the emergent military regime of Gen. Augusto […]

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April 16, 2021 at 5:01 pmFaculty in the News In the News

Mattson Tells Arts Fuse How Punk Rock Led to Interest in Intellectual History

Dr. Kevin Mattson with his new book on punk rock.

The Arts Fuse interviews Dr. Kevin Mattson on a Genuine Culture War — Punks versus Reagan. Mattson is the Connor Study Professor of Contemporary History at Ohio University. He recently authored WE’RE NOT HERE TO ENTERTAIN: Punk Rock, Ronald Reagan and the Real Culture War of 1980s America, documenting how the […]

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March 25, 2021 at 2:09 pmFaculty in the News In the News

The Nation Reviews Mattson Book on Punk Rock

Dr. Kevin Mattson with his new book on punk rock.

The Nation writer Samuel Zipp reviews Dr. Kevin Mattson’s xxx in an article headlined The Ethical Commitment to Be a Punk. Mattson’s book begins and ends with Cobain’s death, but it’s really a kind of coda to the larger story he hopes to tell. It’s an indicator of the stakes […]

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January 13, 2021 at 9:03 amFaculty in the News In the News