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Dr. Jaclyn Maxwell‘s “Popular Theology in Late Antiquity” was published as part of Popular Culture in the Ancient World, edited by Lucy Grigg (Cambridge University Press, 2016).  The volume as a whole aims at taking “popular culture” in classical Greek and Roman antiquity more seriously, with many of the chapters geared […]

From Compass Ohio University alum David Crane, who earned a bachelor’s degree in History in 1972 and a master’s in African Studies in 1973, was presented an Honorary Doctorate of Letters Degree at the Graduate Commencement on April 28. He earned a J.D. from Syracuse University in 1980 and is now one of the […]

The Ohio University Honors Tutorial College recently selected Dr. Ziad Abu-Rish, Assistant Professor of History, as the recipient for the 2016-17 Outstanding New Tutor Award. This honor “recognizes outstanding tutors who are in their first three years of teaching tutorials.” Tutorials form a signifianct portion of the HTC curriculum. As HTC […]

The History Department at Ohio University recently marked the end of the 2016-17 academic year by recognizing the graduating class of history majors. On Friday, April 21, 2017, the History Department convened its annual reception for graduating undergraduate seniors. Professor and Department Chair, Dr. Katherine Jellison, recognized and congratulated the graduating […]

Seth Givens, a Ph.D. student in the History Department, recently began assisting in the production of Hunting Nazi Treasure, an eight-part investigative documentary television series co-produced by History Channel-Canada and More4 (Channel 4) in the United Kingdom. In part, the show continues the work of the Monuments, Fine Arts, and Archives […]

Luke Griffith, a Ph.D. student in the History Department, has been awarded the 2017-18 Baker Peace Dissertation Fellowship. The award is funded by The John and Elizabeth Baker Peace Endowment, created in the 1980s to fund teaching, scholarship, and conferences at Ohio University that promote the study of conflict and […]

Sana Saidykhan, an M.A. student in the History Department, was named a 2017 recipient of the Royal Air Maroc-African Studies Association Student Travel Award. The award includes airline tickets between the United States and any Royal Air Maroc (RAM) destination in Africa, and recognizes “outstanding scholarship by future African studies scholars.” Saidykhan is utilizing the […]