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Spring 2017 | Making and Breaking the Law Theme Highlights Exciting Courses

Spring 2017 | Making and Breaking the Law Theme Highlights Exciting Courses

The Center for Law, Justice, & Culture welcomes students of all majors to sign up for the many exciting Making and Breaking the Law theme courses in Spring 2017. Please contact theme leader Haley Duschinski for more information about the theme and to receive a poster listing all Making and […]

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October 10, 2016 at 11:38 pmNews

Mock Trial Team Prepares for OSU Scarlet & Gray Invitational

Team Green attorney McKenzie Allen directing her witness, Adam Gilles, as their coach, Grant Garber, presides.

The Ohio University Mock Trial teams have each been preparing a case for trial in anticipation of the OSU Scarlet & Gray Invitational at the Franklin County Court of Common Pleas in Columbus, Ohio on Oct. 15-16. Ohio University Mock Trial consists of two teams—Green Team and White Team—each composed of 10 students. Each […]

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October 10, 2016 at 12:16 pmNews

Apply Now for the Law, Justice & Culture Certificate Program 2017-18

Apply Now for the Law, Justice & Culture Certificate Program 2017-18

The Center for Law, Justice & Culture invites all interested students to apply for the Certificate in Law, Justice & Culture. The application portal is now open. Applications will be accepted until  Friday, Nov. 3, 2017. Student applications are accepted once per year. Students from all majors are invited to apply. Certificate requirements Application […]

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October 2, 2016 at 10:48 pmNews

Career Corner | Careers in Museum Studies and Archives, Oct. 27

The History Department hosts a session on careers in museum studies and archives on Thursday, Oct. 27, at 5 p.m. in Bentley Hall 120. The event features Ohio University history alum James Byers, who has had a distinguished career at the U.S. National Archives and Records Administration as well as […]

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October 1, 2016 at 5:30 pmAlumni Events

History’s Abu-Rish Quoted on Assassination in Jordan

Dr. Ziad Abu-Rish

Dr. Ziad Abu-Rish, Assistant Professor of History, was recently quoted in an Al-Ahram Weekly article on the murder of Jordanian writer and activist Nahed Hattar. Hattar was facing criminal charges for “insulting religion” and “sowing sectarian strife” in the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan after sharing a cartoon that depicted an […]

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September 30, 2016 at 1:54 pmFaculty in the News In the News

Mattson Authors ‘The Intellectual as President’ in Chronicle

Dr. Kevin Mattson

Dr. Kevin Mattson authored “The Intellectual as President” in the Sept. 25 Obama Issue of Chronicle of Higher Education. Mattson is the Connor Study Professor of Contemporary History at Ohio University. I belong to a small group. Overeducated and often underemployed, we read small magazines and argue politics, and we […]

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September 29, 2016 at 9:31 amFaculty in the News In the News

Dantas Explores Mixed-Race Families in Colonial Brazil

Dr. Mariana Dantas

During the 2016-17 academic year, Dr. Mariana Dantas, Associate Professor of History at Ohio University, will be a resident fellow at the National Humanities Center, in North Carolina. She will be working on the manuscript of her second book. The project examines the formation of mixed-race families in colonial Brazil by […]

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September 26, 2016 at 12:04 pmResearch