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The History Department invites paper proposals for the 8th Annual Undergraduate History Conference. Paper proposals are due Monday, March 24. Deadline: Submit proposals to Dr. Michele Clouse (clousem@ohio.edu) by Monday, March 24. Proposals should be 200 words long and describe the topic of the paper, the thesis, and preliminary conclusions. […]

Washington Post reporters Juliet Eilperin and Krissah Thompson quoted Dr. Katherine Jellison, Professor and Chair of History, on a story about Michelle Obama’s upcoming trip to China. When Laura Bush ventured to the Thailand-Burma border six years ago, the first lady accused China of not doing enough to pressure the […]

By EJ Schodzinski from Compass ST. CLAIRSVILLE, Ohio – Dr. Brian Schoen, Associate Professor of History at Ohio University, will give a presentation on secession and the origins of the Civil War at the University’s Eastern Campus on Thursday, April 17, at 7 p.m. in Room 219. In his talk […]

“If we are talking about Ukrainians making their own choice, they need support from the outside world, and they need it united,” said Dr. Steven Miner on CBC Canadian Radio. CBC interviewed Miner, Professor of History and Director of the Contemporary History Institute at Ohio University, Feb. 26 on “Vested […]

Months before debate erupted over the concept of the “imperial presidency” and “executive orders,” Dr. Kevin Mattson was at the Roosevelt Institute in Ireland detailing a view that the power asserted by FDR and used by LBJ was undermined by the Vietnam War—and that liberals are unlikely to sustain its […]

By Jessica Hagman From Ohio University Libraries The new movie Monuments Men tells the story of the men and women of the Monuments, Fine Arts and Archives program who worked to preserve monuments and other works of art during and after World War II. The movie has drawn attention to the work […]

While the Monuments Men movie depicts German looting of Europe’s cultural treasures, History Ph.D. student Seth Givens writes about U.S. looting of German civilian possessions. Givens, a Ph.D. candidate in the History Department, published “Liberating the Germans: The US Army and Looting in Germany during the Second World War,” in […]