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Poston Co-Convenor on First Queer Studies Graduate Student Conference

History graduate student Lance E. Poston was a co-convener, with Dr. Susanne B. Dietzel, of  Ohio University’s First Annual Queer Studies Graduate Student Conference April 18-19, 2013, The LGBT Center advances the diversity mission of Ohio University by providing an environment inclusive and supportive of sexual orientation and gender identity or […]

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July 30, 2013 at 12:14 pmNews

Kittle Thesis: Gentle Warriors: U.S. Marines and Humanitarian Action during the Vietnam War

Ohio University History graduate student Lindsay Kittle published her master’s thesis on “Gentle Warriors: U.S. Marines and Humanitarian Action during the Vietnam War” on OhioLINK. Abstract: Although largely ignored in secondary literature, benevolent and humanitarian actions were an important part of the Marines’ experience during the Vietnam War. From the […]

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July 30, 2013 at 11:51 amResearch

Griffith Thesis: Weighing Capabilities and Intentions: George Kennan and Paul Nitze Confront the Bomb

History graduate student Luke Griffith published his master’s thesis on “Weighing Capabilities and Intentions: George Kennan and Paul Nitze Confront the Bomb” on OhioLINK. Abstract: While countless historians have studied George Kennan and Paul Nitze, there has yet to be a comprehensive account of Kennan and Nitze’s views on nuclear […]

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July 30, 2013 at 11:26 amResearch

Esno Thesis: For Freedom and Free Enterprise: The Origins, Development, and Legacies of Ronald Reagan’s Caribbean Basin Initiative

History graduate student Tyler P. Esno’s master’ thesis on “For Freedom and Free Enterprise: The Origins, Development, and Legacies of Ronald Reagan’s Caribbean Basin Initiative” was published on OhioLINK in 2012. Abstract: In 1982, Ronald Reagan unveiled the Caribbean Basin Initiative (CBI). CBI was an aid, trade, and investment program […]

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July 30, 2013 at 10:53 amNews

Washington Post: History Alum Who Exposed Nazi Theft of Jewish Property Dies at 84

“William Z. Slany, a top State Department historian who helped oversee a study in the 1990s that exposed Nazi looting of Jewish property and that led to $8 billion in belated compensation for Holocaust victims and their families, died May 13 at his home in Reston. He was 84,” reported […]

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June 27, 2013 at 8:55 amAlumni in the News In the News

Student Gets Naval History Grant to Study Reagan Administration

The Navy History and Heritage Command recognized four individuals—one of them a doctoral student in history at Ohio University’s College of Arts & Sciences—on June 17 for works they are proposing to publish that will further the understanding and application of current U.S. Navy strategy through historical context. They will […]

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June 18, 2013 at 3:15 pmIn the News Research Students in the News

Miner: ‘A War-Winning Weapon: Soviet Women During World War Two’

Dr. Steve Miner, Professor of History and Director of the Contemporary History Institute at Ohio University’s College of Arts & Sciences, presented a paper at a conference on Women in Warfare: From Troy to the Trenches in June at the University of Edinburgh’s Centre for the Study of Modern Conflict […]

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June 18, 2013 at 1:06 pmFaculty in the News Research