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Stephen’s New Book Focuses on Historic African American Resort Town

Stephen’s New Book Focuses on Historic African American Resort Town

By Natalia Radic Perspectives During two periods in the 20th century, a small Michigan town called Idlewild was a popular resort community for the black middle class. It attracted intellectuals such as Dr. W. E. B. Du Bois during the 1920s, and top black entertainers, from Jackie Wilson and the […]

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February 22, 2014 at 8:33 amResearch

Executive Power: From the Politics of Hope to the Politics of Frustration

Executive Power: From the Politics of Hope to the Politics of Frustration

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 […]

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February 16, 2014 at 4:16 pmNews Research

History Student Explores U.S. Looting of German Civilian Possessions in WWII

History Student Explores U.S. Looting of German Civilian Possessions in WWII

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 […]

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February 7, 2014 at 9:29 amResearch

Alum, Ph.D. Student Featured in Southern Sin Anthology

Alum, Ph.D. Student Featured in Southern Sin Anthology

Two writers connected with the Ph.D. program in Creative Writing at Ohio University have published essays in the new anthology, Southern Sin: True Stories of the Sultry South & Women Behaving Badly, recently released by In Fact Books.  Author Dorothy Allison writes in her introduction, “The most dangerous stories are […]

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Did Civil Rights Act Kill Historic African American Resort Town?

Did Civil Rights Act Kill Historic African American Resort Town?

By Natalia Radic/Perspectives magazine During two periods in the 20th century, a small Michigan town called Idlewild was a popular resort community for the black middle class. It attracted intellectuals such as Dr. W. E. B. Du Bois during the 1920s, and top black entertainers, from Jackie Wilson and the […]

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January 30, 2014 at 9:24 amNews Research

What Privacy? New Book Details Surveillance in Modern Society

What Privacy? New Book Details Surveillance in Modern Society

By Philip Barnes From high-tech airport security checks and banks that scrutinize the specifics of your credit card purchases, to city street cameras and the data collected on your Facebook postings, surveillance is “in the DNA” of modern society, argue the authors of a new book. Related Post: Top 10  […]

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January 30, 2014 at 7:29 amResearch

Elster Gives Seminar at LSU on Spin Phenomena

Elster Gives Seminar at LSU on Spin Phenomena

Dr. Charlotte Elster, Professor of Physics & Astronomy at Ohio University, gives a Nuclear Seminar on Feb. 4 at Louisiana State University. Her seminar is on “Spin Phenomena in Elastic Scattering of 6He and 8He off Protons.” “The calculation and derivation of microscopic optical potentials for calculating scattering observables for […]

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January 21, 2014 at 10:53 amResearch