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History Grad Students Win Student Enhancement Awards

Ohio University has awarded History Ph.D. students Brad Eidahl and Seth Givens each a $6,000 Student Enhancement Award to assist dissertation research. Eidahl is writing his dissertation, “Writing the Resistance: The Rise and Fall of APSI and Chile’s Opposition Press,” under the direction of Dr. Patrick Barr-Melej, Associate Professor of […]

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June 2, 2014 at 2:42 pmNews

History Student Mines Cornelius Ryan Collection for New Research

History Student Mines Cornelius Ryan Collection for New Research

By Jen Doyle from Ohio University Libraries When World War II history enthusiast and graduate student Seth Givens first became acquainted with OHIO Libraries’ Cornelius Ryan Collection as an undergraduate student, he felt awestruck. His excitement was understandable — he had just encountered about 21,000 primary sources that war correspondent-turned-author […]

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April 16, 2014 at 11:05 amResearch

11 A&S Students Awarded Enhancement Funds for Research

11 A&S Students Awarded Enhancement Funds for Research

College of Arts & Sciences students received 11 of the 24 Ohio University Student Enhancement Awards program announced in March. A total of $115,945 in funding was awarded for original research, scholarship and creative work. The Student Enhancement Awards are funded by the Office of the Vice President for Research and Creative […]

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April 13, 2014 at 2:18 pmNews

Beyond the “Monument Men”: New Article by History Graduate Student Examines World War II Looting

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 […]

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February 13, 2014 at 11:17 amNews

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