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CSR's Savko Award notice

Congratulations to History Majors Justina Sung & Seth Conklin!

Congratulations to history majors Justina Sung and Seth Conklin who are co-recipients of the Center for the Study of Religion's Savko Award for Best Undergraduate Paper.

The Savko Award for…

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Congratulations to Joe Stieb!

Congratulations to former history & Mershon Center post doc Joe Stieb on his new role as a tenure-track assistant professor in Modern US Military History at UNC Chapel Hill!

a man and a woman in a comic and Sydney Heifler

Sydney Heifler Interviewed in New Forbes Article

“'In the 1940s and 50s, women of all ages read romance comics,' says Sydney Heifler, a PhD candidate at the Ohio State University and part of a new wave of scholars exploring the connections between…
US President Bill Clinton (C) stands between PLO leader Yasser Arafat (R) and Israeli Prime Minister Yitzahk Rabin (L) as they shake hands for the first time, on Sept. 13, 1993 at the White House in Washington, D.C., after signing the historic Israel-PLO Oslo Accords on Palestinian autonomy in the occupied territories.J. David Ake—AFP / Getty Images

Peter Hahn Provides Historical Insight on Middle East Peace Talks

History provides insightful lessons - and Professor Peter Hahn examines past trends to gauge future probabilities. His newest article for Time's Made by History discusses the complexities in…