On May 2, the History Department Faculty of Color Caucus sponsored "A Dialogue on Democracy and Diversity." The roundtable featured Professor Kevin Boyle as moderator and Professor Hasan Jeffries, Doctoral Student Gisell Jeters, Professor Debra Moddelmog, and Doctoral Student Danielle Olden as speakers. To view the video, please see: http://history.osu.edu/diversity-events
Allan R. Millett, the General Raymond E. Mason Jr. Professor of Military History Emeritus, received the 2012 Truman Book Award for The War for Korea, 1950-1951: They Came from the North.
For more information see http://artsandsciences.osu.edu/news/history-professor-emeritus-wins-2012...
John Brooke, Humanities Distinguished Professor of History, has received the 2012 Ohio Academy of History Book Prize for his book, Columbia Rising: Civil Life on the Upper Hudson from the Revolution to the Age of Jackson.
For more information see http://artsandsciences.osu.edu/news/john-brooke-receives-history-book-prize
Peter Mansoor, the General Raymond E. Mason, Jr. Chair of Military History, was one of 13 Symposium Fellows invited to attend and participate in the Symposium on Statecraft and the Armed Forces, February 15-17, at the United States Supreme Court. Justice Kennedy discussed Constitutional Law, Justice Scalia discussed his dissent in Boumedienne v. Bush (the habeus corpus case from Guantanamo), and Justice Breyer discussed Korematsu v. the United States (the internment of Japanese-Americans during WWII). For more information, see http://artsandsciences.osu.edu/news/history-professor-invited-to-supreme....
Geoffrey Parker, Distinguished University Professor, Andreas Dorpalen Professor of History, and Associate of Ohio State’s Mershon Center; has been awarded the highly-coveted Dr. A.H. Heineken Prize for History 2012 by the 200-year old Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences. The prize is given biennially to recognize international scholars and scientists in five different fields who exemplify the highest levels of accomplishment in their areas. Although several of the past Heineken History Prize winners teach at American universities, Parker is the first Ohio State historian to be selected. The selection committee cited Parker’s “outstanding scholarship on the social, political and military history of Europe between 1500 and 1650, in particular Spain, Phillip II, and the Dutch revolt; for contributions to military history in general; and for research in the role of climate in world history.” Complete story is available at http://artsandsciences.osu.edu/news/history-professor-geoffrey-parker-aw....
The autumn issue of Taking Time, the Department's Undergraduate Newsletter, is live. Visit the Taking Time page to see the new issue.
The Department of History is launching a new program of inquiry for students and faculty that will draw on our wide range of talents. Visit the Constellations Initiative page to learn more.
